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  • The Haiku Apprentice

    Memoirs of Writing Poetry in Japan

    by Abigail Friedman ...
    An American diplomat traveling the world over is grounded by a chance encounter with a haiku group.Abigail Friedman was an American diplomat in Tokyo, not a writer. A chance encounter leads her to a haiku group, where she discovers poetry that anyone can enjoy writing. Her teacher and fellow haiku group members instruct her in seasonal flora and fauna, and gradually she learns to describe the ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • I Wait for the Moon

    100 Haiku of Momoko Kuroda

    by Momoko Kuroda, Abigail Friedman ...
    I wait for fireflies / I wait as if for someone / who will never returnThe first work in English devoted entirely to the modern haiku master, Momoko Kuroda, with 100 poems plus commentary on the poet's life, social context, form, and technique.Momoko Kuroda (1938–2023) was a giant of haiku poetry in Japan and a woman of remarkable independence and spirit. She received multiple awards for her ... Read more

    $7.19 USD

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  • A Really Good Brown Girl

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  • On Writing Horror

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  • May Sarton

    Biography

    by Margot Peters ...
    The first biography of May Sarton: a brilliant revelation of the life and work of a literary figure who influenced her thousands of readers not only by her novels and poetry, but by her life and her writings about it.May Sarton's career stretched from 1930 (early sonnets published in Poetry magazine) to 1995 (her journal At Eighty-Two). She wrote more than twenty novels, and twenty-five books of ... Read more

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  • Get Your Travel Writing Published

    Perfect your travel writing and share it with the world

    by Cynthia Dial ...
    Get Your Travel Writing Published will give those of you who love to travel and long to write about it the essential tools to turn it into a profession. By the end of this book, you will know what steps you will need to take to get your work published, the ABCs of writing winning travel articles and the markets available to you, all while avoiding common beginner's pitfalls.NOT GOT MUCH TIME?One, ... Read more

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    by Jordan Smith ...
    What's your story about?Do you answer with a blank stare when someone asks you that question? Do you have trouble writing your Amazon description? What if you had an attention-grabbing way to leave your audience begging for more?Learn how to effectively pitch your story!Story consultant and author Jordan Smith has taken a powerful technique used by professional Hollywood screenwriters to sell ... Read more

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  • Quick Cheats for Writing With Dragon

    Hidden Tricks to Help You Dictate Your Book, Work Anywhere and Set Your Words Free with Speech Recognition

    by Scott Baker ...
    No jargon. No confusion. Just solid, fail-safe tips for writers to take their dictation to the next level. From the author of "The Writer's Guide to Training Your Dragon", this mini-guide will help you choose the right microphone, transcribe on-the-go with Dragon and put you on the path to sky-high word counts. You will also learn little-known tricks, such as: - Dictating into programs Dragon ... Read more

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  • Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie

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    by Maya Angelou ...
    Another remarkable collection of poetry from one of America's masters of the medium. The first part gathers together poems of love and nostalgic memory, while Part II portrays confrontations inherent in a racist society. ... Read more

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  • In Praise of the Unfinished

    Selected Poems

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    Translated by John Carpenter, Bogdana Carpenter ...
    Hailed by Czeslaw Milosz as “the grande dame of Polish poetry” and named “one of the foremost Polish poets of the twentieth century” by Ryszard Kapuscinski, Julia Hartwig has long been considered the gold standard of poetry in her native Poland. With this career-spanning collection, we finally have a book of her work in English.The tragic story of the last century flows naturally through Hartwig’s ... Read more

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  • Writing Dialogue: The Essential Guide

    by Jean Saunders ...
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    Without dialogue a novel is no more than an endless essay. Only through their speech can the characters really come to life. We all talk to one another all the time, so it shouldn’t be too difficult to get our realistic dialogue into the mouths of our fictional characters. Yet for some writers it is an impossible task. This practical guide by prolific author Jean Saunders shows how it is done. ... Read more

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