Noir Erasure Poetry Anthology

Noir Erasure Poetry Anthology
Author: Silver Birch Press
Publisher:
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2013-12-07
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9780615924137

A collection of erasure poems based on the writings of a range of noir authors, including James M. Cain, Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Patricia Highsmith, Walter Mosley, Robert B. Parker, and Cornell Woolrich.

Scarlet Sister Mary

Scarlet Sister Mary
Author: Julia Peterkin
Publisher: Standard Ebooks
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2024-10-15T15:48:10Z
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Set in the post-Civil War South on Blue Brook Plantation, Scarlet Sister Mary tells the story of Mary, a fifteen-year-old orphan girl in a close-knit Gullah community. As she prepares to marry the charismatic but unreliable July, Mary finds herself torn between tradition and her own desires. Love, community, and superstition intertwine as Mary learns who and what truly matter to her. Scarlet Sister Mary, written at the height of the Harlem Renaissance, is notable for its depiction of African-American life, particularly the Gullah people; and especially so because it was written by a white author, something very unusual for the era. It won Julia Peterkin the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1929. The Pulitzer was not without controversy. The jury chair had spoken publicly of another candidate, Victim and Victor by John Rathbone Oliver, as his favorite for the prize, which was reported in Publishers’ Weekly as being the actual announcement of the winner. Shortly afterward, The New York Times published an article by the head of the Advisory Board refuting Publishers’ Weekly. Ultimately, the Advisory Board chose Scarlet Sister Mary as the winner and, subsequently, the jury chair resigned. Despite this, the novel remains a noteworthy part of the early 20th-century conversation on race and Southern literature. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.

Green

Green
Author: Silver Birch Press
Publisher:
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2013-03-01
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9780615758954

Poetry, short stories, novel excerpts, essays, and memoirs that revolve around the many and varied connotations of the word "green" -- nature, luck, money, envy, young love, new life, the environment, food, trees, seasons, water, eden, and much more -- from over 70 authors in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Europe, and Africa. Contributors include: Barbara Alfaro / Jena Ardell / L. Frank Baum / William Blake / Al Basile / Jane Buel Bradley / John Brantingham / Jessica Brown / Rachel Carey / Chris Davidson / Patrick Delaney / Colleen Delegan / Philip K. Dick / Barbara Eknoian / Dan Fante / Merrill Farnsworth / Syed Afzal Haider / Joe Hakim / Henry VIII / Donna Hilbert / Gaia Holmes / Gerard Manley Hopkins / Zack Hunter / Rodger Jacobs / James Joyce / Michael C. Keith / Erle Kelly / Ruth Moon Kempher / Thom Kudla / Steve Kuhn / Moriah LaChapell / LeeAnne McIlroy Langton / Ellaraine Lockie / Gerald Locklin / Amy Lowell / Sandylee Maccoby / Tamara Madison / Marc Malandra / Karen Margolis / Clint Margrave / Andrew Marvell / Daniel McGinn / Lori McGinn / Marcia Meara / Jack Micheline / Benjamin Myers / Brooke Nia / Jax NTP / Ivon Prefontaine / Jonne Rhodes / Conrad Romo / Luke Salazar / Tere Sievers / Joan Jobe Smith / Clifton Snider / Dale Sprowl / Kendall Steinle / Tate Swindell / Paul Kareem Tayyar / G. Murray Thomas / Jeri Thompson / Margaret Towner / Mary Umans / Dirk Velvet / Philip Vermaas / Melanie Villines / Kurt Vonnegut / Fred Voss / Bruce Weigl / Tim Wells / Pamela Miller Wood / Eddie Woods

Erasing Frankenstein

Erasing Frankenstein
Author: Elizabeth Effinger
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2024-07-23
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1771126191

Who gets to write poetry? Whose voices are made public? Whose voices are heeded? Erasing Frankenstein showcases a creative exchange between federally incarcerated women and members of the prison education think tank Walls to Bridges Collective at the Grand Valley Institution for Women in Kitchener, Ontario, and graduate and undergraduate students from the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton. Working collaboratively by long-distance mail, the artists and contributors made the first-ever poetic adaptation of Frankenstein, turning it into a book-length erasure poem, I or Us. An example of “found art,” an erasure poem is created by erasing or blacking out words in an existing text; what is left is the poem. The title reflects the nature of the project: participants have worked as “I”’s, each creating their own erased pages, but together worked as an “us” to create a collaged “monster” of a book. Erasing Frankenstein presents the original erasure poem I or Us alongside reflections from participants on the experience.

