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Wáchale!: poetry and prose about growing up Latino in America
Par Ilan Stavans. 2001
A mosaic of writings about the Hispanic experience in the United States. Selected memoirs, poems, and stories "from different national…
groups, different backgrounds, and...different generations" are presented in English, Spanish, and Spanglish--a hybrid way of communicating. For grades 6-9. 2001The Pushcart prize: best of the small presses, 1999 / XXIII (Pushcart Prize Best of the Small Presses #23)
Par Bill Henderson, Henderson, Prize Pushcart. 1999
Sixty-eight selections--essays, poems, and short stories--from forty-two publishers. Contains works by both little-known and famous writers. Andre Dubus reflects on…
teaching Hemingway's "In Another Country." Joyce Carol Oates's "Faithless" depicts two girls whose mother has disappeared. Also includes a poem by Edward Hirsch, "The Lectures on Love." Some strong languageThe best of O. Henry (Courage classics)
Par O Henry, O. Henry. 1992
Twenty-six short stories, originally published in the New York World newspaper, about city life in the early 1900s. Includes such…
well-known tales as "Gift of the Magi" and less familiar ones, such as "Memories of a Yellow Dog." While their themes vary, the stories share O. Henry's incisive humor, irony, and pathosThe Pushcart prize: best of the small presses, 1996 / XX (Pushcart Prize Ser.)
Par Bill Henderson, Pushcart Prize Editors. 1995
Sixty selections of short fiction, essays, and poetry published first by noncommercial presses and magazines. This twentieth-anniversary edition features up-and-coming…
authors as well as such literary figures as John Updike and Joyce Carol Oates. Selections include a canto from Robert Pinsky's translation of Dante's "Inferno" and Eileen Pollack's "Milk." Descriptions of sex and some strong languageThe Moonglow Roll-a-Rama (Orchard HC Picture Books)
Par Dav Pilkey. 1995
There is a wonderful place on an island beyond the lagoon, where beneath the blue moon lies the Moonglow Roll-O-Rama.…
And every night while people sleep snugly in their beds, the animals go to this spot where the magic of moonlight sweeps them skating up to the sky. For preschool-grade 2Rainy day: stories and poems
Par Caroline Feller Bauer, Michele Chessare. 1986
The portable Walt Whitman
Par Walt Whitman. 1959
Anthology of prose and poetry by the nineteenth-century American poet. Includes selections from 'Leaves of Grass,' 'Specimen Days', 'Democratic Vistas,'…
and much of 'A Backward Glance o'er Traveled Roads,' with an introduction by editor Mark Van DorenSeptuagenarian stew: stories & poems
Par Charles Bukowski. 2009
Collection of short stories and poems by the author of Hollywood (DB 85240) and On Writing (DB 84046) exploring the…
lives of those who live in the backstreets of Los Angeles. In "I like your books," a gambler deals with an overly inquisitive person. Violence and strong language. 2007Enigma: a magical mystery
Par Graeme Base. 2008
When Bertie the badger visits his grandfather at a retirement home for magician, he learns that is grandfather's rabbit, Enigma,…
has disappeared along with everyone's magical things, and the reader is invited to help break a code to find the items hidden throughout the book. Includes a built-in decoder. For grades 3-6Flipping Forward Twisting Backward
Par Alma Fullerton. 2022
A diagnosis of dyslexia could change everything for an aspiring fifth-grade gymnast struggling at school in this authentic, high-energy novel…
in verse. The print edition of this title is set in a font developed to be easy to read.The gym is where Claire shines and she’s on her way to qualifying for the state championships. But at school, she’s known as a troublemaker—which is fine with her since it helps her hide her reading problem. Claire has never been able to make sense of the wobbling jumble of letters on a page.When a sympathetic principal wonders if she’s acting out because she may have dyslexia, she’s stunned. Claire has always assumed she’s dumb, so she’s eager to get evaluated. But her mother balks. Afraid Claire will be labeled “stupid,” she refuses testing. Can Claire take on both her reading challenges and her mother’s denial? Is it worth jeopardizing her dream of the state championships?Told in clear and poignant verse and featuring black and white illustrations, Claire’s struggle with something that seems to come easily to everyone else will resonate with readers and have them cheering her on.Relations: An anthology of african and diaspora voices
Par Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond. 2023
Fresh and electrifying—stories, poems, and essays by African and diaspora writers, edited by author Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond. Relations punctures the…
