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With lacerating honesty, technical mastery, and abiding compassion, Made to Explode offers volatile poems for our volatile times. In her fourth collection, acclaimed poet Sandra Beasley interrogates the landscapes of her life in decisive, fearless, and precise poems that fuse intimacy and intensity. She probes memories of growing up in Virginia, in Thomas Jefferson’s shadow, where liberal affluence obscured and perpetuated racist aggressions, but where the poet was simultaneously steeped in the cultural traditions of the American South. Her home in Washington, DC, inspires prose poems documenting and critiquing our capital’s institutions and monuments. In these poems, Ruth Bader Ginsberg shows up at the Folger Shakespeare Theatre’s show of Kiss Me Kate; Albert Einstein is memorialized on Constitution Avenue, yet was denied clearance for the Manhattan Project; as temperatures cool, a rain of spiders drops from the dome of the Jefferson Memorial. A stirring suite explores Beasley’s affiliation with the disability community and her frustration with the ways society codes disability as inferiority. Quintessentially American and painfully timely, these poems examine legacies of racism and whiteness, the shadow of monuments to a world we are unmaking, and the privileges the poet is working to untangle. Made to Explode boldly reckons with Beasley’s roots and seeks out resonance in society writ large.
Book Synopsis Made to Explode: Poems by : Sandra Beasley
Download or read book Made to Explode: Poems written by Sandra Beasley and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With lacerating honesty, technical mastery, and abiding compassion, Made to Explode offers volatile poems for our volatile times. In her fourth collection, acclaimed poet Sandra Beasley interrogates the landscapes of her life in decisive, fearless, and precise poems that fuse intimacy and intensity. She probes memories of growing up in Virginia, in Thomas Jefferson’s shadow, where liberal affluence obscured and perpetuated racist aggressions, but where the poet was simultaneously steeped in the cultural traditions of the American South. Her home in Washington, DC, inspires prose poems documenting and critiquing our capital’s institutions and monuments. In these poems, Ruth Bader Ginsberg shows up at the Folger Shakespeare Theatre’s show of Kiss Me Kate; Albert Einstein is memorialized on Constitution Avenue, yet was denied clearance for the Manhattan Project; as temperatures cool, a rain of spiders drops from the dome of the Jefferson Memorial. A stirring suite explores Beasley’s affiliation with the disability community and her frustration with the ways society codes disability as inferiority. Quintessentially American and painfully timely, these poems examine legacies of racism and whiteness, the shadow of monuments to a world we are unmaking, and the privileges the poet is working to untangle. Made to Explode boldly reckons with Beasley’s roots and seeks out resonance in society writ large.
"Sandra Beasley eschews the poet-as-speaker convention and unleashes a collection teeming with the inanimate, the anachronistic, and the animal kingdom. In these poems Beasley approaches the world with all of its wild music, Wednesday compromises, migrating battlefields, and lovelorn minotaurs with clarity, humor, and compassion."--
Book Synopsis I Was the Jukebox by : Sandra Beasley
Download or read book I Was the Jukebox written by Sandra Beasley and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sandra Beasley eschews the poet-as-speaker convention and unleashes a collection teeming with the inanimate, the anachronistic, and the animal kingdom. In these poems Beasley approaches the world with all of its wild music, Wednesday compromises, migrating battlefields, and lovelorn minotaurs with clarity, humor, and compassion."--
This is the third and most diverse poetry book, from the mind of Michelle Monet. It is a compilation of subjects, themes, and styles from silly to serious. Just as life is dark and light, this book has both extremes. Chapters include Beauty and Nature, My Writing Life, Alive with Alliteration, My Personal Stories (my life as a musician and visual artist), Uplifting thoughts and Deep Contemplations. From Michelle: 'I had such a BLAST writing this, my 3rd poetry book. I let my mind explode in all directions which is what makes writing so much fun to me. Hope you enjoy it!'- Michelle Here are just a few customer comments from my first two poetry books 'Catch a Poem by the Tale' and 'Limerick Explosion'. ________________________________________ 'Reading her book of poems is life changing! It's like allowing yourself to be reborn! Into the Light and Love of Joy, Happiness, and Sadness! It was my pot of gold at the beginning of my rainbow today! I haven't read anything life changing since Penny Marshall! Can't wait to read her next one! So happy she could share her life with the world! Get inspired, be inspiring!' - Vicci, Reader ________________________________________ 'Not just a book AN EXPERIENCE! Her humor, her precision, was equally matched by her sensitivity in each and every word she chose.' Anne Peterson ________________________________________ ' 5 stars! Get this book NOW!! Creativity requires a certain madness, as evidenced in this first published book by Michelle Monet.'