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Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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"Guillotine traverses desert landscapes cut through by migrants, the grief of loss, betrayal's lingering scars, the border itself--great distances in which violence and yearning find roots. Through the voices of undocumented immigrants, border patrol agents, and scorned lovers, award-winning poet Eduardo C. Corral writes dramatic portraits of contradiction, survival, and a deeply human, relentless interiority. With extraordinary lyric imagination,...
62) Neruda: Fugitivo
Publisher
House of Films, LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Español
Description
An epic portrayal of Pablo Nerudas exhile. In 1948 Chiles corrupt President deprives Neruda of his Senate seat and orders his arrest. In great peril, the poet moves from place to place in Chile, finally escaping across the Andes to Argentina. His fugitive adventures lead to the south of Chile where Neruda lived during his formative years.
63) On haiku
Author
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Who doesn't love haiku? It is not only America's most popular cultural import from Japan but also our most popular poetic form: instantly recognizable, more mobile than a sonnet, and loved for its simplicity and compression, as well as for its ease of composition. Haiku is an ancient literary form seemingly made for the Twittersphere--Jack Kerouac and Langston Hughes wrote them, Ezra Pound and the Imagists were inspired by them, first-grade students...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
The inspirational story of a former Microsoft executive's quest to build libraries around the world and share the love of books. He strove to bring the lessons of the corporate world to the nonprofit sector--and succeeded spectacularly. Now, he explains his vision and the story of his startup.
65) Ovarian Psycos
Publisher
Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Riding at night through streets deemed dangerous in Eastside Los Angeles, the OVARIAN PSYCOS use their bicycles to confront the violence in their lives. At the helm of the crew is founder Xela de la X, a single mother and poet M.C. dedicated to recruiting an unapologetic, misfit crew of women of color. The film intimately chronicles Xela as she struggles to strike a balance between her activism and nine year old daughter Yoli; street artist Andi who...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"In Search of a Prophet is a fascinating journey through the spiritual life of Kahlil Gibran, author of the bestselling book The Prophet. Capturing our imaginations and enriching our spirits, Paul-Gordon Chandler explores this beloved writer and artist, a mystic who sought to build bridges and tear down walls.In Search of a Prophet is not a traditional biography but a compelling spiritual journey through Gibrans writings, art, and the places he lived....
67) Kiyoshi's walk
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Kiyoshi asks his grandfather, the wise poet Eto, where poems come from, and Eto takes him on a walk through the city to seek an answer.
68) Beach feet
Author
Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"The story of a boy's visit to the beach, Beach Feet opens with a small boy feeling the heat of the sand and then running towards the ocean. Free and independent despite his young age and the tube around his waist, the boy gives himself over to the ocean and the pleasures to be had at water's edge. Throughout, the boy's connection to the beach through his feet-the feel of sand, shells, water-is never lost. Unusual perspectives and a pitch-perfect...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"Beginning with the creation of man and ending with the revelation of a new world, readers will revel in this epic saga of warriors, rebels, poets, and kings, all called upon by God to reveal His enduring love for mankind. Ultimately, God's plan is fulfilled in the story of Jesus the Messiah, whose life, death and resurrection brings salvation to one and all."--Dust jacket.
"Comenzando con la creacion del hombre y terminando con la revelacion de...
70) Brown: poems
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"James Brown. John Brown's raid. Brown v. the Topeka Board of Ed.: the recently National Book Award-longlisted author of Blue Laws meditates on all things "brown" in this powerful new collection. Divided into "Home Recordings" and "Field Recordings," Brown speaks to the way personal experience is shaped by culture, while culture is forever affected by the personal, recalling a black, Kansas boyhood to comment on our times. From "History"--a song of...
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In the fifteen years, the fast-food industry has undergone a makeover. Today, chain restaurants tout food that's healthy, organic, and natural. Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock explores this new reality with an approach even more immersive and subversive than that used for his first film: he sets out to open his own chicken franchise. We follow him every step of the way, from raising poultry and conjuring recipes to designing the brand and scouting a location....
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"A large-canvas narrative history, charting the impact of the cultural titan Wagner on art and politics. Ross will show how various artists-composers, novelists, poets, filmmakers-wrestled with the legacy of Wagner in the twentieth century"--
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
It's aliiiiiiiive! New York Times bestselling authors of My Lady Jane are back with the electric, poetic, and (almost) historical tale of the one and only Mary Shelley. Mary may have inherited the brilliant mind of her late mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, but she lives a drab life above her father's bookstore, waiting for an extraordinary idea that'll inspire a work worthy of her parentage--and impress her rakishly handsome (and super-secret) beau, Percy...
Author
Publisher
Heyday Books
Pub. Date
©2009
Language
English
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"Dominating the landscape of Marin County; Mt. Tamalpais serves as inspiration and refuge to San Francisco Bay Area residents and visitors, a constant reminder of the abiding power of place. Conservationists, trail builders, botanists, artists, and poets have worked for more than a century; within the mountain's imposing geological form and varied natural features, to sustain this cherished community resource and sanctuary." "Tamalpais Walking explores...
Author
Publisher
Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"A witty new novel about three self-proclaimed "old bags" who run off to a Greek island... Since their children left home, Ruth, Dania, and Bess have grown used to living wonderfully free lives. Only now they're beset by children again--this time, their grandchildren. In order to escape, they decide to run away to Greece together for a year. At first, settled on a glorious island, barefoot and contented, they think they've rediscovered the wheel....
79) Figuring
Author
Language
English
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"Figuring explores the complexities of love and the human search for truth and meaning through the interconnected lives of several historical figures across four centuries, beginning with the astronomer Johannes Kepler, who discovered the laws of planetary motion, and ending with the marine biologist and author Rachel Carson, who catalyzed the environmental movement. Stretching between these figures is a cast of artists, writers, and scientists --...
Series
Library of America volume 333
Publisher
The Library of America
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Across a turbulent history, Black poets created a rich and multifaceted tradition that has been both a reckoning with American realities and an imaginative response to them. One of the great American art forms, African American poetry encompasses many kinds of verse: formal, experimental, vernacular, lyric, and protest. The anthology opens with moving testaments to the power of poetry as a means of self-assertion, as enslaved people voice their passionate...
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