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Tango: An Argentine Love Story
By Camille Cusumano. 2008
Tango is a memoir by a woman who loved, lost, got mad, and decided to dance. The book traces the…
author's fall, redemption, and renewal through tango. After a violent encounter with her ex's new girlfriend, Camille Cusumano decided she had some serious soul-searching to do. She took off for Buenos Aires intending to stay a few short weeks, but when her search for inner peace met with her true passion for tango, she realized she'd need to stay in Argentina indefinitely. Tango chronicles Camille's experience falling in love with a country through the dance that embodies intensity, freedom, and passion-all pivotal to her own process of self-discovery. From the charm of local barrios to savory empanadas, Camille whole-heartedly embraces the ardent culture of Argentina, and soon a month-long escape turns into a year-long personal odyssey. Slowly letting go of her anger through a blend of tango, Zen, and a burgeoning group of friends, she discovers that her fierceness and patience can exist in harmony as she learns how to survive in style when love falls apart.Rajnagar
By Amiya Bhushan Majumdar, Kalpana Bardhan. 1997
The novel, which has at its heart an interwoven set of three different and exquisite love stories, is a sophisticated…
account of the subterranean power politics of transition in colonial Indian rule.Chaos Theories
By Elizabeth Hazen. 2016
The poems in this debut collection spring from a unique collision of science and art in one poet's heart and…
mind. In these often elegiac poems, Hazen explores many forms of love -- between children, parents, siblings, friends, and lovers. In powerful poetic language and structure, loss is explored, and survival becomes another form of understanding, a way of seeing ourselves and others not as guilty or innocent, good or bad, but as complex, sometimes thwarted beings who are always striving for more wisdom, more empathy, more light. Hazen's language is elegant, her point of view unflinching, her voice mature and warm. Science in these poems is both information and consolation, a way of untangling chaos, of seeing more clearly and cleanly. Hazen is a poet who understands that we are all searching in various ways to make order of our lives and loves, and who crafts poems that can aid us in that search.On Starry Thighs: Sensual & Sacred Poetry
By Lee Harrington. 2015
A titillating assortment of works on the transforming the power of sex and desire On Starry Thighs is a collection…
of love poetry, lust prose, devotional prayers, and intimate blessings culled from the nearly 20-year career of the internationally known spirituality and sexuality author Lee Harrington. Illustrated by Abby Helasdottir, the collection brings to light a journey of love, loss, faith, self-discovery, hope, desire, and connection through more than 90 original works.'Zine
By Pagan Kennedy. 1995
Back in print for the first time in a decade, this is the hilarious autobiography of a pioneer of the…
1990s zine movement. A young woman named Pagan, having just graduated from a writing program at a very prestigious university, is left with a single burning question: Now what? She then takes an unusual step by deciding to invent her new self--the one the public will know--by starting her own magazine, one that will be written, created, and star none other than herself.Elizabethan Tragedies: A Basic Anthology
By Inc Dover Publications. 2017
Although Shakespeare towers over the Elizabethan period, it was a robust time in the evolution of English theater, and many…
plays beyond the Bard's survive to enthrall modern drama students. This original anthology collects prime examples of the era's tragedies, dramas that both informed and were influenced by Shakespeare's work.Include here are The Spanish Tragedy, by Thomas Kyd; Doctor Faustus, by Christopher Marlowe; Thomas Heywood's A Woman Killed with Kindness; The Tragedy of Mariam, by Elizabeth Cary (the first work in English to be published under a female author's own name); and John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi.Accidents of Composition
By Merlinda Bobis. 2017
Is it the sun a hole sucking in a bird or Icarus about to singe the sun? Which composes which?…