- Barbara S. ________________________________________ '5.0 out of 5 stars. AN ABSOLUTE MUST READ BOOK!!!!!!! I highly recommend this book....it was a very insightful, entertaining, and sometimes poignant look into the life and thoughts of Michelle Monet, clearly a highly creative and talented woman. I think most of us can relate to some of the topics and ponderings that Michelle so generously shared with her readers. This book should definitely put on your TO BUY list....you won't be sorry!!! AWESOME!!!!'- Anne, Amazon Reader _______________________________________ 'Personal, yet universal. Lighthearted, yet solid and insightful. And sometimes ... the author brings it all together in a poem that attacks the sorrow of life, illuminating it from the darkness where it hides. A story in poems you don't want to miss.' D.A. Hickman, Author of 'Silence of Morning' _______________________________________ '5 stars! I simply opened it thinking I would read a chapter or two, and couldn't put the book down, and it's not easy to keep my attention. It was ABSOLUTELY ENGAGING...' Sherry, Amazon Reader ________________________________________ 'Each one unfolded like the petals of a rose exposing raw emotion. I was taken away by the poetry between these pages.'- Frances Milton ________________________________________ 'I literally could not put this book down! I lost all sense of my surroundings and danced in the world of this creative author with elation. ' - 'Helen Beth Sicignanoon, Amazon reader ________________________________________ 'BRAVE and honest, reflective and healing' - Moya Morris ________________________________________ ' POETRY PEARLS! 5 stars. I've never been moved to write a review.. But this one had to be written. Michelle Monet has developed the most accessible poetry book I have ever read' - Hillary Langford ________________________________________ 'Loved this book!!!!! !Brilliant, bold, brazen, and sublime. Powerful, poignant and personal! Inspiring, insightful and intriguing!! Amazing writer.' - Maggie Ervin ________________________________________ 'A EUPHORIC JOURNEY! By the time I delved into the third chapter of the book, I became completely mesmerized with each passage...' - Kiki Stamatiou, Author
Book Synopsis Word Explosion by : Michelle Monet
Download or read book Word Explosion written by Michelle Monet and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-10-28 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the third and most diverse poetry book, from the mind of Michelle Monet. It is a compilation of subjects, themes, and styles from silly to serious. Just as life is dark and light, this book has both extremes. Chapters include Beauty and Nature, My Writing Life, Alive with Alliteration, My Personal Stories (my life as a musician and visual artist), Uplifting thoughts and Deep Contemplations. From Michelle: 'I had such a BLAST writing this, my 3rd poetry book. I let my mind explode in all directions which is what makes writing so much fun to me. Hope you enjoy it!'- Michelle Here are just a few customer comments from my first two poetry books 'Catch a Poem by the Tale' and 'Limerick Explosion'. ________________________________________ 'Reading her book of poems is life changing! It's like allowing yourself to be reborn! Into the Light and Love of Joy, Happiness, and Sadness! It was my pot of gold at the beginning of my rainbow today! I haven't read anything life changing since Penny Marshall! Can't wait to read her next one! So happy she could share her life with the world! Get inspired, be inspiring!' - Vicci, Reader ________________________________________ 'Not just a book AN EXPERIENCE! Her humor, her precision, was equally matched by her sensitivity in each and every word she chose.' Anne Peterson ________________________________________ ' 5 stars! Get this book NOW!! Creativity requires a certain madness, as evidenced in this first published book by Michelle Monet.'- Barbara S. ________________________________________ '5.0 out of 5 stars. AN ABSOLUTE MUST READ BOOK!!!!!!! I highly recommend this book....it was a very insightful, entertaining, and sometimes poignant look into the life and thoughts of Michelle Monet, clearly a highly creative and talented woman. I think most of us can relate to some of the topics and ponderings that Michelle so generously shared with her readers. This book should definitely put on your TO BUY list....you won't be sorry!!! AWESOME!!!!'- Anne, Amazon Reader _______________________________________ 'Personal, yet universal. Lighthearted, yet solid and insightful. And sometimes ... the author brings it all together in a poem that attacks the sorrow of life, illuminating it from the darkness where it hides. A story in poems you don't want to miss.' D.A. Hickman, Author of 'Silence of Morning' _______________________________________ '5 stars! I simply opened it thinking I would read a chapter or two, and couldn't put the book down, and it's not easy to keep my attention. It was ABSOLUTELY ENGAGING...' Sherry, Amazon Reader ________________________________________ 'Each one unfolded like the petals of a rose exposing raw emotion. I was taken away by the poetry between these pages.'- Frances Milton ________________________________________ 'I literally could not put this book down! I lost all sense of my surroundings and danced in the world of this creative author with elation. ' - 'Helen Beth Sicignanoon, Amazon reader ________________________________________ 'BRAVE and honest, reflective and healing' - Moya Morris ________________________________________ ' POETRY PEARLS! 5 stars. I've never been moved to write a review.. But this one had to be written. Michelle Monet has developed the most accessible poetry book I have ever read' - Hillary Langford ________________________________________ 'Loved this book!!!!! !Brilliant, bold, brazen, and sublime. Powerful, poignant and personal! Inspiring, insightful and intriguing!! Amazing writer.' - Maggie Ervin ________________________________________ 'A EUPHORIC JOURNEY! By the time I delved into the third chapter of the book, I became completely mesmerized with each passage...' - Kiki Stamatiou, Author
