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América invertida: An Anthology of Emerging Uruguayan Poets (Mary Burritt Christiansen Poetry Series)
Par Jesse Lee Kercheval. 2016
América invertida introduces twenty-two Uruguayan poets under the age of forty to English-speaking audiences for the first time. Kercheval paired…
poets and translators to produce a rich volume based on a multicultural dialogue about poetry and the written word. América invertida presents Spanish poems and their English translations side by side to give readers an introduction to Uruguay&’s vibrant literary scene.
From the Barrio to Washington: An Educator's Journey
Par Keith Taylor, Armando Rodriguez. 2007
What would be the odds of a poor Mexican boy who migrated with his family to southern California in the…
1920s rising through the ranks of the American education system to become the first Hispanic principal of a junior and senior high school in San Diego, the second Hispanic to be a college president in California, and to serve in the administrations of four U.S. presidents? Armando Rodriguez spoke no English when he first set foot in the United States and was just old enough to start school in a district with few Spanish-speaking teachers. But with parents who emphasized the importance of education and who taught him the value of hard work, Armando Rodriguez became fluent in English, received a doctorate in bilingual education, and was instrumental in developing the field of bilingual education while serving as Assistant Commissioner of Education for the nation. Rodriguez recalls his inspirational journey from a short child who was so dark he was nicknamed Shadow to being influential in shaping education on district, state, and national levels. Some still call him Shadow, though it is now spoken with respect and admiration for an immigrant who overcame many obstacles to become an instrument of change for his country.Armando Rodriguez offers the gift of his fascinating life in this timely and candid autobiography of a poor immigrant child who arrived speaking no English and climbed the entire staircase of the American dream to power in Washington.--Eleanor Holmes Norton
A Selected History of Her Heart: Poems (Mary Burritt Christiansen Poetry Series)
Par Carole Simmons Oles. 2014
Travel, blood, and transgression are the materials that art shapes in these poems. Carole Simmons Oles&’s work moves among physical,…
spiritual, and metaphorical frontiers where East meets West, where relationships are forged and broken, and where a woman can now process and reflect on the experiences that have shaped her life.
Riding with Oliveira
Par Dominique Barbier. 2018
The true Mestre is a person who directs and changes your life. Renowned champion of classical equitation principles and bestselling…
author Dominique Barbier names the revered Portuguese equestrian Mestre Nuno Oliveira as his. &“Through great discipline, scholarly, serious inquiry and analysis, and a nonstop relentless passion, he formed his understanding of the Equestrian Art,&” says Barbier. &“As any student of Mestre Nuno Oliveira will know, he was anything but a simple man.&”Over several years Barbier had the unique opportunity to form an intimate relationship with Mestre Oliveira. In this deeply personal book Barbier chronicles their time together. Beginning in a tiny, dimly lit riding hall in Póvoa de Santo Adrião, Portugal, where seminal moments of Barbier's riding education dawned under the watchful eyes of many luminaries of the European riding elite, the book then explores what came later when Barbier studied with the Mestre in Avessada and traveled with him to Belgium. Barbier's recollections are complemented by those of three other equestrians who learned from the Mestre: Dany Lahaye, Bettina Drummond, and Luis Valença. The result is a remarkable and insightful retrospective of one of the most extraordinary horsemen of all time.
River Teeth: Twenty Years of Creative Nonfiction
Par Joe Mackall, Daniel W. Lehman. 2020
Nationally recognized River Teeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative has published a host of new and significant voices in creative…
nonfiction—including essays, memoir, and literary journalism—since 1999. To celebrate twenty years of introducing talented new writers to readers and publishing great nonfiction, the founding editors, Joe Mackall and Daniel W. Lehman, have selected their all-time favorite essays published in River Teeth in this stunning collection. Essays include up-and-coming authors as well as luminaries such as Ann Hood, Lee Martin, Chris Offutt, Angela Morales, Brenda Miller, Judith Kitchen, Ted Kooser, and Andre Dubus III. River Teeth: Twenty Years of Creative Nonfiction further includes a thoughtful foreword by Robert Atwan that illuminates the importance, breadth, and reach of the journal and shows the diversity of nonfiction writing available in the twenty-first century. A trailblazing publication since its inception, River Teeth continues to share the important work of contemporary writers and will thrive for years to come.
