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142 tulosta hakusanalla Demitria Lunetta
We're everywhere, and it's time to come out of the closet: I speak of the tongue-tied generation, buyers of books with titles like Master Spanish in Ten Minutes a Day while You Nap. . . . We grew up listening to the language - usually in the kitchens of extended family - but we answered back mostly in English.""Demetria Martínez wields her trademark blend of humor and irony to give voice to her own ""tongue-tied generation"" in this notable series of essays, revealing her deeply personal views of the world. Martínez breaks down the barriers between prayer and action, between the border denizen and the citizen of the world, and between patriarchal religion and the Divine Mother. She explores her identity as a woman who has within her the ""blood of the conquered and the conqueror,"" and who must daily contend with yet a third world - white America.
Guadalupe Anaya, a waitress, is pregnant. She is also the newly elected block captain of Sunflower Street, in charge of raising awareness of safety in her southeast Albuquerque neighborhood. Her campaign platform: God helps those who help themselves. While she waits for the baby, Lupe writes letters to her unborn child, whom she names Destiny. It is Lupe's dream that her daughter will be a writer, pushing a pen instead of a broom.In this highly imaginative work of fiction by the acclaimed author of Mother Tongue, Demetria Martínez weaves a portrait of six unforgettable characters, whose lives intertwine through their activism as they seek to create a better world and find meaning in their own lives. At the center of this circle of friends is Lupe, and her heartfelt letters to Destiny punctuate the narrative. Until she crossed the border alone and without papers, Lupe worked in a maquiladora in Mexico. Rescued by strangers, she has made a family for herself among the kindhearted friends, swept up in various causes, who will be her daughter's godparents.Deftly alternating between first-person and second-person narratives, conscious states and dream states, The Block Captain's Daughter is full of delightful surprises, even as it deals with universal themes of desire and risk, death and birth, and the powerful ties that bind us all together.
"I can no more describe love," writes Demetria Martinez, "than mystics can light." Don't believe it for a minute. In this collection of fifty-three poems, the author of the award-winning novel Mother Tongue explores the themes that have long characterized her writing: the creative and destructive powers of romantic love, the failure of political systems, the spiritual life, and the need to forgive oneself in order to move on with the work of transformation, both social and personal. Through poems that confront mortality even as they demand social justice, Martinez writes of surviving in a culture where traditional values often get lost in the complexities of everyday life. Of nurturing relationships with nieces, nephews, and parents while pondering questions of life and death, love and loss. Of caring for one's own body when "each cough is an underground nuclear explosion, / Unraveling your body's hard-won peace accord." Martinez cauterizes old wounds inflicted by various agents: death, political repression, betrayal, and of course failed romance: "Don t bother, I did it / First. Broke my own / Damn heart." Here are "kernels of loneliness too stubborn to grind / Down to blue meal," and the struggle for a renewed sense of self as middle age approaches:At this age you touch what little sanctity you can muster.The yearning burns to do more, to do more by hand.To thread your very life through a needle's eye. Martinez serves up a heady blend of political and sensual imagery. Her keen observations and compassionate voice lead the reader on a journey of self-exploration, of coping with life's mundanities as well as its heartaches: "I could use a loving word, / A loaf of bread, a rose, / Help with the laundry." Through her unquenchable passion for life, Demetria Martinez leaves the devil's workshop and brings us closer to an understanding of what is real.
Keagan Teagan and the Nail Calamity: Nail Calamity
Demetria L. Phillips
Demetria Phillips
2018
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Keagan Teagan Book SeriesCurious siblings, Keagan and Teagan, wow the audience with their peculiar escapades while they themselves gain good and bad knowledge throughout each adventure. Keagan is the 6 year old, rambunctious, younger brother of 8 year old Teagan. Teagan is an easy-going, follower of his younger, trouble-making brother Keagan, who always seems to land the boys in big trouble with their Mother. After their suspicious Mother finds out what the boys have been up to, how will they make it through to the next day?Keagan Teagan and the Nail CalamitySiblings, Keagan and Teagan are curious to see what items they can find at a construction site for a new home being built in their neighborhood. When the search leads to Teagan being injured, who will explain this to Mother?