Download or read book The Long Devotion written by Emily Pérez and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2022-04 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Nya, an inner-city public high school teacher, is committed to her students but desperate to give her only son Omari opportunities they’ll never have. When a controversial incident at his upstate private school threatens to get him expelled, Nya must confront his rage and her own choices as a parent. But will she be able to reach him before a world beyond her control pulls him away? With profound compassion and lyricism, Pipeline brings an urgent conversation powerfully to the fore. Morisseau pens a deeply moving story of a mother’s fight to give her son a future — without turning her back on the community that made him who he is.
Book Synopsis Pipeline by : Dominique Morisseau
Download or read book Pipeline written by Dominique Morisseau and published by Concord Theatricals. This book was released on 2019 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nya, an inner-city public high school teacher, is committed to her students but desperate to give her only son Omari opportunities they’ll never have. When a controversial incident at his upstate private school threatens to get him expelled, Nya must confront his rage and her own choices as a parent. But will she be able to reach him before a world beyond her control pulls him away? With profound compassion and lyricism, Pipeline brings an urgent conversation powerfully to the fore. Morisseau pens a deeply moving story of a mother’s fight to give her son a future — without turning her back on the community that made him who he is.
Winner of the 2016 Whiting Award One of Publishers Weekly's "Most Anticipated Books of Spring 2016" One of Lit Hub's "10 must-read poetry collections for April" “Reading Vuong is like watching a fish move: he manages the varied currents of English with muscled intuition. His poems are by turns graceful and wonderstruck. His lines are both long and short, his pose narrative and lyric, his diction formal and insouciant. From the outside, Vuong has fashioned a poetry of inclusion.”—The New Yorker "Night Sky with Exit Wounds establishes Vuong as a fierce new talent to be reckoned with...This book is a masterpiece that captures, with elegance, the raw sorrows and joys of human existence."—Buzzfeed's "Most Exciting New Books of 2016" "This original, sprightly wordsmith of tumbling pulsing phrases pushes poetry to a new level...A stunning introduction to a young poet who writes with both assurance and vulnerability. Visceral, tender and lyrical, fleet and agile, these poems unflinchingly face the legacies of violence and cultural displacement but they also assume a position of wonder before the world.”—2016 Whiting Award citation "Night Sky with Exit Wounds is the kind of book that soon becomes worn with love. You will want to crease every page to come back to it, to underline every other line because each word resonates with power."—LitHub "Vuong’s powerful voice explores passion, violence, history, identity—all with a tremendous humanity."—Slate “In his impressive debut collection, Vuong, a 2014 Ruth Lilly fellow, writes beauty into—and culls from—individual, familial, and historical traumas. Vuong exists as both observer and observed throughout the book as he explores deeply personal themes such as poverty, depression, queer sexuality, domestic abuse, and the various forms of violence inflicted on his family during the Vietnam War. Poems float and strike in equal measure as the poet strives to transform pain into clarity. Managing this balance becomes the crux of the collection, as when he writes, ‘Your father is only your father/ until one of you forgets. Like how the spine/ won’t remember its wings/ no matter how many times our knees/ kiss the pavement.’”—Publishers Weekly "What a treasure [Ocean Vuong] is to us. What a perfume he's crushed and rendered of his heart and soul. What a gift this book is."—Li-Young Lee Torso of Air Suppose you do change your life. & the body is more than a portion of night—sealed with bruises. Suppose you woke & found your shadow replaced by a black wolf. The boy, beautiful & gone. So you take the knife to the wall instead. You carve & carve until a coin of light appears & you get to look in, at last, on happiness. The eye staring back from the other side— waiting. Born in Saigon, Vietnam, Ocean Vuong attended Brooklyn College. He is the author of two chapbooks as well as a full-length collection, Night Sky with Exit Wounds. A 2014 Ruth Lilly Fellow and winner of the 2016 Whiting Award, Ocean Vuong lives in New York City, New York.