CUT UP! An Anthology Inspired by the Cut-Up Method of William S. Burroughs & Brion Gysin

CUT UP! An Anthology Inspired by the Cut-Up Method of William S. Burroughs & Brion Gysin
Author: A.D. Hitchin
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2014
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1291745920

In Paris in the late Fifties the Beat Generation writer William Burroughs and his sidekick Brion Gysin developed the cut-up method. It involved taking a piece of finished text and cutting it into pieces - then rearranging those pieces to create a new text or work of art. Burroughs wrote that: "When you cut into the present the future leaks out." The cut-up had a profound effect on music, writing, painting, and film. Devotees of the cut-up include David Bowie, Radiohead, and Kathy Acker. In addition to bringing together new work by new people, CUT UP! also salutes some better known 20th Century voices who kept the spirit of Burroughs and Gysin alive. Contributors include Kenji Siratori, Claude Pelieu, Nina Antonia, Billy Chainsaw, Cabell McLean, Mary Beach, Marc Olmsted, Allen Ginsberg, Spencer Kansa, Michael Butterworth, Robert Rosen, Nathan Penlington, Sinclair Beiles, Gary J. Shipley, D M Mitchell, and Edward S. Robinson.

Alice in Wonderland Anthology: A Collection of Poetry & Prose Inspired by Lewis Carroll's Book

Alice in Wonderland Anthology: A Collection of Poetry & Prose Inspired by Lewis Carroll's Book
Author: Silver Birch Press
Publisher:
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2015-11-26
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9780692589397

A Collection of Writing, Art & Photography Inspired by Lewis Carroll's Book -- in black and white. Contributors include: Mary Jo Bang, Virginia Barrett, Sabina C. Becker, Roxanna Bennett, Rebecca Bokma, Ed Bremson, Kari Bruck, Cathy Bryant, Kathy Burkett Julia Margaret Cameron, Lewis Carroll, Maureen E. Doallas, Kallie Falandays, Nettie Farris, Jamie Feldman, Jennifer Finstrom, Jackie Fox, Kristin Geber, Sandra Herman, Joanie Hieger Fritz Zosike, Trish Hopkinson, Valerie Hunter, Tatiana Ianovskaia, Justin Jackley, Mathias Jansson Laura M. Kaminski, Kevin Korb, Jo Anna Elizabeth Larson, Ae Hee Lee, Renee Mallett, Char March, Alwyn Marriage, Karen Massey, Kim Naboshek, Michael O'Connor, Donatella Parisini, Erin Parker, Marybeth Rua-Larsen, Jayme Russell, Rizwan Saleem, Albert Schlaht, Anita Schmaltz, Elvis Schmoulianoff, Dustin Scott, Shloka Shankar, Sheikha A., M.M. Shelline, A.E. Stallings, Katarina Stanic, William Stok, Wendy Strohm, Robyn Sykes, Eileen Tai, Christina Tam, John Tenniel, Pablo Valcarcel, Amy Schreibman Walter, Lynn White, Martin Willitts Jr, Rachelle Wood, Andrew Woodham, Emily Yu.

Design for Dying

Design for Dying
Author: Renee Patrick
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2016-04-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1466884584

The first in a series of riveting behind-the-scenes mysteries, Renee Patrick's Design for Dying is a delightful romp through Hollywood's Golden Age. Los Angeles, 1937. Lillian Frost has traded dreams of stardom for security as a department store salesgirl . . . until she discovers she's a suspect in the murder of her former roommate, Ruby Carroll. Party girl Ruby died wearing a gown she stole from the wardrobe department at Paramount Pictures, domain of Edith Head. Edith has yet to win the first of her eight Academy Awards; right now she's barely hanging on to her job, and a scandal is the last thing she needs. To clear Lillian's name and save Edith's career, the two women join forces. Unraveling the mystery pits them against a Hungarian princess on the lam, a hotshot director on the make, and a private investigator who's not on the level. All they have going for them are dogged determination, assists from the likes of Bob Hope and Barbara Stanwyck, and a killer sense of style. In show business, that just might be enough. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Congo and Other Poems

The Congo and Other Poems
Author: Vachel Lindsay
Publisher:
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1914
Genre: Poetry
ISBN:

More than 75 works, including a number of Lindsay's most popular performance pieces, "The Congo" and "The Santa Fe Trail" among them.

The Dada Painters and Poets

The Dada Painters and Poets
Author: Robert Motherwell
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 466
Release: 1989
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780674185005

Presents a collection of essays, manifestos, and illustrations that provide an overview of the Dada movement in art, describing its convictions, antics, and spirit, through the words and art of its principal practitioners.