Literary Nonfiction. African & African American Studies. Memoir. THE NEW PLANTATION: LESSONS FROM RIKERS ISLAND chronicles Trask's quest to cross the cultural divide between his students and him.
Poetry. "Stuart Kestenbaum is a poet of immense fluency, elegance, and deep humanity. I bow to his work"--Naomi Shihab Nye. "Stuart Kestenbaum writes the kind of poems I love to read, heartfelt respon
Poetry. "POEMS FROM THE POND is a beautiful, astute collection that from the 'ordinary' extracts the 'extraordinary'! Candice Stover's language is precise yet lush and the fact of a pond in Somesville
Author insightfully considers artists, critics, curators, viewers, and the works themselves. The poet surrenders to direct feeling uncovering experiential truths that parallel the truth of art itself.
Poetry. Prose. From the author: "The haibun is a traditional Japanese form that dates back to Matsuo Basho's time (1644-94). It combines prose and haiku and often recreates a journey that ends in pers
Poetry. "'We've all showed up naked to the big exam,' says Peter Harris. 'Ignore that body near the door—it's only your failed plans. These are the sort of laughable/humorous, piercing honesties with
Poetry. "These passionate, caring poems range seamlessly from personal lyric to public outcry, from a pair of well-turned pantoums of childhood memories to a poem that rewrites the liturgy of a respon
Poetry. "I have been drawn to Judith Skillman's work for three decades, ever since her first book, Worship of the Visible Spectrum. In her latest volume, she inhabits the mind of Franz Kafka, as well
Meditative and lyrical, sometimes argumentative, not trendy or the product of a school. Fresh dimensions in language, taking risks with reflection on relationships, understanding psychology, and the a
Poetry. Jewish Studies. THE THINKING HEART is a performance piece in two voices, with cello, based on the journal and letters of Etty Hillesum, a Dutch woman who lived in Amsterdam during the Nazi occ
