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Author: David Clewell Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press ISBN: 9780299144142 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 100
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His compassionate witness is born out of immersion in doggedly bittersweet particulars: the cock-eyed wisdom of 1950s science fiction movies; Do Not Disturb signs; vegetarian physics; the perils of bed-and-breakfast lodging; flying saucer disciples; what to do in case of Rapture; Debbie Fuller, reluctant childhood angel; the theory and practice of Spontaneous Human Combustion. His passionate transformation of that raw data into song - no matter how fragile or raucous - provides irrefutable testimony about the consequences of being nothing less than human, where "every day someone crawls out of his ocean of sleep / and takes those first tottering steps on the planet again / he's playing with real fire." And with Clewell's insistence on the unlikely grace in that condition, along with the generosity of his unabashed inclusiveness, his poetry is a powerful antidote to the bad medicine we're too often asked to swallow.
Author: David Clewell Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press ISBN: 9780299144142 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 100
Book Description
His compassionate witness is born out of immersion in doggedly bittersweet particulars: the cock-eyed wisdom of 1950s science fiction movies; Do Not Disturb signs; vegetarian physics; the perils of bed-and-breakfast lodging; flying saucer disciples; what to do in case of Rapture; Debbie Fuller, reluctant childhood angel; the theory and practice of Spontaneous Human Combustion. His passionate transformation of that raw data into song - no matter how fragile or raucous - provides irrefutable testimony about the consequences of being nothing less than human, where "every day someone crawls out of his ocean of sleep / and takes those first tottering steps on the planet again / he's playing with real fire." And with Clewell's insistence on the unlikely grace in that condition, along with the generosity of his unabashed inclusiveness, his poetry is a powerful antidote to the bad medicine we're too often asked to swallow.
Author: Kim Addonizio Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company ISBN: 0393540901 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 92
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A dark, no-holds-barred, and often hilarious collection from a prize-winning poet, veering between the poles of self and world. Kim Addonizio’s sharp and irreverent eighth volume, Now We’re Getting Somewhere, is an essential companion to your practice of the Finnish art of kalsarikännit—drinking at home, alone in your underwear, with no intention of going out. Imbued with the poet’s characteristic precision and passion, the collection charts a hazardous course through heartache, climate change, dental work, Outlander, semiotics, and more. Combatting existential gloom with a wicked, seductive energy, Addonizio investigates desire, loss, and the madness of contemporary life. She calls out to Walt Whitman and John Keats, echoes Dorothy Parker, and finds sisterhood with Virginia Woolf. Sometimes confessional, sometimes philosophical, these poems weave from desolation to drollery and clamor with raucous imagery: an insect in high heels, a wolf at an uncomfortable party, a glowing and self-serious guitar. A poet whose “voice lifts from the page, alive and biting” (Sky Sanchez, San Francisco Book Review), Addonizio reminds her reader, "if you think nothing & / no one can / listen I love you joy is coming."
Author: Beth Neff Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 110155973X Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 307
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Four girls: dealer, junkie, recluse, thief Sarah, Jenna, Lauren, and Cassie may look like ordinary girls, but they're not. They're delinquents whose lives collide when they're sent to an experimental juvenile detention program on a farm in the middle of nowhere. As the girls face up to the crimes they committed, three of them will heal the wounds of their pasts and discover strengths they never dreamed they had. And one, driven by a deep secret of her own, will seek to destroy everything they've all worked so hard for. An Excerpt from Getting Somewhere: She thinks of herself as the surviving type. Able to make things work out the way she wants them to. Okay, so, yeah. This is a little glitch in her plans. But she's not going to stay. Absolutely no way. She'll just tell them she's not happy, that it isn't working out for her. The room where they put her is ridiculous. Tiny. No television, no phone. Geez, they even had those at detention. Well, not in the rooms, but still. Hell, if she has to, she'll just walk out. Nothing to stop her. It will be fine. It always is.
Author: Marjorie B. Kellogg Publisher: Astra Publishing House ISBN: 1101664525 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 451
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The thrilling conclusion to the adventures of the four elemental dragons and their human guides, the fourth and final book of the history-spanning Dragon Quartet fantasy series. In the fourth novel of this popular tetralogy, Marjorie B. Kellogg brings together the four elemental dragons and their human companions in a desperate quest to free Air from her as-yet-undiscovered prison—and stop Fire before his devastating reign destroys the world.
