Erica Martin Libri

A powerful, impactful, eye-opening journey that explores through the Civil Rights Movement in 1950s-1960s America in spare and evocative verse, with historical photos interspersed throughout.In stunning verse and vivid use of white space, Erica Martin’s debut poetry collection walks readers through the Civil Rights Movement—from the well-documented events that shaped the nation’s treatment of Black people, beginning with the “Separate but Equal” ruling—and introduces lesser-known figures and moments that were just as crucial to the Movement and our nation's centuries-long fight for justice and equality.A poignant, powerful, all-too-timely collection that is both a vital history lesson and much-needed conversation starter in our modern world. Complete with historical photographs, author’s note, chronology of events, research, and sources.

Dumplin' meets Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda in this heartfelt and funny contemporary romance inspired by Dollywood, about two boys who fall in love against the backdrop of a country music-themed amusement park, from debut author Brian D. Kennedy. Perfect for fans of Erin Hahn, Phil Stamper, and David Levithan. Emmett Maguire wants to be country music's biggest gay superstar--a far reach when you're seventeen and living in Illinois. But for now, he's happy to do the next best thing: Stay with his aunt in Jackson Hollow, Tennessee, for the summer and perform at the amusement park owned by his idol, country legend Wanda Jean Stubbs. Luke Barnes hates country music. As the grandson of Verna Rose, the disgraced singer who had a famous falling out with Wanda Jean, Luke knows how much pain country music has brought his family. But when his mom's medical bills start piling up, he takes a job at the last place he wants: a restaurant at Wanda World. Neither boy is looking for romance, but sparks fly when they meet--and soon they're inseparable. Until a long-lost secret about Verna and Wanda comes to light, threatening to unravel everything. Will Emmett and Luke be able get past the truths they discover...or will their relationship go down in history as just another Sad Country Love Song?

Francis Phelan, ex grande promessa del football, è un uomo che ha toccato il fondo e ha guardato in faccia l'abisso quando, nello stupore dell'alcol, si è lasciato cadere dalle braccia il figlio neonato e lo ha visto morire senza far nulla. Fuggito da Albany, vi fa ritorno nel 1938 da vagabondo: scava fosse nel cimitero locale in cambio di pochi dollari, che spenderà stordendosi di liquore insieme a Helen, la barbona che lo accompagna nelle sue peregrinazioni, e vaga per le strade della sua giovinezza, cercando di venire a patti con i fantasmi del suo passato, e con quelli del presente. Romanzo di straziante intensità, che si muove sul confine sottile tra la disperazione e la speranza, l’abominio e il riscatto, Ironweed ha una storia che rasenta l’incredibile: respinto da tutti gli editori cui era stato dato in lettura, venne pubblicato da Viking grazie all’intercessione personale di Saul Bellow, ottenendo uno straordinario e inatteso successo culminato con l’assegnazione del premio Pulitzer. Dal romanzo è stato poi tratto un film, per la regia di Hector Babenco, con Jack Nicholson e Meryl Streep nelle parti di Francis e Helen.