human illusion of separation. New and established storytellers reshape the narratives that divide and subjugate, revealing the truth of our shared humanity despite differences in language, identity, class, gender, and beyond. This vital anthology is Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond's striking vision of a meeting place of perspectives, centered in the African and diaspora experience. In a post-Black Panther world, it is an urgent and welcome embrace of the diversity of Blackness. A refreshing collection of genre-spanning literature, it offers a vibrant meditation on being—inviting connection across real and imagined borders, and celebration of the most profound relations. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobookEl deli latino: prosa y poesía
Par Judith Ortiz Cofer, Elena Olazagasti-Segovia. 2006
This prizewinning collection of short stories, personal essays, and poems opens a door into the lives of the Puerto Rican…
immigrants who live in or near an urban New Jersey tenement known as "El Building." Some descriptions of sex. Anisfield-Wolf Book Award. Spanish language. 2006Behind our eyes: stories, poems and essays by writers with disabilities
Par Sanford Rosenthal, Executive Director, Editor Marilyn Smith. 2007
Twenty-seven contributors, many blind, express their experiences dealing with everyday situations and emotions. In "Her Day Versus My Day," a…
twenty-five-year-old suffers a stroke. In "Rebel with a Cane," a thirteen-year-old who is blind defies her overprotective parents and walks home alone from school. 2007Il y a des joies dont on ignore l'existence
Par Cato Fortin. 2022
Une jeune femme adoptée par un couple de Québécois qui trouve du réconfort dans un restaurant, une enseignante de Montréal-Nord…
qui reconnecte avec ses racines grâce à ses élèves, deux femmes qui trouvent l'amour aux abords de la 40, une famille choisie qui imagine une maison de retraite en Gaspésie, un-e poète qui partage des portraits de ses ami-es, une religieuse qui joue au ballon-chasseur, une enfant qui apprend à retirer son nom de la bouche des autres, une fille qui trône sur une charrette, des chants religieux qui nous ramènent à la maison, la tête qui nous tourne dans une quinceañera, un périple depuis la plage vers Hochelaga, une série de réflexions sur notre rapport au mondeFarmer's garden: rhymes for two voices
Par David L Harrison. 2000
Tun-ta-ca-tun: more stories and poems in English and Spanish for children
Par Sylvia C. Pena. 1986
Opens the door to the world of literature for English and Spanish speaking children of pre-school to young adult reading…
levels. The collection of short stories and poems is designed to stimulate children's imagination and creativity, as well as their linguistic mastery and reading skills. It reflects the characters, themes and customs specific to Hispanic culture in the United States. For preschool to grade 2. Unrated. Bilingual: English and SpanishAn annual collection of short stories, essays, and poetry published in magazines and by small presses. In "Grounded," a mother…
joins her son, who is running away from home. In "Oxygen," a man recalls one summer he spent delivering oxygen tanks to dying people. Descriptions of sex and strong languageSixty-five selections of short fiction, essays, and poetry published first by noncommercial American presses and magazines. "My Father, Dancing" by…
Bliss Broyard is her first published work. "A Thousand Buddhas," an essay about giving and receiving a massage, is by Brenda Miller, who once worked as a massage therapist. "Night Singing" is by the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, W.S. Merwin. Some strong languagePagan Heaven
Par Ruth Rouff. 2016
Where is Pagan Heaven? It's all around us. In our unceasing fascination with a movie star who died over half…
a century ago. In an inner-city youth who muses over the meaning of the word philosophy. In a statue of the Virgin Mary sitting atop a Coke machine. On a street where Walt Whitman once lived. On a lesbian-only cruise ship off the coast of Alaska. In an unusual melding of narrative poetry and spot-on prose, Pagan Heaven offers a wry take on the absurdities of modern American life, all the while celebrating human uniqueness whenever, wherever, and however it's found.Stories and Poems/Cuentos y Poesías: A Dual-Language Book
Par Stanley Appelbaum, Rub n Dar o. 2002
Nicaraguan poet and essayist Darío (the pen name of Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) is considered the high priest of the…
modernismo school of literature. This volume contains a rich selection of his best poems and stories from Azul (Blue), Prosas profanas (Worldly Hymns), and others. Accurate English translations appear on the facing pages.