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"Songs of Life & Death" is a collection of poetry written by Indian poet and activist Sarojini Naidu. Contents include: "The Poet To Death", "Corn-Grinders", "Suttee", "Life", "To The God Of Pain", "My Dead Dream", "Dirge: In Sorrow Of Her Bereavement", "In Remembrance: Violet Clarke", etc. A moving collection not to be missed by fans and collectors of Nairu's wonderful work. Naidu (1879—1949) was an Indian political activist and poet. She was a...
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Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine.
All the stories from the month, plus author biographies, interviews, and story origins.
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• Madam Savva's Magical Emporium -James Rumpel
• The Preserved City -Charles Schoenfeld
• A Death in New York -Allison Brice
• Tower of Mud and Straw III: The Tulips -Yaroslav Barsukov
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Robert Bly has always been amazingly prescient in his choice of poets to translate. The poetry he chose supplied qualities that were lacking from the literary culture of this country. For the first time Robert Bly's brilliant translations, from several languages, have been brought together in one book. Here, in The Winged Energy of Delight, the poems of twenty-two poets, some renowned, others lesser known, are brought together. At a time when editors...
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In a land far, far away... In a distant galaxy... Once upon a time...
These are all ways to begin fantastical tales of love and adventure. Gateways into the realms of imagination. In this anthology, we bring together authors from all over this world to transport you into the worlds they've created.
Travel through space and experience infinity three hours at a time. Explore dangerous caverns for the source of a deadly disturbance. Get stranded on...
4765) Kimberly Akimbo
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NEW JERSEY, 1999. Kimberly is about to turn sixteen and has recently moved with her family to a new town in suburban New Jersey. Suffering from a disease that causes her to age four and a half times faster than her high school peers, surrounded by a dysfunctional family (and possible felony charges), Kimberly is also navigating her first teenage crush. Ever the optimist, Kimberly is determined to find happiness against all odds and embark on a great...
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Et s'il y avait dans la littérature davantage de ressources que l'on ne l'imagine pour affronter la dureté des temps ?
Dans La littérature n'est pas qu'un sport de combat, Anne Robatel s'arrête sur certaines grandes voix de la littérature d'hier et d'aujourd'hui. À travers une lecture singulière de Virginia Woolf, de Jane Austen, d'E.M. Forster, de Toni Morrison ou d'Amanda Gorman, Anne Robatel nous révèle quelques héroïnes dont la...
4767) Le monde selon Bush
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Découvrez un nouveau numéro en version numérique de la revue littéraire belge Marginales
La petite planète o nous sommes est dans la main d'un seul petit homme et l'on voudrait que cela fonctionne ? Depuis que le monde a cessé d'être bipolaire, jamais il n'y eut une telle concentration de pouvoir en aussi peu de dépositaires. En un seul, en fait : la structure politique des États-Unis est ainsi conçue, son président est investi d'une autorité...
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“A Rose in a Teacup and Other Poems” is the first collection of poetry by Rachelle N. Rose. In it, readers will learn about her real-life stories, experiences, and reflections as an innkeeper. The collection is meant as an escape from everyday life by getting lost in a poem, where readers can daydream, laugh, and cry along with Rachelle as they enjoy their morning tea. The poems will entertain and captivate readers, while also leaving footprints...
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Edge Control for the Soul, is a collection of poems that artfully interweaves self-discovery with the natural hair journey. Brianna Laren, delves into everyday obstacles black women encounter with poems like, "shrinkage" which begins with, "My curls shrink. I do not."
This book takes readers on a profound voyage through depression "breakage", self-love "protective styles", and overcoming "new growth". So hold onto your edges, it's a bumpy ride but...
4770) The Collected Essays Volume Two: Mary McCarthy's Theatre Chronicles, 1937–1962 and On the Contrary
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Candid, sharp, and entertaining essays from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Memories of a Catholic Girlhood. Gathered here are two memorable collections: theatrical critiques and opinion pieces. Mary McCarthy's Theatre Chronicles, 1937–1962: McCarthy weighs in on Shakespeare, George Bernard Shaw, Henrik Ibsen, Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee Williams, and Arthur Miller with candor, penetrating insight, and wit. On the Contrary: Articles...
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This annual anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together tales from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction for the first time in book form, including a short novel by Christianna Brand.
Mystery stories have been around for centuries—there are whodunits, whydunits and howdunits, including locked-room puzzles, detective stories without detectives, and crimes with a limited choice of suspects.
Countless volumes of such stories have...
4773) The Little Virtues
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"As far as the education of children is concerned," states Natalia Ginzburg in this collection of her finest and best-known short essays, "I think they should be taught not the little virtues but the great ones. Not thrift but generosity and an indifference to money; not caution but courage and a contempt for danger; not shrewdness but frankness and a love of truth; not tact but a love of one's neighbor and self-denial; not a desire for success but...
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Auroras & Blossoms Poetry Journal features inspirational poetry, no matter the topic. In issue 5: Poems by Margarita Serafimova, Joanna Rawnsley, B B Randhawa, David Somerset, Heather Joy, Emily Craig, Holly Goslin, Alex Andy Phuong, John Grey, Parthvi Singh, and Gregory E. Lucas. New: Children's Poetry Section! Plus: Social media tips, useful writing tools, and Haiku-Interview with Luisa Key Reyes. Readers are also challenged to write some kindku...
4775) Written on Water
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This collection of classical poetry was selected from the Man'yoshu the oldest and most important collection of Japanese poetry. Despair and hope are two emotions commonly voiced by poets in the Man'yoshu. Although written over thirteen hundred years ago, the poems retain a rare freshness, an originality that delights and fascinates even today. Part of the collection's originality is due to its variety of authors, from members of the aristocracy to...
4776) Door to Door
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A beautiful book-length sonnet comprised of forty-nine poems, exploring life in all of its phases.
Door to Door is a celebration of accident and grace in a world where wonder is too often supplanted by obligation. This collection of poems is split into four parts roughly corresponding to the author's life phases, touching on her experiences of childhood, family, motherhood, and aging, as well as her reflections on art, love, loss, and the mysteries...
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Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine.
All the stories from the month, plus author biographies, interviews, and story origins.
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• Problems of the Flesh - Hamilton Perez
• A Xenothanatologist's Guidebook to Death Practices Among the Sapient Species of the Outer Perseus Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy - P.G. Streeter
• Holding On - Justen Russell
• Infinite Possibilities II - Michael Gardner
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Do you dream of wicked rakes, gorgeous Highlanders, muscled Viking warriors and rugged Wild West cowboys? Harlequin® Historical brings you three new full-length titles in one collection!
Marianne's Marriage Of Convenience
by Lynna Banning
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To claim the business she has inherited, Marianne Collingwood enters a marriage of convenience with her coworker, Lance Burnside. Only too late does she consider the bed they will now share......
4779) Swallows and Waves
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Seated one, loved by the lavishing comb and fingers of another woman demonstrating how attention and technique coalesce into art. Where to go when the mother is gone. All occupations form to replace her. What relief to be a girl again for an hour, beneath the practiced wrists of her avatar. Paula Bohince is the author of The Children and Incident at the Edge of Bayonet Woods. Her poems have appeared in the New Yorker, the New York Review of Books,...
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Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine.
All the stories from the month, plus author biographies, interviews, and story origins.
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• A Lie in the Sand - Devin Miller
• Heartbeat of the Seasons - Brian Hugenbruch
• Freely Given - Connor Mellegers
• The Diary of Thisne Ome - Thomas Ouphe
Cover art by Carol Wellart.