Takes a feisty, bohemian look at the evolving times and trends of the second half of the last century and the early years of this one - from Gold's boyhood in Lakewood, Ohio, in the 1930s to New York and Columbia in the 1940s, joining the army at 18 and living in Paris during the 1950s before joining the beatniks and flower children in San Francisco - where he would become the city's most famous and venerated author. In an age of overheated memoirs, Still Alive! will surely find its way to a grateful audience both young and young at heart.

A new play from critically-acclaimed young playwrights Clara Mamet and Jack Quaid. In The Solvit Kids , Bradley Phillips and Annie Wyatt are the stars of the world-renowned "Solvit Kids" movies - a series based off the popular children's books, the author of which dies just as he is finishing the last installment. Annie and Brad are then left with the rights to release it. However when something goes horribly wrong it is up to the former "Solvit Kids" to come up with a solution.

The modern world is a crucible of risks and pressures. Katia Kapovich's new poetry collection, Cossacks and Bandits, addresses a coherent range of cultural, aesthetic, psychological, philosophical, social and political issues relevant to the complexities of modern life. How does one survive war, terror, loss, injustice, trauma, displacement, marginalization and other hurtful experiences without embracing cynicism or indifference? What resources of strength must we rely on in a society that is ideologically and economically fluid and at times cynical and indifferent, where mass culture, institutional religion and national belonging have only weak and doubtful remedies to offer? The book focuses on the personal histories of men and women who are survivors of sociopolitical and economic distress. To Kapovich such individuals are the true modern hero and heroine. They show that at the limits of experience, survival and dignity depend on creative thinking, on a leap of imagination, as in the Russian children's game of Cossacks and bandits. Set in the US, Eastern Europe and the Middle East - regions that the poet knows intimately, having spent a considerable part of her life in each - this volume is a poetic survival guide to cultural and geographical displacement, alienation and marginality. With feeling and mastery, with sadness and humor, Kapovich fuses a diverse polyphony of voices and themes into original, full-blooded, lyric American verse of great general and literary interest.

Written in the Ojibwe language, these delightful short stories bring to life the tales and traditions of the Ojibwe people while providing essential tools for language learning. Awesiinyensag presents original stories, told by Anishinaabe elders and written in Ojibwe, that delight readers and language learners with the antics of animals who playfully deal with situations familiar to children in all cultures. Suitable for all ages, this book can be read aloud, assigned to classes, shared at language tables, gifted to elders, and enjoyed by those curious about the language and Ojibwe culture. Authored by a team of twelve Ojibwe language speakers and richly illustrated by Ojibwe artist Wesley Ballinger, Awesiinyensag was created to encourage learning Anishinaabemowin, the language of Ojibwe people. It is a monolingual text presented only in Anishinaabemowin.

Incandescent poems about living and aging—about being awake in this young century—by one of our most moving and eloquent poets. These poems chart the journeys of sleepless nights when whole lifetimes seem to pass with their stories: loves lost and gained; children and seasons in their phases; and the world beyond, both threatening and enriching life. The time before sleep acts as an invitation to reflect on the world's quieter movements—from gardens heavy after a first storm to the moon slipping into darkness in an eclipse—as well as on the subtle but relentless passage of time. Insomnia embodies Linda Pastan's graceful and iconic voice, both lucid and haunting.

Robins Poet-Tree is a collection of Poems that come straight from the heart. I hope that as you read the poems you can draw in the same warm feeling that I felt as I wrote these selections. My writing is about real life issues and events that have happened in my life. I feel these are issues that many others can also relate to. I have many memories, feelings and important people in my life intertwined in my words. Some of the topics written about in Robin's Poet-Tree are God, children, Love, & family. As you Read these selection you can find How & Where they fit into your life.

In James and the Children, Eli Siegel talks about Henry James, The Turn of the Screw, and good and evil in children and in people who lie - which means most of us. He is humorous, learned, penetrating; a critic with gusto. He also says new things about the nature of art and the human self.