Published here in a stunning edition with images created by Carson, several of the twenty-five startling poetic prose pieces have appeared in magazines and journals like The New Yorker and The Paris Review. As Carson writes: "Wrong Norma is a collection of writings about different things, like Joseph Conrad, Guantánamo, Flaubert, snow, poverty, Roget's Thesaurus, my Dad, Saturday night. The pieces are not linked. That's why I've called them 'wrong'"--...

"Traveling from the corporeal to the cosmic, from life to death and back again, [this book] is a full-throated performance of humanity in search of truth, ancestry, and artistic authenticity. Moving through themes of lineage, twinship, femininity and masculinity, reclamation of Indigeneity, dance, gender roles, and longing, Gonzalez's poems are a crescendo of the page. part ecstatic elegy, part spell, this is a betwixt poetics, a kaleidoscopic, disruptive,...

"When Walela is diagnosed at twenty-three with advanced stage blood cancer, they're suddenly thrust into the unsympathetic world of tubes and pills, doctors who don't use their correct pronouns, and hordes of "well-meaning" but patronizing people offering unsolicited advice as they navigate rocky personal relationships and share their story online. But this experience also deepens their relationship to their ancestors, providing added support from...

"Kiki has watched her mama practice karate for a long time, and now she wants to learn too. She wants to become strong and steady like a mountain. The bullies at school are strong for the wrong reasons. They make Kiki feel small. But today at her first karate lesson, everything changes. Award-winning author Jane Yolen joins forces with debut author Ariel Stemple in this picture book about reclaiming strength, confidence, and peace through martial...

This collection offers an intimate glimpse into a life weathered by adversity yet renewed by purpose. The candid verses inside reflect the mind and heart of a writer who has suffered yet chooses to share the lessons and hope gleaned along the way.With grit-edged honesty and tenderness, the poems mine the profound human experiences that forge us: love and loss, joy and grief. They chronicle the search for meaning amidst the hellish trials of life,...

About the Book THERE IS AN ADAGE THAT IT IS HUMAN NATURE TO GO THROUGH LIFE-TRANSFORMING SUFFERING. EITHER YOU'RE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH ADVERSITY, COMING OUT OF IT, OR WILL BE GOING THROUGH IT. NO ONE IS IMMUNE TO SUFFERING. IN SUFFERING, MOST OF US HAVE THE SAME GOAL AND THAT IS TO HEAL. THE GREATEST STRUGGLE IS IN THE PROCESS. HOW DO WE GET TO HEALING? The Stained Lotus is an invitation to come along on a woman's poetic journey to finding strength,...

In the Course of Dreams offers a profound odyssey into the heart of existence. Through poetic ruminations, it delves into timeless quandaries: life's purpose, the essence of justice, the bounds of freedom, and the eternal dance of good and evil. Despite the weight of these themes, a luminous thread of hope weaves throughout, crafting a tapestry that is both current and eternal.

Revelling in the use of colours, seasons and much more to touch upon women's unsung attributes and giving voice for their sufferings, this book speaks of the centrality of women in a just society. In addition, it also touches on the roles of children, of politics, and the environment in such a society.