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Bittersweet
A Candid Love Story
Helen Nebeker

This is a courageously honest story of love, of hate, of joy, of hardship, of success, of loss. Ultimately, it is the story of two people ...


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Bluegrass Wasteland
T. R. Hummer

"Bluegrass Wasteland: Selected Poems 1978-2003" draws on T. R. Hummer's seven collections of poetry and serves to locate him as one of ...


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The Incognito Body
Cynthia Hogue

Physical and emotional pain, internal scarring and explorations of social illness color the poems of this collection with hauntingly honest ...


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Contesting Identities
Sports in American Film
Aaron Baker

Since the earliest days of the silent era, American filmmakers have been drawn to the visual spectacles of sports and their compelling narratives ...


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A House that Falls
Sean Nevin

"A House that Falls" examines the way the mind works through the fogged lens of Alzheimer's disease; the way memories, relationships and ...


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Edgar & Ellen: Rare Beasts
Charles Ogden

Fire ants. Fraud. Footie pajamas.

Twins Edgar and Ellen live alone — their parents disappeared years ago, and who can ...


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Edgar & Ellen: Tourist Trap
Charles Ogden

Where tourists are the toast of the town.

The Nod's Limbs Junkyard — also known as the Gadget Graveyard ...


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Rhetorical Listening
Identification, Gender, Whiteness
Krista Ratcliffe

Long-ignored within rhetoric and composition studies, listening has returned to the disciplinary radar. "Rhetorical Listening: Identification, ...

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