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The Other Olympians

Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports

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WINNER of the 2025 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Nonfiction. A Finalist for the 2024 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History and the 2025 Mark Lynton History Prize. Named one of the Best Books of 2024 by The New Yorker, NPR and BookPage."Michael Waters performs an Olympian act of storytelling, using the stories of these extraordinary athletes to explore in brilliant detail the struggle for und ... Read more

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WINNER of the 2025 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Nonfiction. A Finalist for the 2024 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History and the 2025 Mark Lynton History Prize. Named one of the Best Books of 2024 by The New Yorker, NPR and BookPage."Michael Waters performs an Olympian act of storytelling, using the stories of these extraordinary athletes to explore in brilliant detail the struggle for und
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Should I, Shouldn't I?

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If you ever have tough decisions to make (and who doesn't?), then this really is the book for you. If those decisions include stark binary choices—stay or go? this path or that path? speak out or keep quiet?—then this book will give you a simple, powerful strategy for getting to the crux of your dilemma.Many of us agonise over big decisions (and not so big ones!). We can struggle for weeks, even ... Read more

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If you ever have tough decisions to make (and who doesn't?), then this really is the book for you. If those decisions include stark binary choices—stay or go? this path or that path? speak out or keep quiet?—then this book will give you a simple, powerful strategy for getting to the crux of your dilemma.Many of us agonise over big decisions (and not so big ones!). We can struggle for weeks, even
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Pagan Sky: New and Selected Poems 2000-2025

by Michael Waters ...

In these richly textured poems—crafted with taut clarity and consummate skill—Waters confronts the immutable presence of death by reveling in sensual pleasure and spiritual daring. Each poem unfolds as a compelling narrative, sharpened by precise diction and lifted by lyrical grace and musical phrasing.Waters’ range is expansive, moving across geographies from Brooklyn to Romania, from the ... Read more

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In these richly textured poems—crafted with taut clarity and consummate skill—Waters confronts the immutable presence of death by reveling in sensual pleasure and spiritual daring. Each poem unfolds as a compelling narrative, sharpened by precise diction and lifted by lyrical grace and musical phrasing.Waters’ range is expansive, moving across geographies from Brooklyn to Romania, from the
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Sign & Breath

by Christal Brown, Dante DiStefano, Michael Waters, Bruce Bond, Shara McCallum, Tim Seibles, Claire Bateman, Dominique Christina, Rita Banerjee, Bianca Stone, Nell-Lynn Perera, D. M. Aderibigbe, William Heyen, Diana Whitney, Kristina Marie Darling, Cynthia Hogue, Arthur Sza, Christine Gelineau, H.L. Hix, Colum McCann, Haleh Liza Gafori, Kaylynn Sullivan TwoTrees, Shin Yu Pai, Ru Freeman, Felice Belle, Alycia D. Jenkins, Jerome Rothenberg, Fred D'Aguiar, Diane Raptosh, Sheryl St. Germain, Bruce Smith, Jeff Talarigo, Mihaela Moscaliuc, Lynn Kozak, Carolyn Finney, Remica Bingham-Risher, Carol Moldaw, Steven Reese, Nin Andrews, Jeff Diteman, Angelique Palmer, Philip Metres, Damon Honeycutt, Tanure Ojaide, Morowa Yejide, Kazim Ali, Rashidah Ismaili Abu-Baker ...

Sign & Breath is a new critical anthology that takes a different approach to exploring these questions: What is poetry? What defines voice? Featuring a range of contemporary artists, many of whom work across different mediums and genres, Sign & Breath introduces the reader to one page that sings in any genre – prose, fiction, poetry, spoken word, hybrid forms, and song – across diverse traditions. ... Read more

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Sign & Breath is a new critical anthology that takes a different approach to exploring these questions: What is poetry? What defines voice? Featuring a range of contemporary artists, many of whom work across different mediums and genres, Sign & Breath introduces the reader to one page that sings in any genre – prose, fiction, poetry, spoken word, hybrid forms, and song – across diverse traditions.
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Study Break

11 College Tales from Orientation to Graduation

by Jake Maia Arlow, Arushi Avachat, Boon Carmen, Ananya Devarajan, Camryn Garrett, Christina Li, Racquel Marie, Oyin, Laila Sabreen, Michael Waters, Joelle Wellington ...

**Explore college, love, and identity in this collection for fans of She Gets the Girl!Perfect graduation gift!**Catalyst Awards Winner for Best YA Fiction!Welcome to the University of Milbridge, where...-Aarti attends orientation armed with a detailed four-year plan...that might not go as expected-Fray is looking for a Jewish community on campus that they can actually feel comfortable in-Deepika ... Read more

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**Explore college, love, and identity in this collection for fans of She Gets the Girl!Perfect graduation gift!**Catalyst Awards Winner for Best YA Fiction!Welcome to the University of Milbridge, where...-Aarti attends orientation armed with a detailed four-year plan...that might not go as expected-Fray is looking for a Jewish community on campus that they can actually feel comfortable in-Deepika
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The Essential Guide to the Dubai Real Estate Market

by Michael Waters ...

