Loving Graceland
聶Qu矇 pueden tener en com繳n el escritor Mark Twain y sus personajes con Albert Einstein y la Teor穩a de la Relatividad? 聶Cu獺les son los par獺metros que asocian las viejas leyendas vinculadas al cauce y trayecto del Mississipi con corrientes musicales como el blues, el gospel, el rock 'n' roll o el rhythm & blues? Si conoc矇is el llamado Mid-South de los Estados Unidos podr矇is resolver en parte el enigma. Es una porci籀n de pa穩s que comprende los territorios de Tennessee, Mississipi, Kentucky, Arkansas y Missouri. Tradici籀n, espiritualidad, clasicismo e influencias de todo tipo van cogidos de la mano, configurando un c籀ctel cultural de dif穩cil resoluci籀n a primera vista, pero que revela sus secretos a medida que uno profundiza en ellos. Jordi Prat, apasionado de los Estados Unidos, ha escrito una mezcla de cr籀nica, libro de viajes, novela documental y f獺bula con peque簽as historias acerca de las canciones, el cine, las costumbres, los convencionalismos y la cultura de la d矇cada de los cincuenta, cuando un chico solitario, introvertido y de nombre extra簽o, primero desde su Tupelo natal y despu矇s desde Memphis, estaba a punto de tambalear los cimientos de la m繳sica y la sociedad conservadora de la 矇poca.
Notes Of A Lost Angel
Notes Of A Lost Angel: Poetry Edition is a collection of my inner thoughts over the years. They deal with love, lost, and a host of other trials I have faced over time. This is the first of many volumes.
El amor y la baratija
Un libro bast籀 para que Amable Mej穩a se insertara con alarmante frondosidad en el bosque literario dominicano: El amor y la baratija (2007). S穩, ese libro lo sit繳a en lo m獺s alto de la poes穩a dominicana. Un respeto un獺nime el poeta ha ganado. En ese texto humor e iron穩a son dispersados con maestr穩a, hay cero ret籀rica y m獺s que pericia literaria, el poeta muestra una capacidad de observaci籀n extraordinaria de lo cotidiano. -Eloy Alberto Tejera
Unworldly Wind
Without the protection of cynicism or bravado, these poems acknowledge all the usual human vulnerabilities, reflecting the real world where l'esprit de l'escalier reigns and that pithy one-liner is never on the tip of your tongue when you need it; hurt is deeply felt, but quietly borne. The author gives us his careful observations of life far more than his opinions and the concerns are universal. The wisdom in the text seems to have been hard-won and some of the subject matter is very moving ..Some of the poems can appear deceptively simple at first glance, but the points they make often resonate and demand subsequent readings; this is an unassuming book which quietly grows on you. The longer poems are frequently supple and mediate between an interior/exterior world, eg 'You can drown inside yourself you know/but only a dripping tap can drive you/insane' ... - from a review by Beverly Ellis, English poetOriginally published as part of a combined book: Two Books, this is a revision bringing those two books together as one. Some material has been dropped and it is somewhat re-sequenced to make a single book. Anyone having a copy of Two Books, will find most of what they've seen before in this update, revised version.
LiTTscapes
LiTTscapes is every reader's entry into fiction. LiTTscapes - Landscapes of Fiction is the keepsake official commemorative publication marking the Jubilee of Independence of Trinidad & Tobago. It celebrates the islands' contribution to world literary heritage - the umbilical link between fiction-realism-nationhood in Commonwealth Caribbean world literature. In full colour easy reading coffee table-style, it explores most fiction written from as early as Sir Walter Raleigh, the dawn of English literary sensibility to the 50th year of Independence. It sets the fictional imagination of Nobel Laureates Derek Walcott and Sir Vidia Naipaul along with about 100 other fiction writers in contexts of real-life experiences through more than 500 colour photographs. Readers experience intimate details of island life, walking in the footsteps of the islands' famed writers and larger-than-life literary characters, travelling through the landscapes of festivals, sports, architecture, education, petroleum, sugar, cocoa and other industry, institutions and its cultures, festivals, traditions and lifestyles. It details exciting literary moments, literary heritage walking tours and cross-country excursions with incisive, witty, literary analyses, critique and observations. It is an essential companion for any explorer, reader, travel and heritage enthusiast, tourist, student, policy maker or academic. The author Dr Kris Rampersad, an award-winning international journalist literary promoter (krisrampersad.com) heritage educator and literary scholar, meshes rigorous attention to detail with an easy-to-read style that makes the gallery of fiction approachable and accessible to average reader. This is an essential companion for literary enthusiasts/students, an exciting compendium for travelers, explorers familiar, or not too familiar, with the islands. What Critics Say - "LiTTscapes is a work of art; a documentary, a travelogue, a critical work with visual & literary power. It takes us on a tour of the country, giving some exposure to almost every aspect of life. No tourist guide can give a better, more comprehensive introduction to Trinidad. It is very easy to read. It shows the value that literature has in promoting and presenting the nation.No one book can be everything; no one book can set out to achieve everything that a literature and a visual text can do for its people & its nation; but whatever you say one book can't do, this one almost does it. Features literary houses & the Lion House of Nobel Laureate Sir VS Naipaul, the capital city, other towns, streets, urban communities, villages, historic buildings & places, vegetation, animals, institutions, culture and landscape. There is considerable visual beauty, what Derek Walcott calls "visual surprise" in his Nobel Lecture; an impressive coverage of social history, geography, & politics (Prof Al Creighton, Head Guyana Prize for Literature)- Little, if any, of local landscape and culture is omitted .... Rampersad bridges the gap between fiction and reality, painstakingly mapping the spaces ... successfully charters a path towards deeper understanding of not only the literary works that define us, but also the authors and their multifaceted inspiration (Zahra Gordon, Trinidad Guardian)An opportunity to commit to our own literary tours, to celebrate our literatures in our schools, in our communities as a necessary prerequisite to our development, to heal our self-schism (Pearl Eintou Springer, National Poet Laureate). So well crafted, can be an inspiration to others - First Lady, Dr Jean Ramjohn Richards. "That inclusive aspect of Trinidadian culture is evident in this book: like a good fete, it just draws you in, so you don't want to leave..." Stephen Spark, Soca News, UK.- Rum shops, cathedrals, hummingbirds, cricket, weddings, carnival, Divali, steelpan, Christmas, seasons - some startling topics in this extraordinary survey - Martin Mulligan Commonwealth Journal/Financial Times UK.