Words Like Love: Poems
Par Tanaya Winder. 2016
Tanaya Winder&’s Words Like Love sings the joys, glories, and laments of love. As an accomplished poet, Winder traverses the…
darkness in a quest to learn more about the most complex of subjects. With beauty and ease, she explores emotion and thought through the poems featured in this debut collection.
Toxic Feedback: Helping Writers Survive and Thrive, Revised and Expanded Edition
Par Joni B. Cole. 2006
From veteran teacher and acclaimed author Joni B. Cole comes a revised and expanded edition of her popular writing guide…
Toxic Feedback. Successful writers know that feedback is often the difference between writing and not writing, and between writing and writing well. But feedback mismanaged is more likely to leave the writer confused, intimidated, or even deflated. This book not only detoxifies the feedback process with humor, but it also shows writers and feedback providers how to make the most of this powerful resource at every stage of the writing and publishing process. This new edition includes a second preface, four new chapters, updates throughout the original material, and several additional exercises. Cole also includes new and previous interviews with authors such as Khaled Hosseini, Juan Morales, Grace Paley, Jodi Picoult, and Matthew Salesses. Toxic Feedback remains essential reading for all writers, critique groups, MFA programs, and teachers of writing at every level.
Complete Guide to Hunter Seat Training, Showing, and Judging
Par Anna Jane White-Mullin. 2008
The USEF and USPC have both listed this title as recommended reading.Never before has such a complete text on the…
American hunt seat and equitation disciplines been compiled! Based on Anna Jane White-Mullin&’s now out–of–print bestsellerWinningand chock full of gorgeous, full–color photographs taken at Beacon Hill Show Stables owned by Stacia Madden,The Complete Guide to Hunter Seat Training, Showing, and Judgingprovides every aspiring equestrian the means for achieving greatness in the show ring.Beginning with a comprehensive overview of the basic principles of horsemanship—recently re–emphasized as compulsory by such luminaries of the sport as George Morris— and progressing through essential schooling exercises in the development of the hunter or equitation mount, as well as advanced concepts applicable to upper–level competition, Part One lays the amateur&’s riding and training foundation.You&’ll find:Discussion of collection and lengthening—long, medium, and short frames.Flatwork for improving the basic gaits—cadence, pace, and transitions.Training and showing tips for USEF Tests 1–19—patterns and how to prepare for them.Introduction to hunter and equitation jump courses—basic, intermediate, and advanced.As an added bonus, the education of the rider is made complete with the inclusion of White–Mullin&’s famous text on judging hunters and equitation. Offering a complete discussion of the USEF rules, requirements, and tests, the second part of the book explains what judges look for and the training methods necessary to achieve the desired results.
The Future of Indian and Federal Reserved Water Rights: The Winters Centennial
Par Barbara Cosens, Judith V. Royster. 2012
On January 6, 1908, the Supreme Court ruled that when land is set aside for the use of Indian tribes,…
that reservation of land includes reserved water rights. The Winters Doctrine, as it has come to be known, is now a fundamental principle of both federal Indian law and water law and has expanded beyond Indian reservations to include all federal reservations of land. Ordinarily, there would not be much to say about a one hundred-year-old Supreme Court case. But while its central conclusion that a claim to water was reserved when the land was reserved for Indians represents a commitment to justice, the exact nature of that commitment-its legal basis, scope, implications for non-Indian water rights holders, the purposes for and quantities of water reserved, the geographic nexus between the land and the water reserved, and many other details of practical consequence-has been, and continues to be, litigated and negotiated. In this detailed collection of essays, lawyers, historians, and tribal leaders explore the nuances of these issues and legacies.
Sidewalk Cruiseship: Poems (Albuquerque Poet Laureate Series)
Par Mary Oishi. 2022
Written by the pandemic poet laureate of Albuquerque, Sidewalk Cruiseship draws on Oishi's remarkable ability to illustrate the world around…
her and the people in it. Separated into eleven short sections by traditional Japanese tankas, the poems in Oishi's newest collection take on the macro and the micro. They respond to the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and the contentious political climate as they draw readers in to witness intimate moments of people and scenes within Oishi's beloved city of Albuquerque. The poems explore such themes as mental illness, the joys and sorrows of motherhood, what it is to be a woman in the world, and aging and death. Readers will come away with a better sense of Albuquerque and its inhabitants and will get an intimate look at one of its most passionate citizens--a Japanese American longtime justice activist and mentor for queer youth who embraces the best and worst Albuquerque has to offer. Throughout it all, she reminds us that the best response we can offer is love, even in the face of adversity.