Book Synopsis Night Sky with Exit Wounds by : Ocean Vuong
Download or read book Night Sky with Exit Wounds written by Ocean Vuong and published by Copper Canyon Press. This book was released on 2016-05-23 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2016 Whiting Award One of Publishers Weekly's "Most Anticipated Books of Spring 2016" One of Lit Hub's "10 must-read poetry collections for April" “Reading Vuong is like watching a fish move: he manages the varied currents of English with muscled intuition. His poems are by turns graceful and wonderstruck. His lines are both long and short, his pose narrative and lyric, his diction formal and insouciant. From the outside, Vuong has fashioned a poetry of inclusion.”—The New Yorker "Night Sky with Exit Wounds establishes Vuong as a fierce new talent to be reckoned with...This book is a masterpiece that captures, with elegance, the raw sorrows and joys of human existence."—Buzzfeed's "Most Exciting New Books of 2016" "This original, sprightly wordsmith of tumbling pulsing phrases pushes poetry to a new level...A stunning introduction to a young poet who writes with both assurance and vulnerability. Visceral, tender and lyrical, fleet and agile, these poems unflinchingly face the legacies of violence and cultural displacement but they also assume a position of wonder before the world.”—2016 Whiting Award citation "Night Sky with Exit Wounds is the kind of book that soon becomes worn with love. You will want to crease every page to come back to it, to underline every other line because each word resonates with power."—LitHub "Vuong’s powerful voice explores passion, violence, history, identity—all with a tremendous humanity."—Slate “In his impressive debut collection, Vuong, a 2014 Ruth Lilly fellow, writes beauty into—and culls from—individual, familial, and historical traumas. Vuong exists as both observer and observed throughout the book as he explores deeply personal themes such as poverty, depression, queer sexuality, domestic abuse, and the various forms of violence inflicted on his family during the Vietnam War. Poems float and strike in equal measure as the poet strives to transform pain into clarity. Managing this balance becomes the crux of the collection, as when he writes, ‘Your father is only your father/ until one of you forgets. Like how the spine/ won’t remember its wings/ no matter how many times our knees/ kiss the pavement.’”—Publishers Weekly "What a treasure [Ocean Vuong] is to us. What a perfume he's crushed and rendered of his heart and soul. What a gift this book is."—Li-Young Lee Torso of Air Suppose you do change your life. & the body is more than a portion of night—sealed with bruises. Suppose you woke & found your shadow replaced by a black wolf. The boy, beautiful & gone. So you take the knife to the wall instead. You carve & carve until a coin of light appears & you get to look in, at last, on happiness. The eye staring back from the other side— waiting. Born in Saigon, Vietnam, Ocean Vuong attended Brooklyn College. He is the author of two chapbooks as well as a full-length collection, Night Sky with Exit Wounds. A 2014 Ruth Lilly Fellow and winner of the 2016 Whiting Award, Ocean Vuong lives in New York City, New York.
2023 Feathered Quill Book Awards Gold Medal Winner 2022 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) Gold Medal Winner 2022 Over the Rainbow Short List 2021 Goodreads Choice Awards - Best Poetry Book Finalist 2021 Bookshop's Indie Press Highlights You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson is a queer, political, and feminist collection guided by self-reflection. The poems range from close examination of the deeply personal to the vastness of the world, exploring the expansiveness of the human experience from love to illness, from space to climate change, and so much more in between. One of the most celebrated poets and performers of the last two decades, Andrea Gibson's trademark honesty and vulnerability are on full display in You Better Be Lightning, welcoming and inviting readers to be just as they are.
Book Synopsis You Better Be Lightning by : Andrea Gibson
Download or read book You Better Be Lightning written by Andrea Gibson and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2023 Feathered Quill Book Awards Gold Medal Winner 2022 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) Gold Medal Winner 2022 Over the Rainbow Short List 2021 Goodreads Choice Awards - Best Poetry Book Finalist 2021 Bookshop's Indie Press Highlights You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson is a queer, political, and feminist collection guided by self-reflection. The poems range from close examination of the deeply personal to the vastness of the world, exploring the expansiveness of the human experience from love to illness, from space to climate change, and so much more in between. One of the most celebrated poets and performers of the last two decades, Andrea Gibson's trademark honesty and vulnerability are on full display in You Better Be Lightning, welcoming and inviting readers to be just as they are.