Deliverance
Deliverance offers still more poetry by Maiche Lev. Tuesday is for Zika Virus and Thurgood Marshall. Catch the Big Chick Singer and Bobby Peru. Have you been to Falconry School or played tennis with a hundred names? Enjoy Michener's Cane as performed with a Takamine Sunburst, watch some Modern Cinema, explore Ancient Justice, and ponder twenty earths with this offbeat collection of verse.
Collected Agrarian Writings
Maynard Kaufman is equal parts scholar, activist, and farmer, which is to say that he knows what he is talking about, and he practices what he preaches. This volume of papers, from the late 1960's through the present day, showcases his work, words, and wisdom as he grapples with major issues of our times - everything from fossil fuel dependency, climate change, technocracy, disembodied education, and corporate domination to the myth of progress and our ultimate survival on earth.
Hispanic Stars Rising
Hispanics are 100% Hispanic and 100% American. They believe in the American dream and are incredible contributors to this country. US Hispanics represent 60 million people, 18% of the population, 12% of the country's GDP, $1.7 trillion of purchasing power, the youth population - and the list goes on! Yet, they are often invisible, negatively portrayed, seen as takers. Hispanics contribute so much to America, and now it is time for others to see just how beautiful and resilient they can be.Hispanic Stars Rising: The New Face of Power shares the stories about the experiences, challenges, and successes of Hispanic Stars nationwide. It showcases the diverse backgrounds, obstacles and contributions made by this strong and resilient population nationwide and shines a light on the beauty of this fundamental American community.
Landless Voices
"This landmark anthology brings to an international audience those cultural and political acts in which the Sem Terra express their poetry, music, painting and art. The lettered and the unlettered interact in the building of a consciousness of the struggle for land and education. It is a rousing tribute." Bernardo Man癟ano Fernandes, UNESCO Chair in Territorial Development and Education for the Countryside
Baring the Soul
Undressing was born from the memories that were stored in a corner away from my memory. It was the never forgotten absence who took me out of the lethargy of absent words, who reminded me that the heart can love without forgetting whims of youth. More than a decade has passed since I was absent from myself, I lost myself among other people's verses forgetting those that I had stored in my soul. Today, after regaining the momentum of living, I resumed this journey of prose with meaning. To summarize, without giving up my soul, I invite you to navigate over each letter of this love book. If you are there, hiding your crowded feelings, your lost truth, do not be afraid to bare your soul. Come and live each of these poems as if they were yours.
Canadian Exploration Literature
First published by Oxford University Press in 1993, Exploration Literature is a groundbreaking collection of early writing inspired by the opening of a continent.With maps, notes, and thumbnail biographies of these early writers, Exploration Literature is an entry point for both the casual reader and the student of Canadian literature into the beginnings of a literate response to the awe and wonder inspired by an unfolding geography and the literary fundamentals of new nationhood.
