Practicing To Walk Like A Heron

Author : Jack Ridl
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780814335390

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Practicing to Walk Like a Heron by Jack Ridl Pdf

In Practicing to Walk Like a Heron multiple-award-winning Michigan poet Jack Ridl shares lines of well-earned wisdom in the face of a constantly changing world. The familiar comforts of life-a warm fire in winter, a lush garden in summer-become the settings for transcendent and universal truths in these poems, as moments of grief, sadness, and melancholy trigger a deeper appreciation for small but important joys. The simple clarity of Ridl's lines and diction make the poems accessible to all readers, but especially rewarding for those who appreciate carefully honed, masterful verse. Many of the poems take solace in nature-quiet deer outside in the woods, deep snow, a thrush's empty nest in the eaves-as well as man-made things in the world-a steamer trunk, glass jars, tea cups, and books piled high near an easy chair. Yet Ridl avoids becoming nostalgic or romantic in his surroundings, and shows that there is nothing easy in his celebration of topics like "The Letters," "But He Loved His Dog," "A Christmas List for Santa," and "The Enormous Mystery of Couples." An interlude of full-color pages divides Ridl's more personal poems d experiential in life. This relatable and emotionally powerful volume will appeal to all poetry readers.

Author : Truman State University Press
Publisher : Truman State University Press
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-30
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Chariton Review 33.2 by Truman State University Press Pdf

Chariton Review Fall 2010

Author : Dana VanderLugt
Publisher : Zonderkidz
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780310155706

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Enemies in the Orchard by Dana VanderLugt Pdf

Set against the backdrop of WWII, this achingly beautiful middle grade novel in verse based on American history presents the dual perspectives of Claire, a Midwestern girl who longs to enter high school and become a nurse even as she worries for her soldier brother, and Karl, a German POW who’s processing the war as he works on Claire’s family farm. This poignant and moving story of an unlikely connection will stay with readers long after the final page. It’s October 1944, and while Claire’s older brother, Danny, is off fighting in World War II, her dad hires a group of German POWs to help with the apple harvest on their farm. Claire wants nothing to do with the enemies in the orchard, until she meets soft-spoken, hardworking Karl. Could she possibly have something in common with a German soldier? Karl, meanwhile, grapples with his role in the war as he realizes how many lies Hitler’s regime has spread—and his complacency in not standing up against them. But his encounters with Claire give him hope that he can change and become the person he wants to be. Inspired by the little-known history of POW labor camps in the United States, this lyrical verse novel is told in alternating first-person poems by two young people on opposite sides of the war. Against a vivid backdrop of home front tensions and daily life, intimate entries reveal Claire’s and Karl's hopes and struggles, and their growing friendship even as the war rages on. What are their chances of connection, of redemption, of peace? Enemies in the Orchard is: A gorgeously written novel in verse for ages 9 and up Historical fiction based on true events during WWII A heartfelt story that explores connection, trauma, and hope

Author : David Hornibrook
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-06
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780814346631

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Night Manual by David Hornibrook Pdf

Night Manual is a survival guide for life—all the messy, wonderful, grieving, and self-doubting parts of life. David Hornibrook’s debut poetry collection is a book of hours that keeps time through anguish and explores the ineffable borderland of existence. These are poems that seek to get at what cannot be described through a process of negation—to delineate the shape of an absence by writing the things around it. Night Manual is divided into four sections loosely inspired by the four seasons. Each section explores the theme of absence from a slightly different proximity; as a whole, the book progresses from grief to gratitude. A major task of Hornibrook’s is to communicate the gravity and perplexity of loss while at the same time charting out a kind of liturgy of joy and wonder at the cycle of life in an ever-changing world. With lines like "My eyes are pulled to the monitor / where a universe expands or contracts, I can’t tell which" (from "The Ultrasound") to "Facebook keeps showing Miley with her mouth open / & I keep finding little things wrong with everything" (from "Self Portrait w/ Wrecking Ball"), Hornibrook has created instructions for moving through a world suddenly disoriented by loss, a world with starlings, water birds and aliens, robots and deer, Miley Cyrus and God, black holes, and the quiet morning strangeness of a house when all the people you love are still asleep. Fans of contemporary poetry who want to believe in something again—who need a small dose of absurdity along with their suffering—this collection is for you.