Author: Glen Cook Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 9780765345967 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 532
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In a world in which humans are ruled by demons and dark gods, the Praman warrior Else inadvertently defeats a creature of the Dark and is subsequently forced to penetrate the center of a rival religious faction, sparking a dangerous conflict.
Author: Andy Costa Publisher: Page Publishing Inc ISBN: 1662458053 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 161
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This book is about an old Indian girl. This girl is around 300 years old; she is a skin walker. She meets this girl she likes, and they get into trouble with each other.
Author: Jenn McKinlay Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0593101367 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 352
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One of Popsugar’s Best New Books for Summer 2020 A thirty-year-old woman retraces her gap year through Ireland, France, and Italy to find love—and herself—in this hilarious and heartfelt novel. It's been seven years since Chelsea Martin embarked on her yearlong postcollege European adventure. Since then, she's lost her mother to cancer and watched her sister marry twice, while Chelsea's thrown herself into work, becoming one of the most talented fundraisers for the American Cancer Coalition, and with the exception of one annoyingly competent coworker, Jason Knightley, her status as most successful moneymaker is unquestioned. When her introverted mathematician father announces he's getting remarried, Chelsea is forced to acknowledge that her life stopped after her mother died and that the last time she can remember being happy, in love, or enjoying her life was on her year abroad. Inspired to retrace her steps—to find Colin in Ireland, Jean Claude in France, and Marcelino in Italy—Chelsea hopes that one of these three men who stole her heart so many years ago can help her find it again. From the start of her journey nothing goes as planned, but as Chelsea reconnects with her old self, she also finds love in the very last place she expected.
Author: Ashley West Publisher: Monster Media LLC ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages :
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Atlas has long watched his friends and fellow warriors find their mates. He’s heard all about how it’s supposedly the most magical thing that can happen, how you feel complete and happy and whole, and he’s tried not to be bitter over the fact that he still hasn’t found his mate. It hasn’t been for lack of trying, either. With his skill on the battlefield, he’s highly sought after by the females of his kind and other kinds as well, but there has never been that spark. When he’s chosen to accompany the princess of their people to Earth, he thinks nothing of it. It’ll be a good distraction from things that aren’t going the way he wants them to, if anything. Certainly he doesn’t anticipate any kind of foul plot afoot with consequences that reach far beyond their own kind. He definitely doesn’t expect to meet Katlyn Pierce, bartender by night, student by day, with her sharp eyes and sharper tongue. By the end of his escort duty, Atlas is honestly not sure which is more surprising: that he’s fighting his own people to save a planet he barely understands or that he’s fairly sure he’s found the other half of his soul. But the princess isn’t above exploiting his newfound connection, and Atlas just might find himself fighting to save his mate as well as the rest of the world.
Author: Lynne Martin Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc. ISBN: 140229154X Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 320
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"Nearly every page has some crack piece of travel wisdom ... an accessible, inspiring journey." -Kirkus The Sell-Your-House, See-the-World Life! Reunited after thirty-five years and wrestling a serious case of wanderlust, Lynne and Tim Martin decided to sell their house and possessions and live abroad full-time. They've never looked back. With just two suitcases, two computers, and each other, the Martins embark on a global adventure, taking readers from sky-high pyramids in Mexico to Turkish bazaars to learning the contact sport of Italian grocery shopping. But even as they embrace their new home-free lifestyle, the Martins grapple with its challenges, including hilarious language barriers, finding financial stability, and missing the family they left behind. Together, they learn how to live a life-and love-without borders. From glittering Georgian mansions in Ireland to the windswept coasts of Portugal, this euphoric, inspiring memoir is more than a tale of second chances. Recently featured on NPR's Here and Now, as well as in the New York Times, Home Sweet Anywhere is a road map for anyone who dreams of turning the idea of life abroad into a reality.
Author: David Clewell
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Author: Kim Addonizio
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Author: Marjorie B. Kellogg
Author: Glen Cook
Author: Andy Costa
Author: Jenn McKinlay
Author: Ashley West
Author: Lynne Martin