Before Willa Cather turned primarily to the fiction that made her reputation, she produced striking poems that were collected in April Twilights. It was her literary debut, preceding the publication of O Pioneers! by nine years. In her introduction distinguished Cather scholar Bernice Slote notes that this edition of April Twilights restores what had been “an almost lost, certainly blurred, portion of the creative life of a great novelist.” Among the thirty-seven selections are the much-anthologized “Grandmither, Think Not I Forget” and the highly evocative “Prairie Dawn.” This printing includes a new introduction by Robert Thacker that provides new insights into Cather and her poetry.
It is fatal attraction for young and unworldly Maybelline Lee as she delves deeper into a dark social order where love draws boundaries and anarchy parades weak hearts. After encountering the mysterious and charismatic Crist, May discovers a striking and tragic man mourning the demise of his first love. Although their connection was different from the rest, Crist's dark intention causes May to end their ill-fated relationship and find solace in his more distracting rival-the disarming and driven-Mayhem.Soon, May faces the irreversible consequences of turning against Crist and falling for his adversary. Determined to overcome the underground world and its immoral syndicates, May agrees to Mayhem's conditions as her unruly and guiding Angel. Daunted by Mayhem's opulent, hopeless, and bittersweet lifestyle, May discovers the blessings as well as causalities of loving the rebel gang lord. As the moral clock ticks, April and her Black Coffee race against time, misfortune, and fate to overcome an underground society that condemns love and shuns the human condition.
Writing daily poems is a discpline designed to prime the pump of creativity and to hone attention to the ideas, phrases, and everyday miracles which are a part of every life. This chapbook collects daily poems written during the spring of 2013 and 2014. Parenthood, prayer, Jerusalem, Hebron, a rooftop New York city bar, a walk to the beaver dam, Iron Man and the golem of Prague, and more. An experiment in playful attention.
The articles fall within three categories: Iran, the ArabWorld, and Afghanistan and Pakistan. Within each category, the topics range from macro to micro.Some pieces are current and indeed forward-looking while others deal with past events thatcontinue to have links to issues of strategic and tactical concern today. The Review also informsreaders of MES activities and of selected engagements by MES staff during 2012 and 2013.
