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  dystopia unplugged - please talk...

  blake more

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  Are you tired of feeling lost and confused in this post-pandemic world? Do you want to challenge the narratives that have been forced upon us and find your own truth? Look no further than dystopia unplugged: please talk back, the latest collection of poems by Blake More. 
  Read this powerful book of poetry, and let it empower your voice:Find the courage to question the medical, political, financial, and cultural narratives that have shaped our world over the past four years.Embrace the darkness and dislocation of our current reality, and use it as a source of inspiration and motivation.Unite with others in our shared humanity, and work together to create a better future for generations to come. 
  In this must-read book, you will find: A collection of spirited and thought-provoking poems that dive into the heart of our post-pandemic society.A raw and honest exploration of the personal, local, and global difficulties we face.A reminder that love, unity, and hope are the keys to overcoming the dystopian nightmare imposed by the policy elites. 
  Don't wait any longer. Pick up dystopia unplugged: please talk back now and join the conversation. Your future self will thank you.

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  Rhyme A Dozen A - Paintings - 12...

  Edith Wharton, Madox Ford, Anne...

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  ‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears. 
   
  01 - A Rhyme A Dozen - 12 Poems, 12 Poets, 1 Topic - Paintings - An Introduction 
  02 - Portrait d'une Femme by Ezra Pound 
  03 - Botticlelli’s Madonna in the Louvre by Edith Wharton 
  04 - To a Beautiful Female Portrait by Henry Alford 
  05 - Before a Painting by James Weldon Johnson 
  06 - The Portrait by Ford Madox Ford 
  07 - Her Portrait Immortal by Richard Le Gallienne 
  08 - On a Portrait of Dante by Giotto by James Russell Lowell 
  09 - Sonnet 83 - I Never Saw That You Did Painting Need by William Shakespeare 
  10 - An Inscription for Zheng Shujin's Painting by Qiu Jin 
  11 - I Would Not Paint a Picture by Emily Dickinson 
  12 - To the Painter, To Draw Him a Picture by Robert Herrick 
  13 - To the Painter of an Ill Drawn Picture of Cleone by Anne Kingsmill-Finch

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  Notes from Underground

  Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky

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  A bold and thought-provoking novella that dives deep into the complexities of human consciousness.
  
  Told through the voice of an unnamed narrator, the story presents a raw and unfiltered look into a mind filled with contradiction, bitterness, and self-awareness. Living in isolation, he reflects on society, free will, and his own flawed nature, revealing the struggles between reason and emotion.
  
  As his thoughts unfold, the narrative challenges ideas of rationality and progress, exposing the unpredictable and often irrational side of human behavior. His interactions and memories reveal both vulnerability and defiance, making his character deeply complex and unsettling.
  
  Blending philosophy with psychological intensity, this novella stands as a foundational work in existential thought. Its sharp insights and unique narrative style continue to influence literature and modern thinking.
  
  Written by Fyodor Dostoevsky, this classic remains a powerful exploration of identity, freedom, and the human condition.
  
  Step into a mind that questions everything—download your copy today.

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  The Little French Lawyer

  Beaumont and Fletcher

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  The Little French Lawyer by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher is a lively Jacobean comedy that blends romance, satire, and clever legal intrigue into an engaging theatrical experience. Set in a stylized version of France, the play humorously explores themes of justice, honor, deception, and the often absurd entanglement of law and personal relationships.
  
  At the center of the story is Dinant, a young man known for his sharp wit and questionable grasp of legal matters, whose involvement in disputes leads to a series of misunderstandings and comedic complications. His actions intertwine with the lives of noble characters whose romantic pursuits and rivalries are frequently disrupted by legal quarrels and mistaken intentions. The result is a world where courtroom logic and matters of the heart collide in unpredictable and entertaining ways.
  
  Beaumont and Fletcher skillfully use the character of the inexperienced yet confident legal figure to satirize formal justice systems and highlight the gap between theoretical law and lived human behavior. The play unfolds through a sequence of humorous situations, disguises, and verbal sparring, all of which contribute to its fast-paced and engaging structure.
  
