Synopsis
Our home can house our greatest triumphs and tragedies. Is buying a home still part of the American Dream—or was it always a fantasy fueled by someone else’s desires? Why are so much of our identities tied up to where we live and how big or little our house is? Because these questions nag at me and have become a theme in my previously published work, for this anthology I chose the theme of homes and houses and selected authors who possess a keen eye. Home is where we love, fight, and endure each other. Where we renovate or tear down—who doesn’t wish we could switch out our life as quickly as we can repaint our walls? Our home can be our largest investment and our biggest mistake. Our home can haunt us. Many times what happens inside is vastly different from what the outside world sees. As you will find in the details of these diverse stories, poems and essays from these talented authors all around the country, home is one of the most universal elements of storytelling. There’s the longing for home from someone who doesn’t have one, to the boundaries of protecting one’s home and property from outside forces, to the loss and loneliness of leaving our home or having our children leaving us. Home is also tied to place and community. “Where are you from?” is asked by strangers who want to get acquainted. Usually first memoires occur on our stairs, in our basements or bedrooms. Our childhood home may be our safest cocoon or our greatest fear—is it the place we return to or are escaping from in our dreams? Absorb and connect with these authors and their diverse voices. Welcome the memorable characters and their driveways, gardens, porches, attics and kitchens into your space. After all, home is who we are because everyone has to live somewhere.
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Creatures of Habitat: A Main Street Rag Anthology (Signed First Edition)
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Main Street Rag Publishing Company, Charlotte, NC, 2015
ISBN 10: 1599485133
ISBN 13: 9781599485133
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Softcover
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Signed
Seller: Armadillo Books, Chapel Hill, NC, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
A truly lovely Signed First Edition copy! Pristine in trade paperback -- crisp, tight, unmarked -- with no markings and no defects. First edition ("Copyright 2015"). Elegantly signed by the edtior on the title page with a five-word-long inscription. Suitable condition for presentation as a gift, or for adding to a library collection. (227 pages.) Includes a poem, "This House," by the noted African American poet from Raleigh, Lenard Moore (who received the North Carolina Award for Literature in 2014), and poems by the North Carolina poets Beth Copeland, Pam Baggett, Jane Andrews, and J. D. Cortese. "Creatures of Habitat" is edited by the Raleigh poet Alice Osborn, who has published four books of poetry. Issued by the Charlotte-based publisher Main Street Rag Publishing Company. Only four current listings in WorldCat in North American libraries, with none currently held by North Carolina libraries. Ships from NC. All paperbacks are sealed in recycled plastic, packaged securely with recycled cardboard backing (and recycled packaging when available), and shipped promptly with tracking information. Seller Inventory # ABE-1776862628386