Please Come Off-Book

Please Come Off-Book
Author: Kevin Kantor
Publisher: SCB Distributors
Total Pages: 102
Release: 2021-03-23
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1943735956

Please Come Off-Book queers the theatrical canon we all grew up with. Kantor critiques the treatment of queer figures and imagines a braver and bolder future that allows queer voices the agency over their own stories. Drawing upon elements of the Aristotelian dramatic structure and the Hero's Journey, Please Come Off-Book is both a love letter to and a scathing critique of American culture and the lenses we choose to see ourselves through.

Black Movie

Black Movie
Author: Danez\ Smith
Publisher: SCB Distributors
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2020-01-31
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1943735093

2014 Button Poetry Prize Winner "These harrowing poems make montage, make mirrors, make elegiac biopic, make 'a dope ass trailer with a hundred black children / smiling into the camera & the last shot is the wide mouth of a pistol.' That's no spoiler alert, but rather, Smith's way–saying & laying it beautifully bare. A way of desensitizing the reader from his own defenses each time this long, black movie repeats."–Marcus Wicker "Danez Smith's BLACK MOVIE is a cinematic tour-de-force that lets poetry vie with film for the honor of which medium can most effectively articulate the experience of Black America."–Rain Taxi

Please Love Me at My Worst

Please Love Me at My Worst
Author: Michaela Angemeer
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2021-10-12
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1524875473

Notable TikTok creator Michaela Angemeer explores connecting with your inner child, loving the worst parts of yourself, coming out as bisexual, and focusing on self-growth in this highly anticipated poetry collection. Please Love Me at My Worst is a collection poetry divided into four sections inspired by loneliness, unrequited love, personal growth, and not being able to let go of past relationships. Written with honesty and vulnerability, Please Love Me at My Worst reflects on what it means to yearn for people who are unavailable and how important it is to focus on self-love and healing.

The Stepping Off Place

The Stepping Off Place
Author: Cameron Kelly Rosenblum
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 395
Release: 2020-07-28
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0062932098

From debut author Cameron Kelly Rosenblum comes a stunning teen novel that tackles love, grief, and mental health as one girl must process her friend’s death and ultimately learn how to stand in her own light. Perfect for fans of All the Bright Places and We Were Liars. It’s the summer before senior year. Reid is in the thick of Scofield High’s in-crowd thanks to her best friend, Hattie, who has been her social oxygen since middle school. But summer is when Hattie goes to her family’s Maine island home. Instead of sitting inside for eight weeks, waiting for her to return, Reid and their friend, Sam, enter into a pact—to live it up, one party at a time. But days before Hattie is due home, Reid finds out the shocking news that Hattie has died by suicide. Driven by a desperate need to understand what went wrong, Reid searches for answers. In doing so, she uncovers painful secrets about the person she thought she knew better than herself. And the truth will force Reid to reexamine everything.

Please

Please
Author: Jericho Brown
Publisher: New Issues Poetry and Prose
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2008
Genre: Poetry
ISBN:

Poetry. African American Studies. LGBT Studies. PLEASE explores the points in our lives at which love and violence intersect. Drunk on its own rhythms and full of imaginative and often frightening imagery, PLEASE is the album playing in the background of the history and culture that surround African American/male identity and sexuality. Just as radio favorites like Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway, and Pink Floyd characterize loss, loneliness, addiction, and denial with their voices, these poems' chorus of speakers transform moments of intimacy and humor into spontaneous music. In PLEASE, Jericho Brown sings the influence soul culture has on American life with the accuracy of the blues.

Please Get Off the Tilt-A-Whirl

Please Get Off the Tilt-A-Whirl
Author: Barbara Foster Williams
Publisher: Infinity Publishing
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2004-09
Genre: Down syndrome
ISBN: 0741421194

A humorous, touching description of a mother's love for her son born with Down's syndrome.

November

November
Author: David Mamet
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2011-04-27
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 0307793745

David Mamet's Oval Office satire depicts one day in the life of a beleaguered American commander-in-chief. It's November in a Presidential election year, and incumbent Charles Smith's chances for reelection are looking grim. Approval ratings are down, his money's running out, and nuclear war might be imminent. Though his staff has thrown in the towel and his wife has begun to prepare for her post-White House life, Chuck isn't ready to give up just yet. Amidst the biggest fight of his political career, the President has to find time to pardon a couple of turkeys—saving them from the slaughter before Thanksgiving—and this simple PR event inspires Smith to risk it all in attempt to win back public support. With Mamet's characteristic no-holds-barred style, November is a scathingly hilarious take on the state of America today and the lengths to which people will go to win.

Please Take Me Off the Guest List

Please Take Me Off the Guest List
Author:
Publisher: Akashic Books
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2010-08-24
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1617750778

"For those who've never had the opportunity to party like a rock star and felt like they were missing out, Please Take Me Off the Guest List' may very well smooth over those regrets." --The New York Times T Magazine, Men's Fashion issue "It's a gorgeous book, but there's more to it than that. Wakefield is a designer; she juxtaposed Zinner's photos with Lipez's stories of life in the rock and roll gutter in a really unique way. There is literally no way you could make this book into a satisfying e-book. It's a beautiful artifact." --The Stranger In this outstanding collaboration, Nick Zinner's photographs evoke the world he travels with his band the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, while Zachary Lipez's essays recount his adventures as a bartender, drug abuser, bookstore clerk, metal fan, miserable adolescent, and relentless skirt chaser. The book is designed by Zinner's and Lipez's longtime collaborator, book artist Stacy Wakefield. Nick Zinner plays guitar in the three-time Grammy-nominated rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs and other collaborative projects. His photos have been exhibited all over the world. He lives in New York City. Zachary Lipez sings in the band Freshkills, tends bar at Beauty Bar Brooklyn, and deejays all over New York City. His writing appears on Vol.1 blog. Stacy Wakefield worked as design director for Index magazine, Artforum, and Bookforum. She now lives in the Catskills where she designs art books.

Please Stop the World, God, I Want to Get Off!

Please Stop the World, God, I Want to Get Off!
Author: Daniel C. Ball
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2000-01-20
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1583487476

Finding purpose in life can be a mission itself. One of my missions is to help others to find the peace and inner healing they are looking for. That is why I have written the story of my vision—to convey to others that there is hope in God, and that life on Earth has eternal meaning and purpose.