Goodness belongs to all, inherently. In fact, we are goodness itself, in our bones and in our heart. We possess natural warriorship--bravery and gentleness. However, we are often obscured from our own goodness and innate, warrior virtues; in such moments, we cannot see our goodness, and we do not feel it. The greatest task we could undertake in this life is to bring out our basic goodness and warriorship, to manifest truly and to be of service to others.
Breath Debt: Poems is suffused with gratitude for the airborne voices, songs, and gestures of loved ones, friends, passing strangers, and creatures of the natural world.
The Book House Book Group will meet at the store on Wednesday, June 20th at 6:30 PM to discuss Berlin Noir by Philip Kerr.
The book is a trilogy; please read at least the first volume if you plan to attend this meeting. All are welcome!
“Not since I read Erik Larson’s Dead Wake have I had such an edge-of-my-seat immersion into historical events. [...] No study of Alexander Hamilton would be complete without reading this book.”–Karen White, New York Times bestselling author
"(You Don't Know) The Half of It" is the story of two people, one public (George) and one private (Bobbi), the latter in hiding until George was nearly 45 years old. The story of their lives is told by Bobbi who, though in the shadows for much of the time, was still a major influence.
how do I net thee is a diagram of a voice drawn through lyric, visual, and prose poems threading schisms within a family, within a society brutalized by racial tensions, and within the space crossed in the transition from fertility to its loss.
A book of essays discussing the German-American artist's lifetime of work. The text covers Balet's background, through his work as a graphic artist and art director in mid-century Manhattan, to his children's books and his later years as a fine artist and lithographer.
