Sasparillo, an armadillo from Texas, leaves his home to find out where on Earth he is, and with the help of a golden eagle, he discovers where he lives--in a city, in a state, in a country, on a conti
Fiction. Art History. HOLD STILL is set in 1860s London and Paris, and is a fictional account of a short period in the life of Joanna Hiffernan, the muse and model of both James Whistler and Gustave C
“To me the sound of a metal bottle capunscrewing against a glass bottle isthe worst sound in the world.To my husband it is heaven.”This true account is my story. My personal observations and feelings
In this, her latest, deeply moving collection, Kelly Cherry confronts the basic questions of love and death, faith and suffering. From her search for "a new poetry" - one that can face up to the worst
El Camino Real, or the King's Road, was the route that originally connected the 21 missions of Spanish California. Traveling this ancient byway is an ideal way to visit the best sights of California.
Poetry. Kelly Cherry's background in philosophy and classical music are the pillars of her poetry, although she seeks ways to keep them in the background. BEHOLDER'S EYE, her eleventh book of poetry,
With Rising Venus Kelly Cherry reveals the fearsome beauty, vulnerability, and complexity of women’s experience. Cherry masterfully re-creates the full spectrum of the female psyche, from looming madn
El Camino Real, or the King's Road, was the route that originally connected the 21 missions of Spanish California. Traveling this ancient byway is an ideal way to visit the best sights of California.
Quartet for J. Robert Oppenheimer records in poetry the life and times of one of America’s best-known scientists, the father of the atomic bomb who later lobbied for containment of nuclear weaponry. I
"A very graceful, erudite job . . . extraordinarily revealing."?The New York Times Thirty years after its first publication, Womansword remains a timely, provocative work on how words reflect female s
This book summarizes the development of medical and hospital services in Britain before the Second World War, providing an outline description and reviewing the contributions of other writers in this
Your life is a unique story, with meaning and value. It is made up of all the experiences you have lived through - happy and sad, changing times in the world around you, and precious moments with love
An American poet recounts her twenty-five year relationship with a Latvian composer, in the face of surveillance and harrassment by Soviet authorities, career demands, and separations
