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(some of) The Adventures of Carlyle, My Imaginary Friend
University of Iowa Press 2004; US$ 19.00At first glance these poems (which read like one long odyssey) seem sweet and peaceful—like taking a walk in the woods. But then, things turn darker: a storm blows in—and with it some Aliens, Ghost and Ghoul, the Hanging Man. Luckily, Carlyle has a few good friends such as Ruth, the Hag, the Boy, who are staunch and true and faithful.... more...
The 1855 Murder Case of Missouri versus Celia, an Enslaved Woman
The Edwin Mellen Press 2009; US$ 159.95This book reconstructs the conviction of a slave girl found guilty of beating and burning to death her owner, the man who fathered her three children. The political climate of pre-Civil War Missouri did not favor justice for an enslaved girl who confessed to murdering her owner, even though those acquainted with the case believed she could not have... more...
50 American Plays (Poems)
Copper Canyon Press 2012; US$ 14.99Twin poet-brothers Michael and Matthew Dickman collaborate on state-based poem-plays to map an eclectic topography of the United States more...
501 Minutes to Christ
Hawthorne Books 2011; US$ 15.95DUE OUT SEPTEMBER 2007, POE BALLANTINE’S second collection of personal essays follows in the tradition of Things I Like About America. Stories range from "The Irving," which details Mr. Ballantine’s diabolical plan to punch John Irving in the nose after opening for him before an audience of 2,000 people that launched the literary festival,... more...
ASPoetry
Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2006; US$ 18.95In this illustrated collection of poems and short prose pieces, including some from her teenage years, Wendy engages with her past and present, writing about childhood, self-discovery, adulthood and friendship. Her poetry also conveys the challenges presented by divorce, bereavement, emigration, disclosing homosexuality and Asperger's Syndrome. more...
About the Dead
Utah State University Press 2011; US$ 16.00Travis Mossotti writes with humor, gravity, and humility about subjects grounded in a world of grit, where the quiet mortality of working folk is weighed. To Mossotti, the love of a bricklayer for his wife is as complex and simple as life itself: “ask him to put into words what that sinking is, / that shudder in his chest, as he notices / the... more...
Alibis
Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2011; US$ 15.99A Boston Globe Best Nonfiction Book of 2011 Celebrated as one of the most poignant stylists of his generation, André Aciman has written a luminous series of linked essays about time, place, identity, and art that show him at his very finest. From beautiful and moving pieces about the memory evoked by the scent of lavender; to meditations... more...
Alice Bliss
Penguin Group US 2011; US$ 25.95"Nothing less than a fully realized vision of a young complicated girl." ? Entertainment Weekly Tomboy Alice Bliss is heartbroken when she learns that her father, Matt, is being deployed to Iraq. Matt will miss seeing Alice blossom into a full-blown teenager: she'll learn to drive, join the track team, go to her first dance, and fall in love?all... more...
All Year Long!
ABC-CLIO 2007; US$ 35.00This reader's theatre compilation of contemporary, humorous plays that deal with the problems middle-school students face is similar to the author's previous Teacher Ideas Press title, Just Deal With It! The plays in All Year Long! are themed to fit special times of year such as the beginning of school, holidays, and spring vacation and address... more...
Allison Hewitt Is Trapped
St. Martin's Press 2011; US$ 14.99One woman's story as she blogs - and fights back - the zombie apocalypse Allison Hewitt and her five colleagues at the Brooks and Peabody Bookstore are trapped together when the zombie outbreak hits. Allison reaches out for help through her blog, writing on her laptop and utilizing the military's emergency wireless network (SNET). It may... more...









