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Compiled, edited, and newly revised by Ralph Ellison’s literary executor, John F. Callahan, this definitive volume includes posthumously discovered reviews, criticism, and interviews, as well as the essay collections Shadow and Act (1964), hailed by Robert Penn Warren as “a body of cogent and subtle commentary on the questions that focus on race,” and Going to the Territory (1986), an exploration of literature and folklore, jazz and culture,...
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Characterized by "a radical simplicity and seriousness of purpose, along with a fearless interest in autobiography and its tragedies and redemptions" (Matthew Zapruder, New York Times Magazine), Marie Howe's poetry transforms penetrating observations of everyday life into sacred, humane miracles. This essential volume draws from each of Howe's four previous collections-including What the Living Do (1997), a haunting archive of personal loss, and the...
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After dropping her child off at preschool, Marla Hancock, a stay-at-home mother, disappears. She had recently left her verbally abusive husband in rural Indiana and moved in with her sister, Shelly, who simply can't believe that her sister would ever willingly vanish without her children. But with limited support from the town's police department or media resources, Shelly fears that Marla's disappearance won't get the attention it deserves, or worse,...
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"Diane Seuss's signature voice--audacious in its honesty, virtuosic in its artistry, outsider in its attitude--has become one of the most original in contemporary poetry. Her latest collection takes its title, Modern Poetry, from the first textbook Seuss encountered as a child and the first poetry course she took in college, as an enrapt but ill-equipped student, one who felt poetry was beyond her reach. Many of the poems make use of the forms and...
7) My Shepherd
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Gage, in his misery, tries to cope with life and family. Ignoring calls from family and friends and is genuinely concerned about his well-being and emotional state, given the tragedy he's had to endure. His sister-in-law, Jane, becomes a warm, comforting woman who tries to help him through this enormous challenge. Jane, being the identical twin of his former wife, Jaden, takes them on a sinful path to lust, hot sex, and infidelity, all while she claims...
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Open the cover of this book and embark on a poetic journey that captures the impermanence that sculpts our world, the fragile balance between creation and decay. Witness a nursing home that succumbs to nature's embrace, feel the desert sands reclaiming an abandoned town, and explore an estate sale revealing musty rooms filled with orphaned excess. Each poem in this collection is a brushstroke in a carefully painted scene that reminds us that life's...
10) Old Songs
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A collection of old songs. Excerpt: "If I go abroad and late come in, "Sir Knave," saith she, "where have you been?" And do I well or ill, she claps me on the skin."
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In America, the two major parties monopolize our political system, but despite this, political independents, 3rd party candidates, and mavericks still press on. Bold political independents, mavericks, and 3rd party candidates refuse to lie down and accept less than God's best. Instead, these political independents, mavericks, and 3rd party candidates fearlessly advance novel and liberating solutions. In the process, they inspire us to live the best...
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How should we think of civil disobedience? Do we have a moral right to disobey unjust laws? Do we have a moral obligation to disobey unjust jaws? How should we perceive those who engage in civil disobedience. This poetry strives to answer these and other questions. 26 pages; 25 poems.
14) 6 am
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New love is on the horizon in this poetry collection. These feelings are wrongMisleading as usualCrushing at first sightI'm seeing loveThat is supposed to be blindIt's a bluffI can see itThough I still put herIn a poem *Sakari* New Love...
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Never in his wildest dreams did he ever think that he would be convicted of the crime that he was accused of being so he knew absolutely nothing about it this wasn't a mistaken identity this was a personal vendetta from a police officer who promised this man that he was going to put his black ass in jail when he was 14 15 16 years old imagine a police officer right past slowing down in the car just to threaten you and then years later he breaks the...
17) Words
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The author, Arnold Matthews, hopes you will find in this package of his written works of poetry, much pleasure.
The poetry is addressed to all faiths and none, to all gender orientations and to Humanitarians. Of course, not all poetry appeals to everyone but as stated in the Doctor's Magazine 'The Lancet', it says that the right sort of poetry can be very therapeutic. It is for the reader to judge if this is the 'right sort of poetry'. The author...
18) Word Garden
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I have written about nature and the healing powers of nature. I have written about struggle and survival in a world that often drains us of our ability to reach our fullest potentials. We are experiencing disconnection from our intuition and natural instincts to thrive. A confident relationship with yourself is at the core of well being. Word Garden is a collection of poetry I have written throughout my lifetime. I write when I need to express thoughts,...
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