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“marilyn nelson”

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  • War and Imagination

    Perspectives from the Hudson Review

    by Ronald Koury, Nina Bogin, Frederick Morgan, Franz Schneider, Charles Gullans, Joseph Bennett, John Finlay, Marilyn Nelson, Brooke Allen, Abraham Pais0, Louis Simpson1, Anne Stevenson2, Daniel Hoffman3, John Ridland4, Maria Terrone5, Maxine Kumin6, Benjamin Fondane7, John Balaban8, Donka Farkas9, Tennessee Williams0, Leo Tolstoy1, Richard Pevear2, Larissa Volokhonsky3, Wendell Berry4, Julián Ríos5, Nick Caistor6, Asako Serizawa7, Luke Mogelson8, Lara Prescott9, Cary Holladay0 ...
    Stories of war and conflict form the backbone of much of the Western literary canon, portraying a certain image of heroism, stoicism, and survival in the face of violence. War and Imagination challenges the canon with essays, short stories, and a wide variety of perspectives.Paying particular attention to the twentieth century and prioritizing the writings of civilians, the works highlighted in ... Read more

    $28.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Boley Rodeo

    Poems, 2008–2026

    by Marilyn Nelson ...
    Powerful, beautiful, and often deceptively simple, the poetry of Marilyn Nelson takes a polyphonic approach to rendering American lives of the past, present, and beyond. Voices speak from varied times and places, while the sound that results is that of a full-throated choir telling often-forgotten truths about human existence.Collecting poems written since 2008, The Boley Rodeo features seven ... Read more

    $9.95 USD

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  • The Cachoeira Tales and Other Poems

    by Marilyn Nelson ...
    Soaring images, rhythmic language, and wry humor come together in these three narrative poems that explore travel from an African American historical and social perspective. A cab ride turns into an amazing encounter with the driver, an amateur physicist whose ideas about space and time travel spark the poet's musings on chutzpah and artistic ambition. A trip to Triolet, a Creole village in the ... Read more

    $9.95 USD

  • Faster Than Light

    New and Selected Poems, 1996-2011

    by Marilyn Nelson ...
    Conjuring numerous voices and characters across oceans and centuries, Faster Than Light explores widely disparate experiences through the lens of traditional poetic forms. This volume contains a selection of Marilyn Nelson's new and uncollected poems as well as work from each of her lyric histories of eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century African American individuals and communities ... Read more

    $9.95 USD

  • Carver

    A Life in Poems

    by Marilyn Nelson ...
    Newbery Honor BookNational Book Award finalistCoretta Scott King Author Honor BookBoston Globe–Horn Book AwardFlora Stieglitz Straus AwardBeautiful verse explores agricultural scientist George Washington Carver's life and many achievements, from his work as a botanist and inventor to his unsung gifts as a painter, musician, and teacher.George Was... ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • American Ace

    by Marilyn Nelson ...
    **In this eloquent first novel in verse by renowned poet Marilyn Nelson, a boy embraces his newfound genealogy and his surprising connection to American history.“A quietly powerful story about race, ignorance, and identity from a poetry master.”—Bustle“Stunning.”—Shelf Awareness“A gorgeous story that stays with you long after you finish.”—BuzzFeed**Connor’s grandmother leaves his dad a letter when ... Read more

    Was $8.99 USD Now $5.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Augusta Savage

    The Shape of a Sculptor's Life

    by Marilyn Nelson ...
    **This powerful biography in poems tells the life of Augusta Savage, the trailblazing artist and pillar of the Harlem Renaissance.A Claudia Lewis Award Winner for Poetry by the Bank Street College of Education**A Black Caucus ALA Children & Young Adult Award WinnerA CCBC Children’s Choice • A CBC Teacher FavoriteAugusta Savage was arguably the most influential American artist of the 1930s. A ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • A is for Oboe: The Orchestra's Alphabet

    by Lera Auerbach, Marilyn Nelson ...
    Illustrated by Paul Hoppe ...
    This deeply imaginative and entertaining poetry collection details the pleasures of the orchestra, from strong-willed A to satisfied Z.Two widely acclaimed poets--one a composer and classical pianist as well--have come together to create this extraordinary portrait of the orchestra in all of its richness and fascination, using the structure of the alphabet in a way that's entirely new and ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Snook Alone

    by Marilyn Nelson ...
    Illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering ...
    A faithful little dog must survive on his own in the wild in this evocative tale of loss and reunion from acclaimed poet Marilyn Nelson and the inimitable Timothy Basil Ering. (Ages 4-7)Abba Jacob is a monk who lives on a far, far away island with his loyal rat terrier, Snook. Every day, from the wee hours of dawn till the sun sets over the sea, Snook keeps Abba Jacob company as he prays or works, ... Read more

    $8.09 USD

  • The Barns of Erie County

    by David Nelson, Marilyn Nelson ...
    For the barn lover, this book is a feast for the eyes! Contained in these pages is a collection of the incredible diversity of barns found in the Erie County area of Pennsylvania. Many of the barns you see in these pages have fallen victim to the wind and weather found off the shores of Lake Erie and no longer exist. Owning a record of them in such a beautiful format is a valuable asset to any ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Lubaya's Quiet Roar

    by Marilyn Nelson ...
    Illustrated by Philemona Williamson ...
    In this stirring picture book about social justice activism and the power of introverts, a quiet girl's artwork makes a big impression at a protest rally.Newbery Honor winner Marilyn Nelson and fine artist Philemona Williamson have come together to create this lyrical, impactful story of how every child, even the quietest, can make a difference in their community and world. Young Lubaya is ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Wreath for Emmett Till

    A Printz Award Winner

    by Marilyn Nelson ...
    A Coretta Scott King and Printz honor book now in paperback. A Wreath for Emmett Till is "A moving elegy," says The Bulletin.In 1955 people all over the United States knew that Emmett Louis Till was a fourteen-year-old African American boy lynched for supposedly whistling at a white woman in Mississippi. The brutality of his murder, the open-casket funeral held by his mother, Mamie Till Mobley, ... Read more

    $7.99 USD