![]() ![]() Many have been fashioning their relationship to language, their manner of responding and speaking through and about their concerns, their entire lives. Many of the poets have been writing poems-or the poems that helped them get to the ones in their books-for decades. When we inquire how long it took to write their books, every year several reply, “My whole life.” And this makes sense-a book is not the work of a moment or simply a product of the time the poet was setting down words on the page. We ask the poets to describe what set their books in motion, what keeps them returning to the page, and how they live as writers. Every year since 2005 we have highlighted a group of writers who have published their first full-length poetry collections in the prior twelve months. ![]()
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What it's about: The horror author of “The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires” and “The Final Girl Support Group” tries his hand at a haunted house story. ![]() "How to Sell a Haunted House," by Grady Hendrix. ![]() ![]() When one of the strangers - beautiful, haunted Akiva - fixes his fire-colored eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she's about to find out. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real she's prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands" she speaks many languages - not all of them human and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. In a dark and dusty shop, a devil's supply of human teeth have grown dangerously low.Īnd in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherworldly war. When beautiful, haunted Akiva fixes fiery eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. ![]() ![]() ![]() In a nation on the brink of war, a young student's star-crossed love begins to bloom in the first book of the New York Times bestselling epic fantasy trilogy by award-winning author Laini Taylor.Īround the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The first book of the series is slated for release in February 2014. Spencer also has signed for a three-book historical series set in Cañon City in the 1800s. There also will be a sign-up and drawing to win a gift basket containing items reflective of events mentioned in the book. The first 10 people purchasing the book will receive a signature glass boot bookmark. Saturday at Words of Life Christian Bookstore, 615 Main St. Spencer will host a new release and book-signing event from 3 to 5 p.m. “Sometimes suffering is involved, and in Eli and Laura’s case, they must decide if they want God - and each other - enough.” “Key to the story’s premise is a scriptural promise that the Lord will make all things new,” she said. The heroine, Spencer said, is Laura, who struggles with loss and each of them wrestles with God’s offer of restoration and second chances. “The story deals with his issues of feeling less than whole.” “Eli, the hero, is a composite of wounded veterans I know,” Spencer said. Eli and Laura have a chance to fill the empty places in each other’s heart, but pride and fear threaten to keep them from trusting God and finding the love of a lifetime. But the battle-scarred soldier is a world away from the carefree boy he once was. The novel features Eli Hawthorne, a man who never gave up hope that someday Laura Bell would return to their small ranching community in the California foothills. ![]() 5/7/2023 0 Comments 4 hundred souls![]() ![]() 'A resounding history.that challenges the myths of America's past. 'A vital addition to the curriculum on race in America. ![]() Together - through essays and short stories, personal vignettes and fiery polemics - they redefine America and the way its history can be told. In chronological chapters, each by a different author and spanning five years, the book charts the four-hundred-year journey of African Americans to the present - a journey defined by inhuman oppression, visionary struggles and stunning achievements.Ĭontributors include some of today's leading writers, historians, journalists, lawyers, poets and activists. The writers explore their periods through a variety of. Love contributed to the new book Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019. Teaching Professor of Journalism and Media Studies David A. Blain, have assembled ninety brilliant writers, eighty of whom takes on a five-year period of that four-hundred-year span with ten lyrical interludes from poets. Love, a faculty member at SC&I, wrote a chapter for the new book Four Hundred Souls chronicling the history of the Royal African Company, an English slave-trading company. ![]() Kendi, author of the million-copy bestseller How To Be an Antiracist, and Keisha N. Four Hundred Souls is a unique one-volume community history of African Americans. Four Hundred Souls is an epoch-defining history of African America, the first to appear in a generation, told by ninety leading Black voices - co-curated by Ibram X. Four Hundred Souls is a unique one-volume community history of African Americans. ![]() 5/7/2023 0 Comments Alechia dow the sound of stars![]() ![]() ![]() The trouble is, he finds himself drawn to human music and in desperate need of more. When he finds Ellie’s illegal library, he’s duty-bound to deliver her for execution. When a book goes missing, Ellie is terrified that the Ilori will track it back to her and kill her.īorn in a lab, M0Rr1S was raised to be emotionless. Music, art and books are illegal, but Ellie breaks the rules by keeping a secret library. ![]() With humans deemed dangerously volatile because of their initial reaction to the invasion, emotional expression can be grounds for execution. Seventeen-year-old Janelle “Ellie” Baker survives in an Ilori-controlled center in New York City. Two years ago, a misunderstanding between the leaders of Earth and the invading Ilori resulted in the deaths of one-third of the world’s population. ![]() 5/7/2023 0 Comments Fire and ice by erin hunter![]() ![]() Recommend this series to fans of animal fantasies such as Redwall and Dark Portal. ![]() With enough backstory for newcomers to find their way, established fans will be on edge for the next title.” - Kirkus Reviews “Hunter’s world keeps getting more finely drawn, and her characters more complex. Now Fireheart faces not only imminent battle, but betrayal from within his own Clan. The cats of rival RiverClan grow restless, while WindClan is weak and faces threats from all sides. ![]() Firepaw, the warrior brave, is now Fireheart. 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Join the legion of fans who have made Erin Hunter’s Warriors series a bestselling phenomenon. ![]() The second book in Erin Hunter’s #1 nationally bestselling Warriors series ![]() 5/7/2023 0 Comments Jordan peterson rules![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter So I decided to give him the benefit of the doubt, and live each and every one of his 12 rules for a day, to see if I'd finish the day a better person. It was criticised for advocating a fairly right-wing approach to life and he's under renewed criticism now because of his various gaffes but is it all fair? Is there more to Peterson than the shouty crank he portrays himself as? Thinking about it, I realised there was only one, or 12 ways to find out. He was suspended from Twitter for dead-naming Elliot Page, has been criticised for making a "condescending" appeal to Muslim fans, and became a meme when he raged against the "woke".īut it was in 2018 when Peterson really got people talking when his book 12 Rules for Life came out, offering - you guessed it - 12 rules for how to live a better life. Everyone's favourite controversial Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson has been skirting around the headlines lately. ![]() |