Series series Routledge International Real Estate Markets Series
This is the first book to fully present, analyse and interpret the Dubai real estate market. Dubai is fast becoming one of the world’s most attractive places to invest in real estate and this book examines the market from three interlinked sectors that drive its performance: occupiers, investors and developers. It examines the market’s historical growth and lays the foundations to examine future ... Read more

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This is the first book to fully present, analyse and interpret the Dubai real estate market. Dubai is fast becoming one of the world’s most attractive places to invest in real estate and this book examines the market from three interlinked sectors that drive its performance: occupiers, investors and developers. It examines the market’s historical growth and lays the foundations to examine future
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The Dean of Discipline

by Michael Waters ...

Series series Pitt Poetry Series
In the richly musical and boldly imaginative poems of The Dean of Discipline, Michael Waters explores the confluences of the sensual and the spiritual, and renders their mysteries with precision and clarity. The title evokes the rigorous consciousness that prods the artist to deepen into his craft. Line by line, Waters delivers the passionate eloquence and intensity that distinguish his poems. ... Read more

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In the richly musical and boldly imaginative poems of The Dean of Discipline, Michael Waters explores the confluences of the sensual and the spiritual, and renders their mysteries with precision and clarity. The title evokes the rigorous consciousness that prods the artist to deepen into his craft. Line by line, Waters delivers the passionate eloquence and intensity that distinguish his poems.
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Celestial Joyride

by Michael Waters ...

In these poems of taut clarity, craft, and texture, Michael Waters continues his bold exploration of sensual pleasure and moral transgression as means of affirming spiritual faith. Just as a joyride suggests recklessness and exhilaration, so Celestial Joyride is an energized journey marked by spiritual recklessness in the face of perpetual mortality. Compelling, musical narratives offer rich ... Read more

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In these poems of taut clarity, craft, and texture, Michael Waters continues his bold exploration of sensual pleasure and moral transgression as means of affirming spiritual faith. Just as a joyride suggests recklessness and exhilaration, so Celestial Joyride is an energized journey marked by spiritual recklessness in the face of perpetual mortality. Compelling, musical narratives offer rich
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Gospel Night

by Michael Waters ...

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"Waters's elegant language suggests that there is grace to be found in facing and speaking of our sorrows. . . . His use of humor creates a tension between the profane and the sublime."—Arts & LettersAmong the survivors of the DonnerParty—idiom's black sense of humor—Who developed a secret taste for fleshFlaked between the fluted bones of the wrist?In his tenth poetry collection, Michael Waters ... Read more

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"Waters's elegant language suggests that there is grace to be found in facing and speaking of our sorrows. . . . His use of humor creates a tension between the profane and the sublime."—Arts & LettersAmong the survivors of the DonnerParty—idiom's black sense of humor—Who developed a secret taste for fleshFlaked between the fluted bones of the wrist?In his tenth poetry collection, Michael Waters
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Darling Vulgarity

by Michael Waters ...

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With both ardor and sensuality, Darling Vulgarity challenges us to embrace humanity’s imperfections while urging us toward new spiritual realities. And then, sometimes, the poems are just plain sexy. Or, as Nat Hardy wrote, “Waters’ meditative and confessional forays into the sexual sublime are both disturbing and artfully passionate.”Darling Vulgarity also includes poems based on Waters’ true ... Read more

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With both ardor and sensuality, Darling Vulgarity challenges us to embrace humanity’s imperfections while urging us toward new spiritual realities. And then, sometimes, the poems are just plain sexy. Or, as Nat Hardy wrote, “Waters’ meditative and confessional forays into the sexual sublime are both disturbing and artfully passionate.”Darling Vulgarity also includes poems based on Waters’ true
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Caw

by Michael Waters ...

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First printing: 1000 copies.Caw is Michael Waters’s 13th full-length poetry collection. His previous collection with BOA Editions was Celestial Joyride (BOA, 2016).Waters’s prior collection Darling Vulgarity (BOA, 2006) was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and his collection Parthenopi: New and Selected Poems (BOA, 2001) was a finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize.This collection ... Read more

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First printing: 1000 copies.Caw is Michael Waters’s 13th full-length poetry collection. His previous collection with BOA Editions was Celestial Joyride (BOA, 2016).Waters’s prior collection Darling Vulgarity (BOA, 2006) was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and his collection Parthenopi: New and Selected Poems (BOA, 2001) was a finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize.This collection
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The Other Olympians

Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports

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"Michael Waters performs an Olympian act of storytelling, using the stories of these extraordinary athletes to explore in brilliant detail the struggle for understanding and equality." —Jonathan Eig, author of King: A Life“This riveting audiobook brings all the facts and showcases why we need to acknowledge true history in today’s social climate.”—Book Riot**"Narrator Jennifer Pickens brings the ... Read more

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"Michael Waters performs an Olympian act of storytelling, using the stories of these extraordinary athletes to explore in brilliant detail the struggle for understanding and equality." —Jonathan Eig, author of King: A Life“This riveting audiobook brings all the facts and showcases why we need to acknowledge true history in today’s social climate.”—Book Riot**"Narrator Jennifer Pickens brings the
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