Author: Nick Flynn
Publisher: Graywolf Press
ISBN: 1644451018
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 93
Book Description
The newest collection from Nick Flynn, whose “songs of experience hum with immediacy” (The New York Times) Beginning with a poem called “Confessional” and ending with a poem titled “Saint Augustine,” Nick Flynn's I Will Destroy You interrogates the potential of art to be redemptive, to remake and reform. But first the maker of art must claim responsibility for his past, his actions, his propensity to destroy others and himself. “Begin by descending,” Augustine says, and the poems delve into the deepest, most defeating parts of the self: addiction, temptation, infidelity, and repressed memory. These are poems of profound self-scrutiny and lyric intensity, jagged and probing. I Will Destroy You is an honest accounting of all that love must transcend and what we must risk for its truth.
I Will Destroy You
Author: Nick Flynn
Publisher: Graywolf Press
ISBN: 1644451018
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 93
Book Description
The newest collection from Nick Flynn, whose “songs of experience hum with immediacy” (The New York Times) Beginning with a poem called “Confessional” and ending with a poem titled “Saint Augustine,” Nick Flynn's I Will Destroy You interrogates the potential of art to be redemptive, to remake and reform. But first the maker of art must claim responsibility for his past, his actions, his propensity to destroy others and himself. “Begin by descending,” Augustine says, and the poems delve into the deepest, most defeating parts of the self: addiction, temptation, infidelity, and repressed memory. These are poems of profound self-scrutiny and lyric intensity, jagged and probing. I Will Destroy You is an honest accounting of all that love must transcend and what we must risk for its truth.
Publisher: Graywolf Press
ISBN: 1644451018
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 93
Book Description
The newest collection from Nick Flynn, whose “songs of experience hum with immediacy” (The New York Times) Beginning with a poem called “Confessional” and ending with a poem titled “Saint Augustine,” Nick Flynn's I Will Destroy You interrogates the potential of art to be redemptive, to remake and reform. But first the maker of art must claim responsibility for his past, his actions, his propensity to destroy others and himself. “Begin by descending,” Augustine says, and the poems delve into the deepest, most defeating parts of the self: addiction, temptation, infidelity, and repressed memory. These are poems of profound self-scrutiny and lyric intensity, jagged and probing. I Will Destroy You is an honest accounting of all that love must transcend and what we must risk for its truth.
Execution of Justice
Author: Emily Mann
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573690020
Category : Documentary plays
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
This docudrama on the assassinations of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected public official in the country, is based on court transcripts and public record dramatising the trial of this controversial case. Focus is on accused killer Dan White, a disgruntled former city supervisor and on the jury which chose to convict him not of cold-blooded murder but manslaughter, which became known as the notorious "Twinkie defense."
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573690020
Category : Documentary plays
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
This docudrama on the assassinations of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected public official in the country, is based on court transcripts and public record dramatising the trial of this controversial case. Focus is on accused killer Dan White, a disgruntled former city supervisor and on the jury which chose to convict him not of cold-blooded murder but manslaughter, which became known as the notorious "Twinkie defense."
Misfits
Author: Michaela Coel
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
ISBN: 1250843456
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
From the brilliant mind of Michaela Coel, creator and star of I May Destroy You and Chewing Gum and a Royal Society of Literature fellow, comes a passionate and inspired declaration against fitting in. When invited to deliver the MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh International Television Festival, Michaela Coel touched a lot of people with her striking revelations about race, class and gender, but the person most significantly impacted was Coel herself. Building on her celebrated speech, Misfits immerses readers in her vision through powerful allegory and deeply personal anecdotes—from her coming of age in London public housing to her discovery of theater and her love for storytelling. And she tells of her reckoning with trauma and metamorphosis into a champion for herself, inclusivity, and radical honesty. With inspiring insight and wit, Coel lays bare her journey so far and invites us to reflect on our own. By embracing our differences, she says, we can transform our lives. An artist to her core, Coel holds up the path of the creative as an emblem of our need to regard one another with care and respect—and transparency. Misfits is a triumphant call for honesty, empathy and inclusion. Championing “misfits” everywhere, this timely, necessary book is a rousing coming-to-power manifesto dedicated to anyone who has ever worried about fitting in.