Author : Aoibhín Garrihy
Publisher : Bonnier Books UK
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-28
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781804184479

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Every Night is Full of Stars by Aoibhín Garrihy Pdf

Every Night is a Full of Stars: More Meaningful Poems for Life is a beautiful collection of poetry chosen by Aoibhín Garrihy to bring solace and joy to our stressful modern lives. Themes include love and loss, hope and peace, self-discovery and identity, and each poem has been specially selected for its power to delight and inspire . With lines of classic and contemporary wisdom taken from a wide range of poets including Donna Ashworth, Emily Dickinson, Brother Richard, W.B. Yeats and Christina Rossetti, this anthology will bring joy to every reader.

Author : Jeffrey Munroe
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780830853144

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Reading Buechner by Jeffrey Munroe Pdf

Frederick Buechner is one of the most gifted writers of his generation, and his legacy casts a long shadow over Christian letters today. As a memoirist, he opened up an entirely new way to think about the genre. As a novelist, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer. And as a theologian and preacher, he pioneered the art of making theology accessible for a popular audience. Yet for all Buechner's enormous influence, many readers today are unfamiliar with his work, or have read him only in one genre. In this book, Buechner expert Jeffrey Munroe presents a collection of the true "essentials" from across Buechner's diverse catalog, as well as an overview of Buechner's life and a discussion of the state of his literary legacy today. Here is Buechner in all his complex glory, ready to delight and inspire again.

Author : Claire Gleitman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781350272989

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Anxious Masculinity in the Drama of Arthur Miller and Beyond by Claire Gleitman Pdf

Staunchly homosocial, vaguely or overtly misogynistic, anxiously homophobic-this study follows the male breadwinner as he is incarnated in Arthur Miller's most celebrated plays and as he resurfaces in different guises throughout American drama, from the 1950s to the present. Anxious Masculinity offers a compelling analysis of gender dynamics and the legacy of this figure as he stalks through the works of other American dramatists, and argues that the gendered anxieties exhibited by their characters are the very ones invoked with such success by Donald Trump. Claire Gleitman examines this figure in the plays of Miller and Tennessee Williams, as well as later 20th-century writers Lorraine Hansberry, August Wilson, and Sam Shepard, who reposition him in more racially and economically marginalized settings. He reappears in the more recent work of playwrights Tony Kushner, Paula Vogel, and collaborators Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori, who shift their focus to the next generation, which seeks to escape his clutches and forge new, often gleefully queer identities. The final chapter concerns contemporary Black dramatists Suzan Lori-Parks, Jackie Sibblies Drury, and Jeremy O. Harris, whose plays move us from anxious masculinity to anxious whiteness and speak directly to the current moment.

Author : Truman State University Press
Publisher : Truman State University Press
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-30
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Chariton Review 36.2 by Truman State University Press Pdf

Chariton Review Fall 2013

Author : James Crews
Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-23
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781635863871

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How to Love the World by James Crews Pdf

What the world needs now – featuring poems from inaugural poet Amanda Gorman, Ross Gay, Tracy K. Smith and more. More and more people are turning to poetry as an antidote to divisiveness, negativity, anxiety, and the frenetic pace of life. How to Love the World: Poems of Gratitude and Hope offers readers uplifting, deeply felt, and relatable poems by well-known poets from all walks of life and all parts of the US, including inaugural poet Amanda Gorman, Joy Harjo, Naomi Shihab Nye, Ross Gay, Tracy K. Smith, and others. The work of these poets captures the beauty, pleasure, and connection readers hunger for. How to Love the World, which contains new works by Ted Kooser, Mark Nepo, and Jane Hirshfield, invites readers to use poetry as part of their daily gratitude practice to uncover the simple gifts of abundance and joy to be found everywhere. With pauses for stillness and invitations for writing and reflection throughout, as well as reading group questions and topics for discussion in the back, this book can be used to facilitate discussion in a classroom or in any group setting. This publication conforms to the EPUB Accessibility specification at WCAG 2.0 Level AA.