Sons of the Mexican Revolution: Miguel Alemán and His Generation (Diálogos Series)
Par Ryan M. Alexander. 2016
The 1946 Mexican presidential election signaled the ascent of a new generation of cosmopolitan civilian government officials, led by the…
magnetic lawyer Miguel Alemán. Supporters hailed them as modernizing visionaries whose policies laid the foundation for unprecedented economic growth, while critics decried the administration&’s toleration of rampant corruption, hostility to organized labor, and indifference to the rural poor. Setting aside these extremes of opinion in favor of a more balanced analysis, Sons of the Mexican Revolution traces the socialization of this ruling generation&’s members, from their earliest education through their rise to national prominence. Using a wide array of new archival sources, the author demonstrates that the transformative political decisions made by these men represented both their collective values as a generation and their effort to adapt those values to the realities of the Cold War.
The Faster Redder Road: The Best UnAmerican Stories of Stephen Graham Jones
Par Stephen Graham Jones. 2015
This collection showcases the best writings of Stephen Graham Jones, whose career is developing rapidly from the noir underground to…
the mainstream. The Faster Redder Road features excerpts from Jones&’s novels—including The Last Final Girl, The Fast Red Road: A Plainsong, Not for Nothing, and The Gospel of Z—and short stories, some never before published in book form. Examining Jones&’s contributions to American literature as well as noir, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.&’s introduction puts Jones on the literary map.
Tortillas: A Cultural History
Par Paula E. Morton. 2014
&“The ordinary tortilla was an extraordinary bond between the human and divine. . . . From birthdays to religious ceremonies,…
the people of Mesoamerica commemorated important events with tortillas. One Maya tribe even buried their dead with tortillas so that the dogs eaten as dinner during life would not bite the deceased in revenge.&”—from Tortillas: A Cultural HistoryFor centuries tortillas have remained a staple of the Mexican diet, but the rich significance of this unleavened flatbread stretches far beyond food. Today the tortilla crosses cultures and borders as part of an international network of people, customs, and culinary traditions.In this entertaining and informative account Paula E. Morton surveys the history of the tortilla from its roots in ancient Mesoamerica to the cross-cultural global tortilla. Morton tells the story of tortillas and the people who make and eat them—from the Mexican woman rolling the mano over the metate to grind corn, to the enormous wheat tortillas made in northern Mexico, to twenty-first-century elaborations like the stuffed burrito. This study—the first to extensively present the tortilla&’s history, symbolism, and impact—shows how the tortilla has changed our understanding of home cooking, industrialized food, healthy cuisine, and the people who live across borders.
The Day the Sun Rose Twice: The Story of the Trinity Site Nuclear Explosion, July 16, 1945
Par Ferenc Morton Szasz. 1984
Winner of the Western History Association&’s Robert G. Athearn Award for outstanding book on the twentieth-century American WestJust before dawn…
on July 16, 1945, the world&’s first nuclear bomb was detonated at Trinity Site in an isolated stretch of the central New Mexico desert. It may have been the single most important event of the twentieth century. The Day the Sun Rose Twice tells the fascinating story of the events leading up to this first test explosion, the characters and roles of the people involved, and the aftermath of the bomb&’s successful demonstration.With J. Robert Oppenheimer, the &“father of the atomic bomb,&” at last getting his Hollywood close-up in Christopher Nolan&’s new blockbuster film Oppenheimer, readers can discover the background behind the world&’s first atomic blast in Ferenc Morton Szasz&’s award-winning history. &“Tightly focused, lucidly written, and thoroughly researched,&” according to the New York Times Book Review, the book provides &“a valuable introduction to how our nuclear dilemma began.&”
How to Lose a Lord in Ten Days: A Novel
Par Sophie Irwin. 2025

Strange Pictures: A Novel
Par Uketsu. 2022
“Delightfully macabre and fiendishly clever. Seemingly unconnected stories tie themselves into a complicated knot, which Uketsu masterfully unravels.”—G. T. Karber,…
author of the national bestseller Murdle“Uketsu is a disrupter, the master of quiet horror.”—Janice Hallett, internationally bestselling author of The Appeal“Wonderfully complex and carefully crafted . . . Uketsu keeps readers guessing until the very end.” —New York Times Book ReviewThe spine-tingling "triumphant international debut" (Publishers Weekly starred review) that has taken Japan by storm—an eerie fresh take on mystery-horror in which a series of seemingly innocent pictures draws you into a disturbing web of unsolved mysteries and shattered psyches.An exploration of the macabre, where the seemingly mundane takes on a terrifying significance. . . .A pregnant woman's sketches on a seemingly innocuous blog conceal a chilling warning.A child's picture of his home contains a dark secret message.A sketch made by a murder victim in his final moments leads an amateur sleuth down a rabbithole that will reveal a horrifying reality.Structured around these nine childlike drawings, each holding a disturbing clue, Uketsu invites readers to piece together the mystery behind each and the over-arching backstory that connects them all. Strange Pictures is the internationally bestselling debut from mystery horror YouTube sensation Uketsu—an enigmatic masked figure who has become one of Japan's most talked about contemporary authors.Translated from the Japanese by Jim Rion.Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.
