![]() "Howl was Allen's metamorphosis from quiet, brilliant, burning bohemian scholar trapped by his flames and repressions to epic vocal bard."-Michael McClure "It is the poet, Allen Ginsberg, who has gone, in his own body, through the horrifying experiences described from life in these pages." -William Carlos Williams "At the height of his bardic powers, Allen Ginsberg could terrify the authorities with the mere utterance of the syllable "om" as he led street throngs of citizens protesting the Vietnam War. Howl & Other Poems is the single most influential poetic work of the post-World War II era, with over 1,000,000 copies now in print. ![]() customs and the San Francisco police, it was the subject of a long court trail at which a series of poets and professors persuaded the court that the book was not obscene. Allen Ginsberg's Howl and Other Poems was originally published by City Lights Books in the Fall of 1956. ![]() ![]() The prophetic poem that launched a generation when it was first published in 1965 is here presented in a commemorative 40th Anniversary Edition. ![]()
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![]() ![]() As Papa pointed out the day the men talked over making the drive, we had plenty of grass, wood, and water. We lived then in a new country and a good one. ![]() This was to get "cash money," a thing that all Texans were short of in those years right after the Civil War. Anyhow, it was the year that Papa and a bunch of other Salt Licks settlers formed a "pool herd" of their little separate bunches of steers and trailed them to the new cattle market at Abilene, Kansas. He came in the late 1860's, the best I remember. One part meant that his short hair was a dingy yellow, a color that we called "yeller" in those days, The other meant that when he opened his head, the sound he let out came closer to being a yell than a bark. ![]() ![]() ![]() Normally, I enjoy a straightforward type of writing, but here the narrative was fun and easy to read. The beautiful descriptors evoke a rich and eerie atmosphere. ![]() Dark, gothic read incorporating a simple yet beautiful writing style. ![]() Now, to save Rowan-and herself-Leta must confront the darkness in her past, including unraveling the mystery of her connection to the Lord Under. There’s a monster in the shadows, and now it knows my name. ![]() A creature to whom Leta is inexplicably drawn… But neither the estate nor the monster are what they seem.Īs Leta falls for Rowan, she discovers he is bound to the Lord Under, the sinister death god lurking in the black waters of the lake. She knows the terrifying rumors about Rowan Sylvanan, who drowned his entire family when he was a boy. When Violeta Graceling arrives at haunted Lakesedge estate, she expects to find a monster. Perfect for fans of Naomi Novik and Brigid Kemmerer. cutting)Ī lush gothic fantasy about monsters and magic, set on the banks of a cursed lake. Recommended for: fans of gothic romance fantasy, fans of For the Wolf, House of Salt and Sorrow, fans of flowery writingĬW: emotional + physical parental abuse, body horror, gore, exploration of death + grief, drowning, self-injury (e.g. Where can I get this? Goodreads | Booktopia | Book Depository | Barnes and Noble ![]() ![]() ![]() This copy appears to have been a presentation from Hugo's fellow writer and acquaintance, Juste Olivier. Lamartine called him 'the Shakespeare of prose fiction'" (The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French). "The success of this darkly moving novel was immediate, establishing Hugo as the premier historical novelist of his time. Published on 16 March 1831 in an edition of 1,100 copies, the first printing was issued in four separate groups of 275 each, with the subsequent three issues being fictitiously labelled as the second, third and fourth editions on their respective title pages. Copies of this issue preserved in contemporary bindings are exceedingly scarce. is the rarest of all the works of Victor Hugo it has had a resounding impact worldwide, and is one of the most difficult titles of the Romantic period to obtain" (Carteret). First edition, first printing, first issue, of Hugo's gothic masterpiece, in a contemporary binding. ![]() ![]() So pervasive are human impacts on the planet that it's said we live in a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene. That man should have dominion "over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth" is a prophecy that has hardened into fact. RECOMMENDED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AND BILL GATES - SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING - ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post - ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, Esquire, Smithsonian Magazine, Vulture, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal - "Beautifully and insistently, Kolbert shows us that it is time to think radically about the ways we manage the environment."-Helen Macdonald, The New York Times ![]() ![]() Description NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity's transformative impact on the environment, now asking: After doing so much damage, can we change nature, this time to save it? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() After following events set during the times of Charles II’s reign, with the main characters being Charles, his brother James, and James’s daughters Mary and Anne. Every “had” in the above quote could’ve been cut or replaced.Ī similar thing happens around one-third of the way into the story. It’s also a filler word, as the narrative is in the past tense. That’s the problem with using the past perfect “had” – it reports on the scene as opposed to taking the reader into the action as it unfolds. The above *reports* on what happens, rather than *dramatizing* the events. So distressed had she been that her attendants had feared for her life and in her despair she had begged the Bishop of Winchester to come to her, and before him and the Duchess of Ormonde she had taken a solemn vow swearing that Berkeley had never been her lover and that the father of her child was James, Duke of York.” “How she had hated the lying Berkeley! He had desired her and because she had refused his attentions, this was his revenge. The overuse of “had” (past perfect) in the opening chapter makes it a passive start: It uses backstory early on, which would’ve been better filtered in later through dialogue to make it more active, or cut out altogether, as it isn’t essential. Sadly, it’s one of those novels that’s so dry it makes you thirsty. “The Three Crowns” covers a period of England’s history that I’m not too familiar with, so I looked forward to this one. ![]() ![]() She has a degree in history from Simon Fraser University with a concentration in British and Irish studies much of her work centered on popular culture, oral folklore, and sexuality, but she was known to perplex her professors with nonironic papers on the historical roots of modern romance novel tropes. She now lives in the rugged oil-patch frontier of Northern BC with her husband, an Irish ex-pat whose long work hours in the trades leave her plenty of quiet time to write. Today author is Heidi Belleau: Heidi Belleau was born and raised in small town New Brunswick, Canada. ![]() ![]() Elisa_rolle Starting from March up until September I will feature authors attending the GayRomLit Retreat in Chicago (October 16-19, 2014: ). ![]() |