Then Like The Blind Man
"...Then Like The Blind Man: ORBIE'S STORY grabs you from the very first page and carries you along, breathless and tense, until the very last, very satisfying sentence." --- The San Francisco Book Review ---At nine, Orbie seems to live his life along a precipice. He is burdened with an overabundance of difficult choices which would be beyond the capacities of most boys his age-but Orbie is about to discover that he's no ordinary boy. In the debut novel from artist and poet Freddie Owens, nothing is ever precisely what it seems: prejudice is not innate, the dead aren't really dead, and those in positions of power cannot be trusted.Orbie finds himself deposited at his grandparent's home in Kentucky one summer, his stepfather, Victor, having had a change of heart about including him on a family prospecting trip to Florida. Except "heart" doesn't seem, to Orbie, quite the right word to apply to his stepfather, whose tempestuous temper took him from the widowed family's salvation to its most dangerous element in one outburst flat.With no end to his stay in sight, Orbie finds himself settling into routines all but unthinkable weeks before. He becomes fast friends with the Kingdom Boys, who he'd have happily kept himself segregated from back home in Detroit, though he now finds that skin color is not the best indicator of trustworthiness. He forms a strong bond with Willis, the stunningly talented, physically disabled black boy connected to his grandparents via their mysterious friend Moses, who may call down the rain.Then Like the Blind Man is an electrifying porthole to the South of the '50s, where, though inane prejudice may have dominated, kindness and justice also had a place. Orbie's sharecropping grandparents, by defying convention with unnerving grace, become founts of colloquial wisdom whose appeal is impossible to resist, and the Orbie they nurture-the best version of a boy who may otherwise have been lost-is someone the reader comes to love. Michelle Anne Schingler ForeWord ReviewsABNA Quarter FinalistReceived IRDiscovery Award for Best in Literary FictionFinalist for Kindle Book Review's Literary Fiction AwardReceived Kirkus Review's STAR for exceptional MeritFeatured in Kirkus Review's Trade MagazineHonorable Mention: Writer's Digest Self-Published Book AwardsRetailers, Libraries and Educators can get the book through Ingram WholesaleNow available in Bookstores Nationwide!An Amazon Bestseller!Scroll Up To Look Inside;Down To Read Reviews
African-American Musicians That Changed Music Forever
Throughout history, African-American musicians and artists have made a profound impact in music, they have given sound and voice through a wide variety of musical genres. Universally they have expressed emotions that is shared through faith, passion, joy, comfort, and injustice through songs that speaks directly to the heart and spirit. Many of these performers have the power to influence, inspire, and affect social change through their musical talent. Their personal stories and experiences have transcended time and encouraged several generations to continue singing, dancing, preaching, and perform with musical instruments. Over the past two centuries these experiences have become part of a cultural identity. The incredible men and woman featured in this book are responsible for creating some of the most iconic songs ever recorded in the history of music. Their trailblazing sounds have been synonymous in the inception of several musical genres such as Gospel, Blues, Jazz, Soul, Rock & Roll, R&B, Disco, and Hip-Hop, to name a few. Their timeless musical treasures continue to enrich and endure our culture, history, spirit, and soul. While recognizing the impact African-American musicians have made worldwide, through inspiring millions to sing, dance, express their faith, and march for justice, the federal government officially declared the month of June as "African-American Music Appreciation Month," which was originally established in June, 1979. In an effort to honor the countless musicians, singers and composers who have played an integral role in crafting America's soundtrack as well as contribute to every musical genre ever conceived, each year during the month of June, the country recognizes and highlights the contributions African-American artists have made throughout history, and the impact their music has made in our society and the world.
Los Mejores Recuerdos
Everyone has a story to share. Celebrating human experiences is at the heart of who we are. Local narratives shape relationships and define our communities. Each book in this series includes writings by students, parents, neighbors, and community members, and is designed to awaken new opportunities in authorship and celebrate our individual and collective voices. Proceeds from each book in the series benefit a non-profit community organization with goals centered on caring for our community's most vulnerable. This book was written with the utmost sincerity. It grew out of intrigue for awakening the spirit of authorship. What you hold in your hands is a gift, a gift developed by six of the most genuine women I have had the honor to work with throughout my 25-year career. The unique nature of this book rests upon the manner in which it was developed. In place of consuming other peoples' stories, we voiced our own. We forged a path we had never been down before. Prior to engaging in this project, we navigated "schooling" by means of other peoples' stories - people we had never met before and never would. This book grew out of trust and honor. What started as a four-month adult education ESL class at a local college resulted in a lifelong treasure. Fond Memories is a collection of personal stories that represent a moment in time - both past and present. The process of creating this book is in itself a beautiful story.
Cobra Lily
Cobra Lily is a review of art and literature, focusing on the cultural and natural environs of Southwest Oregon. We seek to promote voices from this region, as well as voices outside the area which speak to the natural rhythms and experience of life here. Why Cobra Lily? The carnivorous pitcher plant exists most abundantly in Southwest Oregon. This native plant has distinctively adapted to thrive in our region. We draw inspiration from this plant because we dare to be as unique, publishing the diverse writers and artists of Southwest Oregon's extraordinary landscape and culture. Issue Six features the work of the following artists (in order of appearance): Vicki Snitzler, Alan Laurie, Nicole Taylor, Iris Chinook, Deborah Dawson, Michael Spring, William Lawson, Zvi Baranoff, Zack Rowatt, Barbara Parchim, Kate Taormina, Susan Gustafson, Austin Bosch, Kelly Waldin, Smuj Smujington, and Amy Milner.
