Michelle Smith

By turns joyous and adventurous, melancholy and nostalgic, Michelle Smith's debut collection of poems showcases a wide-ranging fascination with places, people, and story. Smith's limpid and humane handling of an array of themes, emotions, and styles-her Norwegian ancestry, her Canadian Prairie heritage, the significance of family, the fragility of memory, world travel, ekphrasis, myth, and more-exemplifies the lyric self on a poetic grand tour, or...

Always With Me guides those who have lost a loved one how to discover happiness once again. Losing a loved one to death, especially after a long-term relationship, can be exceedingly painful. The intense emotions can feel overwhelming and even paralyzing at times. The joy one once felt seems to be gone and impossible to recover. The days are dark, and the nights are even darker. Always With Me works to show those who have lost a loved one that there...

The Heart Begins Here is the story of the ever-optimistic, earnest Sara Requier and her disintegrating seven-year relationship with the cynical Wanda Wysoka. Along with her relationship struggles, Sara must contend with the drastic changes in the book industry that threaten her feminist bookstore, and as a mother who refuses to accept her daughter's lesbianism. Then, just as Wanda decides to leave Sara, Wanda's new young lover, Cindy, is murdered....

Trouble has a way of upending Sharon and Ryan Salazar's peaceful vacations. The latest predicament begins when their nineteen-year-old nephew, Miguel Meléndez, becomes involved with Bianca LaCroix, a predatory woman twice his age. When she's found stabbed to death on the front lawn of the Salazars' cottage on Mustang Island, Miguel becomes the prime suspect. To exonerate Miguel, Sharon tunes in to the undercurrents of neighborhood gossip. She soon...

Discover the ghostly presences that haunt this historic region of the South and its famed university-photos included! The Auburn and Opelika region is home to one of the most historic universities in the South. It is a region with a history stretching back generations-and it is a history that is very much still alive. Chilling remnants of the past continue to haunt Auburn-Opelika and the communities of Alabama's Lee County. Join a team of expert ghost...