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  The Art of Losing - Poems of...

  Kevin Young

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  “Kevin Young has thoughtfully gathered many of these sorrowful perambulations and grievous plummets.” -Billy Collins 
   
  The Art of Losing is the first anthology of its kind, delivering poetry with a purpose. Editor Kevin Young has introduced and selected 150 devastatingly beautiful poems that embrace the pain and heartbreak of mourning. Divided into five sections (Reckoning, Remembrance, Rituals, Recovery, and Redemption), with poems by some of our most beloved poets as well as the best of the current generation of poets, The Art of Losing is the ideal gift for a loved one in a time of need and for use by therapists, ministers, rabbis, and palliative care workers who tend to those who are experiencing loss.  
   
  Among the poets included: Elizabeth Alexander, W. H. Auden, Amy Clampitt, Billy Collins, Emily Dickinson, Louise Gluck, Ted Hughes, Galway Kinnell, Kenneth Koch, Philip Larkin, Li-Young Lee, Philip Levine, Marianne Moore, Sharon Olds, Mary Oliver, Robert Pinsky, Adrienne Rich, Theodore Roethke, Anne Sexton, Wallace Stevens, Dylan Thomas, Derek Walcott, and James Wright.

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  A Small Porch - Sabbath Poems...

  Wendell Berry

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  One of America’s most acclaimed writers continues a yearly tradition of poetry inspired by a profound relationship with the natural world.   For more than thirty-five years, Wendell Berry has been spending his sabbaths outdoors, walking and wandering around familiar territory, seeking a deep intimacy that inspired poems in which “Thoreau would be gratified” (Lexington Herald-Leader). Each year since, he has completed a series of these poems dated by the year of its composition.   In this new sequence, “Berry’s craftsmanship remains impeccable” (Booklist) and “shine with a gentle wisdom of a craftsman who has thought deeply about the paradoxical strangeness and wonder of life” (The Christian Science Monitor). Many of these poems were written on a small porch in the woods, a place of stillness and reflection, a vantage point “of the one / life of the forest composed / of uncountable lives in countless / years, each life coherent itself within / the coherence, the great composure, of all.”   This collection also includes the long essay, The Presence of Nature in the Natural World, in which Berry reflects on more than a half century of reading, to discover and to delight in the poetical, spiritual, and cultural roots of his work. With this long essay appended to these new Sabbath Poems, the result is an unusual book of depth and engagement. A new collection of Wendall Berry poems is always an occasion for celebration, and this eccentric gathering is especially so.   “Wendell Berry is one of those rare individuals who speaks to us always of responsibility, of the individual cultivation of an active and aware participation in the arts of life, be they those of composing a poem, preparing a hill for planting, raising a family, working for the good of oneself and one’s neighbors, loving.” —The Bloomsbury Review   “[Berry’s] poems, novels and essays . . . are probably the most sustained contemporary articulation of America’s agrarian, Jeffersonian ideal.” —Publishers Weekly

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  Othello

  William Shakespeare

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  Shakespeare’s renowned tragedy about the destruction wrought by ambition and jealousy. Othello, a Moor and general in the Venetian army, has just eloped with Desdemona, the daughter of a senator. Simultaneously, seeds of doubt are planted in Othello’s mind by the scheming Iago—an ensign who seethes with ambition and resentment—with assistance from Iago’s wealthy friend who wanted Desdemona for himself. Behind the scenes, Iago’s machinations are designed to sow discord and, ultimately, convince Othello that his wife is unfaithful—and the consequences will be tragic.

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  Getting Naked to Get Free

  J. Frederika

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  It took years for J. Frederika to finally realize she had to get naked in order to become free of her painful past. Getting naked meant she had to acknowledge and share secrets, have difficult conversations, and examine the impact sexual abuse still had on her life. The good news is that during this season of forgiveness and healing, Frederika rediscovered and embraced her voice and purpose.
  
  Throughout her first collection of poetry, Frederika provides a raw and honest glimpse of her journey through the pain of sexual abuse, domestic violence, and mental illness. While providing a stinging portrait of a life wrapped in shame, Frederika bravely shares her firsthand experiences through lyrical stories of exploitation and healing, injustice and hope, and love and loss. Transparent and provocative, Frederika invites others on her journey as she peels away layers and discovers freedom.
  
  Getting Naked to Get Free shares a raw and vulnerable collection of poetry that highlights a young womans journey as she learns to speak her truth and move beyond her painful past.

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  Yellow Arrow Journal Doubt: Vol...

  Ann Quinn, Roz Weaver, Yellow...

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  Volume IV, No. 1 of Yellow Arrow Journal released winter 2019. Poetry and creative nonfiction by writers that identify as women on the theme of DOUBT. 
  Featuring: T.J. Butler, Jessica Cappelluti, Diane Finlayson, Jessica Gregg, Tami Lauteren, Edele C. Morgan, Ann Quinn, Mindy Stokes, and Roz Weaver. 
  Editors: Kapua Iao, Gwen Van Velsor, and Leila Warshaw. 
   
  Thank you for supporting independent publishing.

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