Truths in Verse
Masner's exploration of poetic forms takes us from the anticipated sonnet and haiku to the complete surprise of the Ghazal and Luc Bat. "In his introductory essay, where he argues that 'even air has a form, ' through the panoply of forms in the book, to his useful glossary, Masner seeks to connect his own life to the life of the art," according to David J. Rothman, 2019 Pushcart Prize winner. Masner's book is a feast of poetic verse forms perfectly plated . . . palpably tasteful.
Anything for a Dull Moment
A showcase for flights of whimsy, penetrating observations, joyous celebrations, and a host of smiles, featuring 46 poems and haiku, 19 drawings, and 36 posters and fliers from the Poetry & Arts Series.
Our Best War Stories
Packed with 36 PRIZE-WINNING WORKS of WAR POETRY, SHORT FICTION, and NON-FICTION from TODAY'S WARS!A patrol races to make peace with Afghan village leaders, battling time to save a snake-bitten Marine! An Army veteran whose touch can hold off death attempts to find his grip. On the streets of Washington, D.C. a former sailor is haunted by the ghost of a stalker who once threatened her career! A proud Air Force brat faces racism on an overseas playground! The crew of an Army cargo plane delivers a brand new Jeep to special forces-in the middle of a jungle firefight!Since 2016, administered by the Chicago-based literary journal Line of Advance, the Col. Darron L. Wright Memorial Awards have served not only to highlight some of the best contemporary voices writing about modern wars-from Vietnam, to Iraq and Afghanistan-but to also creatively commemorate the life of a U.S. Army leader and writer, beloved by his family and troops.Contributors to this volume include: - Brian L. Braden: U.S. Air Force veteran, former military intelligence officer, and author of the historical fantasy series Black Sea Gods: Chronicles of Fu Xi.- Eric Chandler: U.S. Air Force Academy graduate, former F-16 fighter pilot over Iraq and Afghanistan, outdoor sports writer, and author of the poetry collection Hugging This Rock: Poems of Earth & Sky, Love & War.- Desiree Cooper: U.S. Air Force family member, journalist, and author of the award-winning flash-fiction collection Know the Mother.- Jillian Danback-McGhan: U.S. Naval Academy graduate, management coach, and emerging author of literary short stories.- David R. Dixon: U.S. Army veteran, and author of the military science-fiction swashbuckler The Damsel.- Dewaine Farria: U.S. Marine Corps veteran, winner of the inaugural Syracuse University Press Veterans' Writing Award for best book-length fiction or non-fiction, and author of the forthcoming novel Revolutions of All Colors.- Travis Klempan: U.S. Naval Academy graduate, and author of the metaphysical thriller Have Snakes, Need Birds.- Ray McPadden: U.S. Army Ranger veteran, winner of the American Library Association's W.Y. Boyd Award for Excellence in Military Fiction, and author of the novel And the Whole Mountain Burned.- Lisa Stice: U.S. Marine Corps spouse, and author of the poetry collections Uniform and Permanent Change of Station.- William R. "Bill" Upton: U.S. Army veteran, a former crew chief on C-72B "Caribou" aircraft over Vietnam, and author of the memoir Pizza and Mortars: Ba-muoi-ba & Body Bags.Other contributors to this volume include: Edward Ahern - F.S. Blake - Randy Brown - Jack Erwin - Ellyana Gomez - Scott Hubbartt - Laura Joyce-Hubbard - Michael Janairo - Brian Kerg - Michael Lund - Sarah Maples - David S. Pointer - Terry Sanville - Colin W. Sargent - Ryan Stovall - John Thampi - Meredith Wadley - Jeremy Hussein Warneke - Ben Weakley - Amy Zaranek
Canadian Shorts II
LARGE PRINT EDITION. 6x9 Paperback. Canadian Shorts II is a specially selected collection of short stories by established and emerging Canadian authors. Showcasing Canada's diverse writing talent, there is a story for every reader, from Literary Fiction to SciFi Fantasy to Prairie Gothic to Romance-Thriller. Edited by Brenda Fisk. Authors: Joan Baril, Alex Chappell, Bronwynn Erskine, Brenda Fisk, Michael Foy, Allison Gorner, Laurie Hodges Humble, Allan Jones, Halli Lilburn, J. McMullin, Maria Morrison, Stacey O'Sullivan, John Pringle, Robert Runt矇, Jack Shedden, Linda White
Simultaneous Everything
Is it conceivable that all time happens at once, and everything is everywhere? One of our best 'unknown' poets, Kevin Acers explores this question in Simultaneous Everything. While not every poem touches directly on this theme, its head bobs to the surface at frequent intervals. The poet suggests an indivisibility of who, what, where, and when, leaving the reader to ponder the why and the how. These highly original poems (sometimes surreal, sometimes lyrical, sometimes both) are composed with the adroit phrasing and humor that Kevin Acers' readers have come to expect.
