Showing results for "Whole" in World Literature

For fans of Souvankham Thammavongsa, Lynn Coady, and Lisa Moore comes a striking debut collection of short stories that explore bodies both human and animal: our fascination with their strange effluences, growths, and protrusions, and the dangerous ways we play with their power to inflict harm on ourselves and on others.

A radiant talent on the brink of making it big in Nashville must confront her small-town past and an old love she’s never forgotten in this engaging novel—a soulful ballad filled with romance, heartbreak, secrets, and scandal from the author of Season of the Dragonflies. Playing to packed...

A bold, mesmerizing debut collection exploring womanhood, the body, mental illness, and what it means to move between cultures Renowned for her storytelling and spoken-word artistry, Ama Asantewa Diaka is also an exultant, fierce, and visceral poet whose work leaves a lasting impact. Touching on...

In The Whole Five Feet, Christopher Beha turns to the great books for answers after undergoing a series of personal and family crises and learning that his grandmother had used the Harvard Classics to educate herself during the Great Depression. The result is a smart, big-hearted, and inspirational mix of memoir and intellectual excursion that "deftly illustrates how books can save one's life" (Helen Schulman).

Beber-se inteira: o que parece ideia inusitada vira algo natural como a sede na poesia de Liana Ferraz. Entre os jogos de palavras que lhe renderam fãs nas redes sociais e reflexões francas sobre amor-próprio e autodescoberta, a poesia circula, crescendo, caudalosa. E inspira uma nascente no coração de quem lê: um córrego em cujas margens recordamos as mulheres que nos trouxeram ao mundo, as mulheres que nos sucederão, as mulheres que somos.