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  Born in the USA - Exploring...

  Emma Lazarus, Alan Seeger,...

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  Poetry. A form of words that seems so elegantly simple in one verse and so cleverly complex in another.  Each poet has a particular style, an individual and unique way with words and yet each of us seems to recognise the path and destination of where the verses lead, even if sometimes the full comprehension may be a little beyond us. 
   
  Through the centuries every culture has produced verse to symbolize and to describe everything from everyday life, natural wonders, the human condition and even in its more hubristic moments, the crushing triumph of an enemy. 
   
  In the volumes of this series we take a look through the prism of individual regions of the United States through the centuries and decades. 
   
  The United States may be many things: the world’s policeman, a bully, a shameless purveyor of mass market culture but it also, in its better moments, a standard bearer for truth, transparency, equality and the more positive qualities of democracy. 
   
  Little wonder that’s its poets are rightly acknowledged as wonders of their art.  Leading lights in the fight against slavery and for equality, even if the rest of the Nation is finding it problematic to catch up.   
   
  New York state is more often overshadowed by its energetic and overwhelming five boroughs of its namesake city.  But among its other cities, towns and countryside is a veritable who’s who of classic poets including Walt Whitman, Edith Wharton, Alan Seeger, Herman Melville and Philip Freneau.  Their words and verse record and reveal a wide range of topics and subjects as they focus their poetic talents on the State of their birth.

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  Pretty Fire

  Charlayne Woodard

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  In five autobiographical vignettes, Charlayne Woodard tells the moving tale of her African-American family through three generations of love, struggle, and triumph. This NAACP award-winning play is a one-woman tour de force. Chosen as a “Recommended Young Adult Audiobook” by the Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the American Library Association. Pretty Fire is the first play of a trilogy that continued with Neat and ended with In Real Life. An L.A. Theatre Works performance featuring Charlayne Woodard.

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  Agamemnon

  Aeschylus

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  "Agamemnon" is the first of the three linked tragedies which make up "The Oresteia" trilogy by the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus. Trilogy as a whole, originally performed at the annual Dionysia festival in Athens in 458 BCE, where it won first prize, is considered to be Aeschylus' last authenticated, and also his greatest, work.
  "Agamemnon" describes the homecoming of Agamemnon, king of Argos, from the Trojan War, and his return to his wife, Clytemnestra, who had been planning his murder (in concert with her lover, Aegisthus) as revenge for Agamemnon's earlier sacrifice of their daughter, Iphigenia.

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  Steel

  Lee Mattinson

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  Two lads. Twelve hours. One million pounds.
  On the rain-drenched West Cumbrian coast, James and Kamran have been mates for more than a decade. They're seventeen, so the world should be theirs – but Workington is a ghost town, an unemployment blackspot where lasses drink Bacardi by the pint and boys don't cry.
  When James discovers he is heir to a single mile of the British railway network, the lads set out on a high-stakes chase through town, where annihilated aunties, Snakebite-drenched drag queens and a zombie Princess Diana are lying in wait.
  Lee Mattinson's Steel is a hilarious and heartfelt play about first loves, forging identities and the wild, wild hearts of teenage boys. It was first performed at Theatre by the Lake, Keswick, in 2024 followed by a UK tour.

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  The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde

  Oscar Wilde

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  Discover the wit, brilliance, and literary genius of one of history's most celebrated writers through this comprehensive collection of timeless works.
  
  Explore "The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde," a remarkable anthology featuring the plays, novel, short stories, fairy tales, essays, poetry, and other literary writings of one of the most influential figures in English-language literature. Renowned for his sparkling wit, elegant prose, memorable characters, and profound social commentary, Oscar Wilde created enduring masterpieces that continue to captivate readers around the world.
  
  This comprehensive collection offers readers the opportunity to experience the full breadth of Wilde's literary achievement. Through unforgettable characters, imaginative storytelling, and brilliantly crafted dialogue, his works explore universal themes of beauty, love, identity, morality, friendship, art, society, ambition, individuality, and the complexities of human nature. Blending humor, satire, psychological insight, and philosophical reflection, his writings remain timeless classics admired for their originality and literary excellence.
  
  Widely regarded as one of the defining voices of the Victorian era, Oscar Wilde profoundly influenced drama, fiction, and modern literature. His timeless works have inspired generations of writers, artists, and readers, while continuing to be adapted for stage, film, and television throughout the world.
  
  Perfect for readers who enjoy classic literature, Irish literature, Victorian fiction, literary fiction, plays, essays, poetry, fairy tales, satire, and timeless literary masterpieces, "The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde" is an essential addition to every digital library.
  
  Experience the unforgettable brilliance of one of literature's greatest minds. Add "The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde" to your Kindle library today and enjoy a timeless collection of literary masterpieces.

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  Love Notes from the Hollow Tree

  Jarod K. Anderson

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  Poet and podcaster Jarod K. Anderson (creator of The CryptoNaturalist podcast and author of Field Guide to the Haunted Forest) celebrates the natural world with warmth and humor. The poetry and prose in this collection are love letters to impermanence, to our kinship with nature, to our strange ability to conjure meaning. Vivid and approachable, the work gathered here invites listeners to rediscover commonplace wonders and find new beauty in topics ranging from moss to mortality. The poems in this collection highlight our connection to a living universe and affirm our place in a wilderness worthy of our love.

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