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Features ten essays by or about Leslie H. Farber and will. ... Read more

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Turn to "Poetry for Students" to get your research done in record time. Brought to you by Thomson Gale--the world's leading source of literary criticism and analysis--this e-doc contains: author biography; poem summary; poem text (if available); discussion of the work's themes, style, and historical context; a compendium of in-depth critical material; study questions; suggestions for further reading; and much more.

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In this story a young boy goes on a magical adventure with a angel, sent by God named Cherub.Through beautifully illustrated comparisons of the differences found in nature the boy discovers that black, white and other colors associated with race are not better than one another; but, different from each other and all a part of the human race. ... Read more

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diversity for kids
This book is excellent.It helped me to talk to my kids about big concepts in ways they could understand.They learned (on their level) about the value of being different and about God's love for them.The colors and drawings kept them interested in reading it again and again!!!We loved it!!! ... Read more

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From the Preface:

I love the “Precedent” poems included here, for they remind us that our work includes history and models which we can learn from and adapt to our own times. These writers all take us back through Walt Whitman to Emerson’s definition of the poet’s role: “The poet is the sayer, the namer, and represents beauty,” and so a truthful “naming”and “saying” are a part of all of these beautiful poems.

Denise Levertov’s poem “Life at War,” written during the Vietnam War, speaks to us immediately and directly by naming what has been lost in adopting a contemporary mindset of warfare: “our nerve filaments twitch in its presence/ day and night,/ nothing we say has not the husky phlegm of it in the saying,/ nothing we do has the quickness, the sureness,/ the deep intelligence living at peace would have.” For her and the poets and readers here the poem bravely confronts the world and yet moves us to imagine the peace within it and ourselves. We offer this book as part of that intention. -Larry Smith

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A Necessary Message
As one of the editors of this book, I can say that the work is inspiring because I was inspired reading these 100 poems from across time and the continent. It's a rich and hopeful message that the world is much in need of hearing. The poems are direct and sincere and speak for themselves. If you still believe in peace or are beginning to doubt, read this book.
Larry Smith

Another Stellar Anthology
There aren't a lot of presses doing themed anthologies like Bottom Dog Press is doing themed anthologies. Come Together is another excellent example of this kind of effort -- and poems of this nature (peaceful and spiritual) are just what people need to read right now. Bottom Dog always brings together heavy hitters with lesser known writers, and the combination is simply a pleasure to read.Get this book to pick yourself up, lift your spirits, and to bring back a sense of the basic goodness in yourself and in humankind.

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Writing Creative Nonfiction presents more than thirty essays on today's hottest literary form--creative nonfiction. The stellar line-up of contributors includes Philip Lopate, William Least-Heat Moon, Diane Ackerman, Ted Conover, Dinty Moore and many others.From researching ideas and structuring the story, to reportage and personal reflection, this book covers every key element of the craft. Each essay is followed by three exercises for hands-on learning.

* An impressive line up of the best teachers from the finest writing programs throughout the country
* Creative nonfiction titles are hot--with new books hitting the bestseller lists everyday!
* The AWP's role guarantees strong consumer and academic interestAmazon.com Review
Like eating a well-conceived meal at an exceptional restaurant, reading this book is a wholly satisfying experience. Less-skilled chefs may have failed to get the book's many disparate elements to cohere, but, in the hands of editors Carolyn Forché and Philip Gerard, those ingredients sing. Brenda Miller compares the shape of a lyric essay with that of a loaf of challah bread; Nicholas S. Hentoff and Harvey A. Silverglate offer a primer on legal land mines. Christopher Merrill ponders the art of war writing, while Dinty W. Moore explores,the use of humor in creative nonfiction. There's an essay about bringing oneself into the story, and another about taking oneself out. Bob Reiss offers hilarious yet salient advice on surviving as a writer overseas. The contributors (Annie Dillard, Phillip Lopate, Barry Lopez, Terry Tempest Williams, et al.) spend the first half of the book discussing creative nonfiction and the second half demonstrating it. Not only does the format work, but pairing the works of creative nonfiction with the accompanying commentary is educational and entertaining.

Among the book's most interesting sections, perhaps because their subject matter is underrepresented in writing-reference literature, are those about biography. Philip Furia discusses the need both to conduct an unbelievable amount of research and to leave a whole bunch of it out. And Honor Moore focuses on the intensity of biography writing: "I had no idea I was getting into twelve long years during which I would put preoccupation with someone else's life ahead of attention to my own." --Jane Steinberg ... Read more

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Don't be put off
A reviewer lists one of the chapter titles that sounds daunting indeed. However, don't be put off by such things. Gerard has done an excellent job of gathering a group of writers who clearly know what they are talking about. The book is chock full of helpful advice on almost every level of non-fiction. This is one of the books you don't want to simply check out of the public library. Buy it and place it on your shelf. You will be grabbing it now and then for a refresher on some aspect of successful writing.

There are many books on writing, but this is one of the better titles about non-fiction.

Worth reading
The editors found an interesting way to illustrate various topics of writing nonfiction: The first section has articles by teachers of nonfiction followed by actual nonfiction by these same teachers. It reinforces the points they are making. Not only a useful bookthat holds my interest but one that I will keep to reread.
Natalie Baeer

Writing Creative Nonfiction
I am taking a writing course at Duke and this was one of the required books for the course.
The book provides the information a beginning writer needs to improve their writings and make their items more interesting to their audience.

Writing Creative Non- Fiction- Great book

Great book. I'd recommend it to anyone who want to write interesting free flowing articles be it stories or anything. This book offers you withknowledge you'd need to write a good essay, story or book. I love this book it has really helped me improve my writing skills. Writing Creative Nonfiction

WritingCreative Nonfiction
The book was well known before I ordered it.It is all I looked for and it is on my principal bookshelf. ... Read more

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Feature articles on Bruce Cockburn.Holly Near,Interview with Carolyn Forche and cover story on Environmentalism in forests Pacific Northwest. ... Read more