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Odd jobs: essays and criticism
By John Updike. 1992
This 4th collection of nonfictional prose is probably the richest yet. Over the years Updike has gallantly coped with many…
"odd jobs", and these are some of them. The opening section "Fairly personal" follows him to Finland, Boston and Pennsylvania, while the central section "Mostly literary", pays tribute to older masters and fellow novelists. "Literally personal" contains an appendix of Updike's comments on his own works and endeavours. 1992.Moi, Christiane F., 13 ans, droguée, prostituée
By Léa Marcou, Kai Hermann, Horst Rieck. 1981
Ce livre raconte l'histoire de Christiane, une jeune fille sensible et intelligente, qui, moins de deux ans après avoir fumé…
son premier "joint", se prostitue à la sortie de l'école afin de trouver l'argent nécessaire à l'achat de sa dose quotidienne d'héroïne. Quelques descriptions de violence. 1981.L'amour du pauvre (Collection "papiers Collésquot)
By Jean Larose. 1991
Dans ce recueil, la parole coule comme la pensée et les larmes. André Roy part audacieusement à la recherche de…
l'intensité, jusque dans le bleu, jusque dans la douleur, jusque dans le sel du premier jour. 1987.Not that bad: dispatches from rape culture
By Roxane Gay. 2018
Cultural critic and bestselling author Roxane Gay presents a collection of essays that explore what it means to live in…
a world where women are frequently belittled and harassed due to their gender, and offers a call to arms insisting that "not that bad" must no longer be good enough. 2018.Nos amis les humains
By Bernard Werber. 2003
Les humains sont-ils intelligents ? Sont-ils dangereux ? Sont-ils comestibles ? Sont-ils digestes ? Peut-on en faire l'élevage ? Peut-on…
les apprivoiser ? Peut-on discuter avec eux comme avec des égaux ? Telles sont les questions que peuvent se poser les extra-terrestres à notre égard. Pour en avoir le cœur net, ils kidnappent deux Terriens, un mâle et une femelle, Raoul et Samantha. Ils les installent, pour les étudier tranquillement, dans une cage à humains. Une " humainière ". Ils espèrent ainsi assister à une reproduction en captivité. Le problème, c'est que Raoul est un scientifique misanthrope et Samantha une dompteuse de tigres romantique. Pas simple dans ce cas pour nos deux cobayes de se comprendre et, a fortiori, de s'aimer... Avec cet ouvrage, rédigé comme un huis clos philosophique, Bernard Werber nous présente une nouvelle facette de son art. Une fois de plus, il nous propose de prendre un peu de recul, d'avoir une perspective différente pour comprendre l'humanité " autrement ".Nobody knows my name: more notes of a native son
By James Baldwin. 2017
Night errands: how poets use dreams
By Rod Townley. 1998
Twenty-six poets reflect on the "generative relationship" between dreams and poetry. Most quote complete works or fragments of poems in…
their essays. Writers include Laurel Blossom, Edward Hirsch, David Ignatow, Maxine Kumin, Denise Levertov, Paul Mariani, Joyce Carol Oates, and Richard Wilbur, among others. 1998.Night field: poems
By Don McKay. 1991
Night
By David Harsent. 2011
Poems in which the sureties of daylight become uncertain: dark, unsettling narratives about what wakes in us when we escape…
our day-lit selves to visit a place where the dream-like and the nightmarish are never far apart. Culminates in 'Elsewhere', a noirish, labyrinthine quest-poem in which the protagonist is drawn ever onward through a series of encounters and reflections like an after-hours Orpheus, hard-bitten and harried by memory. Includes sex, strong language and violence. c2011.My shoes are killing me: poems
By Robyn Sarah, Eric L Ormsby. 2015
Poet Robyn Sarah reflects on the passing of time, the fleetingness of dreams, and the bittersweet pleasure of thinking on…
the “hazardous … treasurehouse” that is the past. Natural, musical, meditative, warm, and unexpectedly funny, this is a restorative and moving collection from one of Canada’s most well-regarded poets. Winner of the 2015 Governor General's Literary Award for poetry. 2015.New selected poems, 1966-1987
By Seamus Heaney. 1990
Selections from Heaney's first 25 years of published translations and poems. He writes of the myths that are part of…
