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Author Spotlight: Michelle Cruz Gonzales, The Spitboy Rule

Posted on October 14, 2021 by Ryn PB

Michelle “Todd” Cruz Gonzales claims that her journey from punk rock drummer to college English professor was not all that far-fetched. For a Xicana from a small town who taught herself how to drum and started her own hardcore feminist … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged alice bag, author, books, chicanx lit, latinx, life lessons, literature, los crudos, music, punk, punk rock, reading, spitboy, spotlight, writing, xicana, xicanx | Leave a comment

Book Review: The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton

Posted on September 13, 2021 by Ryn PB

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton is so freaking good. It’s Daisy Jones & the Six dialed up to 11. Now, I’ll admit that this book already has a lot of elements I like—oral history format, … Continue reading →

Posted in new era, polysyllabic spree | Tagged 1970s, Afropunk, book review, books, daisy jones and the six, dawnie walton, music, oral history, racism, review, the final revival of opal & nev | Leave a comment

August 2021: How I relaxed my reading expectations after losing my job

Posted on August 31, 2021 by Ryn PB

What I Got: The Heartbreak Bakery (ARC) by A.R. Capetta The Prodigal Tongue by Lynne Murphy We Are Not Like Them (ARC) by Christine Pride & Jo Piazza As You Were (ARC) by Elaine Feeney Grievers (ARC) by adrienne maree … Continue reading →

Posted in mental health, new era, polysyllabic spree | Tagged anxiety, ar capetta, arcs, athletes, bakery, baking, bojack horseman, book nerd, bookish, books, bookworm, depression, erin morgenstern, fantasy, fence, getting fired, graphic novels, green day, illustrations, jobs, kevin panetta, LGBT+, life lessons, magic, music, queer lit, reading, romance, romance books, sapphic, skateboarding, sports, the starless sea, work, writing | Leave a comment

November 2020: How I Participated in NaNoWriMo, Didn’t Finish a First Draft Even After 50,000 Words, and Barely Read Anything with My Eyeballs

Posted on December 2, 2020 by Ryn PB

What I Got: Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger Every Day Failures Issue #1: A Punk Stuck in Suburbia (zine) by Sarah B. What I Read: The Final Revival of Opal & Nev (ARC) by Dawnie Walton CW: racism, racist violence, … Continue reading →

Posted in LGBT+, polysyllabic spree | Tagged advanced reader copy, antiracism, arc, author, black cat, booknerd, books, books about music, bookworm, cat, chuck palahniuk, creative writing, crooked kingdom, e lockhart, elliot page, fight club, graphic novels, in progress, indigenous artists, indigenous writers, jason reynolds, leigh bardugo, lemony snicket, lgbt lit, mental health, music, nanowrimo, novel, queer lit, series of unfortunate events, six of crows, stephen king, trans, trans lit, transgender, writing, writing advice | Leave a comment

May 2020: How I Am Dealing with the Sad Chaos of the World with Books… and Punk Rock Mermaids

Posted on June 3, 2020 by Ryn PB

What I Got: Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid Bloom by Kevin Panetta and Savanna Ganucheau This is What it Feels Like by Rebecca Barrow The First … Continue reading →

Posted in mental health, polysyllabic spree | Tagged agatha christie, books, diy, first rule of punk, gender, graphic novels, hercule poirot, hiv, hiv/aids, intersectionality, jonathan van ness, LGBT+, lumberjanes, murder mystery, music, mystery, nonfiction, nonfiction books, nyc, poc, poetry, punk, punk rock, queer, queer eye, sex pistols, sexuality, short stories, zines | Leave a comment

June 2019: How This Month of Reading and Connecting Reinvigorated My Mind

Posted on July 2, 2019 by Ryn PB

What I Read: Dreadnought by April Daniels The Witch Boy by Molly Knox Ostertag Real Queer America by Samantha Allen We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia The Love Songs of Sappho translated by Paul Roche Let’s … Continue reading →

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Cookies and Jams: How Jamming to Music and Feeding Squirrels Makes Me More Resilient

Posted on April 15, 2019 by Ryn PB

A few days ago, I woke up, went for a 4-mile run outside, then jammed out to Walk the Moon and Panic! at the Disco while getting ready for the rest of the day. And honestly, it was one of … Continue reading →

Posted in mental health, new era | Tagged anxiety, exercise, hydra monster, life lessons, music, panic at the disco, positivity, running, sadness, walk the moon | Leave a comment

Rock Band Wii Blisters: How I’m Gaining Confidence in the Things I’m Good at, Even if They’re Small

Posted on January 6, 2019 by Ryn PB

I’ve been home on winter break from college for the past month, and there have been ups and downs, but I managed to end the break on a high note. My dad, sister, and I went to the basement and … Continue reading →

Posted in mental health, new era, stories | Tagged dad, hobbies, life lessons, music, proud, rock band, running, wii, writing | Leave a comment

A Hospital, Twenty One Pilots, and a Fish’s Death: How Sadness Has Become Less Negative for Me

Posted on December 17, 2018 by Ryn PB

About halfway through November, I finally visited a friend who had been in the hospital for months. My excuse for not going was that no one invited me and I would figure out my friends had visited her after the … Continue reading →

Posted in mental health, new era | Tagged anxiety, boredom, concert, death, life lessons, live music, mito, music, pet, sadness, sickness, trench, twenty one pilots | Leave a comment

Fall Out Boy, Five Hundred Dollars, and Feminist Authors: How I’m learning to accept the good alongside the bad

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Ryn PB

Over the past few years, I’ve gotten really bad at receiving compliments and accolades. It’s not because I’m modest; it’s because I’m self-deprecating. I indulge in negative self-talk and awkwardness when it comes to noticing good things about myself. Then … Continue reading →

Posted in mental health, new era, stories | Tagged concert, fall out boy, FOB, library, life lessons, machine gun kelly, MGK, music, omaha, roxane gay, writing | Leave a comment