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"I Can See God's Word (Skit) is based on a short story by the same name, also written by Cheryl Rogers. The story is included in her ebook "I Can See Christian Storybook Treasury," a unique story co……続きを見る

Weatherton-native Jacob Grayson finally has life exactly how he wants it to be: a nice job, a gorgeous apartment, and a brand new start in Chicago. He appears fine on the outside, but beneath layers……続きを見る

“Teems with sharp observation, profound moral insight, high satiric wit, and all manner of aesthetic delight.” –The New York Times Book Review A Penguin Classic This definitive edition brings togeth……続きを見る

Bugsy first appears in my short story "East Village" as a 16-year-old runaway living near Tompkins Square Park in 1967. Here we meet him again exactly one decade later and his circumstances have cha……続きを見る

When Huckleberry Brindle is hired to demolish the old Soliah Home, he has no idea what he is up against. The house refuses to go silently into the night and it claims Brindle's crew in the process. ……続きを見る

This collection of poems by the rock lyricist Robert Hunter, best known for his songwriting contributions to legendary performers such as Bob Dylan and The Grateful Dead, features rhythmic, philosop……続きを見る

Filled with wry, dark humor, unparalleled imagination, unforgettable characters, and exquisitely crafted storytelling, Sam Shepard’s plays have earned him enormous acclaim over the past five decades……続きを見る

"When police are killing people at will, and the courts and the politicians and their own peers will not hold them into account, what is our recourse? Is war not the appropriate remedy?" --Randy Gus……続きを見る

Baseball is much more than a game. As the American national pastime, it has reflected the political and cultural concerns of US society for over 200 years, and generates passions and loyalties uniqu……続きを見る

People are seldom what they seem and Bill Huggins is no exception. During the days before the economy grinds to a halt, Jimmy Logan sees something in his neighbors that nearly breaks his heart. This……続きを見る

When Billy Proudfoot and Terry Blackbird return to the reservation for the funeral of a beloved friend, they are shocked to find themselves alone at the funeral home. When their friend rises from hi……続きを見る

Hormones start surging at the Maimonides Medical Center when the nice Jewish boy from Flatbush, Dr. Julius Berger, meets Dionne Clark, one of the new interns. She is bright, beautiful and Black. Int……続きを見る

Examines the work of contemporary American authors who draw on the gothic tradition in their fiction In Haints: American Ghosts, Millennial Passions, and Contemporary Gothic Fictions, Arthur Redding……続きを見る

Winner, Modern Language Association Prize in United States Latina and Latino and Chicana and Chicano Literary and Cultural Studies, 2006 Popular fiction, with its capacity for diversion, can mask im……続きを見る

Struggles over space and resistance to geographic displacement gave birth to much of Chicano history and culture. In this pathfinding book, Raúl Villa explores how California Chicano/a activists, jo……続きを見る

An aspiring writer suspects that her work has been stolen by someone in her Writing workshop. (Short Fiction) 続きを見る

Mary is a true but uncorroborated story as channeled through the writer; therefore, it must be viewed as a work of fiction. Her husband's brutality left Mary too damaged to survive the birth of her ……続きを見る

**“A manifesto of sorts for anyone who makes art [and] cares for it.” ーZadie Smith “The best book I know of for talented but unacknowledged creators. . . . A masterpiece.” ーMargaret Atwood “No one……続きを見る

When the chips are down, and they certainly are in these desperate times; friends and family stick together. Julie finds this out in an unlikely fashion. As the economy is crumbling around them, peo……続きを見る

A piece I wrote for a benefit for the Women's Center in Carbondale back in 2009. I am posting this free, but hope you will donate time or money to the causes the Women's Center in your town represen……続きを見る

A collection of original poems about human nature, American culture, and life in general. These poems wrestle with issues that can tear a person apart. "Turning Page, Falling Sand" is about finding ……続きを見る

No play in the modern theatre has so captured the imagination and heart of the American public as Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie. Menagerie was Williams's first popular success and launche……続きを見る

In "Different Dispatches", David Humphries brings together in a new way a diverse group of well-known American writers of the inter-war period including: Willa Cather, Sherwood Anderson, Ernest Hemm……続きを見る

A man in his late 50s receives a package around lunchtime on his day off from work. He opens it, and a world of trouble jumps out. Another tale in the ongoing psecret psociety pshort pstory pseries.……続きを見る

Poemas são fotos; cenas; idéias; sentimentos. Somos levados por caminhos que nos tragam, e interagimos com a imagem dessa trajetória, em versos que se relevam em nosso íntimo, pelo quê anseiam etern……続きを見る

Thoroughly revised and expanded for a new generation of readers, this classic guide to enjoying literature to its fullestーa lively, enlightening, and entertaining introduction to a diverse range of……続きを見る

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He's an academic; she's an artist. He worships Cthulhu, the slumbering behemoth; she worships Atlach-Nacha, the spider goddess of dreams. Their interfaith marriage is challenging enough before the g……続きを見る

Some poems are just written like this one and won't be denied. Hope this poem brings back memories with the eternal smile that is created each time. Happy gas got its inspiration from, well you know……続きを見る

This collection of poems is about today, yesterday and tomorrow. They're about an unrelenting sun, and a moon that shows up just in time each and every night to ease our stresses. They're about shad……続きを見る