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  Magyarazni

  Helen Hajnoczky

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  The word "magyarázni" (pronounced MUG-yar-az-knee) means "to explain" in Hungarian, but translates literally as "make it Hungarian." This faux-Hungarian language primer, written in direct address, invites readers to experience what it's like to be "made Hungarian" by growing up with a parent who immigrated to North America as a refugee. In forty-five folk-art visual poems each paired with a written poem, Hajnoczky reveals the beauty and tension of first-generation cultural identity.
   
  ‘Because translation between cultures is always fraught – and yet somehow translate we must – Magyarázni explores language and cultural identity in the permeable space fomenting between family and society, word and image initiating us into a new alphabet of lived meaning. In reading we wonder along with Magyarázni’s wandering “you,” we care and get entangled in the “brambles of your cursive,” we too are “made Hungarian.”’ —Oana Avasilichioaei
   
  ‘Familiar but out of reach, Magyarázni reforms the language of home on the tip of your tongue, a language of knotted cursive and bubbled syntax; folksong and stovetop. Each letter blossoms as a hand-drawn flower and a sputtering drone of spits and pith. Magyarázni punctuates every I with a poppy seed, every C with the splinter­ed foil of a solemn treat. Mournful and personal, Magyarázni calls out for the language of family.’ —Derek Beaulieu

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  Julius Caesar

  William Shakespeare

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  William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, based on true events, concerns the conspiracy against Julius Caesar, his assassination in 44 BC, and its immediate aftermath.  Probably written in 1599 and among the first of Shakespeare's plays to be performed at the Globe Theater, Julius Caesar is one of his best-known dramas and has received innumerable performances throughout the centuries.  (Summary by Laurie Anne Walden after Wikipedia) 
  Cast:Julius Caesar – Kim StichOctavius Caesar – Glenn SimonsenAntony – Barry EadsLepidus and Cicero – David LawrencePublius, Poet, and Pindarus – Nathan MillerPopilius Lena and First Commoner – AndrewBrutus – Denny SayersCassius – Christopher SannerCasca – mbTrebonius and First Soldier – Mark I. SmithLigarius and Second Soldier – om123Decius Brutus – KalyndaMetellus Cimber and Dardanius – Chris CaronCinna, Young Cato, Second Commoner, Claudius, and Messenger – SonjaFlavius and Clitus – Mark PenfoldMarullus and Messala – Arielle LipshawArtemidorus – AspergineSoothsayer – AvailleCinna the Poet – ElliLucilius – Christian Al-KadiTintinius – Chris SellersVolumnius and Servant – Laurie Anne WaldenVarro and Third Soldier- Lucy PerryStrato – PhilippaLucius – MGVestalCalpurnia – Miriam Esther GoldmanPortia – Abigail BartelsFirst Citizen – Bellona TimesSecond Citizen – Mark PaarThird Citizen – David ColeFourth Citizen – wimberprincessStage directions – Elizabeth Klett 
  Audio edited by David Lawrence

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  A Young Boy Named David Book 11

  David M. Smith

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  The “Young Boy Named David” series is designed to help young people deal with difficult situations that are hard to talk about and adults reconnect to their disconnected childhood helping heal broken pasts. In Book 11, David finally meets new friends his age who take him on adventures, give him new feelings, and teach him new things.

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  Buk - The Life & Times of...

  Paul Peditto

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  An often heartbreaking, often humorous look at the life of a great American poet, Buk: The Life & Times of Charles Bukowski explores and recreates the tragic but ultimately transcendent experiences of one of the most important literary luminaries of our time.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Henry Brown, John Diehl, Arye Gross, Emily Heebner, John-David Keller, Tom Lillard,Thom McCleister, George Murdock, Laurie O'Brien, Jill Remez, Ruben Sierra and Harris Yulin.

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  Fields of Poetry

  Multiple Authors

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  What you hold in your hand is a collection of poetry from 15 different voices from across the UAE. They represent different ages, different nationalities, and different backgrounds. Yet, they unite in their love of poetry and expression. Authors: Alia Waheedi, Balqees AlBastaki, Hesa Almuhairi, Laura Toma, Omar Albeshr, Ammarah Safa, Harshini Akshinthala, Roudha Al Marzooqi, Shadha Zawawi, Tasnim Shahid, Bushra Al Marzooqi, Maryam Al Shawab, Maryam Wajdi, Shahd Al Thani

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  In the Night Field

  Cameron McGill

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  "All fire and surprise, sadness and forgiveness...I could never say enough about the beauty of this work." —Jericho Brown 
  "Cameron's poems are wonderfully full, energetic, and ardent." —Vijay Seshadri 
  "McGill skillfully navigates the mysteries of relationship, memory, and regret as the best poets do." —Dorianne Laux 
  "It’s been a long time since I have heard the 'god of small thunder' echo so powerfully in a collection." —Campbell McGrath 
  Cameron McGill’s debut collection of poetry, In the Night Field, spotlights the effects of memory: its startling artistry, varied discontents, and casual fallibility. These poems chart the complex relationship between mental health and place; the difficult paths home can be lonely and circuitous, the emotional coordinates we map along the way a reminder of those intimate regions that hold and haunt us. These can be isolating passages, but are just as often fertile: “I walk further each day toward the strange / austerity my heart makes of reason.” Between the attentive, persistent self and the longed-for, absent other arises a fragmented conversation, an exchange that’s in a constant state of arrival. As McGill shows us, memories are a corrective, carrying back to us occasions for instruction, reconciliation, or in those astonishing flashes of clarity, what again hopes to be loved.

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