El Mirón Cave, Cantabrian Spain: The Site and Its Holocene Archaeological Record
Par Lawrence Guy Straus, Manuel R. González Morales. 2023
Though known as a site since 1903, El Mirón Cave in the Cantabrian Mountains of northern Spain remained unexcavated until…
a team from the universities of New Mexico and Cantabria began ongoing excavations in 1996. This large, deeply stratified cave allowed the team to apply cutting-edge techniques of excavation, recording, and multidisciplinary analysis in the meticulous study of a site that has become a new reference sequence for the classic Cantabrian region. The excavations uncovered the long history of human occupation of the cave, extending from the end of the Middle Paleolithic, through the Upper Paleolithic, up to the modern era. This volume comprehensively describes the background information on the setting, the site, the chronology, and the sedimentology. It then focuses on the biological and archaeological records of the Holocene levels pertaining to Mesolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic, and Bronze Age. Archaeologists, anthropologists, and historians will be drawn to this study and its extensive findings, dated by some seventy-five radiocarbon assays.
In &“A Serpentine Gesture&”: John Ashbery&’s Poetry and Phenomenology Elisabeth W. Joyce examines John Ashbery&’s poetry through the lens of…
Maurice Merleau-Ponty&’s conception of phenomenology. For Merleau-Ponty, perception is a process through which people reach outside of themselves for sensory information, map that experiential information against what they have previously encountered and what is culturally inculcated in them, and articulate shifts in their internal repositories through encounters with new material. Joyce argues that this process reflects Ashbery&’s classic statement of poetry being the &“experience of experience.&” Through incisive close readings of Ashbery&’s poems, Joyce examines how he explores this process of continual reverberation between what is sensed and what is considered about that sensation and, ultimately, how he renders these perceptions into the &“serpentine gesture&” of language.
Victory on Earth or in Heaven: Mexico's Religionero Rebellion
Par Brian A. Stauffer. 2019
This work reconstructs the history of Mexico&’s forgotten &“Religionero&” rebellion of 1873–1877, an armed Catholic challenge to the government of…
Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada. An essentially grassroots movement—organized by indigenous, Afro-Mexican, and mestizo parishioners in Mexico&’s central-western Catholic heartland—the Religionero rebellion erupted in response to a series of anticlerical measures raised to constitutional status by the Lerdo government. These &“Laws of Reform&” decreed the full independence of Church and state, secularized marriage and burial practices, prohibited acts of public worship, and severely curtailed the Church&’s ability to own and administer property. A comprehensive reconstruction of the revolt and a critical reappraisal of its significance, this book places ordinary Catholics at the center of the story of Mexico&’s fragmented nineteenth-century secularization and Catholic revival.
Charlie Siringo's West: An Interpretive Biography
Par Howard R. Lamar. 2005
Charlie Siringo (1855–1928) lived the quintessential life of adventure on the American frontier as a cowboy, Pinkerton detective, writer, and…
later as a consultant for early western films. Siringo was one of the most attractive, bold, and original characters to live and flourish in the final decades of the Wild West. His love of the cattle business and of cowboy life was so great that in 1885 he published A Texas Cowboy, or Fifteen Years on the Hurricane Deck of a Spanish Pony—Taken From Real Life, which Will Rogers dubbed the &“Cowboy&’s Bible.&”Howard R. Lamar&’s biography deftly shares Siringo&’s story within seventy-five pivotal years of western history. Siringo was not a mere observer but a participant in major historical events including the Coeur d&’Alene mining strikes of the 1890s and Big Bill Haywood&’s trial in 1907. Lamar focuses on Siringo&’s youthful struggles to employ his abundant athleticism and ambitions and how Siringo&’s varied experiences helped develop the compelling national myth of the cowboy.