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  The Sun Also Rises

  Ernest Hemingway

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  The Sun Also Rises is a 1926 novel by American writer Ernest Hemingway, his first, that portrays American and British expatriates who travel from Paris to the Festival of San Fermín in Pamplona to watch the running of the bulls and the bullfights. An early and enduring modernist novel, it received mixed reviews upon publication. However, Hemingway biographer Jeffrey Meyers writes that it is now "recognized as Hemingway's greatest work", and Hemingway scholar Linda WagnerMartin calls it his most important novel. The novel was published in the United States in October 1926 by Scribner's. A year later, Jonathan Cape published the novel in London under the title Fiesta. It remains in print. 
    
  The novel is a roman à clef: the characters are based on real people in Hemingway's circle, and the action is based on real events, particularly Hemingway's life in Paris in the 1920s and a trip to Spain in 1925 for the Pamplona festival and fishing in the Pyrenees. Hemingway presents his notion that the "Lost Generation"—considered to have been decadent, dissolute, and irretrievably damaged by World War I—was in fact resilient and strong. Hemingway investigates the themes of love and death, the revivifying power of nature, and the concept of masculinity. His spare writing style, combined with his restrained use of description to convey characterizations and action, demonstrates his "Iceberg Theory" of writing. 
   

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  Dorothy Parker Reader The -...

  Dorothy Parker

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  Collected here are three of Dorothy Parker's earliest works: two collections of poetry - "Enough Rope" and "Sunset Gun" as well as her short, hilarious collection of stories recounting all of the men she managed to avoid marrying named (appropriately) "Men I'm Not Married To." One of the 20th century's most celebrated and renowned humorists, Parker burst upon the unsuspecting literary world with these best-selling books, delivering biting, satiric and insightful comments on love, life and literature that would make her a worldwide sensation.Dorothy Parker - social commentator, political reformer and legendary wit - has enjoyed a special place in American culture and "Sunset Gun" is another early example of Parker's unique and wry commentary on modern life. It is presented here in its original and unabridged format.

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  Between the Night and Its Music...

  A. B. Spellman

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  A. B. Spellman is an acclaimed American poet, music critic, and arts administrator. He is widely recognized as a leading figure in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s, a cultural and literary movement that emphasized Black identity, pride, and artistic expression. Between the Night and Its Music brings together A. B. Spellman's early work with a collection of powerful new poems. Spellman's literary career took flight in 1965 with his debut poetry collection, The Beautiful Days, which introduced his distinctive voice blending elements of jazz, blues, and African oral traditions. In 1966, Four Lives in the Bebop Business established Spellman as a respected music critic and scholar. It was a groundbreaking work that chronicled the lives and struggles of four influential jazz musicians. Spellman held senior positions at the National Endowment for the Arts for thirty years with lasting impact on arts funding for inner cities and rural and tribal communities. In addition to poems from The Beautiful Days (1965) and Things I Must Have Known (2008), this book contains a trove of new and uncollected poems, confirming Spellman's continued centrality to contemporary American literature. This is an essential volume for readers already familiar with Spellman, and an excellent introduction for new readers. Lauri Scheyer's introduction situates Spellman's work within jazz writing, Black Arts, and American poetry broadly.[sample text]THE TWISTa dancer's worldis walls, movementconfined: musicgod's last breath.rhythm: the last beating of his heart. a dancerfollows that sound, blindto its source, toward wallswith others. she cannot dance aloneshe thinks of thoughtas windows, as ice around the dancecan you break it? move

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  Love Sided - In Bloom - An...

  Dhruv Shah

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  What if love’s greatest gift is discovering ourselves? 
  In Love Sided, poet Dhruv Shah invites readers on a journey of self-love, healing, and rediscovery through the beauty and ache of relationships. This poetry collection, inspired by the authors personal observations and journey, captures life’s most intimate emotions, exploring love, heartbreak, and self-discovery in a raw, authentic way. 
  Divided into four parts—Love, One-Sided Love, Heartbreak, and Self-Love—Love Sided offers readers heartfelt poems on love and loss, the pain of heartbreak, and the strength found in self-acceptance. Each section guides readers through emotions like solitude, vulnerability, and resilience, illustrating how to heal from heartbreak and embrace the journey to self-acceptance. 
  Perfect for fans of self-love poetry and those seeking emotional healing, Love Sided connects with anyone who has ever experienced love’s highs and lows. This love poetry collection is here to remind you that, even in broken moments, we can find strength, growth, and ultimately, ourselves. 
  Begin your journey to self-love with Love Sided—your companion in healing, closure, and rediscovering inner strength.

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  Dirt Girl - Poems

  Sarah McMahon

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  "Poetry for people who hate reading poems." 
  This book of poetry explores the divide between urban and rural America from the perspective of someone who has lived in and loved both. It is for anyone who has experienced the dissonance of feeling at home in two very different places at once, or who has felt caught in between cultures, ideologies, religions, morals, values, or ideas.

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  Maid for Creaming - Dirty...

  Tala Melton

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  Sade found herself an unexpected part of the milk production process when she accompanied her billionaire boss on a visit to one of his farms...

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