Collection of Plays
"In this collection of three plays, writer Ali Hussein invites us on a bricolage journey through time, subjecting colonialism and migration... Battus explores the first King of Cyrenaica's (now Eastern Libya) mystical quest from Ancient Greece to the throne in a tale of deceit, death and glory. Hussein's second play, Cortes, is a remarkable depiction of the one the first phases of American colonisation by the Spanish, dramatizing one the 16th century's most accomplished conquistadors. Cortes, responsible for the fall of the Aztec Empire, led the infamous 1518 expedition to Mexico fuelled on greed for the land's apparent hidden treasures...Set in a New York cemetery, United in Death brings us into the modern day. A black man, an Arab Muslim, a Jew, a Brit, an Irish and a New Yorker find themselves discussing the philosophy of life in an urban purgatory." - Sherif Dhaimish
Mental Jewelry
The poetry in this book is original and heartfelt. Each poem is meant to stimulate the mind and emotions of the reader. The author hopes to encourage self-reflection and inspire hope.
The Life Section
The Life Section is a compilation of columns written by popular newspaper columnist Michael K. McMahan. McMahan is author of three books: A Breach of Faith; Confessions of a Preacher's Kid; An Act of War; and, editor of The Little Orangemen, a book written by Coach Earl Groves. McMahan is a U.S. Army veteran who served in the First Air Cavalry in Vietnam in 1968 - 1969. He also served in the 82nd Airborne Division. He is a frequent lecturer on military, economic and religious topics.MICHAEL K. MCMAHAN is author of three books, A Breach of Faith; Confessions of a Preacher's Kid; and, An Act of War. He is also editor of Little Orangemen-An account of the most dominant football team in America from 1959 to 1968. His columns and articles have been published in Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, Winston-Salem Journal and other newspapers. He writes a weekly column for the Gaston Gazette, the Shelby Star and the Hendersonville Times-News. Life Section is a collection of articles and columns that have been previously published.
Ideal Minds
Following the 1960s, that decade's focus on consciousness-raising transformed into an array of intellectual projects far afield of movement politics. The mind's powers came to preoccupy a range of thinkers and writers: ethicists pursuing contractual theories of justice, radical ecologists interested in the paleolithic brain, seventies cultists, and the devout of both evangelical and New Age persuasions. In Ideal Minds, Michael Trask presents a boldly revisionist argument about the revival of subjectivity in postmodern American culture, connecting familiar figures within the seventies intellectual landscape who share a commitment to what he calls "neo-idealism" as a weapon in the struggle against discredited materialist and behaviorist worldviews.In a heterodox intellectual and literary history of the 1970s, Ideal Minds mixes ideas from cognitive science, philosophy of mind, moral philosophy, deep ecology, political theory, science fiction, neoclassical economics, and the sociology of religion. Trask also delves into the decade's more esoteric branches of learning, including Scientology, anarchist theory, rapture prophesies, psychic channeling, and neo-Malthusianism. Through this investigation, Trask argues that a dramatic inflation in the value of consciousness and autonomy beginning in the 1970s accompanied a growing argument about the state's inability to safeguard such values. Ultimately, the thinkers Trask analyzes--John Rawls, Arne Naess, L. Ron Hubbard, Hal Lindsey, Philip Dick, Ursula Le Guin, Edward Abbey, William Burroughs, John Irving, and James Merrill--found alternatives to statism in conditions that would lend intellectual support to the consolidation of these concepts in the radical free market ideologies of the 1980s.
Dispatches from the Republic of Letters
"The centrifugal pull of great literature, as embodied by the work of these twenty-five writers, draws us into a fuller realization of our humanity." - Daniel Simon, editor-in-chief of World Literature Today For the last fifty years, The Neustadt Prize has been one of the most prestigious literary prizes in the world, second only to the Nobel. Poets, novelists, and playwrights from Gabriel Garcia Marquez to Czeslaw Milosz and Dubravka Ugresic are listed among the ranks of laureate. Now, in honor of the fiftieth anniversary, Dispatches from the Republic of Letters gathers the acceptance speeches of these twenty-five pioneering writers into one volume, edited and with an introduction by World Literature Today editor-in-chief Daniel Simon.
Can You See Freedom?
Can You See Freedom? As in her previous satirical poetry books, "America Wake Up" and "2020 Hindsight," "Can You See Freedom?" was born out of Victoria R. Crosby's anger and disgust with the tRump administration.Ever since #45 stole the presidency, with help from Russia, Victoria Crosby has been marching and demonstrating, with thousands of others, protesting the racial divide that has been growing along with his destruction of the environment, his lack of respect for women and all minorities, nepotism and all the other treasonous offenses that his party has enabled.Her wit and humor, coupled with serious reflection on topics of worldwide importance, makes this another must-read book from acclaimed poet Victoria Crosby.
The Best Teen Writing of 2020
The Best Teen Writing of 2020 showcases stories, essays, and poetry by teen authors who earned a National Medal in the 2020 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Pieces included in this anthology represent the courage and honesty of these young writers and the emergence of their individual voices. The collection celebrates the creativity forged by their hard work, personal experiences, and powerful perspectives. For more information about the Scholastic Awards, visit artandwriting.org.
