Editorial: Bu Classics Books
This anthology serves as a bridge between cultures and spirits, featuring translations of German verse alongside the intimate 'Diary of an Old Soul'. The collection offers a window into the universal human longing for divine connection and inner peace. A meditative work for those seeking solace in the rhythms of religious poetry.
Shards are the chipped-off pieces and eroded grains of myself that I collected from my mid-20s, when I was almost homeless again (yes, again), through my 30s, when I fought through that poverty, depression, and grief to find myself as a survivor. A poet doesn't just love you for a moment. She lets you puncture her skin with the way you feel, lets it heal, and then rubs it now and then to feel you again. This debut collection of poetry and hand-drawn artwork by a Cleveland, Ohio artist tells stories of traumas, breaking cycles, sexy romances, and the bond between the poet and reader.Ver libro
'I don't make friends here. It's not going to end well.' Two Somali teens have an awkward meet-cute at an eating disorder clinic. Najma has been in treatment for years; Zakariya's just starting out. She sketches; he writes poems. Neither of them is ready to talk. Until they meet each other… As their sessions continue, so do the chats. And the jokes. And the secrets. Tender, funny and honest, CRUSH is a story about identity, connection and the messy path to healing. Hadsan Mohamud's play premiered at Oxford House, London, during Somali Week Festival in 2025, and was longlisted for the Tony Craze Award 2025, before a full-length run at Underbelly as part of the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.Ver libro
Longlisted for the 2024 Fred Cogswell Award For Excellence In Poetry Finalist for the 2023 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards In these peculiar times, we are thrust back into ourselves in a kind of suspension: one in which only private life exists yet threatens to become trivial through a sense of mutual, overarching dread. Lent from award-winning writer Kate Cayley is built from this tension, exploring domestic and artistic life amidst the environmental crisis and the surprising ways that every philosophical quandary—large and small—converges in the home, in small objects, conversations, and moments. The grotesque and the tedious, the baroque and the banal, intertwine in the first three sections. Meticulous depictions of spectacle run into the repetition of daily domestic life: trying to explain time to children, day trips to the planetarium, and the warnings of strangers; these are interspersed with depictions such as Mary Shelley recalling the monster, the inner life of a seventeenth century portrait sitter, and Ted Hughes's second wife telling her story to the dead Sylvia Plath. The title section explores religious faith; how belief is itself a repetition, a slow accumulation over time, just like love or forgiveness. Lent is an exquisite work of our era, asking us to contemplate what it means to live in a broken world—and why we still find it beautiful.Ver libro
'Cause when you win, we all win. So you have to keep "winning". Even if you feel like you're losing losing yourself' Ade is a successful writer, or so it seems. She has everything she ever wanted: her career is flying, she's (kinda) moved out of her mum's house, and her situationship isn't as complicated as she expected. Her life should be perfect! But things don't always go to plan, as Ade is about to find out… failure project is a warm and witty one-person play exploring grief, the strings attached to success, and what it means to 'fail'. Written and performed by Yolanda Mercy, it premiered at Summerhall as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2024, co-directed with Joseph Barnes-Phillips. It won the Solo Award at the Besties awarded by The Skinny and Fest magazine.Ver libro
A five-star hit at the Edinburgh Fringe, Joe Sellman-Leava's play Fanboy is a love-hate letter to pop culture and nostalgia. It's the story of a thirty-something, self-confessed nerd – obsessed with Star Wars and Nintendo – asking why his generation can't let go of their childhoods. Fanboy had a successful run at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022 followed by a short regional tour and a week at Soho Theatre in November 2022. It was selected for VAULT Festival 2023.Ver libro
‘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 - Angels - An Introduction 02 - The Two Angels by Radclyffe Hall 03 - The Ministry of Angels by Edmund Spenser 04 - The Angel by Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov 05 - The Angels by Rainer Maria Rilke 06 - Two or Three Angels by Stephen Crane 07 - Angels Everywhere by Rosa Mulholland 08 - The Swamp Angel by Herman Melville 09 - The Guardian Angel by Robert Browning 10 - The Child Angel by Rabindranath Tagore 11 - Angels, in the Early Morning by Emily Dickinson 12 - The Angel by William Blake 13 - Angel Spirits of Sleep by Robert Seymour BridgesVer libro
