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When Trisha Low moves West, her journey is motivated by the need to arrive “somewhere better” - someplace utopian, like revolution; or safe, like home; or even clarifying, like identity. Instead, she faces the end of her relationships, a family whose values she has difficulty sharing, and America’s casual racism, sexism, and homophobia. In this book-length essay, the problem of how to account for one’s life comes to the fore - sliding unpredictably between memory, speculation, self-criticism, and art criticism, Low seeks answers that she knows she won’t find.

A few years ago, Erica Heller realized how universal the longing is for one more moment with a lost loved one. It could be a parent, a sibling, a mentor, or a friend, but who wouldn't love the opportunity to sit down, break bread, and just talk? Who wouldn't jump at the chance to ask those unasked questions, or share those unvoiced feelings?

Meet 10 icons of sport – from track to tennis, football to Formula 1 – whose stories inspire across time and borders. These short, vivid biographies offer quick insights, big ideas, and timeless inspiration. From Michael Jordan to Dirk Nowitzki, Bjorn Borg to John McEnroe, Ayrton Senna to Niki Lauda, these life stories are smart, engaging, and easy to follow – history has never sounded this good.

First published in 1988, the award-winning Trash showcases Allison at her most fearlessly honest and startlingly vivid. The limitless scope of human emotion and experience are depicted in stories that give aching and eloquent voice to the terrible wounds we inflict on those closest to us. These are tales of loss and redemption; of shame and forgiveness; of love and abuse; and the healing power of storytelling.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1893, by Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle had decided that these would be the last collection of Holmes's stories, and intended to kill him off in "The Final Problem". Reader demand stimulated him to write another Holmes adventure - The Hound of the Baskervilles. In "The Return of Sherlock Holmes", Holmes relates the aftermath of "The Final Problem", and how he survived.

Foreword by DeAndre Hopkins In this extraordinary memoir, Sabrina Greenlee, the indomitable mother of NFL sensation DeAndre Hopkins, unveils her journey of triumph over adversity—a saga of tenacity, redemption, faith, and the profound reclamation of personal power. Sabrina Greenlee was born to...

Discover how Jorge Luis Borges forever redefined Argentine literature and transformed its reach across the world. In Borges and Argentine Literature: Influence and Legacy, Isaac Volpe offers a deep and revealing analysis of the work, ideas, and intellectual legacy of the author who reinvented the criollo tradition, expanded the limits of the fantastic, and built bridges between Buenos Aires and universal literature.

Weiterschreiben im Fremdsein – ein einzigartiger Austausch der Kulturen. Wie weiterschreiben nach der Flucht aus Kriegs- und Krisengebieten? Wie veröffentlichen? Gehört werden? "Weiterschreiben - (W)Ortwechseln" ist die vielfach ausgezeichnete Online-Plattform, die Autor:innen die Möglichkeit gibt, weiter zu schreiben und literarisch anzukommen. Bereits seit 2017 schreiben Autor:innen u. a. aus Syrien, dem Irak, Iran, Jemen und Afghanistan Briefe, Erzählungen und Gedichte u.a. über ihre alte Heimat und über ihre neue, über das Weggehen und Ankommen.

In The Love That Dares, queer love speaks its name through the words of lovers from years gone by. Alongside the more famous names coexist beautifully written letters by lesser-known lovers, giving us an insight into queer love outside of the spotlight of fame or fortune. These letters give us a glimpse into the passion and courage it took to continue a gay relationship in times when it was at best improper and at worst illegal. Enlightening introductions to each set of letters give readers an idea of the historical context in which they were written.

Ben Short has a successful career in advertising, a flat in a trendy part of London, a flashy motorbike. But after years of suffering with anxiety, he's a wreck. A drastic change is needed. For a time, he finds solace working with a forester, then as an apprentice to a Gypsy woodman, setting up home in a dilapidated wagon with just a rescue dog for company.

In search of lost glitter is a memoir of love and loss written in many stories, many only 100-words long. It is about how an ordinary and unremarkable life was turned upside down when Sarah lost her husband in 2010.

Laugh, cry, or smile while you listen to this collection of nostalgic stories of life in general - and perhaps recall your own cherished memories. Appearing in magazines and newspapers, the stories and poems written by James A. Nelson are reminiscent of his many life experiences and relationships he established through the years. His essays are windows to his soul, opinions forged by strong family values and mores.

An astonishingly frank, funny, poignant audiobook for any woman who wishes they had someone who would say to them, “This happened to me, learn from my mistakes and my successes. Because you don’t get smarter as you get older, you get braver.” This program is read by the author and a full...

This powerful book couldn’t come at a more timely juncture. With our deep misunderstanding of racial identity, the murder of transgender women increasing at an alarming rate, and the battle of faith and sexual orientation at churches across the country, we are in a cultural war of ideologies. Overwhelming prejudices have constricted our basic capacity for compassion and understanding. Live Through This is a collection of intimate essays about one man’s journey to self-acceptance when his faith, sexuality, and race battled with societal norms.

Described as "the first blogger", Mary MacLane lived a tortured life, ahead of her time. Her beloved father died when she was a young child, and at the age of eight, her stepfather moved the family from its home in Winnipeg, Canada, to Montana in the United States, where young Mary had a hard time making friends. Her sensational autobiographical style of writing was considered scandalous, as she told of her bohemian lifestyle, feminist politics, and open bisexuality.

Oscar Wilde já era reconhecido como um dos melhores autores de seu tempo quando foi condenado à prisão, em 1895. A acusação de “indecência grave” remetia à muito discutida homossexualidade de Wilde, considerada crime na época. Enquanto estava encarcerado, o autor escreveu uma carta a Lord Alfred Douglas, com quem mantinha uma relação que foi o estopim para sua prisão.

This audiobook contains many unreleased and internationally published pieces of Joseph A. Santiago (Mr. Joe). This books represents a decade's worth of works from Mr. Joe's life. The work utilizes creative nonfiction, fiction writing, poetry, essays, and showcases collaboration from the World Voice Project. Mr. Joe utilizes the digital media environment to connect the audience to him and continue conversations beyond what's possible in traditional publishing.

This combination of serious artistic engagement with warmth and clarity of prose revels in the experiences and pleasures of art and the body, identity, and community.

In the underground tunnels below Grand Central Terminal, Lee Stringer - homeless and drug-addicted for 11 years - found a pencil to run through his crack pipe. One day he used it to write. Soon writing became a habit that won out over drugs, and before long Stringer had created one of the most powerful urban memoirs of our time. With humane wisdom and a biting wit, Stringer chronicles the unraveling of his seemingly secure existence as a marketing executive and his odyssey of survival on the streets of New York.

In their gripping anthology, Unmuted: Stories of Courage and Resilience from the GenPride Community, 14 LGBTQIA adults share the struggles and triumphs that shaped their lives. Some stories explore issues that have marked their generation: AIDS, gender identity, sexuality, persecution, and reclaiming one's true self. Others grapple with health, family, loss, addiction, and love. Unmuted is about heartbreak and courage, strength, and resilience.