Poetry. "Lush and passionate, politically and ethically astute, J.P. Linstroth's poems awaken our sensibilities on every page, letting us see the human beauty central to our most intensely lived exper
Poetry. "In reading through A MATTER OF SELECTION I was taken with the ease in which Carol Smallwood moves between formal classical verse and free open verse. What is important is what form best fits
Poetry. Writing the natural world Chris Olander cracks down to the elements, his senses, the crystal beings themselves, trees, birds, fish, bear, big cats, mountains, and his central metaphor, the riv
Poetry. "In Patricia Nelson's poems, language is a vessel—sometimes a jeweled container to catch the ineffable, to harness or restrain its power like a djinni; sometimes a boat on the vast sea-surface
Poetry. California Interest. This book, the nature of mountains, is poetry of the natural world where something meaningful bodies forth. The mountains are a source point that allow this to occur; this
Literary Nonfiction. Music. Arab American Studies. California Interest. "In this candid, inspiring memoir, singer-songwriter Hassan El-Tayyab of American Nomad takes us deep into the heart of what it
Poetry. THE ART OF HEALING documents in poetry the experience of Charles' bout with cancer. Poets Charles Entrekin and Gail Rudd Entrekin—husband and wife, survivor and caregiver, insider and witness—
Poetry. African American Studies. Music. Disability Studies. BLACK KRIPPLE DELIVERS POETRY & LYRICS is straight up an activist/love book of original poems and song lyrics that have been written an
Poetry. Middle Eastern Studies. "Al Andalus--a unique cultural convergence in human time where myth hovers the way moths are drawn to lampshine, and in her luminous, spare language, Shadab Zeest Hashm
The Super Bowl of 2010 was what I cell a minor drama. For those involved it is important indeed, and yet, in the grand scheme it passes mostly unnoticed once the game has ended. This time, because of
In this memoir, Yearn Hong Choi chronicles how he traversed geography and culture in the post-war era, becoming an academic and poet with an international perspective.Arriving Seattle from Seoul in 1
Poetry. In this, the second of his three-book series TRIAL & ERROR: THE EDUCATION OF A FREEDOM LAWYER, Art Campbell becomes a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney in Washington, D.C. He tries dozens of
Poetry. Winner of the 2010 San Diego Book & Writing Award for Poetry. LIGHT IN ALL DIRECTIONS is a remarkable piece of writing written as is with an amazing closeness to death. Sometimes, as in "T
Poetry. Moving between poems that reveal the curses of one's life and the blessings that are of equal and mostly of greater value, BLESSINGS AND CURSES does not shy away from either. With language tha
