Once upon a time, four aspiring authors met at a writers' conference. Ten years later they're still friends, veterans of the dog-eat-dog New York publishing world.--From publisher's description.

"She had no idea what to do with love, she experienced it as invasion, as the prelude to loss and pain, she really didn't have a clue." Kathy is a writer. Kathy is getting married. It's the summer of 2017 and the whole world is falling apart. Fast-paced and frantic, Crudo unfolds in real time from the full-throttle perspective of a commitment-phobic artist who may or may not be Kathy Acker. From a Tuscan hotel for the superrich to a Brexit-paralyzed...

In this representative collection of Christina Rossetti's poems we find a vast array of narrative tales, love lyrics, sonnets, hymns, ballads, and sprightly verses for children. Ranked among the finest English poets of the nineteenth century, Christina Rossetti is a widely read, though not widely imitated poet, recognized for her devotional poetry, influenced by the religious conservatism and asceticism of the Church of England. This collection of...

In Writing Wild, Kathryn Aalto celebrates 25 women whose influential writing helps deepen our connection to and understanding of the natural world. These inspiring wordsmiths are scholars, spiritual seekers, conservationists, scientists, novelists, and explorers. They defy easy categorization, yet they all share a bold authenticity that makes their work both distinct and universal. Featured writers include: Dorothy Wordsworth, Susan Fenimore Cooper,...

"What is desire? And what are its rules? In this daring collection, award-winning and emerging female writers share their innermost longings, in turn dismantling both personal and political constructs of what desire is or can be. In the opening essay, Larissa Pham unearths the ache beneath all her wants: time. Rena Priest's desire for a pair of five-hundred-dollar cowboy boots spurs a reckoning with her childhood on the rez and the fraught history...

"From the author of the beloved Ruth Galloway series, a modern gothic mystery for fans of Magpie Murders and The Lake House"-- Clare Cassidy is no stranger to murder. A high school English teacher specializing in the Gothic writer R.M. Holland, she teaches a course on it every year. But when one of Clare's colleagues and closest friends is found dead, with a line from R.M. Holland's most famous story, "The Stranger," left by her body, Clare is horrified...

This fourth book of poetry from Nadine Dunseith touches upon a sensitive, yet empowering journey from her childhood. It is a book of survival and trauma. For anyone who has struggled with past childhood trauma, she hopes this book of poetry can bestow a voice to those who have been silenced.

Nadia Hasan showcases, her poetic growth in her second book of poetry. From the facets of day-to-day living, through the darkness of loss and the pain of grief, comes Waking the Wild. Written with both fairytale-like whimsy and poignant vulnerability, this collection seeks to remind us all of the resilience of the human spirit.

Every day, we face new battles while trying not to revisit the old ones. When we think with the wrong Pink, we usually don't realize until it's too late. These Pink Matters is a collection of poems, short stories, and inner thoughts about love, loss & life. Sometimes we can't place blame, and we have to own our mistakes. Other times, we have to call people out when they've done us wrong. Learn to embrace the chaos while creating your sanity and peace....

Lost in a Quatrain is a very relatable, inspiring, and thought-provoking read on a journey to becoming, a journey of hope and healing. Written over an 18 year period, Lost in a Quatrain is a select collection of deep, must-read, soul-stirring poetry with each poem telling a story that pieces together the puzzle of this crazy, not always romantic, experience we call life... Most of the poems in the collection were initially never intended for publishing...