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Title: Water under Water
Publisher: Casa de Snapdragon Book Description: In Water under Water, Charles Adés Fishman illuminates the web of relationships that exist between individual lives and the emotional and physical environments that shape them. In this collection of more than 60 poems, the poet takes us beneath the surfaces of things to deeper layers where memory's roots and tendrils haunt us but where change is not only possible but necessary. In one achingly beautiful poem after another, Fishman writes as son, father, guardian, husband, friend, lover . . . and as a deeply invested explorer and observer of the natural world that embraces, amazes, overwhelms, and nurtures us. Water under Water will pull you under and will release you, uplifted and renewed.
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Title: The Making of Tibias Ivory: Through the Eyes of Innocence
Publisher: Casa de Snapdragon Book Description: Bound to a chair, hands tied, face covered in a burlap sack, five-year old Tibias Ivory - the illegitimate, bi-racial son of Bethany Ivory, the daughter of the small, southern town of Principle's leading preacher and a murdered, black, high-school superstar, Mahognus "Hog" Worthington - has had the innocence of his young life ripped away by the depths of bigotry and degradation of hate. These horrific transgressions left his father hanging from a tree and ripped Tibias' hometown apart before he ever took a breath.
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Title: Spectral Freedom
Publisher: Casa de Snapdragon Book Description: "Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me" --wrote poet Emily Dickinson, who was said to have shaped, along with Walt Whitman, American poetry. Lynn Strongin, who has been called the Dickinson of our time, was faced with death at age twelve. Because stopping for death was not an option for this brave young girl, she decided to rise above her diagnosis of polio and sing rather than cry; she has been doing just that her entire life. Lynn Strongin was paralyzed at age twelve by the insidious disease which would be completely eradicated only two years later. But it was too late for her. She would soon realize that her life was going to be very difficult as well as different from other children. She would, indeed, go on to miss schoolroom, adolescence and her first ball gown. The beautiful trappings of womanhood would never happen, yet this woman would never be trapped! She sang songs of rapture, not requiem. Lynn Strongin was the raptor and she rose above her cell. "Spectral Freedom" sings melodies of loss in poetry, prose and criticism, as well as providing the reader the ultimate definition of freedom. She shows how the human condition can be cruelly imprisoned inside of a box nailed shut on all sides and yet the soul is capable of breaking through that prison and rise. Strongin sings the many voices of liberty and like Dickinson prays and knows that the carriage holds "But" the self--and immortality.
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Title: A Scattering of Imperfections
Publisher: Casa de Snapdragon Book Description:
Driven by desire, heartbreak, and love, Katrina Guarascio's poetry gives passion to the human experience, whether it be through explorations of love or death. It is a delightful invitation to get cozy with your romantic self. A Californian native, Katrina K Guarascio currently resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico where she teaches Language Arts in the Rio Rancho School District. Katrina received her Bachelor’s degree in English with a concentrate in Creative Writing at the University of New Mexico in 2002 which lead her to a position tutoring developmental reading and writing students at the local community college, CNM. She found the position a challenge and an inspiration, and decided to return to the University to further her degree in the field of education. She received her Master’s degree in Secondary Education in 2008. Although her lifelong goal was not always to teach, she finds it a rewarding career and feels she is truly able to spread her love of literature and writing to a generation who have difficulty recognizing their importance. She loves exposing her students to different forms of poetry, such as performance or slam poetry, and other more contemporary forms which are often neglected in education. Along with numerous one time publications in various literary magazines, two chapbooks of her poetry have previously been published: “Hazy Expressions” through Powerscore Press and “More Fire than Sun” through Shadow Poetry Publications. Katrina was a co-editor and Poetry editor of the University of New Mexico’s Literary Magazine, Conceptions Southwest, during her time as a graduate student. She also edited the Literary Magazine for Central New Mexico Community College, Leonardo, during her time working for the school. She is largely inspired by the individual and the human experience, and is constantly attempting to capture a persona in poetry. Her biggest literary influences include William Shakespeare, Toni Morrison, T.S. Eliot, Tori Amos, and Sandra Cisneros.
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Title: Harriet Murphy - A Little Bit of Something
Publisher: Casa de Snapdragon Book Description: Come in, enjoy a cup of coffee, and sit a spell with Harriet Murphy as she regales you with her tales of family, life, and love in the early 1900's in the former gold mining town of Old Pine near Lake Tahoe in Northern California. This is a period in U.S. history of great mechanical and cultural inventions as well as a time for women attempting to gain their well deserved right to vote.
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Title: A Dance in the Woods
Publisher: Casa de Snapdragon Book Description: Anna and William Benton felt secure with 3 beautiful children, a home in the desert of New Mexico, and a wonderful marriage. Then tragedy struck. Their eldest daughter Beth was admitted to a hospital with respiratory problems. Just days later, she suddenly passed away in the middle of the night plunging Anna into the depths of depression with inexplicable pain in parts of her body that she had never experienced before. To make matters worse, her military husband received orders to report for duty with his family to a small American community in the mountains of Northern Italy, resulting in the loss of their home and stability. Join the Benton family as they learn to adapt to the rigors of life in the small village of Montecchia di Crosara, Italy while Anna tries desperately to find a way to to cope with her pain.
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Title: I Found My Father in a Women's Prison - The Journey Begins
Publisher: Casa de Snapdragon Book Description: Come spend some time in Richland Louisiana Parish Detention Center, a prison in the Deep South, with Tracey Brown, as she takes you into the lonely and often frightening world of the female inmate. Life as she knew it ended the day she was arrested for identity theft and sentenced to three, ten year sentences to be served concurrently.
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Title: A Stronger Grace Author: Janet K. Brennan Price: $13.95 ISBN: 978-0-9793075-0-8 Binding: Perfect Bind Paperback Pages: 70 Publisher: Casa de Snapdragon Publication Date: 9/1/2007 Book Description: Original poetry by Janet K. Brennan which deals with many aspects of life, some tragic, but most joyful. This book of poetry emphasizes that all of life is a special gift to be cherished and enjoyed to the last.
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Title: Recollections of an Old Mind, West Author: Janet K. Brennan Price: $15.00 ISBN: 978-81-8253075-1 Binding: Perfect Bind Paperback Pages: 94 Publisher: Cyberwit Publication Date: 12/5/2006 Book Description: Recollections of an Old Mind West is a compilation of western poetry. It did not take me long to begin a love affair with the west and all of its abundant beauty. The desert and southwest culture in all forms became my muse twenty five years ago, and I am in love with this high desert place to this day.
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