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-- Women who wrote themselves into history[2021]., Abrams Image Call No: BIOGRAPHY NF MAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An illustrated celebration of more than fifty of history's most revolutionary and talented women writers, such Louisa May Alcott, Maya Angelou, Willa Cather and Harper Lee, and how they were able to express the multifaceted female experience through their works.
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[2014]., Graywolf Press Call No: 814.6 Ran Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: A collection of photographs, essays, and poems exploring racism in the twenty-first century.
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2013. Click to access digital title. Sample Summary Note: Which Greek god makes the best parent?Would you want to be one of Artemis' Hunters?Why do so many monsters go into retail?Spend a little more time in Percy Jackson's world—a place where the gods bike among us, monsters man snack bars, and each of us has the potential to become a hero.Find out:Why Dionysus might actually be the best director Camp Half-Blood could haveHow to recognize a monster when you see oneWhy even if we aren't facing manticores and minotaurs, reading myth can still help us deal with the scary things in our own livesPlus, consult our glossary of people, places, and things from Greek myth: how Medusa got her snake hair extensions, why Chiron isn't into partying and paintball like the rest of his centaur family, and the whole story on Percy's mythical namesake.
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2003., Discovery Communications; distributed by Discovery Channel Education Call No: DVD Fic Gol Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Great books Discovery Channel schoolSummary Note: Inspired by the atrocities committed during World War II, William Golding wrote the Lord of the Flies to address the issue of child murderers. As in any gang culture, the boys in the novel gravitate to a leader to gain a sense of identity and protection. Biographical information about the author describes Golding's experience with the behavior of young boys, as well as his understanding of human nature's dark side.
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By Britt, Ryan[2015]., Plume, an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC Call No: HI-INT 809.3 BRI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: ""Ryan Britt is the Virgil you want to guide you through the inferno of geekery." --Lev Grossman, author of the bestselling Magician's trilogy Pop Culture and sci-fi guru Ryan Britt has never met a monster, alien, wizard, or superhero that didn't need further analysis. Essayist Ryan Britt got a sex education from dirty pictures of dinosaurs, made out with Jar-Jar Binks at midnight, and figured out how to kick depression with a Doctor Who Netflix-binge. Alternating between personal anecdote, hilarious insight, and smart analysis, Luke Skywalker Can't Read contends that Barbarella is good for you, that monster movies are just romantic comedies with commitment issues, that Dracula and Sherlock Holmes are total hipsters, and, most shockingly, shows how virtually everyone in the Star Wars universe is functionally illiterate. Romp through time and space, from the circus sideshows of 100 years ago to the Comic Cons of today, from darkest corners of the Galaxy to the comfort of your couch. For anyone who pretended their flashlight was a lightsaber, stood in line for a movie at midnight, or dreamed they were abducted by aliens, Luke Skywalker Can't Read is full of answers to questions you haven't thought to ask, and perfect for readers of Chuck Klosterman, Rob Sheffield, and Ernest Cline"--
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c1993., University of North Carolina Press Call No: 811 .4 Edition: Rev. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents 498 new poems drawn out of Emily Dickinson's correspondence including riddles, epigrams, and longer lyric poems.
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2017., Pre-adolescent, Candlewick Press Call No: 808.1 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents a collection of twenty poems written in tribute to well-known poets from around the world.
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[2020]., Juvenile, Plough Publishing House Call No: GN 808 Poems Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: A comic artist offers visual interpretations of twenty-four classic poems exploring identity, time, mortality, and nature among other topics. Features the works of such writers as Maya Angelou, W. H. Auden, Emily Dickinson, Seamus Heaney, Langston Hughes, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Edgar Allen Poe, Carl Sandburg, William Wordsworth, W. B. Yeats, Ezra Pound, Robert Frost, and Christina Rossetti.
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Ã2014., Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, an imprint of Bloomsbury Pub. Plc Call No: 822.3 CRA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: ". . . offers a lively and engaging new reading of some of Shakespeare's major work, informed by close attention to the language of his drama. The focus of the book is on Shakespeare's London, how it influenced his drama and how he represents it on stage. Taking readers on an imaginative journey through the city, the book moves both chronologically, from beginning to end of Shakespeare's dramatic career, and also geographically, traversing London from west to east. Each chapter focuses on one play and one key location, drawing out the thematic connections between that place and the drama it underwrites. Plays discussed in detail include 'Hamlet,' 'Measure for Measure,' 'The Merchant of Venice,' 'The Tempest,' 'King Lear' and 'Romeo and Juliet'"--Provided by publisher.
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By Beam, Dorri2010., Cambridge University Press Call No: 813.3 BEA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Click here to view More... Summary Note: "Dorri Beam presents an important contribution to nineteenth-century fiction by examining how and why a florid and sensuous style came to be adopted by so many authors. Discussing a diverse range of authors, including Margaret Fuller and Pauline Hopkins, Beam traces this style through a variety of literary endeavors and reconstructs the political rationale behind the writers' commitments to this form of prose. Beam provides both close readings of a number of familiar and unfamiliar works and an overarching account of the importance of this form of writing, suggesting new ways of looking at how gender determines literary style. Style, Gender, and Fantasy in Nineteenth Century American Women's Writing redefines our understanding of women's relation to aesthetics and their contribution to both American literary romanticism and feminist reform. This illuminating account provides valuable new insights for scholars of American literature and women's writing"--
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-- Take the microphonec2009., Sourcebooks MediaFusion Call No: 808.54 Smi Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Provides information about the process of becoming a confident performer of slam poetry. Includes insider tips, backstage advice, overcoming stage fright, and how to craft and deliver a poetry performance that connects with the audience. Offers a brief history of slam, the rules and regulations of competitions, and a list of Certified Slams.