Poetry. LGBT Studies. In HOME STUDIES, Julie Gard presents queer midwestern family life from a fresh and engaging perspective. Her prose poetry illuminates the struggles and celebrations of adoptive p
Dispensations pitches teens with drug and alcohol problems against aging and ill-prepared parents, igniting uncertainty about memory and family responsibility.
"Joe Stracci's Whitney is rough, beautiful, and sad, with singular characters who will challenge you and break you heart . . . It's a hot, disturbing book, socially astute and incredibly smart. Stracc
"We are taken by our contemporary Virgil, Brad Tice, into the difficult world of true poetry, where images and lines gleam like burnished metal."?Marilyn KalletRare Earth reveals a person in crisis, g
"It Takes You Over builds like a deceptively quiet, mesmerizing snowfall."?Nicole Helget, The Turtle CatcherAn elderly man caught with a hooker, a daughter outsmarting the IRS?Nick Healy’s stories are
"A book of angles. These poems come from one bend in the mind, then another, from one tilt in the heart, then another. . . . Deliciously agile."?Tim SeiblesFrom "Accident":Gray was the truck cab, blac
“As we venture into these poems, our senses sharpen. Colors and aromas come to the fore, blending with the inner life of lyrical being. Such is the realm of Purvi Shah.”—Lawson InadaIn her first book,
Portobello Market has been going since 1860. It boasts the largest antiques street market in the world, is a source of inspiration for fashion designers, photographers, novelists, song writers, and fi