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The Good Stuff From Driftwood Public Library April 2021 |
The wild fox of Yemen : poems
by Threa Almontaser
"By turns aggressively reckless and fiercely protective, always guided by faith and ancestry, Threa Almontaser's incendiary debut asks how mistranslation can be a form of self-knowledge and survival. A love letter to the country and people of Yemen, a portrait of young Muslim womanhood in New York after 9/11, and an extraordinarily composed examination of what it means to carry in the body the echoes of what came before, Almontaser's polyvocal collection sneaks artifacts to and from worlds, repurposing language and adapting to the space between cultures"
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Homie : poems
by Danez Smith
"Homie is Danez Smith's magnificent anthem about the saving grace of friendship. Rooted in the loss of one of Smith's close friends, this book comes out of the search for joy and intimacy within a nation where both can seem scarce and getting scarcer. Inpoems of rare power and generosity, Smith acknowledges that in a country overrun by violence, xenophobia, and disparity, and in a body defined by race, queerness, and diagnosis, it can be hard to survive, even harder to remember reasons for living. But then the phone lights up, or a shout comes up to the window, and family--blood and chosen--arrives with just the right food and some redemption. Part friendship diary, part bright elegy, part war cry, Homie is the exuberant new book written for Danez and for Danez's friends and for you and for yours"
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Multilayered, plaintive, and provocative, the poems in A Thousand Times You Lose Your Treasure are alive with archive and inhabit histories. By turns lyrical and unsettling, Hoa Nguyen's poetry sings of language and loss; dialogues with time, myth and place; and communes with past and future ghosts.
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Finna : poems
by Nate Marshall
"Definition of Finna, created by the author: fin na /'fine/ contraction: (1) going to ; intending to. rooted in African American Vernacular English. (2) eye dialect spelling of "fixing to." (3) Black possibility ; Black futurity; Blackness as tomorrow. Alyrical and harp celebration, these poems consider the brevity and disposability of Black lives and other oppressed people in our current era of emboldened white supremacy. In three key parts, Finna explores the mythos and erasure of names in the American narrative; asks how gendered language can provoke violence; and finally, through the celebration and examination of the Black vernacular, expands the notions of possibility, giving us a new language of hope"
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Obit : poems
by Victoria Chang
"After her mother died, poet Victoria Chang refused to write elegies. Rather, she distilled her grief during a feverish two weeks by writing scores of poetic obituaries for all she lost in the world. In Obit, Chang writes of "the way memory gets up aftersomeone has died and starts walking." These poems reinvent the form of newspaper obituary to both name what has died ("civility," "language," "the future," "Mother's blue dress") and the cultural impact of death on the living. Whereas elegy attempts to immortalize the dead, an obituary expresses loss, and the love for the dead becomes a conduit for self-expression. In this unflinching and lyrical book, Chang meets her grief and creates a powerful testament for the living"
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Say Her Name
by Zetta Elliott
Inspired by the African American Policy Forum’s #SayHerName campaign and the works of such notables as Lucille Clifton and Nikki Giovanni, a collection of poems stands as a tribute to Black Lives Matter activists and victims of police brutality. 25,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Concrete kids
by Amyra León
"Concrete Kids is an exploration of love and loss, melody and bloodshed. Musician, playwright, and educator Amyra León takes us on a poetic journey through her childhood in Harlem, as she navigates the intricacies of foster care, mourning, self-love, and resilience"
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Exquisite : the poetry and life of Gwendolyn Brooks
by Suzanne Slade
A picture book biography of celebrated poet Gwendolyn Brooks, the first Black person to win the Pulitzer Prize, follows her from early girlhood into her adult life, showcasing her desire to write poetry from a very young age. Illustrations.
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Everything comes next : collected & new poems
by Naomi Shihab Nye
A celebratory collection by the current Young People’s Poet Laureate complements a selection of her most popular and accessible poems from the past 40 years with several previously unpublished pieces as well as writing tips and striking interior spot art. 40,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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Hello, Earth! : poems to our planet
by Joyce Sidman
Imagination-sparking poems and sumptuous illustrations combine in a science-complemented exploration of the wonders of our planet’s natural world that depicts the Earth’s beautiful ecosystems, creatures and plants. By the Newbery Honor-winning author of The Girl Who Drew Butterflies. Illustrations.
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Woke : A Young Poet's Call to Justice
by Mahogany L. Browne
A collection of poems by women of color, written for today’s generation of young activists, reflects the passion of the fight for social justice while tackling subjects ranging from discrimination and empathy to acceptance and speaking out. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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Dread nation
by Justina Ireland
When families go missing in Baltimore County, Jane McKeene, who is studying to become an Attendant, finds herself in the middle of a conspiracy that has her fighting for her life against powerful enemies
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Almost American girl : an illustrated memoir
by Robin Ha
Moving abruptly from Seoul to Alabama, a Korean teen struggles in a hostile blended home and a new school where she does not speak English before forging unexpected connections in a local comic drawing class. 15,000 first printing. Simultaneous and eBook. Illustrations.
