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With A Year of Last Things, acclaimed novelist Michael Ondaatje returns to poetry, looking back on a life of displacement and discovery'My life always stops for a new book by him' JHUMPA LAHIRI'A generous, moving book' GUARDIANBorn in Sri Lanka during the Second World War, Ondaatje was sent as a child to school in London, and later moved to Canada. While he has lived there since, these poems reflect the life of a writer, traveller and watcher of the world - describing himself as a 'mongrel', someone born out of diverse cultures.Here, rediscovering the influence of every border crossed, he moves back and forth in time, from a childhood in Sri Lanka to Molière's chair during his last stage performance, from icons in Bulgarian churches to the Californian coast and loved Canadian rivers, merging memory with the present, looking back on a life of displacement and discovery, love and loss. As he writes in the opening poem:Reading the lines he loveshe slips them into a pocket,wishes to die with his clothesfull of torn-free stanzasand the telephone numbersof his children in far citiesPoetry - where language is made to work hardest and burns with a gem-like flame - is what Ondaatje has returned to in this intimate history.

From independence movements in Sri Lanka to train stations in contemporary Ontario, an intimate and witty selection of Michael Ondaatje's most widely loved poems taken across fifty years'My life always stops for a new book by Michael Ondaatje' JHUMPA LAHIRIThrough poems that grow out of his profound understanding of the subtle complexities of life and relationships, of how we lose and find ourselves, Michael Ondaatje navigates his own past, beginning with memories of his childhood in Sri Lanka and his eccentric family, to his life in rural southern Ontario with its beloved rivers, celebrations of treasured friends, the close ties of children. Ondaatje is one of the great poets of love, and here we follow him through the exhilarations of youth into that 'storm of music', the passionate, sensuous swerves of longing and desire, until we reach the calm of that moment when 'only a cloud's reflection holding you up / You swim into late afternoon'.The Distance of a Shout offers us a glimpse into the interwoven life and art of one of our most cherished poets and novelists - a reminder itself of the power of great poetry to shine a light on living.'Each new book of Michael Ondaatje's is a literary event, but that is particularly true for his books of poetry' TERRANCE HAYES

⭐ 3° RISTAMPA 2025, 1° posto in "Studio del Tedesco" + BONUS Audio Mp3 Madrelingua⭐ Purtroppo lo sappiamo: Spesso il metodo scolastico con cui viene insegnato il tedesco è ormai obsoleto ed inefficace. Proprio per questo, nonostante i molti anni di studio, si finisce per avere una conoscenza della lingua piuttosto mediocre e insufficiente... Ma ho una buona notizia per te: d'ora in poi non avrai più bisogno di annoiarti su pesanti libri in tedesco di grammatica o seguire costosissime lezioni private!Questa raccolta di 6 libri (+ Bonus Narrazione AUDIO step-by-step), è stata sviluppata assieme al prestigioso supporto di docenti qualificati in lingue straniere "TestDaF (Test Deutsch als Fremdsprache)", e ti aiuterà ad imparare il vero e corretto tedesco in totale autonomia comodamente da casa tua. Il corso è strutturato in 6 Livelli principali (A1-A2-B1-B2-C1-C2), ogni livello è suddiviso in unità, all'interno delle quali troverai: Introduzione alla grammatica tedesca: Comprendi le regole grammaticali in modo chiaro e intuitivo.Audio Mp3 Inclusi: Migliora la tua esperienza di apprendimento con audio in lingua madre scaricabili.Esercizi con Soluzioni: Metti in pratica le nozioni apprese e verifica i tuoi progressi.Esempi da Situazioni Reali: Impara frasi e vocaboli utili per la vita quotidiana.Lessico Essenziale: Espandi il tuo vocabolario con parole e frasi di uso comune.Curiosità e Aneddoti della Cultura Tedesca: Scopri interessanti curiosità sulla cultura e le tradizioni tedesche.20 Racconti in Tedesco con traduzione: Leggi storie coinvolgenti e migliora la tua comprensione del testo.Dimentica i soliti noiosi corsi grammaticali, dal profilo anonimo e spersonalizzato. "IMPARARE IL TEDESCO IN 30 GIORNI" è stato realizzato con tutti i crismi del self-help, un manuale pratico, professionale, divertente e motivante. È ricco di tanti aneddoti curiosi e consigli utili non solo per parlare in tedesco, ma anche per cavarsela in viaggio. In modo progressivo, attraverso dialoghi vivaci, semplici note e utili esercizi, questo corso ti accompagnerà permettendoti di raggiungere TUTTI I LIVELLI di conversazione corrente: dall'A1 al C2 secondo il Quadro Europeo di Riferimento per le Lingue. TROVERAI INCLUSI INOLTRE I SEGUENTI ARGOMENTI:

A celebration of the transformative power of love, Lucy Maud Montgomery's beloved children's classic is a brilliantly warm and funny portrait of a girl who has a second chance at childhood.<BR><BR>Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library, a series of stunning pocket-sized classics with bespoke illustrated covers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. <BR><BR>When red-headed orphan Anne Shirley arrives at Green Gables, she feels sure she's found the home she has always longed for. Her new adoptive parents, the Cuthberts, are less certain - they had asked the orphanage for a boy. But before long, Anne's irrepressible optimism and loving nature charms them. While her temper is unpredictable and her extravagant imagination makes her dreamily whimsical and prone to comic mishap, they come to love Anne as if she were their own child.

An Autopsy of Us is a poetry collection that dissects love, loss, and the echoes they leave behind. With raw vulnerability and haunting imagery, D. Leighton takes readers through the intimate process of grieving relationships-both with others and with ourselves.These poems explore the delicate nature of heartbreak, the weight of almosts, and the quiet resilience of moving on. Through autopsies of love letters never sent, bruises that never healed, and memories that linger like ghosts, this collection is for anyone who has ever stayed too long, loved too deeply, or fought to reclaim themselves from the wreckage of goodbye.For readers who love: Poetry that blends tenderness with brutal honesty Themes of heartbreak, healing, and self-reclamation A raw and unfiltered exploration of love's aftermathIf you've ever held onto something already lost, if you've ever tried to rebuild yourself from the scraps of what remained-this book is for you.¿¿¿¿ An Autopsy of Us is an unpolished, deeply personal collection that offers solace to those who have loved and lost. Because sometimes, the hardest part isn't letting go-it's understanding why we had to.

In der Dunkelheit der Seele ein tiefer Schrei, das Herz ist gebrochen. Wie ein glühendes Schwert bohrt sich der Schmerz in die Brust. Doch schon bald kehrt die Hoffnung wieder zurück und eine Melodie des Glücks ertönt. Sind das etwa Vögel, die dort singen?

Salt Bones is a life crystallized. Though divided into four distinct sections, each poem is a sliver of a broader puzzle in which the question of how our personal experience affects our interactions with the world-be it natural or built, with others or ourselves, in dreams or reality-is explored. Though Salt Bones' poems are diverse in subject and geography, a common thread runs through: a yearning for wholeness; the unification of past and present.

"This book is based on my life experiences with humanity and nature. Relying on wisdom gained via teachings from First Nations and other spiritual traditions, I've journeyed through dark times into love and light. Through my experiences I hope the reader can see glimpses of themselves and touch the emotional connection with their own spirit." - Dr. Ian Prattis "The Poetic Voice... encapsulates a wonderful life, a journey of mindfulness, difficulty, joy and love. Ian's connection with the Indigenous, with nature, and his own avatar mortality is what we'll remember as a legacy that should impact generations to come." - Claudiu Murgan, editor, Love Letters to Water

