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Beloved poet, professor, mentor, artist Gary Blankenburg's last poetry collection, lovingly collected by his friend and editor, Bill Jones.
In this inspiring collection of vibrant poems, contemporary American poets speak out on a universal theme: the unbreakable bond shared by parents and their children. With kindness, nostalgia, forgiveness and love, poets recall their parents. Book jacket.
Reclaim Your Fire "Teaching with Fire is a glorious collection of the poetry that has restored the faith of teachers in the highest, most transcendent values of their work with children....Those who want us to believe that teaching is a technocratic and robotic skill devoid of art or joy or beauty need to read this powerful collection. So, for that matter, do we all." ?Jonathan Kozol, author of Amazing Grace and Savage Inequalities "When reasoned argument fails, poetry helps us make sense of life. A few well-chosen images, the spinning together of words creates a way of seeing where we came from and lights up possibilities for where we might be going....Dip in, read, and ponder; share with o...
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If you knew and loved Gary for being irreverent, sometimes raunchy, always sexy, a kind of bittersweet amalgam of Berryman, Bukowski, O'Hara, and of course his unique self, you will be interested but not at all disappointed to hear him as he looks Upward and prepares himself for, in his words, ''The Great Perhaps.'' And you may be amazed to discover that he is an extraordinarily talented visual artist. His work has all the pizazz of his poetry and the colorful eye of a visionary. His paintings make a joyful noise.
(Book). Electric guitar players can choose from a library full of guitar books, but comparatively little has been written about the other 50% of the electric guitar: the amplifier. This book takes a giant step toward redressing the balance, providing the first overall view of amp-dom, including: how amps work, profiles of the major manufacturers, 'transistor dinosaurs' and their place in amp history, reissues vs. vintage amps, and troubleshooting. Terms are defined in the margin as they are introduced, and plenty of photos and diagrams illuminate the text.
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