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Poet, educator, and social activist Gwendolyn Brooks was a singular force in American culture. The first Black woman to be named United States poet laureate, Brook’s poetry, fiction, and social commentary shed light on the beauty of humanity, the distinct qualities of Black life and community, and the destructive effects of racism, sexism, and class inequality. A collection of 30 essays combining critical analysis and personal reflection, The Whiskey of Our Discontent presents essential elements of Brooks' oeuvre - on race, gender, class, community, and poetic craft.

"Wenn ich mich verliebe, wird es für immer sein." June sucht nach ihrem Zuhause – und findet die Liebe. Ein Jahr ist es her, dass Junes beste Freundin Sarah bei einem Autounfall starb. Ein Jahr ist es her, dass sie ihren Heimatort Cannon Beach fluchtartig verließ, da sie mit ihren Schuldgefühlen und ihrer Trauer nicht zurechtgekommen ist. Ein Jahr ist es her, dass sie Zac, Sarahs Freund, zuletzt gesehen hat. Aus heiterem Himmel meldet sich Zac bei ihr: Sie soll sein Haus in Cannon Beach renovieren und umgestalten. June, erfolgreiche Innenarchitektin, zögert.

Birdie Fuller doesn't like change. And a lot of change is happening at once. Her daughter, Hannah, finally cutting the apron strings, is moving with her three-year-old grandson to a nearby city. Facing a lonely empty nest, Birdie joins a dating website to find companionship. She meets the seemingly perfect man, but is their relationship too good to be true? When the past comes back to haunt Birdie, she struggles to maintain the sobriety she's worked so hard to achieve.

In these three novellas, children navigate profound changes that reshape their families and their understanding of the world. A young boy finds meaning through soccer as his mother's illness and death transforms their family's rhythms. In Bogotá, a girl discovers her mother's sewing machine can speak, revealing protective magic woven into their clothes as they plan a daring escape. And in a story that blends reality with wonder, two siblings unlock the mystery of their grandmother's hidden identity through a dimensional window above their kitchen door.

A stunning audiobook of free verse/memoir that invokes the biographical and creative worlds of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Sylvia Plath, and Virginia Woolf as it opens up pathways toward light even in the most unimaginable darkness of our personal experiences and the times we inhabit today.

This is a book of poems on one man’s perspective of life as he sees it. Written by a person with a chronic illness, these poems reflect on the way things once were - and the way they are now.<

Howdy, y'all, my name is Beatrice Lawson. You might be wondering, how does a little girl have so much hatred against Blacks? Well, let me explain that to you. It all started with my great-grandfather Michael in 1876. Grandpa Michael owned a plantation called "Willow Manor". My father and grandfather told me that he fell in love with a Black woman who only used him to be set free, and that's where my feelings of hatred for Black people began. Now, have Black people ever done a thing to me? No, but they messed with my family, and you just don't do that in my book.