Bluerose And Other Chapbooks

Author : Michael R. Collings
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781434449573

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BlueRose and Other Chapbooks by Michael R. Collings Pdf

Originally ephemeral pamphlets sold by traveling peddlers, or ‘chap-men’, chapbooks have enjoyed a long and illustrious history, surviving in print form from the sixteenth century until today--in fact, much contemporary poetry has first appeared in small-press chapbooks, most frequently folded sheets stapled in the crease. BlueRose compiles ten chapbooks by Michael R. Collings, with publication dates ranging from the early 1980s to 2011. Individually they explore a variety of themes, topics, and forms--the wit and cleverness of limericks; the ethereal grace of haiku; the directness and humor of children’s verses. One of the chapbooks contains only short poems, several of them one or two words long; another is a single extended look into the mind and career of one of the greatest sixteenth-century poets through the mediation of his mother’s will. One celebrates vitality and energy; another celebrates loving memories of lives well spent. All present readers with carefully chosen words woven into thought-provoking lines. Fans of Michael R. Collings's work will find in this new collection a treasure trove of words and thoughts and feelings to savor and enjoy.

Author : Michael R. Collings
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781479409945

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Milton's Century by Michael R. Collings Pdf

No artist creates his works in a vacuum. Beyond the conscious influence of books read, artwork seen, minds probed (through conversation or exchange of letters), writers are in no small part products of everything that surrounds them--people, places, things, events. MILTON'S CENTURY is designed to place one particular genius--John Milton, arguably the finest poet the English nation (perhaps even Western civilization) has produced--in the context of his time. And what a remarkable time it was--a century of revolutions, of discoveries, of literary and artistic efflorescence, of religious turmoil and political turbulence, of plagues and fires and ultimate rebuilding...and of the first adumbrations of the Modern Age. MILTON'S CENTURY becomes vital and alive for twenty-first-century readers through the vast network of connections and interconnections that Professor Collings articulates. [Borgo Literary Guides, No. 15.]

Author : Rashmi Trivedi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9389763657

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2047 The Unifier by Rashmi Trivedi Pdf

"A GAME PLAN THAT WILL CREATE HISTORY! They say that love has the power to move mountains, but does it have the power to unite two warring nations? In 1947, the British put a knife through India's heart when they created two nations, India and Pakistan; two nations that now have a history of war, mistrust and hatred. Can love put a balm on the bleeding hearts of the two nations and unite them forever? Karan is an Indian boy in love with a Pakistani girl, and the only way he can marry her is if India and Pakistan unite. So, he decides to take up the impossible task of uniting them during the 100th year of partition. Will people accept his crazy idea? What about the political parties? Will he succeed? In a world where war is exciting, conflict is cool and intolerance is trending, how do you sell your idea of love and peace? Will there be any takers? A novel that is conceived in mind, written straight from the heart and dreams of the impossible, a novel that will take the reader through a plethora of emotions and compel the reader to look at relations between India and Pakistan with a different perspective! An apolitical book that has politics, drama, love, crime, excitement, suspense and at the end, leaves the reader with a nagging question in the mind -- is it possible? "

Author : Tex Gresham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1941918662

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Heck, Texas by Tex Gresham Pdf

Somewhere deep in East Texas, the hunt is on, fueled by self-hate, cough syrup, white whales, massive zits, freakshows, madness, dead pets, lost children, killer coffee, rats, Satan, good times, bad people, vomit, dementia, diarrhea, sex, and clowns. Your favorite brand of disease is back in stock. Welcome to Heck, Texas.

Author : Stephen Jones
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781849017725

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The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 22 by Stephen Jones Pdf

The year's best, and darkest, tales of terror, showcasing the most outstanding new short stories and novellas by both contemporary masters of the macabre and exciting newcomers. As ever, this acclaimed anthology also offers the most comprehensive annual overview of horror around the world in all its incarnations; a comprehensive necrology of famous names; and a list of indispensable contact addresses for the dedicated horror fan and writer alike. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror remains the world's leading annual anthology dedicated solely to presenting the best in contemporary horror fiction.

