Longlisted for the 2021 National Book Award for PoetryFrom the winner of the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize come masterfully crafted narratives of protest, grief and love.Martín Espada is a poet who "stirs in us an undeniable social consciousness," says Richard Blanco. Floaters offers exuberant odes and defiant elegies, songs of protest and songs of love from one of the essential voices in American poetry.Floaters takes its title from a term used by certain Border Patrol agents to describe migrants who drown trying to cross over. The title poem responds to the viral photograph of Óscar and Valeria, a Salvadoran father and daughter who drowned in the Río Grande, and allegations posted in the "I’m 10-15" Border Patrol Facebook group that the photo was faked. Espada bears eloquent witness to confrontations with anti-immigrant bigotry as a tenant lawyer years ago, and now sings the praises of Central American adolescents kicking soccer balls over a barbed wire fence in an internment camp founded
Next in the #1 national bestselling Mindfulness Coloring Book series: spellbinding geometric and nature-inspired patterns to create and color in, to help de-stress anytime, anywhereThe #1 internationally bestselling series continues―with spellbinding geometric and nature-inspired patterns to help you de-stress anytime, anywhereThe next Mindfulness Coloring Book is here, now with beguiling patterns of geometric shapes, abstract designs, and recurring themes in nature―from diamonds and cubes to feathers and flowers. A new book of creative art therapy, this coloring book will help soothe anxiety and eliminate stress anytime, anywhere. Working with your hands and cultivating mindful focus are two of the best ways to relax; this book contains everything you need to achieve a creative, mindful moment.Pattern aficionado Mario Martín began creating intricate repeating designs as a way to soothe his own anxiety. With 70 designs to color in and 10 create-your-own guides, now you can banish