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
ISBN: 1250843456
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
From the brilliant mind of Michaela Coel, creator and star of I May Destroy You and Chewing Gum and a Royal Society of Literature fellow, comes a passionate and inspired declaration against fitting in. When invited to deliver the MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh International Television Festival, Michaela Coel touched a lot of people with her striking revelations about race, class and gender, but the person most significantly impacted was Coel herself. Building on her celebrated speech, Misfits immerses readers in her vision through powerful allegory and deeply personal anecdotes—from her coming of age in London public housing to her discovery of theater and her love for storytelling. And she tells of her reckoning with trauma and metamorphosis into a champion for herself, inclusivity, and radical honesty. With inspiring insight and wit, Coel lays bare her journey so far and invites us to reflect on our own. By embracing our differences, she says, we can transform our lives. An artist to her core, Coel holds up the path of the creative as an emblem of our need to regard one another with care and respect—and transparency. Misfits is a triumphant call for honesty, empathy and inclusion. Championing “misfits” everywhere, this timely, necessary book is a rousing coming-to-power manifesto dedicated to anyone who has ever worried about fitting in.
Phoebe Will Destroy You
Author: Blake Nelson
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1481488171
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
From the author of Girl, Boy, and Paranoid Park comes a new novel about the obsessive vortex of falling in love in an impossible time and place. The summer I was seventeen I met this girl… Nick has the best of moms and the worst of moms. On the upside, she’s a distinguished professor and bestselling author. On the downside, she’s a serious alcoholic, with no clue how to relate to her son or husband. Nick, meanwhile, has finished his junior year and needs a break from his stressful home life. What better place to spend the summer than Seaside, Oregon, a sleepy beach town where he can chill out, meet girls, and work at his Uncle’s car wash. Enter local legend, Phoebe Garnet. She’s funny, sexy, but dangerously self-destructive. Suddenly Nick is more in love, more obsessed, more heartsick than he’s ever been in his life. Why does Nick love her so much? Will he survive this obsession? And who can he turn to for help? From the author of the classic novels Girl and Paranoid Park comes a story of the joy, the pain, and the madness of growing up.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1481488171
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
From the author of Girl, Boy, and Paranoid Park comes a new novel about the obsessive vortex of falling in love in an impossible time and place. The summer I was seventeen I met this girl… Nick has the best of moms and the worst of moms. On the upside, she’s a distinguished professor and bestselling author. On the downside, she’s a serious alcoholic, with no clue how to relate to her son or husband. Nick, meanwhile, has finished his junior year and needs a break from his stressful home life. What better place to spend the summer than Seaside, Oregon, a sleepy beach town where he can chill out, meet girls, and work at his Uncle’s car wash. Enter local legend, Phoebe Garnet. She’s funny, sexy, but dangerously self-destructive. Suddenly Nick is more in love, more obsessed, more heartsick than he’s ever been in his life. Why does Nick love her so much? Will he survive this obsession? And who can he turn to for help? From the author of the classic novels Girl and Paranoid Park comes a story of the joy, the pain, and the madness of growing up.
