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Forgotten Voices collects examples of the most beautiful and profound poetry from writers who were born, grew up, and lived in Jefferson County in the 19th and very early 20th centuries. Topics range from the pastoral picturesqueness of the area, to the wonders of nature, to the heartache of loss.
Readers will discover poems by John Kearsley Mitchell, Philip Pendleton Cooke, Daniel Bedinger Lucas, Virginia Bedinger Lucas, Danske Dandridge, and John...
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Create Together is an anthology of poetry, short prose and art created by women supported through Inspiring You CIC's 'Create Together' project. Made in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, and in partnership with the National Lottery Community Fund, 'Create Together' is a place where beneficiaries could look after and support one another and create a community of their own. We offer to all those involved and beyond a glimpse into their journey.
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From the Ashes collects solo plays by Black Canadian women and womxn that together celebrate the hope, humour, and healing that can come after devastation and loss. From lighthearted comedies to heavy dramas, this anthology contains a multitude of stories on Blackness, love, motherhood, sexuality, trauma, racism, mythology, and more.
From the Ashes collects solo plays by Black Canadian women and womxn that together celebrate the hope, humour,...
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The Heroines Anthology is an anthology of short fiction and poetry, written by women and about women. This third volume of the anthology combines writing on the ancient and the modern, and travels alongside some of the forgotten women of history, both real and imagined. With a focus on rewriting the heroines of legend, fairytale, and mythology in ways that are both resonant and startlingly new, The Heroines Anthology presents a challenging and soulful...
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Featuring autumnal poems and prose by emerging and established writers. Read about revealing a burning secret deep inside you, a ghost rising from the ashes, falling in love in the heat of the moment. Read about trauma, heartaches, and grief and letting it all burn into ashes. In this 180-page literary magazine, you'll find the words you, need to comfort and warm you, to spark a new flame in you, during this autumn season.
Burning Up
Your eyes are,...
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Heroines is a wide-ranging and deeply moving anthology which combines the ancient and the modern, and travels alongside some of the forgotten women of history, both real and imagined. With a focus on rewriting the heroines of legend, fairytale, and mythology in ways that are both resonant and startlingly new, The Heroines Anthology presents a challenging and soulful collection of short fiction and poetry by women writers that interrogates the traditional...
7) Yet to Love
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To those, Who haven't received the loved yet.
To those, Who don't know love very well.
8) Love Stories
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New work from Tommy Orange, Anne Carson, Louise Erdrich, and others propels this tribute to love from Freeman's, "a powerful force in the literary world" (Los Angeles Times).
In a time of contentiousness and flagrant abuse, it often feels as if our world is run on hate. Invective. Cruelty and sadism. But is it possible the greatest and most powerful force is love? In the newest issue of this acclaimed series, Freeman's: Love asks this question,...
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The most infamous doctor of the Gothic Era once again delves into the forbidden secrets of the world, when literature's most famous creature lives again…
Frankenstein... His very name conjures up images of plundered graves, secret laboratories, electrical experiments, and reviving the dead.
Within these pages, the maddest doctor of them all and his demented disciples once again delve into the Secrets of Life, as science fiction meets horror when...
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A haunting collection of classic short stories crafted by the visionary minds of thirteen pioneering women.
Each tale in this carefully curated volume unveils the deliciously dark imaginations of classic literature's most beloved female authors. From Louisa May Alcott to Edith Nesbit to Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the gothic horror fiction of thirteen literary icons is featured in this macabre anthology. Unearth hidden horrors, psychological terrors,...
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We live in an Islamophobic world, where Muslim people are constantly under attack, and must prove their innocence when they've not even committed a crime. We also live in a world of rigid gender roles and gender violence, where women, gender non-conforming and trans people are victims of violence, and have their gender expressions, freedoms, and desires policed. There's pressure from both Muslims and non-Muslims to fit into severe stereotypes of Muslim...
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Designed to amplify the authentic voices of emerging writers, Turquoise Dreams is a short story collection depicting life experiences through the eyes of women in modern day Southern Africa. With contributing writers from Matebeleland, Midlands, Masvingo, Mashonaland and Manicaland, the stories portray post-colonial struggles amidst societal degeneration within a declining economic environment in Zimbabwe and beyond its borders.
There are 29 short...
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“Songs of the Heart” is the first in a series of poetry anthologies by Chartus.
X Publishing. It is a curated collection that captures the joys and lamentations dwelling within the poet's souls.
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Hannah Olesen
Nicolina Ashby
Patricia Mercado
Freya Thorne
Rachel C. Hyde
Ezgi Gurhan
Xyvah Okoye
Heroine East
Tal Rejw
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It is a commonplace that poetry is the literary form that best expresses our deepest feelings. Those who seldom read poetry regularly turn to it for weddings or funerals. The poems in this gift-size anthology speak to the seasons of Maine, celebrating familiar scenery and events in a common language. The 20 poems (five for each season) represent the range of seasonal landscapes and activities from the coast to the northernmost border.
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hard ticket noun (Nfld) a lively character, a tough or headstrong person, someone not easily controlled.
Hard Ticket showcases some of the most exciting writers in Newfoundland. Selected by critically acclaimed author Lisa Moore, these previously unpublished stories highlight the charged and magnetic work of Newfoundland's next generation of literary trailblazers.
Contributors to the anthology include Bridget Canning, Matthew Hollett, Jim McEwen,...
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Fakir Mohan Senapati laid the foundation of Odia short stories with the publication of 'Rebati' in 1898, about a hundred and twenty two years ago. Ever since, the genre has evolved much. He wrote about twenty short stories between 1898 and 1916. Critics have accepted this phase as the first phase of Odia story writing. The period between 1910 and 1947 is known as the second phase in the life of Odia short stories. This was the period when realism,...
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This is not a book about the apocalypse.
In these pages, you won't find the hero. You won't find the ticking clock. You will not be in the room when they press the big red button. Instead, you'll find new life in the face of certain death, a boy whose prayers are answered in the worst way, mothers and sisters and friends who just want another second with their loved ones, and those who just want a moment to themselves.
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After consulting the grimoire of her 17th century Scottish ancestor, Izzy starts down a dark path to resurrect the man she loves and accidentally killed.
Love candle in hand, she visualises Enzo, walking toward her, his body strong and lithe, rather than broken and bloody as she'd last seen him. Having already asked forgiveness for what she'd done, the imagined look on his face was one of love and acceptance. Harnessing that love, she wrapped both...
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This treasury of beloved poems collects all your favorite poets in one book. Whether you're looking for a love poem or something to mend a broken heart, perhaps you're feeling patriotic or struggling to understand the nature of man, the timeless words of Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, John Milton, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti are at your fingertips.
From the Romantic poets like Percy Bysshe Shelley and John Keats to the Transcendentalists like Ralph...