The poet asks as she circumnavigates the globe, history, and an inner universe. When it responds, there's the small shudder, the sprawl of a spin, or the quiet before and after a full circle. The eyes catch a black bird close to an eerie sun. Instantly, a poem: an accident of composition. Or a tree, rock, light from a story heard, dreamt, read or remembered returns as if it were the only tree, rock, light in the planet. The poet is caught, returned to her first heart: poetry. After four novels, Merlinda offers poems from the stillness of contemplation to the spinning of tales, then to passage across different histories. Glass becomes eternal greens underwater, fish gossip about colonisation, a gumnut turns dissident, and the dreams of Captain Cook and Pigafetta circumnavigate the globe leaving a trail of blood, beads, and the scent of cloves. But in between, the poet hopes: ‘there could be accidents / of kindness here.'The Fremantle Press Anthology of Western Australian Poetry
By John Kinsella, Tracy Ryan. 2018
The Fremantle Press Anthology of Western Australian Poetry is a comprehensive survey of the state's poets from the 19th century…
to today. Featuring work from 134 poets, and including the work of many WA Indigenous poets, this watershed anthology brings together the poems that have contributed to and defined the ways that Western Australians see themselves.Border Crossing
By Caitlin Maling. 2017
Caitlin Maling's second volume, Border Crossing, continues to showcase the development of an exciting new voice in Australian poetry. Now…
Maling's poems shift from the first volume's gritty treatment of childhood and adolescence growing up in WA, to a consideration of what it is to be an Australian in America, where the conflicting voices and identities of home and abroad jostle against and seek their definitions from each other. In this volume, as in the first, her emphasis on place – geography and environment – is as strong as ever.Gold Rush
By Jim Richards. 2016
When young Jim Richards left the army to make to chase a dream, he had no language skills, no money…
and no idea, just the kind of gold lust that has driven fortune hunters throughout history. And when he struck gold and diamonds in the remote rivers of Guyana, his problems and his success grew in equal measure. Jim Richards has done it all: dived for diamonds in the piranha-infested rivers of South America; discovered a fabulously rich goldmine in the Australian outback; got caught up in the world's biggest mining scam in Indonesia; and even started a gold rush in the war-torn jungles of Laos.Ahead of Us
By Dennis Haskell. 2016
but in fact / we are as we are / together, alone, as you can see, / with elusive memories…
for company, /with your wisps of hair / disappearing as gently as breath. 'After Chemo' Ahead of Us is Dennis Haskell's eighth book of poetry. Dedicated to his wife Rhonda, who lost her battle with cancer after a long illness, Ahead of Us contains poems of love, of two people forging a partnership together and of the inevitable end of that partnership when one person dies. It is a celebration of life and and of the fragile thread that holds us here.Still Life with Teapot: On zen, writing and creativity
By Brigid Lowry. 2016
The good thing about being my age is that if you haven’t grown up already, you don’t have to.What do…
you do when you start talking to yourself on the bus? If you’re the writer Brigid Lowry, you change tack and write a book about what it means to be an ageing woman in the 21st century.In Still Life with Teapot Lowry offers advice, observations, hope and reality checks in equal measure. She drops us straight into the writer’s world into the nuts and bolts of writing practice and into the art of life and ways to write about it.Still Life with Teapot is an essential brew for people who love to make lists, for people who love to write and for people who love to read about writing.Purple Prose
By Rachel Robertson, Liz Byrski. 1937
Fifteen Australian women writers were asked to respond to the colour purple. In their hands, purple takes on many meanings.…
There are stories about Tyrian purple, a snippet of King George's coronation gown, pigeon fanciers, the Dockers' Purple Haze and their layers are explored through themes of feminism, multiculturalism, artists and aging, mothers and daughters and aunts. This is a book for women readers everywhere.The Wedding Procession of the Rag Doll and the Broom Handle and Who Was in It
By Carl Sandburg, Harriet Pincus. 1978
The Rag Doll was blessed with many friends ― the Wisk Broom, the Furnace Shovel, and the Coffee Pot among…