A Necessary Explosion is an act Dan Burns performs daily to expel the stories pressing on his mind. Only by getting words down onto the page can he make room for all that comes next. Exploring the themes of life, love, family, writing, music, travel, history, and humanity's future, this collection artfully conveys the words of a craftsman in relatable, accessible poems. In "Afterimage," a man struggles with his diminishing memory but takes comfort in knowing that he can always recall the image of the only woman he ever loved. "Worlds Traveler" stands as a dedication to, and remembrance of, Ray Bradbury and his influence on the author. "A Necessary Explosion" explores the cranial pressure that builds as a result of life's experiences and the need for humans to release that pressure to survive. Each of the seventy-five poems in this collection offers a glimpse into the mind of a hopeful poet and storyteller. They will make you consider your place in the world and leave you contemplating the magic of poetry. Cover art and ten custom interior illustrations by the incomparable Daniele Serra (Stephen King, Clive Barker).
Book Synopsis A Necessary Explosion by : Dan Burns
Download or read book A Necessary Explosion written by Dan Burns and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Necessary Explosion is an act Dan Burns performs daily to expel the stories pressing on his mind. Only by getting words down onto the page can he make room for all that comes next. Exploring the themes of life, love, family, writing, music, travel, history, and humanity's future, this collection artfully conveys the words of a craftsman in relatable, accessible poems. In "Afterimage," a man struggles with his diminishing memory but takes comfort in knowing that he can always recall the image of the only woman he ever loved. "Worlds Traveler" stands as a dedication to, and remembrance of, Ray Bradbury and his influence on the author. "A Necessary Explosion" explores the cranial pressure that builds as a result of life's experiences and the need for humans to release that pressure to survive. Each of the seventy-five poems in this collection offers a glimpse into the mind of a hopeful poet and storyteller. They will make you consider your place in the world and leave you contemplating the magic of poetry. Cover art and ten custom interior illustrations by the incomparable Daniele Serra (Stephen King, Clive Barker).
Hang on tight for a raucous bounce through the solar system and back — propelled by funny, fanciful, factually sound poems and exuberant illustrations. The universe poured into me. My brain was overloaded. It smoked and glowed red-hot. And then it actually exploded. Ever wonder what the sun has to say about being the closest star to Earth? Or what Pluto has gotten up to since being demoted to a dwarf planet? Or where rocket ships go when they retire? Listen closely, because maybe, just maybe, your head will explode, too. With poetry that is equal parts accurate and entertaining — and illustrations that are positively out of this world — this book will enthrall amateur stargazers and budding astrophysicists as it reveals many of the wonders our universe holds. Space travelers in search of more information will find notes about the poems, a glossary, and a list of resources at the end.
Book Synopsis The Day the Universe Exploded My Head by : Allan Wolf
Download or read book The Day the Universe Exploded My Head written by Allan Wolf and published by Candlewick. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hang on tight for a raucous bounce through the solar system and back — propelled by funny, fanciful, factually sound poems and exuberant illustrations. The universe poured into me. My brain was overloaded. It smoked and glowed red-hot. And then it actually exploded. Ever wonder what the sun has to say about being the closest star to Earth? Or what Pluto has gotten up to since being demoted to a dwarf planet? Or where rocket ships go when they retire? Listen closely, because maybe, just maybe, your head will explode, too. With poetry that is equal parts accurate and entertaining — and illustrations that are positively out of this world — this book will enthrall amateur stargazers and budding astrophysicists as it reveals many of the wonders our universe holds. Space travelers in search of more information will find notes about the poems, a glossary, and a list of resources at the end.
What Love Gave Will Never Fade Away Flowing out of His immeasurable love, God made everything, including you. But it’s what God gave us that forever changed our destiny, bringing hope and the promise of eternal life. Lovingly written and exquisitely illustrated, Love Gave introduces little ones to love’s greatest gift, Jesus, and explains in kid-friendly terms how they can become forever friends with Him. This imaginative poem will help your child take small steps toward understanding key Christian concepts, such as sin, salvation, and sacrificial love and will become a story time favorite for your whole family.
Book Synopsis Love Gave by : Quina Aragon
Download or read book Love Gave written by Quina Aragon and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Love Gave Will Never Fade Away Flowing out of His immeasurable love, God made everything, including you. But it’s what God gave us that forever changed our destiny, bringing hope and the promise of eternal life. Lovingly written and exquisitely illustrated, Love Gave introduces little ones to love’s greatest gift, Jesus, and explains in kid-friendly terms how they can become forever friends with Him. This imaginative poem will help your child take small steps toward understanding key Christian concepts, such as sin, salvation, and sacrificial love and will become a story time favorite for your whole family.