Conversations with Jay Parini
Jay Parini (b. 1948) is best known for his novel about Leo Tolstoy's last year, The Last Station, which has been translated into more than twenty-five languages and made into a Hollywood film. But he has also published numerous volumes of poetry; biographies of William Faulkner, Robert Frost, and John Steinbeck; novels; and literary and cultural criticism. This book contains the most important interviews with the former Guggenheim fellow; a former Fowler Hamilton Fellow at Christ Church, Oxford; and a former fellow of the Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of London.Parini's work is valuable not just because of its high quality and intellectual range. Parini's life and writings often seem like a seminar table, with friends gathered, talking and trading stories. He has openly written poems in conversation with writers he knew personally: Robert Penn Warren, Gore Vidal, Jorge Luis Borges, and others. He has, in his own life, kept an ongoing conversation with many literary friends over the years--Alastair Reid, Seamus Heaney, Anne Stevenson, Ann Beattie, Julia Alvarez, Peter Ackroyd, A. N. Wilson, and countless others.These interviews offer a more comprehensive understanding of Parini's work as a poet, scholar, public intellectual, literary critic, intellectual historian, biographer, novelist, and biographical novelist. More importantly, these interviews will contribute to our understanding of the history of ideas, the condition of knowledge, and the state of literature, all of which Parini has played an important role in shaping.
My Bondage and My Freedom
My Bondage and My Freedom is an autobiographical slave narrative written by Frederick Douglass and published in 1855, discussing in greater detail his transition from bondage to liberty. Douglass, a former slave, following his liberation went on to become a prominent abolitionist, speaker, author, and publisher.In his foreword to the 2003 Modern Library paperback edition, John Stauffer writes: "My Bondage and My Freedom," [is] a deep meditation on the meaning of slavery, race, and freedom, and on the power of faith and literacy, as well as a portrait of an individual and a nation a few years before the Civil War." As his narrative unfolds, Frederick Douglass--abolitionist, journalist, orator, and one of the most powerful voices to emerge from the American civil rights movement--transforms himself from slave to fugitive to reformer, leaving behind a legacy of social, intellectual, and political thought. The title includes Douglass's original Appendix, composed of excerpts from the author's speeches as well as a letter he wrote to his former master.
The Rake
A new collection, containing 61 poems, including one that earned Honorable Mention in the Steve Kowit Poetry Prize 2018. Lyrical, inventive, alternating focus from the imagined to the actual (and asking the reader to choose which is more real), these poems paint an interior landscape as vivid as the view outside the window.
Put A Nail, End It
In this all-powerful and heartening anthology, Put a Nail, End It introduces survivors and authors who stepped outside themselves to share their deepest lessons. This anthology is chock-full of knowledge from spirituality, finances, and mental health awareness, to healing, finding your purpose, and overcoming life's obstacles. Put a Nail, End It, compiled by Kiawana Leaf, offers you the opportunity to learn to move out of your comfort zone and see that there is a life beyond your wildest dreams if you have the faith to believe. The lessons in this anthology show you how commitment, dedication, and determination can put you on the path to your destiny. For these authors, healing wasn't easy. They had to make the necessary adjustments through trials and tribulations to be able to speak their truth and bring you a powerful testimonial about the lessons they have learned. Join these exceptional authors in their quest to put you on the road to your final destination.
African-American Classic Three Book Set - The Souls of Black Folk, Up From Slavery, and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Complete African-American Classic Three Book Set, includes The Souls of Black Folk, Up From Slavery, and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. The foundational civil rights works on race relations in America, the slave narratives, in their own voices. This is their story in one volume.From The Souls of Black Folk: "Herein lie buried many things which if read with patience may show the strange meaning of being black here at the dawning of the Twentieth Century.... I have sought here to sketch, in vague, uncertain outline, the spiritual world in which ten thousand thousand Americans live and strive."From Up From Slavery: "I have begun everything with the idea that I could succeed, and I never had much patience with the multitudes of people who are always ready to explain why one cannot succeed."From the 1845 text Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: "My mother was named Harriet Bailey." "My father was a white man." "I have had two masters." "...my escape from slavery."All students of thought should get this historic set. This edition is provided in a slim volume with full text at an affordable price. TABLE OF CONTENTSTHE SOULS OF BLACK FOLK 3UP FROM SLAVERY 91NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS 181
African-American Classic Three Book Set - The Souls of Black Folk, Up From Slavery, and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Complete African-American Classic Three Book Set, includes The Souls of Black Folk, Up From Slavery, and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. The foundational civil rights works on race relations in America, the slave narratives, in their own voices. This is their story in one volume. From The Souls of Black Folk: "Herein lie buried many things which if read with patience may show the strange meaning of being black here at the dawning of the Twentieth Century.... I have sought here to sketch, in vague, uncertain outline, the spiritual world in which ten thousand thousand Americans live and strive." From Up From Slavery: "I have begun everything with the idea that I could succeed, and I never had much patience with the multitudes of people who are always ready to explain why one cannot succeed." From the 1845 text Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: "My mother was named Harriet Bailey." "My father was a white man." "I have had two masters." "...my escape from slavery." All students of thought should get this historic set. This edition is provided in a slim volume with full text at an affordable price. TABLE OF CONTENTSTHE SOULS OF BLACK FOLK 3UP FROM SLAVERY 91NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS 181
Becoming America
The University of North Georgia Press and Affordable Learning Georgia bring you Becoming America: An Exploration of American Literature from Precolonial to Post-Revolution. Featuring sixty-nine authors and full texts of their works, the selections in this open anthology represent the diverse voices in early American literature. This completely-open anthology will connect students to the conversation of literature that is embedded in American history and has helped shaped its culture.Features: Contextualizing introductions from Pre- and Early Colonial Literature to Early American RomanticismOver 70 historical imagesIn-depth biographies of each authorInstructional Design, including Reading and Review QuestionsThis textbook is an open Educational Resource. It can be reused, remixed, and reedited freely without seeking permission.
