A new collection from one of the most exciting voices in American poetry. For many years, Melissa Monroe has been assembling one of the most distinctive bodies of work in contemporary American poetry, drawing on all different kinds of writing, from technical manuals to books of spells to dictionaries of slang, to explore the many ways—poetry is, after all, one of them—in which we human beings seek to know and control the elusive realities of the world around and within us. Her subject is both the strangeness of things and the strangeness of the things we think, and she has an unsurpassed eye for the wilderness between them that we inhabit. The poems collected in Medusa Beach include “Planetogenesis,” recording the life of an imaginary planet; “Whiz Mob,” a sequence of haikus composed in the criminal argot of 1940s America; “Frequently Asked Questions About Spirit Photography”; and the title poem, which interweaves an account of the life and thought of the great German philosopher and marine biologist Ernst Haeckel with a meditation on the many historical and natural historical avatars of the figure of Medusa. As formally adventurous as they are rigorous, disconcertingly comic, and deeply strange, the poems in Medusa Beach are the work of a true American original.
Dear Reader, this is God’s Love Letter Lullaby to you. When the world has you feeling lonely, don’t believe the lies... this is His lullaby. Be reminded He is near, He loves you, and you are never ever alone An artful, lyrical calming message from the heart for the heart; a simple truth to uplift and soothe your spirit.
Why did this hard thing happen? Why are things the way they are? Little Lou is dressed for adventure; she is exploring and looking for answers. Have you ever experienced something that does not make sense or is just too hard to believe or understand? Wondering is not just for kids. Little Lou’s searching is common to all of us. It is a universal message for all ages- for the child in all of us. Read this story and be comforted. See the blessings of God in all things. In your search for WHY, you find WHO. This emotionally safe, comforting, and supportive book shows the journey that leads Lou to see God was and is with us all along the way. Wondering Why seeks to help anyone struggling through a difficult or confusing trial and trying to make sense of it all. This is for the child in all of us looking for answers. Featuring 27 beautiful illustrations by artist, Daria Rosso in her debut book. Other books written by the author: Wondering Why: A story about wandering All Around: God’s Love Letter Lullaby Series
Going from friends to lovers leads to things neither of them expected. Daisy, Dee to all her friends, has always had a crush on Mano. Sinfully delicious, he tempts her in the worst way. Mano, whose call sign is The Shark, is dedicated to his Air Force career. And, he has his own hang-ups about marriage and the military. After a night of drinking, they fall into bed together and after a night of mind-blowing lovemaking, they can’t keep their hands off each other. But there is trouble in paradise when they both have to decide which is more important: their convictions or their love. This is a previously released book that has been revised and edited. The original title was Au Loa Ko’u Aloha (Forever My Love).
Acclaimed writers, family, friends, and more pay homage to the celebrated Southern author of The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini. New York Times–bestselling writer Pat Conroy (1945–2016) inspired a worldwide legion of devoted fans, but none are more loyal to him and more committed to sustaining his literary legacy than the many writers he nurtured over the course of his fifty-year career. In sharing their stories of Conroy, his fellow writers honor his memory and advance our shared understanding of his lasting impact on literary life in and well beyond the American South. Conroy’s fellowship drew from all walks of life. His relationships were complicated, and people and places he thought he’d left behind often circled back to him at crucial moments. The pantheon of contributors includes Rick Bragg, Kathleen Parker, Barbra Streisand, Janis Ian, Anthony Grooms, Mary Hood, Nikky Finney, Nathalie Dupree and Cynthia Graubart, Ron Rash, Sandra Brown, and Mary Alice Monroe; Conroy biographers Katherine Clark and Catherine Seltzer; his longtime friends; Pat’s students Sallie Ann Robinson and Valerie Sayers; members of the Conroy family; and many more. Each author in this collection shares a slightly different view of Conroy. Through their voices, a multifaceted portrait of him comes to life and sheds new light on who he was. Loosely following Conroy’s own chronology, the essays herewith wind through his river of a story, stopping at important ports of call. Cities he called home and longed to visit, along with each book he birthed, become characters that are as equally important as the people he touched along the way.
Growing up can mean growing pains and the joys of new independence. With maturity comes the shift from infinite possibilities to imminent realities. These thirteen stories describe the slow and subtle experience of growing up, allowing us to reflect upon the forces that pushed us toward adulthood and away from the familiar ground of youth that must be left behind if we are to learn how to soar on our own.
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