Poesie in den Kreisläufen der Geschichte - ein Gedächtnis, das überlebtIn den Fragmenten der Erinnerung sucht eine Frau nach Heimat, während ihr Blut die Geschichte einer entwurzelten Familie trägt. Von der Zwangsarbeit des Großvaters in Nazideutschland bis zur Strahlen-Katastrophe von Tschernobyl - Julia Cimafiejevas poetische Reise durch ein Jahrhundert führt durch Verluste, die keine Landesgrenzen kennen.Mit eindringlicher Sprache spürt sie den Geschichten ihrer Vorfahren nach, die zwischen Belarus, Kanada und Deutschland zerstreut wurden. Das Radioaktive ihrer Kindheit, die Briefe einer Tante, die über den Atlantik flatterten, und die schmerzhafte Gegenwart des Exils verbinden sich zu einem pulsierenden Gewebe aus Leben und Sterben.Die politischen Umbrüche der Gegenwart werden in diesem literarischen Mosaik ebenso greifbar wie die nie verheilende Wunde der Heimatlosigkeit.Für Leser\*innen, die in poetischer Verdichtung vom wiederkehrenden Rhythmus aus Flucht, Fremdheit und dem unstillbaren Hunger nach Zugehörigkeit erfahren wollen.

This is the debut book of poet, Quinn Zumkeller. It contains 76 poems about mortality, self-doubt, masculinity, religion, love and loss, the mundanity and beauty found in urban life, and the wonder of nature. While many themes are repeated throughout, each poem is a stand-alone piece andthe collection is not intended to be read in any particular order.

What is Broken Binds Us shares stories of loss, absence, acceptance, and hope. Returning to the page after a long absence, poet Lorne Daniel provides a unique perspective on crisis that balances raw emotion with vulnerability, thoughtfulness, and care. In seven sections, Daniel braids the stories of empire, personal traumas, addiction and family estrangement, shifting emergencies, and the wisdom of elders and the natural world. Lessons in Emergency Preparedness traces accident, injury and recovery, facing the trauma of a sudden loss of physical competence through the metaphorical and literal breaks of a shattered body and the slow movement towards mending. When the Tributaries Ran Rich unravels empire and a five-century narrative of hard-working immigrants with the discovery of enslavement in family records, forcing a deep reconsideration of the truth of the past. Episodic Tremor & Slip speaks of the tectonic shifts in family life that occur when facing substance abuse, addiction, and mental health struggles, of the pain of estrangement and the love that continues. In the Family Name is a reflection on time, on people, and on the natural world that revisits and turns over all that came before, exploring it from new angles. Lorne Daniel writes with calm, conversational assurance. These poems are accessible and evocative, speaking from their specificity to the many people who have faced injury, estrangement, struggle, and pain, and must carry it--and carry on.

These Many Cold Winters of the Heart is dancing splinters of Life, and that inevitable experience of Death that our common humanity demands we all share. A book of blue-collar poetry, with a surrealist bent, this work is also a reminder of the importance of that great swelling laughter that must always persist under the hard advancing glare of these many unforgiving days.Ryan Quinn Flanagan is a Canadian-born author who lives in Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada with his wife and many bears that rifle through his garbage. His work has been published both in print and online in such places as: The New York Quarterly, Rusty Truck, Evergreen Review, Red Fez, Horror Sleaze Trash and The Blue Collar Review. He enjoys listening to the blues and cruising down the TransCanada in his big blacked out truck."I felt an instant connection to Ryan Quinn Flanagan (RQF)'s words the first time I stumbled across his work online. RQF is a prolific, unassuming champion and chronicler of off-kilter humanity. In his new collection from Roadside Press, These Many Cold Winters of the Heart, RQF returns to dust off his wings after, once more, being a fly on the wall. Here is a writer who understands that poetry exists everywhere, and that most people don't see it. If they do, most lack the skill to distill the sadness in "The Nacho Lady at the Midnight Bingo;" the regret of the Narrator in, "Did you Amber Heard your bed again?;" or the mix of bravery and confusion of the boy in "Black Motorcycles." On each page we encounter pieces of ourselves, or people we know, despite the unique details. "Lucky to be in the nuthouse,/ I thought./ We were living/ in strange times," writes RQF in "The Yellow Bed." Indeed. We are lucky to have these strange missives, fresh from our current, absurd reality."-Jordan Trethewey, author of These Are the People in Your Neighbourhood