Author : Stephen Jones
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781780330914

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The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 23 by Stephen Jones Pdf

The year's best, and darkest, tales of terror, showcasing the most outstanding new short stories by both contemporary masters of the macabre and exciting newcomers. As ever, this acclaimed anthology also offers a comprehensive overview of the year in horror, a necrology of recently deceased luminaries, and a list of indispensable addresses horror fans and writers. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror remains the world's leading annual anthology dedicated solely to presenting the best in contemporary horror fiction.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789354353437

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Science Fiction in India by Anonim Pdf

Nominated, 2023 Teaching Literature Book Award Indian Science Fiction has evolved over the years and can be seen making a mark for itself on the global scene. Dalit speculative fiction writer and editor Mimi Mondal is the first SF writer from India to have been nominated for the prestigious Hugo award. In fact, Indian SF addresses themes such as global climate change. Debates around G.C.C are not just limited to science fiction but also permeate in critical discussions on SF. This volume seeks to examine the different ways by which Indian SF narratives construct possible national futures. For this looking forward necessarily germinates from the current positional concerns of the nation. While some work has been done on Indian SF, there is still a perceptible lack of an academic rigor invested into the genre; primarily, perhaps, because of not only its relative unpopularity in India, but also its employment of futuristic sights. Towards the same, among other things, it proposes to study the growth and evolution of science fiction in India as a literary genre which accommodates the duality of the national consciousness as it simultaneously gazes ahead towards the future and glances back at the past. In other words, the book will explore how the tensions generated by the seemingly conflicting forces of tradition and modernity within the Indian historical landscape are realized through characteristic tropes of SF storytelling. It also intends to look at the interplay between the spatio-temporal coordinates of the nation and the SF narratives produced within to see, firstly, how one bears upon the other and, secondly, how processes of governance find relational structures with such narratives. Through these, the volume wishes to interrogate how postcolonial futures promise to articulate a more representative and nuanced picture of a contemporary reality that is rooted in a distinct cultural and colonial past.

Author : Annie Finch
Publisher : Haymarket Books
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781642592009

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Choice Words by Annie Finch Pdf

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 authorship of their abortion experiences. These essays, poems, and prose are a testament to the profound political power of defying shame. Contributors include Ai, Amy Tan, Anne Sexton, Audre Lorde, Bobbie Louise Hawkins. Camonghne Felix, Carol Muske-Dukes, Diane di Prima, Dorothy Parker, Gloria Naylor, Gloria Steinem, Gwendolyn Brooks, Jean Rhys, Joyce Carol Oates, Judith Arcana, Kathy Acker, Langston Hughes, Leslie Marmon Silko, Lindy West, Lucille Clifton, Mahogany L. Browne, Margaret Atwood, Molly Peacock, Ntozake Shange, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Sharon Doubiago, Sharon Olds, Shirley Geok-lin Lim, Sholeh Wolpe, Ursula Le Guin, and Vi Khi Nao.

Author : Janet Fitch
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316510066

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Chimes of a Lost Cathedral by Janet Fitch Pdf

A young Russian woman comes into her own in the midst of revolution and civil war in this "brilliant" novel set in "a world of furious beauty" (Los Angeles Review of Books). After the loves and betrayals of The Revolution of Marina M., young poet Marina Makarova finds herself alone amid the devastation of the Russian Civil War -- pregnant and adrift, forced to rely on her own resourcefulness to find a place to wait out the birth of her child and eventually make her way back to her native city, Petrograd. After two years of revolution, the city that was once St. Petersburg is almost unrecognizable, the haunted, half-emptied, starving Capital of Once Had Been, its streets teeming with homeless children. Moved by their plight, though hardly better off herself, she takes on the challenge of caring for these orphans, until they become the tool of tragedy from an unexpected direction. Shaped by her country's ordeals and her own trials -- betrayal and privation and inconceivable loss -- Marina evolves as a poet and a woman of sensibility and substance hardly imaginable at the beginning of her transformative odyssey. Chimes of a Lost Cathedral is the culmination of one woman's s journey through some of the most dramatic events of the last century -- the epic story of an artist who discovers her full power, passion, and creativity just as her revolution reveals its true direction for the future.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Art
ISBN : MINN:31951P00083739X

