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“jill mcdonough”

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  • American Treasure

    by Jill McDonough ...
    Humorous poems are stark and blunt, and puts a magnifying glass on our prison systems and racial biases in America. At the same time, the poems try and make you laugh in the bleak outlook of the state of our country. ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Here All Night

    by Jill McDonough ...
    Jill McDonough’s latest collection is fiercely unapologetic, transforming mundane moments into witty and provocative insights that closely examine the flaws in our quick-moving society. Using dark humor, the poems address the impermanence of life and how we should always find reasons to re-evaluate ourselves as empathetic beings over our selfish tendencies.”Here’s Jill McDonough, Here All Night, ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Best American Short Stories 2011

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    Twenty of the best American short stories of 2011, chosen by the New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Chord.The twenty tightly crafted stories collected here by Pulitzer Prize–winning author Geraldine Brooks are full of deftly drawn characters, universal truths, and often surprising humor. Richard Powers's "To the Measures Fall" is a comic meditation on the uses of literature in the ... Read more

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  • Does the Name Pavlov Ring a Bell?

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    by Gary Blake ...
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  • Last Car Over the Sagamore Bridge

    by Peter Orner ...
    Peter Orner zeroes in on the strange ways our memories define us: A woman's husband dies before their divorce is finalized; a man runs for governor of Illinois and loses much more than an election; two brothers play beneath the infamous bridge at Chappaquiddick. Employing the masterful compression for which he has been widely praised, Orner presents a kaleidoscope of individual lives viewed in ... Read more

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  • Slaves of New York (Expanded Edition)

    by Tama Janowitz ...
    "I consider every moment of my life spent unaware of the existence of novelist Tama Janowitz a complete and utter waste of consciousness...I would build a city of pearl and onyx for Tama Janowitz with my own raw and useless hands."-- Mallory Ortberg, The ToastTama Janowitz’s bold and sophisticated modern classic of Manhattan life includes three never-before-collected stories in this first ever ... Read more

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  • The Best Creative Nonfiction (Vol. 3)

    Edited by Lee Gutkind ...
    “Intelligent but accessible, and often poignant . . . [by] the biggest talents on the essay and blog beat.” —Publishers Weekly (on Vol. 2)Anyone still asking, “What is creative nonfiction?” will find the answer in this collection of artfully crafted, true stories. Selected by Lee Gutkind, the “godfather behind creative nonfiction,” and the staff of Creative Nonfiction, these stories—ranging from ... Read more

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  • Barefoot to Avalon

    A Brother's Story

    by David Payne ...
    From a New York Times Notable author comes a "fiercely honest . . . and utterly heartbreaking" memoir of brotherhood, grief, and mental illness (Jay McInerney).In 2000, while moving his household from Vermont to North Carolina, author David Payne watched from his rearview mirror as his younger brother, George A., driving behind him in a two-man convoy of rental trucks, lost control of his vehicle, ... Read more

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  • Application for Release from the Dream

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    by Tony Hoagland ...
    The eagerly awaited, brilliant, and engaging new poems by Tony Hoagland, author of What Narcissism Means to Me*The parade for the slain police officergoes past the bakeryand the smell of fresh breadmakes the mourners salivate against their will.*—from "Note to Reality"Are we corrupt or innocent, fragmented or whole? Are responsibility and freedom irreconcilable? Do we value memory or succumb to ... Read more

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  • Hip Logic

    by Terrance Hayes ...
    Series series Penguin Poets
    **The second collection of poetry from the author of Lighthead, winner of the 2010 National Book AwardWatch for the new collection of poetry from Terrance Hayes, American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin, coming in June of 2018**Terrance Hayes is a dazzlingly original poet, interested in adventurous explorations of subject and form. His new work, Hip Logic, is full of poetic tributes to the ... Read more

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  • The Removers

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