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Shattering the definition of Latino into a million little pieces, poet Edwin Torres reassembles identity into something that is more likely and at the same time unexpected, complex, and multifaceted. From conversations in cars to fast-beat lullabies, Ameriscopia is a collection that taps into rhythms both distinctive and dynamic.
An ex-con tries one more round in the rackets before going "clean."
Chronicles the history of the United States from the end of World War II, through the Cold War and post-Cold War eras, to the Nobel Peace Prize being awarded to President Obama in 2009.
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New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } In this capacious and challenging book, Maria Damon surveys the poetry and culture of the United States in two distinct but inextricably linked periods. In part 1, "Identity K/not/e/s," she considers the America of the 1950s and early 1960s, when contentious and troubled alliances took shape between different marginalized communities and their respective but overlapping bohemias--Jews, African Americans, the Beats, and gays and lesbians. Damon then turns to more contemporary issues and broader topics of poetics in part 2's "Poetics for a Postliterary America" which goes on to paint a wider picture, dwelling less on close readings of individual poems and more on asking questions about the nature of poetry itself and its role in community formation and individual survival. Discussions of counterperformance, kinetics, the Nuyoricans, Latino identity, and electronic poetics enliven this section.
Never Experienced Trauma before and learned Trauma is "Trauma" when my mind quickly went to what many Vietnam War Vets must feel like after I began to suffer from "Incredible Debilitating Agonizing Anxiety" which brought on "Physical Pain" with a feeling like I was going to "Jump" out of my own skin. This is my First Book after I knew I could no longer live with the Rage, Resentment and Sadness I had compounded after the Loss of my Marriage and the Death of my Adult Son having to find my "Path" of "Forgiveness". I embarked on an Incredible Journey with A "Theologian" Man and a "Retired Catholic Nun" who served the Church for over Twenty-Five-Years. They "Both" were my "Angel's and Teacher's"...
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Thirty-two unusual locations that cover all five boroughs of New York City are detailed in this guide that takes one through the historical and cultural significance of Brooklyn's Empire Roller Disco, Hua Mei Garden on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, Coney Island, Arthur Avenue Market, Strawberry Fields, Governors Island, and others. Original.
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