  Beneath its comedic surface, the work also reflects on deeper questions about fairness, authority, and the complexity of resolving disputes in a world driven by emotion as much as reason. The interplay between legal procedure and personal desire creates a dynamic tension that drives the narrative forward.
  
  The Little French Lawyer remains a vibrant example of early modern comedy, showcasing Beaumont and Fletcher's talent for blending wit with social observation. Its playful treatment of law and love continues to entertain readers, offering both humor and insight into the complexities of human behavior within structured systems of order.

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  Stages - Poems

  Tramaine Suubi

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  “Tramaine Suubi is a visionary love poet, and stages makes a singular life feel vaster than the life cycle of a star. In this poetry of dissolution and re-making, of multiplications and expansion, embodied tenderness is a force capable of moving us “beyond the binary.” As it journeys from personhood to “people-hood,” Suubi’s music shimmers and flashes and connects.” — Mary Szybist, National Book Award winner for Incarnadine 
  ""This book presents a young person seeing the world with fresh, yet discerning eyes. In stages, Suubi is seeking centeredness in an unstable world. From personal journeys throughout and between continents, Suubi asserts the freedom to be themselves, on their own terms. stages is a thoughtful, rigorous and heartfelt collection of a loving voice."" — Tracie Morris, author of human/nature 
  ""Tramaine Suubi’s newest book, Stages, crafts new orbits to the oldest questions. As the poems circumnavigate homecomings, desires, and reclamations, the relay baton of sound and syntax passes seamlessly, always ready to hand the reader a line of true substance, a line of unexpected grace, a line of hard-won delight. Suubi insists on playfulness as a site of maturation and love as a protest against multiple erasures. And like celestial bodies, these poems can transfix, predict, and guide one through both dying and newborn light, reminding the reader, “civility is a performance you savage in your dreams.”  — Steven Leyva, author of The Opposite of Cruelty 
  ""So rarely do we come across a book like stages, which mirrors how a day, an hour, a moment--can engage every layer of our being. This collection will dazzle you with swirling musings which authentically ground and unground our desires, histories, and identities."" — Marisa Tirado, author of Selena Didn’t Know Spanish Either 
  ""Once, we are looking at a gaggle of geese punctuating the gradient sky, meanwhile, elsewhere we are in Kampala, in Suubi’s poem. Suubi navigates between the outwardly observed and the deeply internal, and the readers are at a crossroads, sometimes witnessing, other times noting the mechanical dance of our small, exiled lives. Suubi’s sharp, often unblinking, gaze renders each detail with striking precision. What a collection, what a book, what a way to reinvent what African poetry can do, what it will do. A second coming that deserves all the praise for its excellence.” — Adedayo Agarau, author of The Years of Blood 
  Critically acclaimed writer Tramaine Suubi follows up her debut phases, with stages. This powerful meditation, inspired by Lucille Clifton, focuses on choices and changes throughout life, from Yellow Dwarf to Protostar. 
  In this breathtaking companion poetry collection, inspired by the evolution of our brightest star, Tramaine Suubi offers poems alluding to the history of how it came to be and its effects on each human life. Readers will discover poems exploring everything from the gimmicks of capitalism to the false promises of tranquility. 
  This is another brilliant collection that will only reinforce Suubi as a rising star of her generation.

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  Accessioning

  Charlotte Wetton

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  Through poems about fossilised fruit seeds and the sofa where Emily Brontë died, Wetton questions how we curate the lives of those living and dead in a pamphlet about looking, processing, and memorialising. Whether considering preserved wedding-cakes, a non-existent art exhibition or a human scream, these poems speak to the impossibility of containment and question our ability to map and categorise.
  This is a pamphlet of poems about the stories that we tell ourselves, the memories that we construct, and the ways that we value and devalue people, animals and objects alike.

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