Linda-Marie Barrett / Executive Director:
Reading: The Sentence by Louise Erdrich, a wondrous and challenging novel set in Erdrich's own bookstore (and I love that she's also a character). This layered ghost story takes place during the first year of the pandemic, from a Native American perspective.
Listening: By day, to helicopters, utility trucks, and generators, and by night, to quiet, when our un-powered neighborhood goes dark.
Watching: A community laboring to carry on, help each other, and stay mentally well during great challenges.

Candice Huber / Membership:
Reading: Haven't been reading much lately, as I'm at MPIBA FallCon in Denver to give some presentations!
Listening: To the sound of elks rutting in the distant mountains.
Watching: See reading.

Nicki Leone / Communications:
Reading:Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad, We're Alone by Edwidge Dandicat, and the Autumn issue of Slightly Foxed -- which it is my secret ambition to be published in.
Listening: Catching up on the Between the Covers podcast, revisiting all the episodes that are about Palestine
Watching: Reruns of House, MD.

SP Rankin / Website Administrator:
Reading: A difficult reading week, again, as I imagine it was for a lot of people. But Enlightenment (Sarah Parry) still awaits.
Listening: Tami Neilson's latest Neilson Sings Nelson, and Willie's Willie Nelson Sings Kristofferson from a long time ago. Not recommended unless you feel like crying. Which you probably do.
Watching: A Room with a View. Merchant Ivory plus Forster at their dreamiest. Plus Maggie Smith's tart, tragicomic, brilliant turn as Miss Bartlett.

Andrea Richardson / Sales:
Reading: Unmask Alice for our true crime book club. It's a wild ride about the origins of the "novel" Go Ask Alice, and really shows how blatant the racism was during the LSD scares of the 70's.
Listening: I have had the same horrible song by Train stuck in my head since I traveled last week - it was on every single airplane's loading and unloading playlist and I heard it ad nauseam. I am about to lose my entire mind.
Watching: ALL the fall shows started back up so we're catching up on everything but I am particularly excited to get into the new season of Love is Blind next time I'm off.