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Paperback. Condition: Good. Fiction. A BRIEF MOMENT OF WEIGHTLESSNESS is a collection of short stories that illuminate the beauty and extraordinariness of ordinary lives. Each explores the human desire for connectedness and grace. The stories range from large upheavals such as how a marriage shifts when a spouse loses a limb or how a girl reconfigures her world when her father goes to jail, to smaller moments such as when a woman experiences wonder again on a visit to a nursing home with her child and their dog, or when a man finds redemption in the midst of tragedy after being bitten by his dying dog. These illuminating, heartbreaking, poignant, astute stories take on serious issues of death/dying, injury, infidelity, aftermath of war, estrangement and more, but without a sense of gloom that could overwhelm them. They often, though not always, find that glimmer of hope or opportunity without feeling forced, and they are told in a voice that can cut to the quick of a character or conflict, with endings that don't always resolve neatly. If it is the small moments that make up a life, then these stories, explore, dissect and celebrate those small moments that make all of our lives extraordinary. Victoria Fish's brilliant debut collection examines the complexity of relationships. Fish conveys a deep understanding of human nature, in prose both lyrical and powerful, as her characters grapple with the ambiguity of young adulthood, the rivalry between siblings, the loss of a parent, the anguish of being a parent to a child with cancer. As each short tale unfolds, the portent of something ominous urges us to read on, to read just one more, and then just one more. Fish creates her settings with the luscious detail of the trained writer's eye. Her characters seem so real we feel we know them--are them--as they face situations we fear and with which we may be all too familiar.--Katharine Britton Victoria Fish's debut collection casts a spell so subtle and sure it could only be the work of a master storyteller. It is this talented writer's special gift to be able to unmask everyday reality, to distill la vie quotidienne to its essence and surprise us with the familiar. In rendering the struggles of ordinary people--suburban moms and military vets and disdained little sisters--she illuminates the stuff that makes us human, transporting the reader of A BRIEF MOMENT OF WEIGHTLESSNESS beyond the everyday to the sublime.--Sara Tucker.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Poetry. Slyly sexual, intense and funny, in WHAT SNAKES WANT Kita Shantiris strips secrets of their power by telling them. Running away and returning, burying and unearthing, she--and a cast that includes abused siblings, desperate spinsters, and an army medic--struggle to escape their shadows. Throughout, Shantiris' startling use of language animates her portraits. A psychologist who runs a non-profit mental health center, Shantiris faces trauma, yearning, love and loss head on. WHAT SNAKES WANT traverses a menacing, bleak landscape as its characters shed their ghosts. Sensuous love poems follow. Full of word play and mischief, never have oranges, or the word dictum, been racier. The haunting elegies in the final section breathe life into the dead. Fearless and compassionate, WHAT SNAKES WANT shines light in our dark places. You will return to these haunting poems again and again. Something edgy and intense haunts Kita Shantiris' poems, always threatening to flare up just outside their frames. Like a great auteur, she teases us with implication, with slow builds, the sneaky reveal, with what you can't yet see. Or, she'll give us a flash of aftermath, letting us glimpse a tub of red water where the violence has already taken place. Carefully orchestrating her pace, Shantiris lets things dawn on us, which contributes to the sense of delicious discovery one has in reading this collection. Wanderlust, an ode to coffee shops, an erotic poem set in a gaudy Laundromat, a child lying in bed hearing her abusive father come home.it's all here, articulate, compressed, suspenseful. It takes brandy to center me/glowing alone here. The reader will likely find herself glowing along with these poems.--Amy Gerstler, author of National Book Critics Award winner Bitter Angel and other collections Kita Shantiris is a poet whose work in this book glows with a naked, scalpel- sharp intelligence and a refreshing delight in language. Full of startlingly good poems--The Last Lake comes to mind and the title poem, especially--WHAT SNAKES WANT is a fine collection, and one of the most exciting I have read in recent years.--Patrick Chapman, poet, writer and screenwriter--including A Promiscuity of Spines: New and Selected Poems One could spend a lifetime with Kita's new and powerfully personal book of poetry, WHAT SNAKES WANT. The poems speak of a life replete with love, loss, pain, honesty, insight, longing, sensuality, and a deep unabashed unsentimental appreciation for the very gift of life itself. The poems are accessible yet abound with rich imagery, beautifully wrought observations of the natural world and of our very human behavior, and they do so with an intensity of feeling and care that ultimately resound with hope as they reach in and touch the soul.--Ed Harris, actor, screenwriter, director.…

