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Esta antología de relatos es una iniciativa de tres instituciones culturales de primer orden: el Hay Festival, el British Council y el Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (Conaculta) de México, que buscaron la complicidad como seleccionadores de tres escritores internacionalmente reconocidos (Juan Villoro, Guadalupe Nettel y Cristina Rivera Garza) para establecer una muestra de relatos de los autores más interesantes de la nueva literatura...
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Dragons are creatures of legend. Of magic. Of wisdom, nature, and the power of creation. They have been in every culture and mythology since the beginning of time. Writers are creatures of legend. With magic, wisdom, and the power of creation at their fingertips. They, too, are in every culture and have been creating their own mythologies since the beginning of time. Within each writer is the power of a dragon. . . . The power of creation. Gathered...
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The emotional intensity of our post-pandemic anthology has given way to a more reflective mood as many of the finalist entries explore, explain, or challenge beliefs. While nonfiction took the Grand Prize, the fiction, children's/YA, and poetry authors were likewise interested in digging deeper into perspectives on culture and humanity. If you enjoy discussing life, the universe, and everything with a stranger, you'll love this. There's a proverb...
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We live today in constant motion, traveling distances rapidly, small ones daily, arriving in new states. In this inaugural edition of Freeman's, a new biannual of unpublished writing, former Granta editor and NBCC president John Freeman brings together the best new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry about that electrifying moment when we arrive. Strange encounters abound. David Mitchell meets a ghost in Hiroshima Prefecture; Lydia Davis recounts her...
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En 1865, Charles Dickens sufrió un accidente cuando descarriló el tren en el que viajaba. Un año después, vivió una mala experiencia con el servicio de la estación de Rugby, donde tuvo que quedarse durante un día entero. Fue a partir de estos sucesos que Dickens decidió, junto con sus colaboradores Charles Collins, Amelia B. Edwards, Andrew Halliday y Hesba Stretton, escribir una serie de relatos repletos de humor negro que encuentran su punto...
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ETHAN LAUGHMAN is a recruitment, marketing, and communications specialist at the University of Georgia's College of Environment and Design. Among the few who have read every Flannery O'Connor Award—winning volume, he has collaborated closely with the series' authors in compiling these new anthologies.
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The Henderson Writers Group challenges its members each year to submit works for blind judgement. Those with top scores are presented here. Enjoy this multitude of works written by K. Ray Katz, Jean Widner, Jo A. Wilkins, Fred Rayworth, Michelle Smith, Frank Westcott, Ned Barnett, Donna DeVargas, Thomas J. Benner, Keech Ballard, Valerie J. Runyan, Joseph DeBenedetti, David Long, J. M. Dohanich, Wolf O'Rourc, Anderson Black, Audrey Balzart, Cora Fey...
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From undercover robots to shape shifting soldiers, the twenty-one stories in this wide-ranging anthology explore what happens when the mask comes off.
We all wear masks, whether they are the literal costumes of superheroes and bank robbers or the metaphorical shrouds that obscure our real selves. Unmaksed explores these attempts to conceal, the mysteries beneath, and the price we pay when they're stripped away. Authors ask what happens when your...
9) Resilience
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Blindsided by a break-up? Betrayed by someone you treasured? Broken and beaten down by life? We've been where you are. Unfortunately, a shattered heart or hopeless day is a universal suffering that can connect us all. Women are caretakers and providers, on top of the many other hats we wear daily. Yet in the midst of all our day to day responsibilities, we shoulder crushing obstacles. Many of us feel we can't allow ourselves to miss a beat. So, where...
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Al igual que ocurre con otros volúmenes de la Colección Mejores Cuentos, la presente antología reúne historias de los más destacados cuentistas de Inglaterra. La cantidad de grandes escritores ingleses es vasta, de tal manera que es una tarea muy ardua seleccionar pocos cuentos entre tantos excelentes. Por otro lado, el lector puede tener la máxima certeza de que encontrará en esta obra cuentos hermosos escritos por cuentistas de talento incuestionable,...
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Literary works honoring the role of women and quilting in history-from Harriet Beecher Stowe, Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Walker, Sharyn McCrumb, and others.
This collection of stories, plays, poems, and songs featuring the making of quilts-written from 1845 to the present, mainly by American women-documents women's literary history. Featuring the work of Bobbie Ann Mason, Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Walker, Sharyn McCrumb, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Marge...
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Get the Summary of Jim Harrison's The Search for the Genuine in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Search for the Genuine" by Jim Harrison is a rich tapestry of personal reflections, anecdotes, and musings on nature, hunting, fishing, and the human condition. Harrison intertwines his experiences with broader philosophical considerations, emphasizing the importance of genuine connections to the natural world and...
14) Deception
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Whether it's deception of self, others, or being victimized by someone else's lies, these are all themes that are familiar to the independent writers of the Writing Bloc Cooperative. In the second collection of short stories presented by Writing Bloc Publishing, twenty-four writers illustrate the many facets of deception. This fresh reissue of the 2018 release presents multi-genre works that will surprise, thrill, and entertain you. This collection...
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Montañas and three or four ríos es una antología bilingüe en español e inglés que celebra y amplifica las voces de escritores ganadores del Premio Ciudad y Naturaleza José Emilio Pacheco, un galardón cuyo objetivo es el de promover la reflexión humana sobre la interrelación entre lo urbano y la naturaleza. El valor de esta selección de textos es que también nos regala ensayos elocuentes y reveladores desde las perspectivas de cuatro mujeres:...
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Often sentimentalized as nurturing through food, Italian American women have struggled against this stereotype to speak of the realities of their lives. In this unique collection, they speak in voices that are loud, boisterous, sweet, savvy, and often subversively funny. Drawing on personal and cultural memory rooted in experiences of food, more than fifty writers dissolve conventional images, replacing them with a sumptuous, communal feast of poetry,...
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Aus dem Vorwort von Rüdiger Nehberg: Ich habe das vorliegende Buch in einem Rutsch durchgelesen. Es hat mich gepackt vom ersten bis zum letzten Wort. Ein bunter Strauß Geschichten aus verschiedensten Lebensbereichen. Die Erzählungen haben eines gemeinsam: sie sind berührend und authentisch, erschreckend und bewegend zugleich. Ein Plädoyer gegen die Gleichgültigkeit. Sie schildern das Unberechenbare des Menschen und seine Grausamkeit, wie auch...
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Die Menschenfrau verliert ihre Stimme.
Über den Schmerz tritt sie in einen inneren Dialog mit der Sprachmelodie imaginärer Tierwesen.
Ihre Klause befindet sich ein Stockwerk über der Galerie Zottel mit Gemälden aus allen Zeitepochen, die zu Traumgeistern geworden sind. Eine alte Hyäne, Wächterin der unterweltlichen Geschicke, verbindet sie gleichzeitig mit der astralen Welt.
Für die Menschenfrau ist dieser Ort das Tor zur Anderswelt, ein Übergangsort...
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A collection of amazing poems that bring a beautiful variety of light, joy, and inspiration into our lives. Never would I have imagined that I would be writing poetry together with people all over the world. I am inspired and in awe. Thank you for allowing me to provide space and be part of this beautiful book. - Dr. Gabriella Kőrösi This poetry book is packed with medicine with no harmful side effects. It's also a manual of life, living, love,...
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