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The Book of Trees by poet Sean M. Conrey is an invocation grounded in the ancient tradition of ¿Celtic Spirituality.¿ In this work, the writer fashions a poetic language centered on the being and voice of Saint Columba ¿ the dove of the church ¿ his work and legend.
Maureen Passmore's poetry is structurally simple, innately priceless, sharp-edged, and brilliant. With the jeweller's touch, she brings out just enough edge, elegant and lean, to intrigue us before offering the next edge, then the next.
How to live with difference—not necessarily in peace, but with resilience, engagement, and a lack of vitriol—is a defining worry in America at this moment. The poets, fiction writers, and essayists (plus one graphic novelist) who contributed to Welcome to the Neighborhood don’t necessarily offer roadmaps to harmonious neighboring. Some of their narrators don’t even want to be neighbors. Maybe they grieve, or rage. Maybe they briefly find resolution or community. But they do approach the question of what it means to be neighbors, and how we should do it, with open minds and nuance. The many diverse contributors give this collection a depth beyond easy answers. Their attentions to the ...
A one-of-a-kind handbook that uses a day in the life of written English to illustrate the benefits of effective grammar Generations of student writers have been subjected to usage handbooks that proclaim, "This is the correct form. Learn it"—books that lay out a grammar, but don't inspire students to use it. By contrast, this antihandbook handbook, presenting some three hundred sentences drawn from the printed works of a single, typical day in the life of the language—December 29, 2008—tries to persuade readers that good grammar and usage matter. Using real-world sentences rather than invented ones, One Day in the Life of the English Language gives students the motivation to apply gram...
This book discusses everything from the study of world, to style choices, to literary techniques. The discussions on rhythm, meter, rhyme, and many forms of poetry are valuable for the writer who is trying to improve and formalize his or her work.
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