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ZEN" (A Japanese term originated from the Chinese Buddhism "Chen" ¿) is implied to a sensual state of mind under a meditative phenomenon. During the process of Zen practice, practitioners, at the highest levels, are expected to imagine sitting in the middle of the fire and keeping clam. Hong Kong was in a social turmoil that the public thoroughly displayed an art of Zen on fire philosophically for its constant protesting activities during the ...

Bill Stott gives this collection of poems the working title of "A Way of Knowing" because it's an exercise in epistemology. As a poet, he creates descriptions that are "concrete, specific, palpable, and real." How does Stott describe what's going on around him? He observes-watching, listening, watching and listening some more, then tells us what he's observed. You can recreate this experiment in epistemology if you read Stott's poems aloud. Sa...

A Pathétique Memoir for the Caged Children is an ambitious, highly engaging, dynamic work - full of interesting plays in complexities and cares. The scope of this collection is wide. It comes in three sections: History and Poetry, Life and Poetry, Culture and Poetry. The effect is rich, highly varied, far reaching, political, international, historical, contemporary, universal, personal - by turns light and tender and sad and joyful - and an ar...

This is a collection of poems, which the author describes in the following way: "For me writing was always a way out¿something I could always rely on. When the words stream right from your heart. But what is even more important, is when these words are read. This is why I have decided to publish my first experiences of writing in English, although it is a lot harder for me than writing in Russian, because these two languages are way too differ...

Two Lifetimes as One is an autobiography of Irving Tragen and his late wife, Eleanor "Ele" Dodson. Irving, who suffered a severe hearing loss from the aftereffects of scarlet fever, relives their odyssey from their first meeting at International House at the University of California, Berkeley, through a dozen appointments in the United States Foreign Service and the Organization of American States. Ele and Irving lived in seven Latin American ...

What do Mao's Cockroach, a stuffed Jeremy Bentham, an ode to a semi-colon, and a rabbit in someone's brain all have in common? They all come from the wonderful and imaginative mind of Sabrina Ramet! The Earth is a Spaceship reprints some of Sabrina's finest poetry from nearly 20 years of published verse, most of it in rhymed meter. This selection of hilarious poetry puts the world to right by posing the crucial question 'Were Adam and Eve real...

In this personal, multifaceted memoir, Hala Buck, a professional artist and integrative therapist, reflects on her mixed Muslim and Christian family, her marriage to an American diplomat, their nomadic life between the Arab World and North America, raising a "Third Culture" daughter, and navigating cultures. Buck's story finds her as she embarks on a pilgrimage to her birth country, rediscovering her Lebanese roots. The daughter of a Muslim fa...

Davis' poetry collection is a deeply moving odyssey of mourning, searching, struggle, and passion. Through his vivid imagery, fresh use of language and wisdom, Davis tells stories of the human condition in ways that haven't been told before..

This volume exhibits the growth in the scope and in the depth of Ms. Naik's poetic vision over a period of more than three decades, dominated by themes of love, loss, memory, survival, identity and alienation." -Carlo Coppola, Professor Emeritus, Modern Languages and Literatures, Oakland University, Editor Emeritus, Journal of South Asian Literature."Naik's poetic expressions of nature as well as of human experiences work extremely well within...

Natalie Lobe is a seasoned poet so we welcome and applaud What Gypsies Don't Know. Lobe's poetry combines skill and compassion, showing the right balance of ideas, emotion, sensuality, and intuition. Each line holds the gift of thought and care, and this proportionality is evidence of her craft. A poet's field of vision is her palette and those colors are her resource. Lobe showcases her world with wit, innuendo, and modesty. There's star powe...

James Beall's work is at first an enigma. What to make of his challenging vision, his unique voice, the round-about syntax, his penchant for unfamiliar diction, his seemingly schizophrenic take on the world. For here is a poet blessed with double vision, a man who sees the world with both brain and heart, who is fully at home in his bicameral mind, scientist and mystic at once.. The literary landscape is rife with physician poets, of course. P...

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