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To the Left of the Microwave
In a world without solace, the girls and women in these ten tales grapple with the meaning of their daily lives. An unemployed realtor challenges herself by helping an ex-felon learn to read. Two feisty PhDs with a housecleaning service confront a request to do more than scrub away grime. A solicitous housewife seeks to gain her family’s attention. The eclectic characters in this collection contend with the classic, American quest after freedom while struggling for validation of their existence.
My Valley Is Icky Too
A self imagined free spirit, Janice Huntington endures her days at Suzanne's News Clipping Service sifting through mountains of information on a never ending series of quests for proverbial needles in haystacks. On her own time, she navigates an equally unending series of sexual encounters searching for who knows what. The frantic, lonely routine of her life begins to unravel as a casual inquiry into the fate of the inventor of her favorite form of birth control propels her into a series of adventures involving a wayward priest, a precocious child, and an eccentric balloonist.
Momentary Mother
Lulu Rosetti is manipulated into visiting her toxic family, and while there she uncovers secrets.
Bread and Salt
Compelling and vivid, the stories in Bread and Salt use the metaphor of salvage to consider the reclamation of the natural environment, human relationships, and material objects. The characters in these stories live and travel in Tunisia, India, Indonesia, Italy, Turkey, France, and the United States and consider their individual agency in both local and global contexts. The characters' conflicts reveal how family and friendships are enriched by differences.
To the Left of the Microwave
In the nine stories and one ten minute play that make up this slice of life collection, the characters contend not only with the everyday obstacles that life throws at them but with the more perplexing hurdles they throw at themselves. An unemployed realtor challenges herself by helping an ex felon learn to read. A middle school art teacher is pulled over by a cop for more than forgetting to wear a seat belt. A mother disappears with her two youngest daughters for several days leaving her teenaged daughter to take care of herself.
The Things We Do for Women
Seth Johnson's debut story collection comprises twelve linked tales set in Kentucky against the backdrop of the disintegration of a young marriage amidst thwarted expectations and contrasted by illustrations of the unconditional love freely given by dogs. A man on the run hides out at a boarding house owned by a paraplegic woman whose uncle's dog gives birth with an ease that impresses the observers of this ordinary event. A young man confesses his extramarital affairs to his mother. A housewife attends the funeral of a young woman whom she never knew. In precise, evocative prose, The Things We Do for Women explores the perpetual desire for love and the obstacles to obtaining it.
Ten Thousand Heavens
With patience, persistence and love, a man called Bird befriends Annie, an abused and difficult mare. Eventually, Annie reciprocates Bird's affection, but their relationship is sorely tested when they are separated by a catastrophic wildfire. In order to reunite, they must battle not only the forces of nature but the greed and cunning of unscrupulous men.
Searching for a Pulse
Nazifa Islam's debut poetry collection tells the story of Rosemary who wants to love and to be loved but finds it tragically impossible.
Arts-Based Research in Education
Presenting readers with definitions and examples of arts-based educational research, this text identifies tensions, questions, and models in the field and provides guidance for both beginning and more experienced practice. As arts-based research grows in prominence and popularity across education and the social sciences, the barriers between empirical, institutional, and artistic research diminish and new opportunities emerge for discussion, consideration, and reflection. This book responds to an ever increasing, global need to understand and navigate this evolving domain of research. Featuring a diverse range of contributors, this text weaves together critical essays about arts-based resear...
Mom's Dead
Hank LaFarge finds himself in middle-age, having achieved at least some of what most people would consider to be the hallmarks of success but without any sense of purpose. He’s convinced that there must be some hidden meaning to life, and he has undertaken a mission to extract the secret from his elderly mother. In his quest, Hank must battle the delusions, antics, and competing agendas of a small army of psychologically challenged siblings, not to mention the world-weariness of his mother herself as she approaches her transition into the great beyond. Hank ultimately discovers the answers to his questions which are not what he expected but were staring him in the face all along.
