Telling a story about pigeons should be simple. But what's a narrator to do when the number of feathered friends is constantly changing?Can our intrepid storyteller use math facts to keep up with the
Introduces pigeons, describing where they live, what they eat, the dangers they face, and why they like living so close to people, with clues on how to spot pigeons in the city.
Launched to prominence with her first collection of poems, Karen Solie continued her upward trajectory with Modern and Normal. Now, with Pigeon, this singer of existential bewilderment takes another
At the start of the nineteenth century, Passenger Pigeons were perhaps the most abundant birds on the planet, numbering literally in the billions. The flocks were so large and so dense that they black
The pigeon is the quintessential city bird. Domesticated thousands of years ago as a messenger and a source of food, its presence on our sidewalks is so common that people consider the bird a nuisan
The pigeon is the quintessential city bird. Domesticated thousands of years ago as a messenger and a source of food, its presence on our sidewalks is so common that people consider the bird a nuisance
Of Maud Carol Markson's first novel, When We Get Home, Andre Dubus wrote, "It may be the best story we have about marital love." In this, her second novel, Markson once again explores the sometimes h
Poetry. "When you pick up PINK & HOT PINK HABITAT go directly to the table of contents, look at the titles there, you want to read the poems called by these names, then go to the first poem, being
A man, a writer, lives alone in a rather squalid Paris apartment. He is trying to write a novel, but he has nothing to say. He tries multiple beginnings, interspersed with one digression (but from wh
This authoritative book is aimed at all pigeon enthusiasts, particularly those who participate in racingthem at distancesgreater thanfive hundred miles.It encourages the reade