A poetic "coming of age" derived from an overly romantic heart.Melancholy Musings of a Shameless Romantic shares the sentimental sorting through andsense making of life, love and loss therein. Whether finding your place in the world, finding apartner to navigate that world with or finding your way back to yourself, these poetic musingsmight mirror your own.These poems are about love wanted, love returned, love unrequited...with songs aboutheartbreak, sadness, rejection and bliss.Sunday evenings seem to bewhen I sense you the mostI wonder if it's because somewhere out thereyou are thinking of me as strongly as I am of youI like to believe that maybe our soulsmeet in our dreams on Sunday nightsMaybe that would explainwhy I wake up every Mondaymissing you with a renewed fiercenessOur souls know we should be togetherand they are brave enoughto cross the boundariesthat we are notMy pen helped me place it all into perspective... perhapsit may provide perspicuity to you too.

Trillium Book Award for Poetry, Finalist<BR>Gerald Lampert Memorial Award, Shortlist<BR>Pat Lowther Memorial Award, Shortlist<BR> <BR>CBC Poetry Prize finalist and National Magazine Award honoree Faith Arkorful’s breathtaking, surpassingly thoughtful debut collection of poems.<BR><BR>Hauntings form the canopy of The Seventh Town of Ghosts. These titular towns, centred in yesterdays, tomorrows, and the ongoing, lead to a special kind of singing: songs to the reader who wrestles with existence, the unsure peace within family, and the often-tense interdependence of life.<BR><BR>Here, discernment is ever-present, guided by Faith Arkorful’s insights on not only the ravages of the state and the police upon the Black family and life at large, but also on a kaleidoscope of connections—sisterhood, daughterhood, kinship, solitude, death, romance—and how tenderness, chosen and repeated, can shield against life’s blows. <BR><BR>These towns also enchant, shape-lifting through humour, irony, and the small refractions of language where Arkorful guides us through the fault lines and the undertow, in the form of fruit, island volcanoes, Formula 1, and the expansive hum of life.<BR><BR>This poet-as-sojourner bears careful, caring witness, her attention reserved not only for her living and her dead but hyphenated two-fold by the fragile things and the lasting things. These poems remind us of what contours our mysterious and fleeting presence on Earth.

CALL OF THE BLACKBIRD COMMEMORATES THE FIRST FEATURE FILM BY SISTERS STRAINFILM CORP. OUR DIRECTORIAL DEBUT AND OUR MOST PRIDEFUL PASSION PROJECT.THESE WORDS WERE WRITTEN OVER THE COURSE OF THE REAL LIFEUNFOLDING OF EVENTS DEPICTED IN THE FILM, FOLLOWING OUREXPERIENCE AS WE MOVED BACK TO OUR HOMETOWN, ACCEPTEDOUR FAILED ASPIRATIONS AND WERE FORCED TO REIMAGINEOUR FUTURES. A SHORT SAMPLE OF OUR EXTENSIVE INDIVIDUALCOLLECTIONS, AND A TINY TASTE OF OUR POETIC PROWESS.IF YOU WATCHED THE FILM AND WISH TO REVISIT SOME OF THEPOETRY, YOU WILL FIND IT ALL HERE. IF YOU FOUND THIS FIRST,WE HOPE THESE WORDS WILL ENTICE YOUTO WATCH THE FILM!