This book is NOT for the literary critics or the interpreters who sit as gods judging what is and what is NOT poetry or who is and who is NOT a poet This book is NOT for those in authority or those that prohibit authority of expression thus the title UNLEASHED. This book is filled with joy, lined with heart felt questions, marked with pain and will take you on a poetic journey. We will take the reader on a visionary quest demonstrating we "All" have the strength to preserver and see what we see After all, people do see with different perspectives.Yes there are sonnets to be found within these pages. Verses, stanzas, paragraphs and endings that rhyme. All the imagery and symbols that make up poetry can be found pressed upon the pages within, but what we, and the fellow authors of this book hope you will discover is. . . clear and accessible words with a language that speaks to you from the heart and maybe even alters the way you perceive the world.
Don't Waste Your Pretty: The Go-To Guide for Making Smarter Decisions in Life & Love
Demetria L. Lucas
Books by Belle
2014
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Prayer Pearls: Priceless Inspiration
Demetria Springfield Banks
Demetria Springfield Banks
2014
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Prayer Pearls is a dynamic prayer devotional that undoubtedly will lead you into the awesome presence of God It's principles on effective praying will teach you how to pray prayers that will get results. The prayers offered in part two provide specific examples of various prayers. In part three, Dr. Dee shares prayer nuggets that were given to her during her private times of prayer.Allow Prayer Pearls to take you to advance you to your next level in prayer
Healmotions: Unwrapping the Mummy Layers
Demetria Springfield Banks
Demetria Springfield Banks
2014
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Every Single One of You: Living Above Single Life Frustrations
Demetria Springfield Banks
Demetria Springfield Banks
2015
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Have you ever wondered if there is a point where you can live above single life frustrations as a Christian single? Can there be a "happy ever after" for you?In this book, Dr. Banks teaches what behaviors and thought patterns contribute to your frustrations as a Christian single; 2) how to guard your heart, the center of your emotions; 3) the impact of today's culture on the frustrations experienced by many Christian singles; and 4) the role of Christ in securing victory in areas of struggle Dr. Banks shares her experience as a Christian single for 44 years and how she learned to experience joy until God sent her prince charming. Both men and women can glean from her rich experiences
Phenomenally Fit and Fabulous: A Woman's Guide to Becoming a MVT - Most Valued Treasure
Demetria Springfield Banks
Demetria Springfield Banks
2020
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Yearning for Yuri: Yuri Is the Bitch You Love to Hate!
Demetria Mimi Harrison
Boss Status Publishing
2016
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After feeling betrayed by everyone that she loved and admired. Now Yuri is back with a "Vengeance". She's not willing to except responsibility for all the chaos that she caused her family, friends, and especially her true love, Shane. Yuri is back on the scene, of Atlanta, incognito with her deceitful and bitter ways. She plans to completely, destroy anyone that she feels may have come in between her happiness and success. She won't stop at any cost to make others feel the pain that she's feeling. With her focus on Candice and Shane, they never would've imagined that the devil would be so sexy, wearing a Gucci dress and red bottoms. Some will suffer, others will live, some will pay the price with their life. Yuri won't be satisfied, until everyone feels her wrath Who will Survive?
21 Reflections of the Inner Soul is a self-help workbook designed to assist you in your journey of self-discovery and healing. You will find strength as you reconnect to your inner soul. Be ready to gain inspiration, tap into transformative emotions, and realize you are not alone in the world.
Between the Watch, the Wait & God's Work
Demetria Springfield Banks
Independently Published
2016
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You can enjoy where you are until you get to where God is taking you In this journal, Dr. Banks provides daily power nuggets that will transform your waiting periods into times of enjoyment, peace, strength and inspiration. Having joy while you wait is not only possible, its attainable
Welcome The Gooden's "About Our Magazine" Whether you've just had another setback chasing your dreams, been rejected by someone you care about, faced tragedy, or you're just feeling drained from the ups and downs of this journey we call life, remember that things can turn around in an instant. All you have to do is keep moving forward, even when it feels like it would be easier to just lay down and give up.Empowering women to speak out is dedicated to empowering women to achieve their full economic potential for women around the world, we inform motivate, and Inspire women who are ready to be free and move forward in their lives. Empowering another woman; speaking up for another woman who can't speak for herself is more powerful than you think, your past was just a story to make you strong for your future, listen to another woman story of how she overcame her past, and she talks about it without guilt, fear, or shame let's stand together, let's not stab one another in the back but hug one another back. Empowering women to speak out has it all here, overcoming your past, overcoming your fears, owning your own business, having a successful marriage, being single, best movies, we have it all here for you. Get up and get all of what God has promised you. Be a girl who decided to go for it. Stop letting fear hold you back.