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Artscribe by Anonim Pdf

Author : Yolanda Williams Page
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 725 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2007-01-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780313049071

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Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers [2 volumes] by Yolanda Williams Page Pdf

African American women writers published extensively during the Harlem Renaissance and have been extraordinarily prolific since the 1970s. This book surveys the world of African American women writers. Included are alphabetically arranged entries on more than 150 novelists, poets, playwrights, short fiction writers, autobiographers, essayists, and influential scholars. The Encyclopedia covers established contemporary authors such as Toni Morrison and Gloria Naylor, along with a range of neglected and emerging figures. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and provides a brief biography, a discussion of major works, a survey of the author's critical reception, and primary and secondary bibliographies. Literature students will value this book for its exploration of African American literature, while social studies students will appreciate its examination of social issues through literature. African American women writers have made an enormous contribution to our culture. Many of these authors wrote during the Harlem Renaissance, a particularly vital time in African American arts and letters, while others have been especially active since the 1970s, an era in which works by African American women are adapted into films and are widely read in book clubs. Literature by African American women is important for its aesthetic qualities, and it also illuminates the social issues which these authors have confronted. This book conveniently surveys the lives and works of African American women writers. Included are alphabetically arranged entries on more than 150 African American women novelists, poets, playwrights, short fiction writers, autobiographers, essayists, and influential scholars. Some of these figures, such as Toni Morrison and Gloria Naylor, are among the most popular authors writing today, while others have been largely neglected or are recently emerging. Each entry provides a biography, a discussion of major works, a survey of the writer's critical reception, and primary and secondary bibliographies. The Encyclopedia closes with a selected, general bibliography. Students and general readers will welcome this guide to the rich achievement of African American women. Literature students will value its exploration of the works of these writers, while social studies students will appreciate its examination of the social issues these women confront in their works.

Author : Kij Johnson
Publisher : Pyr
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781616149024

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Nebula Awards Showcase 2014 by Kij Johnson Pdf

The latest volume of the prestigious anthology series, published annually across six decades! The Nebula Awards Showcase volumes have been published annually since 1966, reprinting the winning and nominated stories in the Nebula Awards, voted on by the members of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America® . The editor selected by SFWA's anthology committee (chaired by Mike Resnick) is American fantasy writer Kij Johnson, author of three novels and associate director of the Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas. This year's Nebula winners, and expected contributors, are Kim Stanley Robinson, Nancy Kress, Andy Duncan, and Aliette de Bodard, with E.C. Myers winning the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Book.

Author : Marie L. Shedlock
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547094548

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The Art of Story-Telling by Marie L. Shedlock Pdf

"The Art of Story-Telling" by Marie L. Shedlock is a must-read for any aspiring writer or storyteller. Through her easy-to-understand and masterful words, Shedlock is able to share the secrets to recounting a truly riveting story that will keep your audience entertained and hanging on every word.

Author : Aanavi Chawla
Publisher : Blue Rose Publishers
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2023-04-11
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9789357413282

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Ambiguity by Aanavi Chawla Pdf

Ambiguity has … Poems that connect to the reader on a personal level. Poems that address the issues faced by us gen-z’s; like body dysmorphia, trust issues, overthinking, etc. Poems of all genres; portray the uncertainty of our minds. Poems that help you realize that it is ‘YOU’, who’s in this forever with you; hence, you should stop seeking validity from others.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Fantasy fiction
ISBN : STANFORD:36105004729112

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Fantasy Review by Anonim Pdf