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Word of Mouthby Catherine Bowman
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2009; US$ 13.99Starting in 1995, NPR’s All Things Considered began presenting poets reading their own works. Introduced by “poetry DJ” Catherine Bowman, these popular short segments allowed listeners to experience poetry as a kind of verbal music, recalling its roots as a spoken art form. Word of Mouth , edited by Bowman, brings together the poems that have been featured on NPR, providing a window onto the dynamic contemporary poetry scene. A child playing with flashes of sunlight in the aisle of an airplane; a woman describing tropical fruit to someone in a faraway country; a man building a deck with his dead father’s hammer; the musings of a Barbie doll participating in a 12-step program: these poems powerfully and lyrically... more...
White Trashby Nancy C. McAllister; Robert Waters Grey
Boson Books 1999; US$ 7.50Don't Try and Sell Me No Pink Flamingos : From the forward by George Garrett York Harbor, Maine July 1976 Naturally I would a whole lot rather be back there among the pages of this book, paid up and in good standing, instead of up here in the front talking about it. ?I feel like having some bumper stickers printed up?HONK IF YOU LOVE FRED CHAPPELL, BLINK YOUR LIGHTS IF YOU BELIEVE IN COLEMAN BARKS; CAUTION I BRAKE FOR ARMADILLOS AND KELLY CHERRY. And so on. Or maybe to stand up at some session of literary Holy Rollers and holler: "Everybody who loves poetry say after me?James Seay and Julie Suk and Rosemary Daniell!" All the poets, and the editors, are to be thanked and congratulated. As a Southerner my (own) self, now living... more...
American Poets of the 20th Centuryby Mary Ellen Snodgrass
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2000; US$ 12.95This literary companion carries you into the lives and poetic lines of 41 of America's most admired poets from the last century. From popular favorites such as Robert Frost and Carl Sandburg to the more esoteric T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound, this handbook also introduces you to living poets, such as Rita Dove, who are still inscribing their places in literary history. The book opens with an approach to analyzing poetry, and each author-specific chapter includes sections devoted to Chief Works, Discussion and Research Topics, and a Selected Bibliography. Complete list of authors covered in this comprehensive guide: Edgar Lee Masters, Edward Arlington Robinson, Robert Frost, Amy Lowell, Carl Sandburg, Wallace Stevens, William Carlos Williams,... more...
Dateline: Torontoby Ernest Hemingway
Simon & Schuster 2002; US$ 8.99Dateline: Toronto collects all 172 pieces that Hemingway published in the Star, including those under pseudonyms. Hemingway readers will discern his unique voice already present in many of these pieces, particularly his knack for dialogue. It is also fascinating to discover early reportorial accounts of events and subjects that figure in his later fiction. As William White points out in his introduction to this work, "Much of it, over sixty years later, can still be read both as a record of the early twenties and as evidence of how Ernest Hemingway learned the craft of writing." The enthusiasm, wit, and skill with which these pieces were written guarantee that Dateline: Toronto will be read for pleasure, as excellent journalism, and... more...
Future Tenseby Frank Almond
Boson Books 2005; US$ 9.95Future Tense is the sequel to Tempus Fugit . It picks up exactly where the first book leaves off. Sloane now finds himself reunited with his girlfriend, Emma, at Duckworth Hall. It should be a time for love and celebration, but our hero?s hopes are soon dashed when he?s devastated to find that Emma is obsessed with a mysterious stranger, one of the Duck?s houseguests. Things rapidly go from bad to worse when he discovers the Duck?s other houseguests?in the attic! As usual, the Duck?s machinations are unfathomable to mere mortals. Those puritanical fascists, Corrective Measures, are still in hot pursuit, only this time they?re meaner?their snatch squads now blow up time fugitives homes and pack them off to the Castle, a sinister prison lost... more...
Contemporary Plays By Women of Colorby Kathy A. Perkins; Roberta Uno
Routledge 1996; US$ 45.95A collection of previously unpublished new and recent works by US women playwrights of colour. Features biographical notes on each writer and the production history of each play - a unique resource for practitioners and students. more...
Stealing the Networkby Ryan Russell; Peter A Riley; Jay Beale; Chris Hurley; Tom Parker; Brian Hatch
Syngress Publishing 2005; US$ 41.95The first two books in this series ?Stealing the Network: How to Own the Box? and ?Stealing the Network: How to Own a Continent? have become classics in the Hacker and Infosec communities because of their chillingly realistic depictions of criminal hacking techniques. In this third installment, the all-star cast of authors tackle one of the fastest growing crimes in the world: Identity Theft. Now, the criminal hackers readers have grown to both love and hate try to cover their tracks and vanish into thin air? "Stealing the Network: How to Own an Identity" is the 3rd book in the "Stealing" series, and continues in the tradition created by its predecessors by delivering real-world network attack methodologies and hacking techniques within a... more...
Twentysomething Essays by Twentysomething Writersby Matt Kellogg; Jillian Quint
Random House Publishing Group 2006; US$ 11.99Selected as the winners of Random House’s national contest, a stunning collection of essays ranging from comic to poignant, personal to political, by the newest, brightest young writers you haven’t heard of . . . yet. Here, for the first time, current twentysomethings come together on their own terms, in their own words, and begin to define this remarkably diverse and self-aware generation. Tackling an array of subjects–career, family, sex, religion, technology, art–they form a vibrant, unified community while simultaneously proving that there is no typical twentysomething experience. In this collection, a young father works the late-night shift at Wendy’s, learning the finer points of status, teamwork, and... more...
The Best American Humorous Short Storiesby Alexander Jessup
Joshua James Press 1922; US$ 5.99Featuring the gifts of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edgar Allan Poe and Mark Twain, this collection of the Best American Humorous Short Stories will delight and intrigue. more...
Pink Triangles and Rainbow Dreamsby John Arthur Maddux
Boson Books 2006; US$ 9.95This book is intended for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and non-gay readers. It is divided into three sections: ?On Being Gay,? ?On Being Politically Correct,? and ?On Being Gay in the Real World.? Section I, ?On Being Gay,? focuses almost exclusively on what it means to be gay, the kinds of discrimination gays and lesbians face in their daily routines and lives, and how to face those issues of inequality, discrimination, and bigotry. Section II, ?On Being Politically Correct? is directed toward contemporary issues within the gay community and presents a number of controversial topics that are hotly debated among gays and lesbians. Section III, ?On Being Gay in the Real World,? focuses on issues that affect gay men, lesbians, and bisexuals... more...