Becoming America
The University of North Georgia Press and Affordable Learning Georgia bring you Becoming America: An Exploration of American Literature from Precolonial to Post-Revolution. Featuring sixty-nine authors and full texts of their works, the selections in this open anthology represent the diverse voices in early American literature. This completely-open anthology will connect students to the conversation of literature that is embedded in American history and has helped shaped its culture.Features: Contextualizing introductions from Pre- and Early Colonial Literature to Early American RomanticismOver 70 historical imagesIn-depth biographies of each authorInstructional Design, including Reading and Review QuestionsThis textbook is an open Educational Resource. It can be reused, remixed, and reedited freely without seeking permission.
Matman & Testudo
I was given some building blocks: words. I don't believe they'll be enough. I keep writing (Licht und Stein) nevertheless.
Creations from the Heart of Eden
Embark on a journey of self-discovery, reflect on a celebration of self-love, rejoice in the art of gratitude on a pursuit to enrich your life. This collection of poetry captures themes of nature, the environment, mindfulness and thought provoking ways to freedom. This poetry will help you discover a new dimension of passion for self-care, leading to health care and support you on your journey to reach tranquility in your life. It contains "10 Wellness Tips to Reach Your Full Potential" and "Your Sacred Space" for you to record your inspirational quotes and more.
The Blue Collar Blues and Other Stories
A shipwreck's tragic toll in human life. The changing face of a quiet turn-of-the century neighborhood. A man who lost his wife unexpectedly. An obnoxious drunk who gets more than he bargained for. A horse who develops an affinity for a Hawaiian saloon. A submarine's up close and personal encounter with a snoozing whale. Each of these stories and much more are found in "The Blue Collar Blues," author Bob Stockton's personal anthology of forty-six short stories that have been published over the past decade. The book's first section contains stories of a young boy's coming of age in an ever-changing northeast working-class neighborhood. The second section highlights standalone stories that run from autobiographical to allegorical. The third section focuses on the adventures-and misadventures- of young sailors serving in the U.S. Navy of a half-century past. The fourth section relates actual tales of the U.S. Navy and her sailors deployed along the Pacific Rim. Grab a cup of coffee and escape into the mind of an author with a flair for describing what is really important in life.
The Burden
Examines the continued emotional, economic, and cultural enslavement of African Americans in the twenty-first century. The Burden: African Americans and the Enduring Impact of Slavery is a plea to America to understand what life post-slavery remains like for many African Americans, who are descended from people whose unpaid labor built this land, but have had to spend the last century and a half carrying the dual burden of fighting racial injustice and rising above the lowered expectations and hateful bigotry that attempt to keep them shackled to that past. The Burden, edited by award-winning Detroit newspaper columnist Rochelle Riley, is a powerful collection of essays that create a chorus of evidence that the burden is real. As Nikole Hannah-Jones states in the book's foreword, "despite the fact that black Americans remain at the bottom of every indicator of well-being in this country--from wealth, to poverty, to health, to infant mortality, to graduation rates, to incarceration--we want to pretend that this current reality has nothing to do with the racial caste system that was legally enforced for most of the time the United States of America has existed." The Burden expresses the voices of other well-known Americans, such as actor/director Tim Reid who compares slavery to a cancer diagnosis, former Detroit News columnist Betty DeRamus who recounts the discrimination she encountered as a young black Detroiter in the south, and the actress Aisha Hinds who explains how slavery robbed an entire race of value and self-worth. This collection of essays is a response to the false idea that slavery wasn't so bad and something we should all just "get over."The descendants of slaves have spent over 150 years seeking permission to put this burden down. As Riley writes in her opening essay, "slavery is not a relic to be buried, but a wound that has not been allowed to heal. You cannot heal what you do not treat. You cannot treat what you do not see as a problem. And America continues to look the other way, to ask African Americans to turn the other cheek, to suppress our joy, to accept that we are supposed to go only as far as we are allowed." The Burden aims to address this problem. It is a must-read for every American.
