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Series
Vagabonds volume 005
Language
English
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Ranging from the terrifying embrace of the slave ship's hold to the racist encoding of "cuddly" toys, On Cuddling is a unique combination of essay and poetry that contends with the way racial violence is enacted through intimacy. Informed by Black feminist and queer poetics, Phanuel Antwi focuses his lens on the suffering of Black people at the hands of state violence and racial capitalism. As radical movements grow to advance Black liberation, so...
Publisher
Hub City Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 189 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"This fierce collection celebrates the incredible diversity in the contemporary South by featuring essays by twenty-one of the finest young writers of color living and working in the region today, who all address a central question: Who is welcome? Kiese Laymon navigates the racial politics of publishing while recording his audiobook in Mississippi. Regina Bradley moves to Indiana and grapples with a landscape devoid of her Southern cultural touchstones,...
7) Sumūd: essays, memoir, fiction, poetry, and art from The Markaz Review : a new Palestinian reader
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
[2025]
Physical Desc
viii, 365 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Arabic word sumūd often translates as "steadfastness" or "standing fast." Today, it is a Palestinian cultural value of perseverance and nonviolent resistance in the face of Israeli occupation and genocide. In times of devastation, poetry, literature, and art are the mediums through which oppressed citizens of the world reveal cherished aspects of their existences. Sumūd: A New Palestinian Reader expresses the Palestinian spirit and its cultural...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"Inspired by forests, trees, leaves, roots, and seeds, The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape invites readers to discover an unexpected and imaginative language to better read and write the natural world around us and reclaim our relationship with it. In this gorgeously illustrated and deeply thoughtful collection, Katie Holten gifts readers her tree alphabet and uses it to masterfully translate and illuminate beloved lost...
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
96 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
A collection of poems by such writers as Robert Graves, William Shakespeare, and Walter de la Mare and tales from around the world about fairies in all their forms.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
274 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When was the last time you cried? Was it because you were sad? Or happy? Overwhelmed, or frustrated? Maybe from relief or from pride? Was it in public or in private? Did you feel better afterwards, or worse? The reasons that we cry--and the circumstances in which we shed a tear--are often surprising and beautiful. Sad Happens is a collective, multi-faceted archive of tears that captures the complexity and variety of these circumstances. We hear from...
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
xvi, 415 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"With reproductive freedom under unprecedented attack, Choice Words, edited by poet Annie Finch, takes back the cultural conversation on abortion. A landmark literary anthology of poems, stories, and essays, Choice Words collects essential voices that renew our courage in the struggle to defend reproductive rights. Twenty years in the making, the book spans continents and centuries. This collection magnifies the voices of people reclaiming the sole...
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxi, 288 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
In this inaugural edition in a new series, Ruth Reichl [collects] pieces originally published in a wide range of venues ... There are odes to dining scenes, like Karen Brooks's two-fisted defense of Portland, Ore., as a great pizza city ... as well as profiles of foodie celebs like Mary H.K. Choi's ... take on ... Christina Tosi and Kushbu Shah's pilgrimage to Ree Drummond's remote Oklahoma eatery. Politics are a constant, with Jane Black's ... 'Revenge...
Publisher
Chicken Soup for the Soul Pub
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
ix, 370 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A collection of 101 true personal stories from regular people about losing loved ones, covering all the phases of mourning and recovery, with emphasis on how to accept the loss and move forward.
Series
Publisher
Mariner Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxii, 230 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Culinary creator, writer and community advocate, Sohla El-Waylly selects the best twenty articles published in 2021 that celebrate the many innovative, comforting, mouthwatering, and culturally rich culinary offerings of our country.
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