Verlag: The Poetry Business
These poems of memory and girlhood are powerful evocations of the changing body and the male gaze. A raw, absurdist humour provides a sense of defiance throughout, and the tone is in turns sad, angry, rue.– Hannah Lowe
Harold Hart Crane was born on the 21st July 1899 in Garrettsville, Ohio. Crane was drawn to literature at an early age, becoming a voracious reader and pursuing self-education rather than attach himself to a more formal college education, although he did attend East High School in 1913. His developing love of poetry was nurtured with the works of the English Romantics and the French Symbolists, as well as near contemporary American poets. Much of his youth was spent shuttling between Cleveland and New York as his parents’ marriage descended into continuing conflict before they separated with Crane still in his teens. Shortly after Crane attempted to enlist in the U S Military but was rejected for being a minor. His first published poem also came in 1917 with ‘C33’ and its reference to the cell number that Oscar Wilde was incarcerated in. Crane now centred more of his time in New York and immersed himself in the vibrant artistic scene of Greenwich Village. Alongside this he dabbled in various jobs to support himself, including copywriting and work in a munitions factory, as he continued to develop his ambitions for a poetic career. His early work was already being noticed for its lush and rich use of words and by the time ‘White Buildings’ was published in 1926 he was being critically acclaimed. Despite this success his personal life was troubled. It was both nourishing his work and fuelling complex patterns of despair as he sought to establish his identity. In a time when homosexuality was openly condemned his openly gay attitude sat uneasily as he pursued relationships that were both intense and emotionally fraught. His acclaimed work ‘The Bridge’ in 1930 was both ambitious and a foundation stone for new American poetry. Against this his battles with depression and alcoholism were being lost. Hart Crane died on the 27th April 1932 by jumping from the deck of a steamship into the Gulf of Mexico upon his return to the United States from Mexico. He was 32.Zum Buch
A Woman's Voice is a compelling collection of 12 short stories which talk of human relationships, courage, and endurance of the Ugandan Woman in the face of hardships and social injustices. the collection offers a variety of readable material based on real, if sometimes controversial and provocative experiences.Zum Buch
Radiant and tender, My Baby First Birthday is a collection that examines innocence, asking us who gets to be loved and who has to deplete themselves just to survive. It's about existence and nonexistence, about being born—without consent. Jenny Zhang writes about accepting pain, about the way we fetishize womanhood and motherhood, and reduce women to their violations, traumas, and body parts. She questions the way we feminize and racialize nurturing, and live in service of other people's dreams. Her poems explore the obscenity of patriarchy, whiteness, and capitalism, the violence of rescue and heroism. The magic trick in this book is that despite all these themes, the book never feels like some jeremiad. Zhang uses friendship as a lyric. She seeks tenderness, radiant beauty, and having love for your mistakes. Through all this, she writes about being alone—really alone, like why-was-I-ever-born alone—and trying, despite everything, to reach out and touch something—skin to skin, animal to animal.Zum Buch
This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. The Unscripted Heart: From Tradition to Transformation is an unfiltered journey of transformation, resilience, and self-discovery. Through stories of love, loss, faith, fatherhood, and grief, Kelly Willis reveals what happens when you stop living by society’s script and start embracing authenticity. From conservative beginnings and three marriages to spiritual awakenings, polyamory, and the devastating loss of his son, this memoir invites listeners into an honest exploration of freedom, presence, and love without walls. Both raw and hopeful, it’s a story for anyone who’s ever questioned the rules, longed for something more, or searched for a life lived fully in the present momentZum Buch
In this L.A. Theatre Works original commission, playwright Jeanne Sakata has created a new audio adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s beloved classic. Mary Lennox is an orphaned 10-year-old who is sent to live with her uncle in his country house on the moors. Her new life is almost unbearable, but when she hears stories of the estate’s mysterious, abandoned garden she’s determined to discover its secrets. Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in June 2024. Directed by Jessica Kubzansky Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording, starring: Jonathan Charles as Colin Craven, British Army Officer Shannon Cochran as Mrs. Medlock, Regina Crawford, Susan Sowerby Adhir Kalyan as Archibald Craven, Servant Ramji Alma Marian as Mary Lennox Cerris Morgan-Moyer as Martha Sowerby, Rose Lennox, Lily Craven and second Crawford Child Alastair James Murden as Dickon Sowerby, Captain Lennox, and first Crawford Child Ian Ogilvy as Ben Weatherstaff, Doctor, Innskeeper, British Army Officer, Pastor Edward Crawford Lina Patel as Ayah Lakshmi Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson Technical Producer: Mark Holden Recorded and edited by Neil Wogenson at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood Designed and Mixed by: Charles Carroll Assistant Designer: Chloe Foster Foley Artist: Mark Holden Foley Engineer: Chloe Foster Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin Cultural Consultant: Lina PatelZum Buch
An ancient Mesopotamian epic poem of adventure and the search for eternal life. The oldest surviving literary work in the world, The Epic of Gilgamesh details the journey of Gilgamesh, King of Uruk, and his companion Enkidu as they search for the secret to immortality . . . Dating back to the third millennium BC, this epic poem influenced religion as well as the tradition of heroic sagas like the Homeric epics. Some even regard Gilgamesh as the prototype for Hercules.Zum Buch