Misfits
Author: Michaela Coel
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473596394
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
'Razor-sharp and as funny as I May Destroy You ... a gifted writer' Sunday Times | 'A perfect truth-teller of our time' ELLE | 'Leaps off the page' Observer | 'Comic and devastating' New York Times | 'Your self-help bible of 2021' Sunday Times | Profound, hilarious, devastating and breathtakingly beautiful all at once' gal-dem ***A Vogue, Vulture, Time Magazine, Observer and LitHub BEST AUTUMN READ*** ______________________________________________ From the brilliant mind of the creator and star of I May Destroy You and Chewing Gum comes a passionate declaration against fitting in. Michaela Coel's MacTaggart Lecture touched a lot of people with her striking revelations about race, class and gender. But in the end, the person most impacted was Coel herself. Building on this speech, Misfits immerses readers in her deeply personal vision through powerful allegory and anecdotes - from her East London upbringing to her discovery of theatre and love for storytelling. With inspiring insight and wit, she tells of her reckoning with trauma and metamorphosis into a champion for herself, inclusivity and radical honesty, and in telling her journey invites us to reflect on our own. By embracing our differences, she says, we can transform our lives. An artist to her core, Coel holds up the path of the creative as an emblem of our need to regard one another with care and respect - and transparency. Misfits is a triumphant call for honesty, empathy and inclusion. This timely, necessary book is a rousing coming-to-power manifesto dedicated to anyone who has ever worried about fitting in.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473596394
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
'Razor-sharp and as funny as I May Destroy You ... a gifted writer' Sunday Times | 'A perfect truth-teller of our time' ELLE | 'Leaps off the page' Observer | 'Comic and devastating' New York Times | 'Your self-help bible of 2021' Sunday Times | Profound, hilarious, devastating and breathtakingly beautiful all at once' gal-dem ***A Vogue, Vulture, Time Magazine, Observer and LitHub BEST AUTUMN READ*** ______________________________________________ From the brilliant mind of the creator and star of I May Destroy You and Chewing Gum comes a passionate declaration against fitting in. Michaela Coel's MacTaggart Lecture touched a lot of people with her striking revelations about race, class and gender. But in the end, the person most impacted was Coel herself. Building on this speech, Misfits immerses readers in her deeply personal vision through powerful allegory and anecdotes - from her East London upbringing to her discovery of theatre and love for storytelling. With inspiring insight and wit, she tells of her reckoning with trauma and metamorphosis into a champion for herself, inclusivity and radical honesty, and in telling her journey invites us to reflect on our own. By embracing our differences, she says, we can transform our lives. An artist to her core, Coel holds up the path of the creative as an emblem of our need to regard one another with care and respect - and transparency. Misfits is a triumphant call for honesty, empathy and inclusion. This timely, necessary book is a rousing coming-to-power manifesto dedicated to anyone who has ever worried about fitting in.
This Will Destroy You
Author: Pedram Navab
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781949966084
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
"This Will Destroy You is a provocatively haunting novel that situates the reader in a complex and intriguing web of interpersonal relations. Among these: 1) Marc Bernard, a plastic surgeon from Paris, France, who doubles as a mercy killer and vigilante. He's involved in an automobile accident that completely disfigures him, and he grapples with this lack of facial identity and how to restore it for the remainder of the novel, 2) Bernadette Soubirous, a "hysteric" at the Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital, who drowns herself in the Seine River and whose fate is intertwined with Marc's a century later, and 3) Christopher Laurent, a patient who is being psychoanalyzed by Anna Freud with regard to his psychotic tendencies. Juxtaposed against these three principal characters are a series of murders that take place in 1970s Paris and a bizarre case of mass suicide that takes place in 1885, which involves sleepwalkers"--
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781949966084
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
"This Will Destroy You is a provocatively haunting novel that situates the reader in a complex and intriguing web of interpersonal relations. Among these: 1) Marc Bernard, a plastic surgeon from Paris, France, who doubles as a mercy killer and vigilante. He's involved in an automobile accident that completely disfigures him, and he grapples with this lack of facial identity and how to restore it for the remainder of the novel, 2) Bernadette Soubirous, a "hysteric" at the Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital, who drowns herself in the Seine River and whose fate is intertwined with Marc's a century later, and 3) Christopher Laurent, a patient who is being psychoanalyzed by Anna Freud with regard to his psychotic tendencies. Juxtaposed against these three principal characters are a series of murders that take place in 1970s Paris and a bizarre case of mass suicide that takes place in 1885, which involves sleepwalkers"--
Will Destroy the Galaxy for Cash
Author: Yahtzee Croshaw
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
ISBN: 1506715117
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Will Destroy the Galaxy for Cash is the follow up tale to Will Save the Galaxy for Food from the mind of writer Yahtzee Croshaw (Mogworld, Jam, Differently Morphous). With the age of heroic star pilots and galactic villains completely killed by quantum teleportation, the ex-star pilot currently named Dashford Pierce is struggling to find his identity in a changing universe. Then, a face from his past returns and makes him an offer he can't refuse: take part in just one small, slightly illegal, heist, and not only will he have the means to start the new life he craves, but also save his childhood hero from certain death. What could go wrong? If you need to ask--you don't know Dashford Pierce. Before long, Pierce is surrounded by peril, and forced to partner with the very same supervillains he'd spent his heroic career thwarting. But when he's confronted by the uncomfortable truth that star pilots might not have been the force for good, they had intended to be, he begins to wonder if the villains hadn't had the right idea all along...