his culture and of the political turmoil, exposing his Irish humour and his sense of guilt. 1990. Uniform title: Poems.Native: dispatches from an Israeli-Palestinian life
By Sayed Qashu. 2016
An Arab-Israeli, Kashua started writing (in Hebrew) with the hope of creating one story that both Palestinians and Israelis could…
relate to, rather than two that cannot coexist together. Here he writes about his children’s upbringing and encounters with racism, fatherhood and married life, the Jewish-Arab conflict, his professional ambitions, travels around the world as an author, and his love of books and literature. He reflects on social and cultural dynamics as experienced by someone who straddles two societies. 2016. Uniform title: Ben Haaretz.My life with Bob: flawed heroine keeps book of books, plot ensues
By Pamela Paul. 2017
For twenty-eight years, Pamela Paul has been keeping a diary that records the books she reads, rather than the life…
she leads. Or does it? Over time, it's become clear that this Book of Books, or Bob, as she calls him, tells a much bigger story. For Paul, books reflect her inner life-- her fantasies and hopes, her dreams and ideas. And her life, in turn, influences which books she chooses, whether for solace or escape, diversion or self-reflection, information or entertainment. "My Life with Bob" isn't about what's in those books; it's about the relationship between books and readers. A testament to the power of books to provide the perspective, courage, companionship, and ultimately self-knowledge to forge our own path. 2017.My Ariel
By Sylvia Plath, Sina Queyras. 2017
A poem-by-poem engagement with Sylvia Plath's 'Ariel' and the towering mythology surrounding it. Where were you when you first read…
Ariel? Who were you? What has changed in your life? In the lives of women? In 'My Ariel', Sina Queyras barges into one of the iconic texts of the twentieth century, with her own family baggage in tow, exploring and exploding the cultural norms, forms, and procedures that frame and contain the lives of women. Winner of the 2018 A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry (QWF). 2017.Ten short years ago, Barack Obama became president of the United States, and changed the course of history. Ten short…
years ago, our America was hailed globally as a breathtaking example of democracy, as a rainbow coalition of everyday people marching to the same drum beat. We had finally overcome. But did we? Both the presidencies of Obama and Donald Trump have produced some of the ugliest divides in history: horrific racial murders, non-stop mass shootings, the explosion of attacks on immigrants and on the LGBTQ community, the rise of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, a massive gap between the haves and the have-nots, and legions of women stepping forth to challenge sexual violence-and men-in all forms. In this collection of 13 essays, the author interweaves brutally honest personal stories with the saga of America, then and now. 2018.Myself with others: selected essays
By Carlos Fuentes. 1988
In these essays the author reflects on the three great elements in his work: autobiography, love of literature and politics.…
He starts with his own beginnings as a writer, covers other writers such as Borges and Kundera, and ends with his most recent political statement, his commencement address at Harvard. This is not a translation; the author has used the English language alone. 1988.My dog may be a genius: selected poems
By Jack Prelutsky. 2008
Have you ever encountered an underwater marching band, a pig in a bathing suit, a pet orangutan, or a witch…
in a hardware store? You will have, once you read "My dog may be a genius". Grades K-3. 2008. Uniform title: My dog may be a genius.Murder in the dark: short fictions and prose poems
By Margaret Atwood. 1983
Much ado about nothing
By William Shakespeare. 1996
The proud would-be lovers Beatrice and Benedick circle each other warily, and as they draw closer and closer to their…
inevitable union, their scathing witticisms and sly innuendoes reach a feverish intensity that befits the passionate longing they both vainly seek to deny. First publicly acted prior to 1600. c1996.