Purporting to be a “lost” seventeenth book of the 16-volume Anthologia Graeca, Book Seventeen uses the themes and images of ancient mythology to conjure a new way of looking at our modern world.
Delves deeply into the human relationship with the divine and its capacity for empathy, transformation, and the tolerance of difference and doubt. Bruce Bond seeks neither... Læs mere
A darkly insightful evocation of the post-industrial era, Joy, PA tells the story of a family teetering on the precipice of ruin. Both transfixing and disconcerting, Steven Sherrill's... Læs mere
Early in the twentieth century, the Cuban sugarcane industry faced a labour crisis when Cuban and... Læs mere
First published in 1955, Oscar Winzerling's Acadian Odyssey has remained unsurpassed as a study of the exodus of 1755. Based on original documents uncovered by the author, the book... Læs mere
Investigates loss and healing, change and permanence, in a hospital trauma center and the eroding landscape of southern Louisiana. The diener himself, the morgue attendant who assists... Læs mere
In this commanding study, Scott Mingus, Sr, offers the first significant detailed exploration of the Louisiana Tigers during the entirety of the 1863 Gettysburg Campaign.
Completes the picture of the Louisiana Purchase presented through the journals of explorers Lewis and Clark,... Læs mere
Weaving themes of death, migration, and aging into an exploration of the natural world, Brendan Galvin's work reflects a deep engagement with the places he and his family have called home, as well as with the triumphs and tragedies of human life.
With graceful lines swooping like a bird in flight, Claudia Emerson's newest collection explores the harsh realities of aging and the limitations of the human body, as well as the loneliness, fear, and anger that can accompany us as we live.
In this collection, Jacqueline Osherow gives us perfectly formed, musical poems that glide between the worlds of art, architecture, literature, and religion. Traveling... Læs mere
Solitary, graceful, and contemplative, cats have inspired poets from Charles Baudelaire to Margaret Atwood to serve as their chroniclers and celebrants. With Familiars, Fred Chappell... Læs mere