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
ISBN: 1506715117
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Will Destroy the Galaxy for Cash is the follow up tale to Will Save the Galaxy for Food from the mind of writer Yahtzee Croshaw (Mogworld, Jam, Differently Morphous). With the age of heroic star pilots and galactic villains completely killed by quantum teleportation, the ex-star pilot currently named Dashford Pierce is struggling to find his identity in a changing universe. Then, a face from his past returns and makes him an offer he can't refuse: take part in just one small, slightly illegal, heist, and not only will he have the means to start the new life he craves, but also save his childhood hero from certain death. What could go wrong? If you need to ask--you don't know Dashford Pierce. Before long, Pierce is surrounded by peril, and forced to partner with the very same supervillains he'd spent his heroic career thwarting. But when he's confronted by the uncomfortable truth that star pilots might not have been the force for good, they had intended to be, he begins to wonder if the villains hadn't had the right idea all along...
The Memory Book
Author: Lara Avery
Publisher: Poppy
ISBN: 0316283770
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Perfect for fans of Everything, Everything and Five Feet Apart, a bittersweet story of love and loss, told one journal entry at a time. Sammie McCoy is a girl with a plan: graduate at the top of her class and get out of her small town as soon as possible. Nothing will stand in her way-not even the rare genetic disorder the doctors say will slowly steal her memories and then her health. So the memory book is born: a journal written to Sammie's future self. It's where she'll record every perfect detail of her first date with longtime-crush Stuart, and where she'll admit how much she's missed her childhood friend Cooper. The memory book will ensure Sammie never forgets the most important parts of her life-the people who have broken her heart, and those who have mended it. If Sammie's going to die, she's going to die living.
Publisher: Poppy
ISBN: 0316283770
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Perfect for fans of Everything, Everything and Five Feet Apart, a bittersweet story of love and loss, told one journal entry at a time. Sammie McCoy is a girl with a plan: graduate at the top of her class and get out of her small town as soon as possible. Nothing will stand in her way-not even the rare genetic disorder the doctors say will slowly steal her memories and then her health. So the memory book is born: a journal written to Sammie's future self. It's where she'll record every perfect detail of her first date with longtime-crush Stuart, and where she'll admit how much she's missed her childhood friend Cooper. The memory book will ensure Sammie never forgets the most important parts of her life-the people who have broken her heart, and those who have mended it. If Sammie's going to die, she's going to die living.
Chewing Gum Dreams
Author: Michaela Coel
Publisher: Methuen Drama
ISBN: 1350270288
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
First Published in Great Britan by Oberon Books 2013.
Publisher: Methuen Drama
ISBN: 1350270288
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
First Published in Great Britan by Oberon Books 2013.
To Destroy You is No Loss
Author: Joan D. Criddle
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 9780385266284
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
The daughter of a former Cambodian government official recounts the family's four years of forced labor and persecution at the hands of the Khmer Rouge
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 9780385266284
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
The daughter of a former Cambodian government official recounts the family's four years of forced labor and persecution at the hands of the Khmer Rouge