Author : James Crews
Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-12
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781635865349

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The Path to Kindness by James Crews Pdf

Following the success and momentum of his anthology How to Love the World (93,000 copies in print), James Crews's new collection, The Path to Kindness, offers more than 100 deeply felt and relatable poems from a diverse range of voices including well-known writers Julia Alvarez, Marie Howe, Ellen Bass, Naomi Shihab Nye, Alberto Ríos, Ross Gay, and Ada Limón, as well as new and emerging voices. Featured Black poets include January Gill O’Neil, Tracy K. Smith, and Cornelius Eady. Native American poets include Kimberly Blaeser, Joy Harjo (current U.S. Poet Laureate), and Linda Hogan. The collection also features international voices, including Canadian poets Lorna Crozier and Susan Musgrave. Presented in the same perfect-in-the-hand format as How to Love the World, the collection includes prompts for journaling and exploration of selected poems, a book group guide, bios of all the contributing poets, and stunning cover art by award-winning artist Dinara Mirtalipova. A foreword by Danusha Laméris, along with her popular poem "Small Kindnesses," is also included. This publication conforms to the EPUB Accessibility specification at WCAG 2.0 Level AA.

Author : Darwin Huey
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-19
Category : Authors
ISBN : 9780996737036

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Together by Darwin Huey Pdf

The Inside Story of the 2014 New Castle Red Hurricane Pennsylvania State AAAA Basketball Championship

Author : Maureen Dunphy
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2023-02-21
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780814348437

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Divining, A Memoir in Trees by Maureen Dunphy Pdf

Essays exploring the intimate yet universal intersection of one human life with trees.

Author : Jack Ridl
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2006-03-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780814335208

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Broken Symmetry by Jack Ridl Pdf

Michigan poet Jack Ridl leads readers into reflective connection with the everyday world in this unique and enjoyable volume.

Author : Jim Harrison
Publisher : Copper Canyon Press
Page : 901 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-20
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781619322479

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Jim Harrison: Complete Poems by Jim Harrison Pdf

Starred Review from Booklist: "This robust volume is a testament to the fortitude of a great American poet's work... [a] landmark collection." From the Introduction by Terry Tempest Williams: "Jim Harrison...was among the great ones—an elevated soul in all his unruliness who favored his senses and courted the wild on the page and in the world. His was a storied life that loomed large, and we are the beneficiaries. 'Such a powerful wounded poet—wrote as if he had to sing with a cut throat . . . and he did have to sing,' said Jorie Graham." Jim Harrison: Complete Poems is the definitive collection from one of America’s iconic writers. Introduced by activist and naturalist writer Terry Tempest Williams, this tour de force contains every poem Harrison published over his fifty-year career, as well as a section of previously unpublished "Last Poems." Here are the nature-based lyrics of his early work, the high-velocity ghazals, a harrowing prose-poem “correspondence” with a Russian suicide, the riverine suites, fearless meditations inspired by the Zen monk Crazy Cloud, and a joyous conversation in haiku-like gems with friend and fellow poet Ted Kooser. Weaving throughout these 1000 pages are Harrison’s legendary passions and appetites, his love songs and lamentations, and a clarion call to pay attention to the life you are actually living. Jim Harrison: Complete Poems confirms that Jim Harrison is a talented storyteller with a penetrating eye for details, or as Publishers Weeklycalled him, “an untrammeled renegade genius... a poet talking to you instead of around himself, while doing absolutely brilliant and outrageous things with language.” NOTE:Jim Harrison: Complete Poems also appears as a three-volume box set. Print run limited to 750 copies. Each volume is introduced by a different writer: Colum McCann, Joy Williams, and John Freeman. The box set retails for $85 and ISBN is 9781556596414.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 788 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : American literature
ISBN : MINN:31951P011732738

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The Georgia Review by Anonim Pdf