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  Detroit - A Play

  Lisa Damour

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  The Pulitzer Prize-finalist play that “speaks to the fractious, frightened American moment" through the lives two couples and their strained friendship (Charles Isherwood, The New York Times).In a "first ring" suburb of a midsize American city, Ben and Mary fire up the grill to welcome the new neighbors who've moved into the long-empty house next door. The fledgling friendship soon veers out of control, shattering the fragile hold that newly unemployed Ben and burgeoning alcoholic Mary have on their way of life—with unexpected comic consequences. Detroit is a fresh, offbeat look at what happens when we dare to open ourselves up to something new. After premiering at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre to rave reviews, Lisa D'Amour's brilliant and timely play won the 2013 Obie Award, as well as becoming a finalist for the Pulitzer and Susan Smith Blackburn Awards.

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  Primordial - Poems

  Mai Der Vang

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  Mai Der Vang's poetry—lyrically insistent and visually compelling—constitutes a groundbreaking investigation into the collective trauma and resilience experienced by Hmong people and communities, the ongoing cultural and environmental repercussions of the war in Vietnam, the lives of refugees afterward, and the postmemory carried by their descendants. Primordial is a crucial turn to the ecological and generational impact of violence, a powerful and rousing meditation on climate, origin, and fate. 
   
   
   
  With profound and attentive care, Vang addresses the plight of the saola, an extremely rare and critically endangered animal native to the Annamite Mountains in Laos and Vietnam. Remarkably, the saola has only been known to the outside world since 1992, and sightings are so rare that it has now been more than a decade since the last known image of one was captured in a camera trap photo in 2013. 
   
   
   
  Primordial examines the saola's relationship to Hmong refugee identity and cosmology and a shared sense of exile, precarity, privacy, and survival. Can a war-torn landscape and memory provide sanctuary, and what are the consequences for our climate, our origins, our ability to belong to a homeland? Written during a difficult pregnancy and postpartum period, Vang's poems are urgent stays against extinction.

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  The Metamorphosis

  Franz Kafka

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  "As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect."
  
  With one of the most famous opening lines in literary history, Franz Kafka plunges the reader into the life of Gregor Samsa, a hardworking traveling salesman who becomes a monstrous vermin overnight. But the true horror of The Metamorphosis isn't the physical transformation—it is the reaction of the world around him. As Gregor becomes a burden to the family he once supported, the story unfolds into a tragic, darkly comic, and deeply unsettling exploration of isolation and the fragile nature of human worth.
  
  The Birth of the "Kafkaesque": Kafka's narrative style creates a world that is at once mundane and nightmarish. The "Kafkaesque" experience is defined by the struggle against an illogical, bureaucratic, and uncaring power—in this case, the expectations of labor and the cold pragmatism of a family under economic stress. Gregor's transformation serves as a powerful metaphor for anyone who has ever felt "othered," discarded, or trapped by their social role.
  
  A Deeply Human Tragedy: Beyond the surreal premise lies a searing look at family dynamics. Witness the transformation of Grete, Gregor's sister, from a sympathetic caretaker to the primary advocate for his removal. The Metamorphosis challenges us to ask: If we can no longer provide value to those we love, do we still deserve their love? It is a quintessential work of 20th-century literature that remains as relevant and gut-wrenching today as the day it was written.
  
  Step into the room of Gregor Samsa. Purchase "The Metamorphosis" today and experience the ultimate story of the outsider.

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  Mountain Song

  Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

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  LibriVox volunteers bring you nine recordings of "Mountain Song” by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. The Weekly Poem for August 31, 2014 takes us up to the mountain heights of Norway. (Summary by MaryAnn)

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  The Old Year

  John Clark

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  John Clare  was an English poet, the son of a farm labourer, who came to be known for his celebratory representations of the English countryside and his lamentation of its disruption.  His biographer Jonathan Bate states that Clare was "the greatest labouring-class poet that England has ever produced. No one has ever written more powerfully of nature, of a rural childhood, and of the alienated and unstable self". (Summary from Wikipedia )

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  The Filostrato

  Giovanni Boccaccio

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  The Filostrato by Giovanni Boccaccio is a poignant and richly woven tale of love, longing, and tragic destiny set against the legendary backdrop of the Trojan War. Written in the 14th century, this early masterpiece of Italian literature blends classical legend with the emotional intensity of courtly romance, revealing Boccaccio's growing mastery of poetic storytelling.
  
  Centered on the ill-fated love between Troilus, a Trojan prince, and the beautiful Criseyde, the narrative traces the rise and fall of a passionate relationship shaped by war, fate, and human frailty. When Troilus first beholds Criseyde, he is overwhelmed by desire, and through the clever mediation of Pandarus, the two are brought together in a secret union. Yet their happiness is shadowed by the ongoing conflict between Troy and the Greek forces. When Criseyde is sent to the enemy camp as part of a political exchange, the lovers are separated, and loyalty is tested in the face of uncertainty and temptation.
  
  Through vivid characterization and lyrical expression, Boccaccio explores the psychological depth of his protagonists. Troilus embodies the consuming power of romantic devotion—torn between hope and despair—while Criseyde is portrayed with complexity and nuance, caught between affection, fear, and survival in a world governed by shifting allegiances. The story's emotional resonance lies not only in its tragic outcome but in its sensitive portrayal of the vulnerability of the human heart.
  
  Drawing inspiration from classical sources yet transforming them through the lens of medieval sensibility, The Filostrato stands as one of the earliest narrative poems in the Italian vernacular. Its exploration of love as both ennobling and destructive anticipates later Renaissance themes, and its influence would extend far beyond Italy, shaping works such as Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde.
  
  At once romantic and somber, heroic and intimate, The Filostrato captures the tension between personal desire and public duty. Boccaccio's poetic craftsmanship, emotional insight, and dramatic pacing create a narrative that feels timeless in its exploration of longing, betrayal, and the fragile nature of trust.
  
  A foundational work of early Renaissance literature, The Filostrato offers readers a compelling blend of epic setting and deeply personal emotion—an enduring story of love tested by fate and remembered through poetry.

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