If anyone ever asks me whether words can heal... I will say 'have you ever read Amy Leigh Cutler?'" -Kari Jensen Orange Juice and Rooftops chronicles a year and a half of Amy's life. Through poetry and prose she recounts her journey through a broken engagement, her explorations of France, Albania, Mexico, and California, and her struggle to make her faith her own as she lives in New York City. Both hilarious and heart wrenching, Orange Juice and Rooftops is unrelenting in its poignancy. It tenderly captures the pain and longing of a broken heart, the uncertain excitement of exploration, and the sweet taste and touch of newness. "Amy's words blew me apart - and then put me back together. Amazing grace." -Deborah Hartnett
A collection of sharp, sensory poems that build a narrative of love and marriage, migration and isolation.‘. . . Tonight marks a thousand dry nights and I wantto show you something. It’s a little cavehollowed out by my thirst, a place for you to live.’In this powerful collection, Amy Leigh Wicks takes the reader on a literal journey from New York City to Wellington and Kaikoura, and on an emotional journey from youth into ‘the dangerous country of love and marriage’. Wicks produces sharp, sensory poems that circle around love and commitment, migration and isolation. With a powerful narrative and emotional arc, this collection introduces us to an important new voice in New Zealand poetry.‘The dark ocean from the window is still,the waves are sparkling as in photographsand all I can think is how I wantto cut through the sun setting on the purple horizonwith a pair of big scissors.’
The University of Arkansas has a celebrated history that includes not only winning athletic teams, but also academic successes. While most people immediately think of the Razorbacks in association with the University of Arkansas, the state's flagship educational institution has so much more to offer. First established in 1871 in Fayetteville, located in the scenic Ozark Mountains of northwest Arkansas, the first permanent building on campus, Old Main, is also the most iconic with its towers standing like beacons. In 1948, the University of Arkansas became the first Southern university to integrate when WWII veteran Silas Hunt enrolled in law school; like Hunt, the lives and accomplishments of individuals, such as Sen. J. William Fulbright and architect E. Fay Jones, remain intertwined with the university and the world. Students remain the lifeblood of the university though, participating in traditions like homecoming, Senior Walk, and Razorback athletics with fierce pride. The photographs in this collection tell the stories of the first 125 years of the University of Arkansas.
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