Exploring the complexities of motherhood and domestic life, this collection delves into the interplay between desire and responsibility. Set against the enchanting yet stark Vermont landscape, it captures the emotional landscape of the "sandwich generation," balancing the needs of children and aging parents. The poems reflect on time's impact on our bodies and choices while revealing the hidden truths within intimate spaces. Sensual and poignant, the work seeks renewal amid longing and grief, offering a powerful meditation on life's buried realities.
Poems to Turn to Again and Again – from Amanda Gorman, Sharon Olds, Kate Baer, and More Created and compiled just for young women, You Don’t Have to Be Everything is filled with works by a wide range of poets who are honest, unafraid, and skilled at addressing the complex feelings of coming-of-age, from loneliness to joy, longing to solace, attitude to humor. These unintimidating poems offer girls a message of self-acceptance and strength, giving them permission to let go of shame and perfectionism.The cast of 68 poets is Amanda Gorman, the first National Youth Poet Laureate, who read at Joe Biden's inauguration; bestselling authors like Maya Angelou, Elizabeth Acevedo, Sharon Olds, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Mary Oliver; Instagram-famous poets including Kate Baer, Melody Lee, and Andrea Gibson; poets who are LGBTQ, poets of diverse racial and cultural backgrounds, poets who sing of human experience in ways that are free from conventional ideas of femininity. Illustrated in full color with work by three diverse artists, this book is an inspired gift for daughters and granddaughters—and anyone on the path to becoming themselves. No matter how old you are,it helps to be youngwhen you're coming to life,to be unfinished, a mysterious statement,a journey from star to star.—Joy Ladin, excerpt from "Survival Guide"
"Appreciative Inquiry Handbook explains in-depth what AI is and how it works, and includes stories of AI interventions and classic articles, sample project plans, interview guidelines, participant worksheets, a list of resources, a glossary of terms, and more.
Před deseti lety si Chessa Margolisová myslela, že její lež nemůže nikomu ublížit. Když ale její desetiletý syn vyhledá podle svého rodného listu otce, propadne panice. Nick Purcell totiž vůbec netuší, zda se s Chessou setkával pouze na školních chodbách!
