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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
The Pushcart Prize
Author: 1999 Pushcart Prize Xxiii
Author: Bill HendersonPublisher: Pushcart Press
ISBN: 9781888889093
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Collection of short stories, poems, and essays.
In the Shadow of Memory
Author: Floyd SklootPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803293229
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
In December 1988 Floyd Skloot was stricken by a virus that targeted his brain, leaving him totally disabled and utterly changed. In the Shadow of Memory is an intimate picture of what it is like to find oneself possessed of a ravaged memory and unstable balance and confronted by wholesale changes in both cognitive and emotional powers. Skloot also explores the gradual reassembling of himself, putting together his scattered memories, rediscovering the meaning of childhood and family history, and learning a new way to be at home in the world. Combining the author?s skills as a poet and novelist, this book finds humor, meaning, and hope in the story of a fragmented life made whole by love and the courage to thrive.
The Pushcart Prize (2022) XLVI
Author: Bill HendersonPublisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0960097740
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The 46th annual edition of the most celebrated literary series in America. Over 60 brilliant stories, poems and essays from ?dozens of small presses, ?as selected from 900 presses worldwide by ?more than ?200 distinguished staff contributing editors. Series Honors: The American Academy of Arts and Letters awarded Pushcart its 2020 recognition for “Distinguished Service to the Arts.” The National Book Critics Circle cited Bill Henderson for its Ivan Sandrof “Lifetime Achievement” award in 2006. In 2005 Poets &Writers / Barnes and Noble noted Pushcart for their Writers For Writers prize. And in 1978 Publishers Weekly’s Carey-Thomas Award went to the Pushcart Prize. Reviews of last year’s edition: Booklist - “Resplendent…A perennial must have.” Publishers Weekly - “A trove of fine writing.” Kirkus - ”Strong and wide ranging." Library Journal (starred) - "Fascinating ….A must have for all collections."
Don't Tell Anyone
Author: Frederick BuschPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393049732
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
A collection of short stories explores the connections among people and asks why some succeed and others do not.
The Vandals
Author: Alan Michael ParkerPublisher: BOA Editions, Ltd.
ISBN: 9781880238745
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Just for fun, the vandals toss monkey wrenches into the machinery of life, wreaking poetic havoc.
Curios
Author: Judith TaylorPublisher: Sarabande Books
ISBN: 9781889330457
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
A debut collection featuring a new form of koan-like poetry.
The Charm
Author: Kathy FaganPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780970817747
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
"Kathy Fagan's The Charm works the true spells of childhood, the superstitions of romance, the bewitching alchemies of words themselves and casts us sun-struck in our lives--doomed, yes, but 'dovewinged.' Fact, speculation, nostalgia, and mystery are wielded with equal power and stunning craft. Fagan is writing some of the wisest and alluring poems of our day." -Beckian Fritz Goldberg "There is something both very old and very new--archaic and postmodern--in Kathy Fagan's wise-cracking charms to assuage rage and despair, to ward off misfortune and heartbreak. The Charm dissolves the leaden circles in the air and charms with fresh carols." -Edward Hirsch "Kathy Fagan's rage is subtle, her loves draw you in, and there is a driving curiosity that comes only with great respect for life." -Bob Hicok Kathy Fagan is the author of Lip, Moving & St Rage, winner of the Vassar Miller Prize for Poetry, and The Raft, a National Poetry Series selection. She is professor of English at Ohio State University.
Short Story Index
Author: Asian American Poets
Author: Guiyou HuangPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313011311
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Even though Asian American literature is enjoying an impressive critical popularity, attention has focused primarily on longer narrative forms such as the novel. And despite the proliferation of a large number of poets of Asian descent in the 20th century, Asian American poetry remains a neglected area of study. Poetry as an elite genre has not reached the level of popularity of the novel or short story, partly due to the difficulties of reading and interpreting poetic texts. The lack of criticism on Asian American poetry speaks to the urgent need for scholarship in this area, since perhaps more than any other genre, poetry most forcefully captures the intense feelings and emotions that Asian Americans have experienced about themselves and their world. This reference book overviews the tremendous cultural contributions of Asian American poets. Included are alphabetically arranged entries on 48 American poets of Asian descent, most of whom have been active during the latter half of the 20th century. Each entry begins with a short biography, which sometimes includes information drawn from personal interviews. The entries then discuss the poet's major works and themes, including such concerns as family, racism, sexism, identity, language, and politics. A survey of the poet's critical reception follows. In many cases the existing criticism is scant, and the entries offer new readings of neglected works. The entries conclude with bibliographies of primary and secondary texts, and the volume closes with a selected, general bibliography.