An extraordinary career-spanning collection from one of the most revered poets and storytellers of our age<BR><BR>Tracing the legacy of Margaret Atwood—a writer who has fundamentally shaped the contemporary literary landscapes—Paper Boat: New and Selected Poems, 1961–2023 assembles Atwood’s most vital poems in one essential volume.<BR><BR>In pieces that are at once brilliant, beautiful, and hyper-imagined, Atwood gives voice to remarkably drawn characters—mythological figures, animals, and everyday people—all of whom have something to say about what it means to live in a world as strange as our own. “How can one live with such a heart?” Atwood asks, casting her singular spell upon the reader and ferrying us through life, death, and whatever comes next. Atwood, in her journey through poetry, illuminates our most innate joys and sorrows, desires and fears.<BR><BR>Spanning six decades of work—from her earliest beginnings to brand-new poems—this volume charts the evolution of one of our most iconic and necessary authors.

*A Times Literary Supplement and Financial Times Book of the Year 2024*<BR><BR>An extraordinary career-spanning collection from one of the most revered poets and storytellers of our age<BR><BR>Tracing the legacy of Margaret Atwood - a writer who has fundamentally shaped our contemporary literary landscapes - Paper Boat assembles Atwood's most vital poems in one essential volume.<BR><BR>In pieces that are at once brilliant, beautiful and hyper-imagined, Atwood gives voices to remarkably drawn characters - mythological figures, animals and everyday people - all of whom have something to say about what it means to live in a world as strange as our own. 'How can one live with such a heart?' Atwood asks, casting her singular spell upon the reader, and ferrying us through life, death and whatever comes next. Walking the tightrope between reality and fantasy as only she can, Atwood's journey through poetry illuminates our most innate joys and sorrows, desires and fears.<BR><BR>Spanning six decades of work - from her earliest beginnings to brand new poems - this volume charts the evolution of one of our most iconic and necessary authors.<BR><BR>'We should regard Atwood as a poet first and foremost - just one who happens to be a highly regarded novelist' Sunday Herald

As dark forces make meaningful communication increasingly treacherous, no surrealist survivalist tool kit is complete without an alien phonics primer. Darrell Epp's sixth poetry collection is a deep sea diver, dredging up skeleton keys and Plan B's, hinting at a world where "everything's an explosion and everything's a song."

Emily McGiffin's poems examine imperial violence and colonialism in South Africa and Canada. Multifaceted and multi-voiced, Emily McGiffin's poems explore the ongoing violence, destruction, and loss wrought by colonialism and capitalist extraction across time and geographic space, from Turtle Island to South Africa. McGiffin animates the spectres that haunt our private and public pasts. Her words remind us that we live in a world shaped by the events and people of the past, by suffering, and seizure, yet at times in the shadow of great acts of generosity. This world, largely built by iterations of violence, still concentrates wealth into the hands of a few, and McGiffin reminds us that power wants to hold its grip, to reproduce itself. my body an ark<BR>> what i was placed here to do<BR> ferry the unborn<BR> across the inhospitable land<BR> make a bed amid the thornbush<BR> make a tea table, forge the domestic<BR> bliss of my country<BR> raise them as heirs<BR> draw our lineage in the sand

This stunning new hardcover book celebrates the journey of Rupi Kaur and milk and honey. #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Since its debut, milk and honey has sold more than 6 million copies globally, becoming the highest-selling book of poetry in the 21st century and propelling Rupi Kaur into the stratosphere as the voice of a generation. milk and honey has taken millions of readers on a shared journey through life's most emotional moments, reminding us along the way that there is sweetness everywhere, if only we are willing to look.<BR>- 40 new original poems and 20 new illustrations - Full-color, never-before-seen photos and memorabilia - Illuminating introduction and handwritten diary entries by Rupi - Heartfelt annotations from Rupi and some of today's most respected voices - Kaur is also the author of the sun and her flowers and home body; the three combined have sold more than 11 million copies in over 43 languages- "Rupi Kaur Live," the first-of-its-kind poetry special, appears on Prime Video.<BR>An exceptional volume, the milk and honey 10th Anniversary Collector's Edition is a must-have keepsake, and ideal gift or self-purchase that will be treasured by longtime fans as well as readers new to the work that transformed poetry in our time.