This book is a rare gem, something that had never been done before—a once-in-a-lifetime project of a true testimony of someone’s life done in all poetry. This follows Justin Edwards’s life from being homeless after his father died at seventeen to getting caught up in organized crime and getting arrested for selling and manufacturing drugs twice and going in and out of jail and then going to prison. Then he started turning his life around having a family and finding faith. Then seeing what’s happening in the world today, his experiences give him the knowledge to understand it, wanting to reveal it to the world with his writing. You will read about the fight between good and evil and the true battle for his soul. It goes from dark to light in the adventure of his poetic life.
Ten essays highlight different aspects of Jonathan Edwards's life and legacy and show how his teachings are just as relevant today as they were three centuries ago.
Understanding Jamaica Kincaid introduces readers to the prizewinning author best known for the novels Annie John, Lucy, and The Autobiography of My Mother. Justin D. Edwards surveys Jamaica Kincaid's life, career, and major works of fiction and nonfiction to identify and discuss her recurring interests in familial relations, Caribbean culture, and the aftermath of colonialism and exploitation. In addition to examining the haunting prose, rich detail, and personal insight that have brought Kincaid widespread praise, Edwards also identifies and analyzes the novelist's primary thematic concerns - the flow of power and the injustices faced by people undergoing social, economic, and political change. Edwards chronicles Kincaid's childhood in Antigua, her development as a writer, and her early journalistic work as published in the New Yorker and other magazines. In separate chapters he provides critical appraisals of Kincaid's early novels; her works of nonfiction, including My Brother and A Small Place; and her more recent novels, including Mr. Potter. colonization and neocolonization and warns her readers about the dire consequences of inequality in the era of globalization.
Canadians have always been obsessed with the idea of their own identities. Stories that tell us who we are provide a reassuring sense of identity for the individual and the nation. Hockey. Maple Leaves. Beavers. But collective stories tend to be haunted by a fear that a shared narrative might be nothing more than an elaborate artifice. This fear has long been a source of gothic inspiration for Canadian writers. A haunted Canadian self returns again and again. Polite. Friendly. Not American. With examples of gothic discourse from Canadian fiction, autobiography, film, poetry, and drama, Justin Edwards analyzes the ghost at the heart of the nation. A major contribution to cultural and literary studies, Gothic Canada unearths two centuries of Canadian gothic writings to reveal uncanny traditions of trauma, repression, and monstrosity.
This book examines a strand of contemporary travel writing that experiments with form, content and the politics of representation. Writers such as Michael Ondaatje and Caryl Phillips transform the genre by inscribing travel, migration and displacement within a variety of textual strategies to work through questions of movement and identity.
The deepest cut of all. Jack suffers a devastating betrayal as Master Darque?s ultimate plan stands revealed. Now, with the Brethren on the verge of wiping out Dox and the Abettors and the Deadside threatening to explode into our world, Jack will have to call on everything he?s got to stop them?or lose everything trying.
Welcome to Glendale! These words will forever be seared into Jordans memory. The move was a big decision. However, even small peaceful towns can sometimes host dark secrets, sometimes in plain view. With the support of the locale community, join Jordan in a bizarre series of events that can turn the hottest warm welcome into the coldest night. Location is always key, and timing is just as important as circumstances. With a wanted killer on the loose and his troubled past that may just follow him across the country, the quiet life is anything but standard for our young doctor.
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