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The Storm Keeper's Island
by Catherine Doyle
Fionn Boyle, terrified of the sea, must spend the summer with this older sister, Tara, and their grandfather on Arranmore, an island that has been known to make people disappear, and seems to be restless again
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Ordinary hazards : a memoir
by Nikki Grimes
"Growing up with a mother suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and a mostly absent father, Nikki Grimes found herself terrorized by babysitters, shunted from foster family to foster family, and preyed upon by those she trusted. At the age of six, she poured her pain onto a piece of paper late one night - and discovered the magic and impact of writing. For many years, Nikki's notebooks were her most enduing companions. In this accessible and inspiring memoir that will resonate with young readers and adults alike, Nikki shows how the power of those words helped her conquer the hazards - ordinary and extraordinary - of her life"--Amazon
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Earth keeper : reflections on the American land
by N. Scott Momaday
A Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and poet celebrates the oral tradition of his Native American culture as he recalls the stories of his childhood, passed down for generations, and their profound and sacred connection to the natural world. 25,000 first printing.
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Whereas is a 2017 collection of poetry written by Oglala Lakota author, Layli Long Soldier. The collection was written as a direct response to S.J. Res 14, a congressional apology and resolution to the native peoples of the United States.
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Shame is an ocean I swim across : Poemsby Mary LambertLambert's Shame Is an Ocean I Swim Across emerges as an important new voice in poetry, providing strength and resilience even in the darkest of times. Beautiful and brutally honest, Mary Lambert's poetry is a beacon to anyone who's ever been knocked down—and picked themselves up again.
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Every thing on it : poems and drawings
by Shel Silverstein
With over 100 never-before-seen poems and illustrations, this book follows in the tradition and format of the beloved author/illustrator's acclaimed and best-selling poetry collections: Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic and Falling Up. 1,000,000 first printing.
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Track List: "Extraordinary Machine" "Better Version of Me" "Parting Gift" "Window" "Oh Well" "Please, Please, Please" "Red, Red, Red" "Not About Love" "Waltz (Better than Fine)
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Track List
| | | | "Superstar" | "Final Hour" | "When It Hurts So Bad" | | "Forgive Them Father" | "Every Ghetto, Every City" | "Nothing Even Matters" (featuring D'Angelo) | | "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" | | "Tell Him" |
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Track List:
| | "Perfect" | | "Right Through You" | "Forgiven" | | | "Mary Jane" | | "Not the Doctor" | "Wake Up" | "You Oughta Know" (Jimmy the Saint Blend) / "Your House (a cappella)" (Hidden track) |
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Ask me : 100 essential poems
by William Stafford
Offers a collection of poetry culled from the fifty books the poet published in his lifetime, including "Traveling Through the Dark," "You Reading This, Be Ready," and "A Family Turn."
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William Henry Harrison and other poems by David R. SlavittThe prodigiously imaginative mind and penetrating wit of David R. Slavitt are on full display in his newest collection of poetry that is perhaps his most engaging to date. The title poem begins by fooling around— “With three names like that, it sounds as though his mother is calling him and she’s really angry”—but then builds into a shrewd, thoughtful account of the life of the ninth U.S. president. A second long poem offers a fresh and very amusing appraisal of the practice of buying, writing, and sending souvenir postcards. In between this pair, there are shorter pieces impressive in their range and tone and theme (be sure to read “Poem without Even One Word”) that dazzle in an already glittering body of work.
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New and selected poems. Volume 1
by Mary Oliver
Features previously published and new poems that explore the natural world and how it is connected to human beings and spirituality
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Poetry will save your life : a memoir
by Jill Bialosky
"An unconventional and inventive coming-of-age memoir organized around forty-three remarkable poems by poets such as Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, Wallace Stevens and Sylvia Plath, from a critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author and poet.For Jill Bialosky, certain poems stand out like signposts at pivotal moments in a life: the death of a father, adolescence, first love, leaving home, the suicide of a sister, marriage, the birth of a child, the day in New York City the Twin Towers fell. As Bialosky narrates these moments, she illuminates the ways in which particular poems offered insight, compassion, and connection, and shows how poetry can be a blueprint for living. In Poetry Will Save Your Life, Bialosky recalls when she encountered each formative poem, and how its importance and meaning evolved over time, allowing new insights and perceptions to emerge. While Bialosky's personal stories animate each poem, they touch on many universal experiences, from the awkwardness of girlhood, to crises of faith and identity, from braving a new life in a foreign city to enduring the loss of a loved one, from becoming a parent to growing creatively as a poet and artist. In Poetry Will Save Your Life, Bialosky has crafted an engaging and entirely original examination of a life while celebrating the enduring value of poetry, not as a purely cerebral activity, but as a means of conveying personal experience and as a source of comfort and intimacy. In doing so she brilliantly illustrates the ways in which poetry can be an integral part of life itself and can, in fact, save your life"
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Assembling the shepherd : poems by Tessa RumseyDriven by an endless matrix of poetic forms, the poems of Assembling the Shepherd create a world where allusions to Plato and the Dead Sea scrolls intermingle with car culture and terrorism, where modern skylines are framed within the history of alchemy and architecture. Tessa Rumsey uses words in ways that defy summary and synonym in poetry that challenges the boundaries of common dualities--city and desert, heaven and earth, waking and dreaming, violence and harmony, destruction and regeneration, recollecting and forecasting. She attempts to move beyond these natural contrasts in her poetry, and beyond point of view to create a collection that offers an elemental glimpse of the fragmented yet interconnected world we live in.
