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Captive Voices

New and Selected Poems, 1960-2008

By: Eleanor Ross Taylor

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Captive Voices

New and Selected Poems, 1960-2008

By: Eleanor Ross Taylor

Over nearly fifty years, Eleanor Ross Taylor has established herself as one of the foremost southern poets of her generation. Captive Voices gathers selections from Taylor's five previous books along with a generous helping of new poems. Scintillating, unusual, passionate, and profound, the poems range from contemporary pieces about a bag lady on a bus, to historical pieces about settlers held hostage and a wartime nurse caring for British wounded, to intensely personal poems about her dislike for her grandmother and worries about her son. The title poem -- a real tour de force -- explores the notion of captivity on several levels as it speaks to the suffering we all endure, some of which is of our own making. Decidedly regional yet determinedly universal, the poems in this remarkable volume, along with a foreword by Ellen Bryant Voigt, attest to the singular talent of a woman justly described as "a poet of genius.

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LSU Press

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0807135135

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9780807135136

Captive Voices

New and Selected Poems, 1960-2008

By: Eleanor Ross Taylor

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New and Selected Poems, 1960-2008

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0807134120

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9780807134122

Before Our Eyes

New and Selected Poems, 1975–2017

By: Eleanor Wilner

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Before Our Eyes

New and Selected Poems, 1975–2017

By: Eleanor Wilner

A major new collection from the winner of the 2019 Frost Medal for distinguished lifetime achievement in poetry Before Our Eyes gathers more than thirty new poems by Eleanor Wilner, along with representative selections from her seven previous books, to present a major overview of her distinguished body of work. A poet who engages with history in lyrical language, Wilner creates worlds that reflect on and illuminate the actual one, drawing on the power of communal myth and memory to transform them into agents of change. In these poems, well-known figures step out of old texts to alter their stories and new figures arise out of the local air—a girl with a fury of bees in her hair, homesick statues that step down from their pedestals, a bat cave whose altar bears a judgment on our worship of war, and a frog whose spring wakening invites our own. In the process, ancient myths are naturalized while nature is newly mythologized in the service of life. Before Our Eyes features widely anthologized works such as “Sarah’s Choice” and “Reading the Bible Backwards.” In the new poems, Wilner records the bewildering public shocks of the current moment, when civic life is under threat, when language itself is attacked, and when poetry’s lens of collective imagination becomes a way to resist falsity, to seek meaning, and to really see what is before our eyes.

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228

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Princeton University Press

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0691194122

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9780691194127

Mawson's Antarctic Diaries

By: Eleanor Jacka,Fred Jacka

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Mawson's Antarctic Diaries

By: Eleanor Jacka,Fred Jacka

Sir Douglas Mawson, Australia's greatest Antarctic explorer, made four trips to the Antarctic: in 1907-09 with Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition; in 1911-14, having declined to join Scott's ill-fated Antarctic journey, as leader of the Australasian Antarctic expedition; and twice between 1929 and 1931 as leader of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE). Mawson's Antarctic Diaries brings together for the first time all his descriptive writings while in the Antarctic. An uncensored record of events, they reveal Mawson's innermost thoughts at times of great stress and conflict on ship and on shore, through achievement and failure, joy and tragedy. This book includes some of Frank Hurley's most famous Antarctic photographs, as well as some not reproduced before.

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526

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Allen & Unwin

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174175609X

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9781741756098

New York Neighborhoods

A Food Lover's Walking, Eating, and Shopping Guide to Ethnic Enclaves in New York's Boroughs

By: Eleanor Davidson Berman

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New York Neighborhoods

A Food Lover's Walking, Eating, and Shopping Guide to Ethnic Enclaves in New York's Boroughs

By: Eleanor Davidson Berman

If ordering chicken chow mein from the corner Chinese takeout is not your idea of an adventurous ethnic dining experience, why not go the source? Hop on the subway or catch a cab to any of New York's twenty incredible ethnic neighborhoods and then let Eleanor Berman lead the way. An award-winning travel writer and longtime New Yorker, Berman takes you on safe and fun walking tours through the world of food and culture that awaits in New York City's boroughs. You'll sample authentic Korean and Senegalese dishes plus 15 other ethnic cuisines; navigate like a native through Asian markets and Mediterranean groceries; learn the language of dim sum; shop in exotic emporiums; and visit intriguing historical sites. From Little Italy to Little Odessa, find these and other hidden treasures: Astoria, the world's largest Greek enclave outside Greece, where you can stock up on delicious cheeses, sample charcoal-grilled seafood, and eat baklava to die for; and a corner of the East Village, where there's a tiny shop filled with crafts from the Ukraine and a delightful little Ukrainian museum; Arthur Avenue, where you'll find heavenly handmade pasta and the world famous Bronx Zoo; Greenpoint in Brooklyn, where you'll find borscht, pirogies, and other Polish pleasures. Berman's helpful descriptions of the various cuisine, tips on what to order, specific directions and fantastic maps are other handy features of this unique guide. (5 1/2 X 8 1/2, 304 pages, maps, illustrations)

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076270893X

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9780762708932

New York Neighborhoods

A Food Lover's Walking, Eating, and Shopping Guide to Ethnic Enclaves Throughout New York City

By: Eleanor Berman,John Coburn

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New York Neighborhoods

A Food Lover's Walking, Eating, and Shopping Guide to Ethnic Enclaves Throughout New York City

By: Eleanor Berman,John Coburn

Award-winning travel writer and longtime New Yorker Eleanor Berman takes readers on safe and fun walking tours to experience the cuisine and culture of New York City's ethnic neighborhoods. Includes cuisine descriptions and pronunciation guides, as well as ordering suggestions for a typical meal.

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324

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Falcon Guides

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0762730285

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9780762730285

Book's by Eleanor Ross Taylor

Captive Voices

Captive Voices

Captive Voices

Captive Voices

Before Our Eyes

Before Our Eyes

Mawson's Antarctic Diaries

Mawson's Antarctic Diaries

New York Neighborhoods

New York Neighborhoods

New York Neighborhoods

New York Neighborhoods

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