Book of Sketches
Title | Book of Sketches PDF eBook |
Author | Jack Kerouac |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 433 |
Release | 2006-04-04 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 1440626499 |
In 1952 and 1953 as he wandered around America, Jack Kerouac jotted down spontaneous prose poems, or "sketches" as he called them, on small notebooks that he kept in his shirt pockets. The poems recount his travels—New York, North Carolina, Lowell (Massachusetts, Kerouac’s birthplace), San Francisco, Denver, Kansas, Mexico—observations, and meditations on art and life. The poems are often strung together so that over the course of several of them, a little story—or travelogue—appears, complete in itself. Published for the first time, Book of Sketches offers a luminous, intimate, and transcendental glimpse of one of the most original voices of the twentieth century at a key time in his literary and spiritual development.
A Poem Traveled Down My Arm
Title | A Poem Traveled Down My Arm PDF eBook |
Author | Alice Walker |
Publisher | Random House |
Pages | 83 |
Release | 2007-12-18 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 0307430448 |
In this illuminating book, Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist and acclaimed poet Alice Walker reveals her remarkable philosophy of life. Curiously, this labor of love started with the author’s signature: Faced with the daunting task of providing autographs for multiple copies of one of her poetry collections, Absolute Trust in the Goodness of the Earth, Walker turned an act of repetition into an act of inspiration. For each autograph became something more than a name: a thoughtful reflection, an impromptu sketch, a heartfelt poem. The result is this spontaneous burst of the unexpected. A Poem Traveled Down My Arm is a lovely collection of insights and drawings—by turns charming and humorous, provocative and profound—that represent the wisdom of one of today’s most beloved writers. The essence of Walker’s independent spirit emanates from words and images that are simple but deep in meaning. An empowering approach to life...the inspiration to live completely in the moment...the chance to nurture one’s creativity and peace of mind—all these beautiful elements are evoked by this unusual and original book.
Modest Gifts
Title | Modest Gifts PDF eBook |
Author | Norman Mailer |
Publisher | Random House Trade |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 0812972376 |
An unexpected collection from Norman Mailer a book of his selected poems and more than one hundred of his drawings, most of them never before published. Modest Gifts is full of what the author calls casual pleasures witty, naughty, and surprisingly tender verse and art. Lust, seduction, betrayal, jealousy, and even the banality of cocktail party chatter are depicted with humor, affection, and, above all, honesty. Here is an aspect of Norman Mailer unknown to many: lighthearted, prankish, whimsical, and often gentle, playfully sketching the intimate urban world that surrounds us. Modest, funny, and true, each poem and drawing shows a new side of one of the greatest writers of our time."
Writing Poetry from the Inside Out
Title | Writing Poetry from the Inside Out PDF eBook |
Author | Sandford Lyne |
Publisher | Sourcebooks, Inc. |
Pages | 289 |
Release | 2007-03-01 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 1402254202 |
In Writing Poetry from the Inside Out, poet and national poetry workshop leader, Sandford Lyne, offers the writing exercises, guidance, and encouragement you need to find the poet inside you. Lyne's techniques, which he developed through twenty years of teaching poetry workshops, flow from an understanding that poetry is an art form open to everyone. We all can-and should-write poetry. In this enchanting and inspiring volume, Lyne will introduce you to the pleasures and surprises of writing poetry, and his methods and insights will help you tap into your own unique voice and perspective to compose poems of your own in as little as a few minutes. Whether you are an experienced writer looking for new techniques and sources of inspiration or a novice poet who has never written a poem in your life, Writing Poetry from the Inside Out will help you to craft the poems you've always longed to write.
Prose Sketches and Poems Written in the Western Country
Title | Prose Sketches and Poems Written in the Western Country PDF eBook |
Author | Albert Pike |
Publisher | Literary Licensing, LLC |
Pages | 318 |
Release | 2014-03-30 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781498027731 |
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1874 Edition.
Turning to Wallpaper
Title | Turning to Wallpaper PDF eBook |
Author | Heidi Wong |
Publisher | Central Avenue Publishing |
Pages | 150 |
Release | 2021-09-28 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 1771682477 |
"Wear poetry as both perfume and armor." In Turning to Wallpaper, lush, elegant language contrasts with the disturbing and at times gruesome imagery to create a collection that knows exactly how to haunt the reader. Wong’s words and artistry are vibrant with color, richly textured, defiant, and unapologetic in their boldness. Her speaker undertakes a spiritual journey of remembrance that transcends body, tradition, and even nation in the pursuit of authentic art—art that is constructed using radical acceptance of the past as a means to leave it all behind. This is a story where no wounds are softened or left unconfronted. Unconcerned with conventional beauty, it is undeniably beautiful.
Union River
Title | Union River PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Marion |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | United States |
ISBN | 9781946741004 |
Poetry. Spanning more than forty years of writing, UNION RIVER takes us across the national landscape and mindscape with poems and sketches that delve into our common experience. This lyrical Americana address combines memory work, ecstatic reports from the field, invented scenes, street voices, blog posts, daily news, and representations of life in these states. Writing in closed and open forms, Marion works the language for the best it can give. He shows us the difference between looking and seeing, between hearing and listening, between knowing and understanding. Our nation is a place of grandeur, pain, constant churn, and regular renewal. Every person makes the democratic republic new each day, for good or bad. Paul Marion wants us to use "America" as a verb, an action word.