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Selected poems of T.S. Eliot
by T. S. Eliot
Eliot was one of the defining figures of twentieth century poetry. This selection, which was made by Eliot himself, includes many of his most celebrated works, including The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and The Waste Land.Other volumes in this series: Auden, Betjemen, Plath, Hughes and Yeats.
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Complete poems, 1904-1962
by E. E. Cummings
Considered one of the most inventive American poets of his time who helped bring about the 20th century revolution in literary expression, this collection contains all the poems published or designated for publication by the poet during his lifetime.
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This is how you lose the time war
by Amal El-Mohtar
Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange letters and soon fall in love, even though the discovery of their bond could mean death for each of them
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The Gorgeous Nothings
by Emily Dickinson
This deluxe, large-scale edition features full-color reproductions of the reclusive Amherst poet's writings on scraps of envelopes exactly as she wrote them and accompanying transcriptions of 52 of these works. 20,000 first printing.
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The hill we climb : an inaugural poem for the country
by Amanda Gorman
"On January 20, 2021, Amanda Gorman became the sixth and youngest poet to deliver a poetry reading at a presidential inauguration. Taking the stage after the 46th president of the United States, Joe Biden, Gorman captivated the nation and brought hope toviewers around the globe. Including an enduring foreword by Oprah Winfrey, this keepsake celebrates the promise of America and affirms the power of poetry"
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Rebecca [sound recording] by Daphne Du MaurierAt the great Cornwall estate of Manderley, Maxim de Winter and his frightened new wife try to live with the haunting legacy of Maxim's first wife, the beautiful and cold Rebecca, who died in a sailing accident
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The Invisible Life of Addie Larueby V. E. SchwabMaking a Faustian bargain to live forever but never be remembered, a woman from early 18th-century France endures unacknowledged centuries before meeting a man who remembers her name. By the best-selling author of the Villains series. Read by Julie Whelan. Simultaneous.
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The midnight library by Matt HaigNora Seed finds herself faced with the possibility of changing her life for a new one, following a different career, undoing old breakups, or realizing her dreams of becoming a glaciologist, she must search within herself as she travels through the Midnight Library to decide what is truly fulfilling in life, and what makes it worth living in the first place
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Racism is resilient, duplicitous, and endlessly adaptable, so it is no surprise that America is again in a period of civil rights activism. A significant reason racism endures is because it is structural: it's embedded in culture and in institutions. One of the places that racism hides -- and thus perhaps the best place to oppose it -- is books for young people. Philip Nel presents five serious critiques of the history and current state of children's literature tempestuous relationship with both implicit and explicit forms of racism. Nel examines topics both vivid -- such as The Cat in the Hat's roots in blackface minstrelsy -- and more opaque, like how the children's book industry can perpetuate structural racism via whitewashed covers even while making efforts to increase diversity. Rooted in research, Nel delves into years of literary criticism and recent sociological data in order to show a better way forward. Though much of what is proposed here could be endlessly argued, the knowledge that what we learn in childhood imparts both subtle and explicit lessons about whose lives matter is not debatable. The text concludes with a proposal of actions everyone -- reader, author, publisher, scholar, citizen -- can take to fight the biases and prejudices that infect children's literature. |
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Love, Kurt : The Vonnegut Love Letters, 1941-1945
by Kurt Vonnegut
A collection of intimate letters from the literary humorist to his first wife spans Kurt’s college years, World War II deployment and early development as a writer, offering insight into his views on such subjects as love, family and mortality. Illustrations.
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The Eyes of the Queen
by Oliver Clements
John Dee, a man destined to become history’s first MI6 agent, protects Age of Enlightenment-era England and a brilliant Elizabeth I from a wartime Spanish plot to conquer nations that would defy its Catholic orthodoxy. 40,000 first printing.
