Download or read book On Looking written by Lia Purpura and published by Sarabande Books. This book was released on 2006-08-01 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “These pieces are not so much essays as prose poems, lyrical hymns to beauty and aesthetics.” —Publishers Weekly Lia Purpura’s daring new book of lyric essays, On Looking, is concerned with the aesthetics and ethics of seeing. In these elegantly wrought meditations, patterns and meanings emerge from confusion, the commonplace grows strange and complex, beauty reveals its flaws, and even the most repulsive object turns gorgeous. Purpura’s hand is clearly guided by poetry and behaves unpredictably, weaving together, in one lit instance, sugar eggs, binoculars, and Emerson’s words: “I like the silent church before the sermon begins.” In “Autopsy Report,” Purpura takes an intimate look at the ruin of our bodies after death, examining the “dripping fruits” of organs and the spine in its “wet, red earth.” A similar reverence is held for the alien jellyfish in “On Form,” where she notes that “in order to see their particular beauty . . . we have to suspend our fear, we have to love contradiction.” Her essays question art and its responses as well as its responsibilities, challenge familiar and familial relationships, and alter the borders between the violent and the luminous, the harrowing and the sensual. Above all, Purpura’s essays are a call to notice. She is writer-as-telescope, kaleidoscope, microscope, and mirror. As she says: “By seeing I called to things, and in turn, things called me, applied me to their sight and we became each as treasure, startling to one another, and rare.” This is, indeed, a rare and startling treasure of a book from a recipient of numerous awards for both prose and poetry. “Purpura is the real deal, and so is every successive sentence in this collection. A cornucopiac vocabulary is married to a strict economy of expression; an offbeat curiosity is married to the courage of difficult witnessing.” —Albert Goldbarth “Purpura’s prose is a system of delicate shocks—leaps and connections and syncopated revelations, all in the service of the spirit negotiating the truth of its experience.” —Sven Birkerts

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Download or read book Witch Baby written by Francesca Lia Block and published by Atom Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This isn't about slinkster dogs, strawberry sundaes, or sleeping on the beach. Because it's Witch Baby's story. And Witch Baby is different. So maybe it's a book about not belonging. About being outside, looking in. Or it could be about getting so mad you could smash the world. Or maybe it's really about true love, too. And Witch Baby just hasn't figured it out yet... The Dangerous Angels series continues with: 3. CHEROKEE BAT AND THE GOAT GUYS (Sep '02); 4. MISSING ANGEL JUAN (Nov '02); 5. BABY BE-BOP (Jan '03)

Download or read book Scream written by Lia Purpura and published by Literary House Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This essay first appeared in The Georgia Review (Fall 2015 issue), copyright 2015 by Lia Purpura, used by permission of author. It was also awarded a Pushcart Prize in 2016."

Download or read book The Beauty of Darkness written by Mary E. Pearson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Princess Lia and her love, Rafe, have escaped Venda and the path before them is winding and dangerous.

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Download or read book Scripted written by Maya Rock and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-02-05 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reality TV has a dark future in this thought-provoking thriller To the people suffering on the war-torn mainland, Bliss Island seems like an idyllic place. And it is: except for the fact that the island is a set, and the islanders’ lives are a performance. They’re the stars of a hit TV show, Blissful Days—Characters are adored by mainland viewers, yet in constant danger of being cut if their ratings dip too low. And no one really knows what happens to cut Characters. Nettie Starling knows she’s been given the chance of a lifetime when a producer offers suggestions to help her improve her mediocre ratings—especially when those suggestions involve making a move on the boy she’s been in love with for years. But she'll soon have to decide how far she's willing to go to keep the cameras fixed on her. . . especially when she learns what could happen to her if she doesn't.

Download or read book Strengthened written by Michelle Rodriguez and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2015-07-31 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unimaginable tragedy has driven Jeremy Norton to leave the familiar small town he grew up in and move to Chicago to pursue his career as a detective. Putting as many miles as possible between him and his haunting past, Jeremy anticipates immersing himself in the high-stakes action of the city. However, Gods plans quickly prove to be drastically different than those Jeremy had in mind. Casting aside the notion of cutting all ties to his former life, Jeremy soon finds himself thrown into a whirlwind of emotions as he is confronted by erratic relationships, relentless ex-convicts, and the will of the Lord. Only through being vulnerable with God can Jeremy be gifted the strength to power through the most difficult journey of his life.

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Download or read book HamLIT written by Allegra M. Walker and published by Apollo Grannus Books LLC. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A storm brews in the illustrious town of Elsinore, Massachusetts, and no one knows it yet. Not Hamilton “Ham” Dane III, who’s angry because it’s only been one month since the untimely death of his billionaire father, and Ham’s uncle, Claude, has already taken control of the family’s empire. And that’s not even to mention the blooming romance between Claude and Ham's mother, Gretchen. Not Harry Yeoh, who’s desperately in love with his best friend but finding it more and more difficult to hide as dark secrets threaten to destroy their relationship. Not Lia Polonio, who’s struggling to find the balance between her feelings and the demands of her controlling father and older brother. And certainly not Rosie Chan or Gil Stern, who think they’ve just landed the internship that will get them into Harvard. But all it will take is one mysterious message—a call for revenge from Ham’s late father—for Elsinore to descend into chaos. And once the downward spiral begins, there’s no guarantee that everyone will make it out alive. A bold retelling of Hamlet for a modern audience, Allegra M. Walker’s sophomore novel puts a fresh new spin on Shakespeare’s classic story. Poignant, dramatic, and often darkly humorous, HamLIT is guaranteed to delight teens and adults alike.

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