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Cover of "Civic Tourism" featuring an image of a serene lake and a town's slightly busy street


Civic Tourism
The Poetry and Politics of Place
Dan Shilling

Tourism is one of the largest industries in the world, and perhaps the leading economic engine in your community — an industry with ...


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The Gateway
T. M. McNally

"Lordy, what a wickedly wise writer T. M. McNally is. 'The Gateway' is a terrific book, impatient and wrought up, a book that ...


Cover of "Insomniac Liar of Topo" featuring an illustration of a city


Insomniac Liar of Topo
Norman Dubie

So, the sun’s down, the ship’s lights
are like obvious fat jewels. And
if we want to have commerce
with ...


Cover of "Tobias Smollett, Scotland's First Novelist" featuring a portrait of a man


Tobias Smollett, Scotland's First Novelist
New Essays in Memory of Paul-Gabriel Bouce
Edited by O M Brack Jr

This collection takes a fresh look at issues raised not only in Tobias Smollett's novels, for which he is usually remembered, but also in other ...




F Minus
Tony Carrillo

F Minus dares to ponder thoughtful perplexities like, "Why are we here?" "What is life all about?" and "Can I take only one shower per week if it' ...


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Some Nights No Cars at All
Josh Rathkamp

This is the first book by a poet whose imagination is intimately related to the physical world around him, which he describes as “a wholly new and ...


Cover of "I Swallow Turquoise for Courage"


I Swallow Turquoise for Courage
Poems
Hershman R. John

Álk’idídaa’ jini. The stories begin.

In poems that exude the warmth of an afternoon in the ...


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Furious Lullaby
Poems
Oliver de la Paz

"Furious Lullaby" is both a celebration of and a eulogy to the body in the 21st century. The collection, which examines the larger concepts ...

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