them ― but when it came time to marry, she chose the Broom Handle. On the day of their wedding, the bride and groom were attended by a fantastical procession of well-wishers: the Spoon Lickers, the Tin Pan Bangers, the Easy Ticklers, the Musical Soup Eaters, and other whimsical characters, all marching along in a manner befitting their extraordinary names. This tale of wedding pomp and madcap mirth comes from poet Carl Sandburg's classic book of American fairy tales, The Rootabaga Stories. Marvelous drawings by Harriet Pincus, a noted illustrator of children's books, enhance the tale. Out of print for years, the book is now available in a new edition that introduces the story and its gloriously antic art to a new generation of parade-lovers, wedding-goers, and everyone who enjoys a fanciful celebration.Conversations I've Never Had
By Caitlin Maling. 2015
Caitlin Maling's first collection is at heart a poetry of place. Cervantes, Donnelly River, Yallingup, Fremantle, Leonora, and beyond are…
richly evoked in poems ranging stylistically from accomplished mature lyrics and the confessional to narratives of raw power and feeling. Restlessly questioning and frequently allusive, slipping between promise and possibility, Maling's poems are invested in the actuality of the world, exploring the landscapes of memory and the brief moment of now.Southern Edge
By Barbara Temperton. 2009
In this collection of three long narrative poems, Temperton conjures up the highs and lows of the coastal environment to…
explore the effects of nature’s “Powerful forces at work” on human existence.An impressive third collection written with flair, passion and the ability to look unpleasant realities in the eye.In Love and War: Nursing Heroes
By Liz Byrski. 2015
In the aftermath of the Battle of Britain, airmen filled a small town where pioneering plastic surgeon Archibald McIndoe established…
revolutionary surgical and therapeutic treatments. For the child Liz Byrski, growing up in East Grinstead, the burnt faces of these airmen filled her nightmares. In her late 60s, Liz returned to make peace with her memories and to speak not only with the survivors—known as the Guinea Pig Club—but with the nurses who played a vital and unorthodox role in their treatment, sometimes at a significant personal cost.Swimming to the Moon
By Robert Drewe. 2014
From a floury encounter on a baker's work table to the art of sitting backwards on chairs, from budgie training…
to spontaneous human combustion, this collection showcases the nonfiction writing of one of Australia's best-loved authors. These pieces encompass suburban portraits and coastal living, affectionate nostalgia and the absurdity of the every day. They are endearing and often hilarious snapshots of life from a master novelist who has turned the column into an artform.Salt Story: Of Sea-Dogs and Fisherwomen
By Sarah Drummond. 2013
In this warm, lively account of living on and by the sea, Sarah Drummond writes of life as an apprentice…
fisherwoman. Through her firsthand experience with small-scale commercial fishing in the Great Southern, Drummond documents a way of life—fishing—that is slowly dying as waters become politicized and fished out. She writes of fishing, of feuds, and of all the fish that got away. Salt Story is a tribute to sea-dogs, fisherwomen, oystermen, and storytellers everywhere.You/Poet: Learn the Art. Speak Your Truth. Share Your Voice.
By Rayna Hutchison, Samuel Blake. 2018
Offering a variety of advice for tapping into your creative voice sharing your work online and honing your…
writing skills You Poet shows you how to express yourself creatively through the art of poetry You may think that writing poetry requires a specific set of skills You may have read books on writing poetry that were stuffy and full of strict rules and regulations But You Poet proves that all you need to be a poet is the desire to share your inner thoughts and emotions with the world Let HerHeartPoetry an online poetry community Instagram digital zine and poetry press take you on a journey of self-discovery and surprise and show you how to embrace the world of writing poetry with arms wide open Writing poetry is an act of bravery It s just you your thoughts and feelings and the words you choose to express them You Poet can help you do just that With encouragement and advice on poetry writing basics how to identify your unique creative voice and prompts and exercises to help you channel your thoughts and emotions through writing this all-in-one guide will help you share your talent with the world