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February 2000
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published February 2000.
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All the characters in this volume of poetry, whether the author created them or not, have a commonality of realness, in the sense that they evoke a personal, human truth. “Mulroney,” the title character, is not a very complex fellow,... Read More
In a literary world often inundated with the banal, readers will cherish these poems for their fine sophistication. Pellizon, who won the prestigious Hollis Summers Poetry Prize for this collection, writes with a striking sense of... Read More
What is left in the world for people who are still alive yet whose lives have been destroyed? All is inverted. Pain is now painless. Poverty is ambiguous riches. The hurtful past is now the ambivalent present. Dailey writes with the... Read More
Designed to be a companion and mentor to women who seek to recognize, honor and free their creativity, The 12 Secrets of Highly Successful Women is a distillation of wisdom gathered from a wide-ranging sample of some of the most creative... Read More
Vegetable plants can get too much nitrogen. Garden pests can be confused by strong-scented companion planting. Peppers “love to hold hands,” i.e. to be planted close together. Along with both general and specific instructions for... Read More
The premise of this book seems deceptively simple: a knowledge of basic life skills combined with good advice (both of which the book promises to impart) will enable people to conquer their personal problems through self-initiated... Read More
Step aside Kurt Vonnegut here comes Don Taylor! Mr. Taylor puts his pile of dirty laundry together to be aired in front of all in this unsettling, sardonic book of hard-hitting realities of an Englishman’s life. Mr. Taylor rides the... Read More