Spirituality

<p>&quot;Sometimes a disquieting idea, for at its core, an alternative signals difference: a state some may dustrust, others tolerate, still others, embrace. Fortunately, divergent views remain energetically alive, experience brings hope, exhilerating no matter what the outcome. In this anthology on less traditional and predictable lifepaths, the intensity, humor and spirit of these writing actually transcends differences, evidence of the strength found in exploring less travelled roads.&quot;</p><p>Contributors, cont'd: Mary Damon Peltier, Shirley Powers, Rita Reinert, Ellen Rosen, P. Kelly Rugg, Amy Sanderson, Patti See, Claudia Rosa Silva, Carol Smith, Grazina Smith, Sandra Tatara </p>

Short stories. &ldquo;She mines twenty-five years of therapeutic engagement with womyn and men and extracts powerful stories centered on a wide variety of themes encountered in the complex and troubled lives of womyn searching for indentities, running along the precarious edge between inner reality and socially dictated roles, suffering and coping with the varieties of abuse visited on womyn with frightening frequency.&rdquo;

A short inspirational book to encourage readers to &quot;wake up&quot; to reality and accept responsibility in their lives. Includes some scripture, but is primarily in essay form.<br />

Wayne Allen Jones is subject to &ldquo;en-too-ziasms&rdquo; (Southside for not knowing when to stop). This volume is the third in eighteen months. Written in 1999 and 2000, these poems speak with a new voice &ndash; bolder, more forceful, more energetic, more passionate. The risks are manifold &ndash; in subject, point of view, tone, and length &ndash; the history of a steel mill and its workers, the ritual of fathers giving guns to sons, a dramatic monologue from a piece of the cross borne by Jesus, a nine-part study on types of rope, and an even longer poem about a misguided walkabout in the Arizona desert.<br /><br />Shorter poems put breathing room between the longer ones, and many speak to the theme of the first book, Stone Works &ndash; the way people make sense of the world by imposing their own meanings on what they perceive, what happens, and how they respond. <br />

A collection of poems, extremely varied in form and exploring experimentation in wordplay beyond Beat poetry.

One in a series of chapbooks published of writers at the Guild Complex. A collection of poems on a variety of subjects by the PolyRhythmic collective.

&ldquo;This is a work of Fusion Poetry. It is meant, as all good poetry is meant, to be read aloud.&rdquo; A collection of impassioned poems on a variety of subjects.

A collection of dark poems combining squalor and urban decay with elements of Christian spirituality and redemption.

A varied collection of detailed poems rooted in the Midwest and the mythology and energy in it that goes unnoticed.

One in a series of chapbooks published of writers at the Guild Complex. Varied poems, offering inspirational looks at love, culture, personal history, and the power of hip hop.