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Mrs. Wiggins
by Mary Monroe
A tale set in the world of the award-winning Mama Ruby series follows the experiences of a woman from an at-risk family who marries a preacher to establish a safer life before discovering her husband’s desperate secret.
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Monsters, gods, and mayhem...
Police Chief Delaney Reed can handle the Valkyries, werewolves, gill-men and other paranormal creatures who call the small beach town of Ordinary, Oregon their home. It’s the vacationing gods who keep her up at night.
With the famous rhubarb festival right around the corner, small-town tensions, tempers, and godly tantrums are at an all-time high. The last thing Delaney needs is her ex-boyfriend reappearing just when she's finally caught the attention of Ryder Bailey, the one man she should never love.
No, scratch that. The actual last thing she needs is a dead body washing ashore, especially since the dead body is a god.
Catching a murderer, wrestling a god power, and re-scheduling the apocalypse? Just another day on the job in Ordinary. Falling in love with her childhood friend while trying to keep the secrets of her town secret? That’s gonna take some work.
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Firekeeper's daughter
by Angeline Boulley
Treated like an outsider in both her hometown and on the Ojibwe reservation, a half-Native American science geek and star hockey player places her dreams on hold in the wake of a family tragedy. A first novel. 250,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Home is not a country
by Safia Elhillo
A novel in verse follows the experiences of a misfit teen in a discriminatory suburban community who questions her mixed heritage before unexpected family revelations force her to fight for her own identity. By the award-winning author of The January Children. Simultaneous eBook.
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Lost in the Never Woods
by Aiden Thomas
Forced to confront a past she cannot remember involving the disappearance of her two brothers five years earlier, Wendy encounters a boy who begs for her help when other children start to go missing. By the author of Cemetery Boys. 60,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Mannie MurphyWhat begins as an affectionate reminiscence of Mannie Murphy's 1990s teenage infatuation with the late actor River Phoenix--specifically his role in Gus Van Sant's classic film, My Own Private Idaho--slowly transforms into a remarkable, sprawling account of the city of Portland and state of Oregon's long and shameful history of white nationalism. Told in the style of an illustrated diary, with wet, blue ink washes, the form reveals the author to be the other protagonist in this story as a genderqueer kid discovering a complicated history.
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The Complete Darkness 1by Garth EnnisThe criminal underworld of New York City is a dark and brutal place, but it's never seen horror like this... In the opening salvo of this best-selling series created by industry legends MARC SILVESTRI and GARTH ENNIS, up-and-coming mobster Jackie Estacado discovers a nightmarish new inheritance - the supernatural power known only as the Darkness! Weighing his conscience against the ability to mould the shadows to his will, Jackie finds himself dealing with worse than the usual wiseguys: an ancient cult, an angelic archenemy, and the corrupting consequences of the demonic entity empowering him. All this and more, gorgeously rendered and painstakingly assembled in the first of a series of absolute collected editions.
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Goodbye, Mr. Terupt
by Rob Buyea
"The seven kids who bonded in Mr. Terupt's fifth-grade class are in eighth grade now and reunited with their beloved teacher. Jeffrey, Alexia, Anna, Danielle, Luke, Peter, and Jessica are thrilled to have their beloved teacher, Mr. Terupt, back for the school year as their biweekly adviser. To celebrate their remaining time with Mr. Terupt, the students hatch bucket-list type projects to make the school year important, memorable, and way bigger than just the group"
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Old enough to save the planet
by Loll Kirby
Uplifting portraits of 12 young environmental activists who are stepping up to raise awareness and promote positive change explains how young people all over the world are launching initiatives to reforest the planet, eliminate single-use plastics and protect pollinator insects. Illustrations.
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The ABCs of Black history
by Rio Cortez
Culturally evocative illustrations and lyrical text by a Pushcart-nominated poet celebrate historical activists, events and locations that shaped Black history and the fight for equality, in a picture book complemented by a timeline and additional back matter. 30,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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People Who Help Us at the Hospital by Rhiannon FindlayWatch the hospital come to life before your very eyes in this fun and interactive board book! Clever paper technology will amaze young children as they watch the scenes change as if by magic. The perfect boredom-buster for when you can't get outdoors, and a wonderful way of teaching about all the amazing work our health carers do. In the hospital, all the staff are busy doing their everyday tasks. Find out what some of our hospital workers get up to in their working day, and watch the scenes change thanks to Venetian window paper technology.
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Baby young, gifted, and black : With a Mirror!
by Jamia Wilson
A board book edition of the top-reviewed celebration of the achievements of 20 icons of color from the past and present includes entries for such civil rights trailblazers as Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and Zadie Smith. By the author of Step Into Your Power. Illustrations.
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Phone: 541-996-2277 Email: Librarian@lincolncity.org Library staff are available by phone Monday through Friday from 10:00 AM until 5:00 PM
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