Juvenile Literature - A Friend in the Library - Volume VII - A Practical Guide to the Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, James Russell Lowell, John Green
Eva March Tappan's "A Friend in the Library" series is a comprehensive guide to the writings of six seminal American writers, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, James Russell Lowell, John Greenleaf Whittier, and Oliver Wendell Holmes. In this volume, the author focuses on children's literature and the examples produced by these great writers, offering detailed descriptions and background information for each. This book is highly recommended for those with an interest in children's literature and its history in America. March Tappan (1854 - 1930) was an American author and teacher. Other notable works by this author include: "Adventures & Achievements" (1900), "Poems & Rhymes" (1900), and "In the Days of Queen Elizabeth" (1902). Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author. This book was first published in 1909.
midnight and indigo - Issue 2
midnight & indigo is a literary journal dedicated to short fiction and narrative essays by Black women writers.Featuring 14 Black women writers, the second issue includes contributions by Khaholi Bailey, Zakiah Baker, rebekah blake, K.B. Carle, Jeannine A. Cook, Cassandra Eddington, Johannah Fienburgh, Janyce Denise Glasper, Marissa Joy Leotaud, devorah major, Zuri H. Scrivens, Vanessa Taylor, Janelle M. Williams, and Akilah Wise.In "Wick" by K.B. Carle, the windows of the Big House separate Sylke from the house slave she visits at night. She can't help but wonder what this woman feels while she tends to the Master's family, and why she allows the drippings of candle wax to seep into the palm of her hand.A young woman hides her love for her best friend who is currently dating someone else, in "Crazy" by Marissa Joy Leotaud. An old woman, who appears to be homeless, encounters a couple on a train and tells them the story of her searching in "Sunday," by Cassandra Eddington.In "Kelsey Monahan Stole Your Goddamn Jacket" by Vanessa Taylor, a narrator returns to a shelter to find their roommate has stolen their jacket. In this story that touches on homelessness, shelter life, queerness, and Islam, what is otherwise a mundane event leads to an explosive reaction."The Goodbye Sister" by Janyce Denise Glasper introduces an Ohioan woman coming to terms with the absence of her younger sister. A Black woman is annoyed by the poor customer service at her local Harlem post office, in "In c/o Chidi Onyeachu" by Janelle M. Williams. In line, she obsesses over her ex-boyfriend, to whom she is sending a package. Upon revealing that the package contains her heart, everyone has an opinion.In "Sitting Spells" by devorah major, Meecha makes a real love potion. She sends every young woman who seeks her help, to her sister Rhea for her cautionary tale about the truth of these potions. Are they worth it? "Up North" by Zakiah Baker follows a young girl through her 1950s summer journey of moving from a poverty-stricken South Carolina town to a wealthy city in Pennsylvania. When she meets free-spirited Cindy, she wonders whether she could be more than what she's been taught.A mother and daughter come to terms with their mortality at different points in their lives in "Mary, Mara, and Death" by rebekah blake. Jamie recalls the night his little sister was born, in "Pomegranate" by Johannah Fienburgh. It was a night of fairy tales, power outages, and strange fruits fed to him by his mother. Jamie wonders what is memory and what is story.In "Mr. Landry" by Akilah Wise, Mr. Landry spends his days watching the world from his porch in rural Louisiana. As the day turns to night on one particular day, he encounters a wide-eyed local who sparks a peculiar kind of fire.Black Barbie, a personal essay by Khaholi Bailey, recounts her experience at the slumber party of a fellow fourth-grader, and the regift of one of her unopened toys: a Black Barbie doll. Latent racism, inferiority, and white guilt are revealed.Little Brother by Zuri H. Scrivens was written following the news that one of her maternal uncles had died. The essay draws on her memories of the first time she heard her mother grieve, and how it shifted the concept of her familial role.We Are The Champions by Jeannine A. Cook, describes a trip to an abortion clinic, taking the reader on the mental journey to an internal war. On the other side, we recognize how many other women warriors are fighting beside us to overcome similar battles.
Remembering Lela & CharlieThe Blue Springs Years
Follow Lela & Charlie as they begin the closing chapter of their wonderful life together, as told by their daughter, Mable Gates, who lovingly cared for her parents on her Blue Springs property in those emotional final years. The responsibilities of grown children caring for their aging parents are less often talked about, joy-filled, and sometimes painful, but no less an important part of the human experience. It is our sincere hope that you enjoy these delightfully written short stories and that publishing them in this collection preserves not only each story and Mable's talent, but also provides a snapshot of life in 20th Century rural Mississippi.
Chasing Tomorrow
"Time is like a river of passing events, and swift is its current." This collection of award-winning poetry and prose from the League of Utah Writers takes the reader on journeys through the currents of time, warming in the glow of nostalgia, weathering grief, finding hope for the future, or hoping that the past doesn't catch up. Featuring fiction, non-fiction, and poetry from Virginia Babcock, Elizabeth Watson Barnes, Robyn Buttars, Denis Feehan, Matthew Funk, Brenda Birch Gallaher, Krystal Gerber, Robin Glassey, Lorin Grace, Amanda Hill, Josie Hulme, Jef Huntsman, Lorraine Jeffery, C.H. Lindsay, Christine McDonough, Chris Todd Miller, John Saporito, Valarie Schenk, Richard Timothy, Marie Tollstrup, Johnny Worthen, and Bryan Young.