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Fiction. A BRIEF MOMENT OF WEIGHTLESSNESS is a collection of short stories that illuminate the beauty and extraordinariness of ordinary lives. Each explores the human desire for connectedness and grace. The stories range from large upheavals such as how a marriage shifts when a spouse loses a limb or how a girl reconfigures her world when her father goes to jail, to smaller moments such as when a woman experiences wonder again on a visit to a nursing home with her child and their dog, or when a man finds redemption in the midst of tragedy after being bitten by his dying dog. These illuminating, heartbreaking, poignant, astute stories take on serious issues of death/dying, injury, infidelity, aftermath of war, estrangement and more, but without a sense of gloom that could overwhelm them. They often, though not always, find that glimmer of hope or opportunity without feeling forced, and they are told in a voice that can cut to the quick of a character or conflict, with endings that don't always resolve neatly. If it is the small moments that make up a life, then these stories, explore, dissect and celebrate those small moments that make all of our lives extraordinary. Victoria Fish's brilliant debut collection examines the complexity of relationships. Fish conveys a deep understanding of human nature, in prose both lyrical and powerful, as her characters grapple with the ambiguity of young adulthood, the rivalry between siblings, the loss of a parent, the anguish of being a parent to a child with cancer. As each short tale unfolds, the portent of something ominous urges us to read on, to read just one more, and then just one more. Fish creates her settings with the luscious detail of the trained writer's eye. Her characters seem so real we feel we know them--are them--as they face situations we fear and with which we may be all too familiar.--Katharine Britton Victoria Fish's debut collection casts a spell so subtle and sure it could only be the work of a master storyteller. It is this talented writer's special gift to be able to unmask everyday reality, to distill la vie quotidienne to its essence and surprise us with the familiar. In rendering the struggles of ordinary people--suburban moms and military vets and disdained little sisters--she illuminates the stuff that makes us human, transporting the reader of A BRIEF MOMENT OF WEIGHTLESSNESS beyond the everyday to the sublime.--Sara Tucker.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Poetry. Slyly sexual, intense and funny, in WHAT SNAKES WANT Kita Shantiris strips secrets of their power by telling them. Running away and returning, burying and unearthing, she--and a cast that includes abused siblings, desperate spinsters, and an army medic--struggle to escape their shadows. Throughout, Shantiris' startling use of language animates her portraits. A psychologist who runs a non-profit mental health center, Shantiris faces trauma, yearning, love and loss head on. WHAT SNAKES WANT traverses a menacing, bleak landscape as its characters shed their ghosts. Sensuous love poems follow. Full of word play and mischief, never have oranges, or the word dictum, been racier. The haunting elegies in the final section breathe life into the dead. Fearless and compassionate, WHAT SNAKES WANT shines light in our dark places. You will return to these haunting poems again and again. Something edgy and intense haunts Kita Shantiris' poems, always threatening to flare up just outside their frames. Like a great auteur, she teases us with implication, with slow builds, the sneaky reveal, with what you can't yet see. Or, she'll give us a flash of aftermath, letting us glimpse a tub of red water where the violence has already taken place. Carefully orchestrating her pace, Shantiris lets things dawn on us, which contributes to the sense of delicious discovery one has in reading this collection. Wanderlust, an ode to coffee shops, an erotic poem set in a gaudy Laundromat, a child lying in bed hearing her abusive father come home.it's all here, articulate, compressed, suspenseful. It takes brandy to center me/glowing alone here. The reader will likely find herself glowing along with these poems.--Amy Gerstler, author of National Book Critics Award winner Bitter Angel and other collections Kita Shantiris is a poet whose work in this book glows with a naked, scalpel- sharp intelligence and a refreshing delight in language. Full of startlingly good poems--The Last Lake comes to mind and the title poem, especially--WHAT SNAKES WANT is a fine collection, and one of the most exciting I have read in recent years.--Patrick Chapman, poet, writer and screenwriter--including A Promiscuity of Spines: New and Selected Poems One could spend a lifetime with Kita's new and powerfully personal book of poetry, WHAT SNAKES WANT. The poems speak of a life replete with love, loss, pain, honesty, insight, longing, sensuality, and a deep unabashed unsentimental appreciation for the very gift of life itself. The poems are accessible yet abound with rich imagery, beautifully wrought observations of the natural world and of our very human behavior, and they do so with an intensity of feeling and care that ultimately resound with hope as they reach in and touch the soul.--Ed Harris, actor, screenwriter, director.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. Poetry. Jane O. Wayne's THE OTHER PLACE YOU LIVE explores the world's slow unwinding with insight and lyric grace. With characteristic intensity of language and a bounty of imagery, she reveals those other places wherever she is in the world. The poems move effortlessly from metaphor to metaphor, gradually building an atmosphere of dark disquiet, then suddenly revealing, as by moonlight, the burnished joy at the heart of things. This is a book of serious riches and profound human pleasures.…

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Paperback. INSCRIBED TO PREVIOUS OWNER AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelving wear. (Libro de bolsillo. INSCRITO AL ANTERIOR DUEÑO Y FIRMADO POR EL AUTOR. Las páginas están limpias y sin marcar. Las cubiertas muestran un desgaste de estantería muy pequeño.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day. Signed by Author.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Poetry. Jane O. Wayne's THE OTHER PLACE YOU LIVE explores the world's slow unwinding with insight and lyric grace. With characteristic intensity of language and a bounty of imagery, she reveals those other places wherever she is in the world. The poems move effortlessly from metaphor to metaphor, gradually building an atmosphere of dark disquiet, then suddenly revealing, as by moonlight, the burnished joy at the heart of things. This is a book of serious riches and profound human pleasures.…

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