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Aids Orphans Rising - What You Should Know And What You Can Do To Help Them Succeed

by Sister Mary Elizabeth Lloyd

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 A Child-Headed Household is formed every 15 seconds... Thousands of children around the world are orphaned daily when their parents die of AIDS. When siblings stay together to form a family, it is called a Child-Headed Household. They desperately want to live together, resisting attempts to separate them amongst relatives or orphanages. The eldest sibling, often only 10 years of age, becomes the parent, raising and caring for their younger siblings. AIDS Orphans Rising takes you through the daily lives of these Child-Headed Households: What do they eat? Where do they live? How do they survive? What can you do to help? Each chapter provides background information, stories and real solutions and actions that you can take to help these children not only survive, but succeed and prosper. "The first edition of AIDS Orphans Rising was concerned with the invisible (and exploding) crisis of child-headed households in Africa. It was originally intended to serve as a resource guidebook for concerned teachers, researchers, nonprofit organizations, and policymakers. A funny thing happened; other people began reading the book, too! Sister Mary Beth has many beautiful stories of generous strangers, young and old, who have approached her to offer help. As a result, the perspective of this second edition has been reframed to inform concerned citizens everywhere." -- Connie Mariano, MD, FACP, author of The White House Doctor100% of all profits from this book will go to help the Child-Headed Households Published by Loving Healing Press
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Wet Silence - Poems About Hindu Widows

by Sweta Srivastava Vikram

~~5,98€~~ 4,78€ 20% OFF + 5% CARD

 "Sweta Vikram captures bold raw passion, poignant reality and crafts a powerful voice for the voiceless." --Kate Campbell Stevenson, Actor & Producer Wet Silence bears moving accounts of Hindu widows in India. The book raises concern about the treatment of widowed women by society; lends their stories a voice; shares their unheard tales about marriage; reveals the heavy hand of patriarchy; and, addresses the lack of companionship and sensuality in their lives. This collection of poems covers a myriad of social evils such as misogyny, infidelity, gender inequality, and celibacy amongst other things. The poems in the collection are bold, unapologetic, and visceral. The collection will haunt you. "Nothing short of sacred genius, Wet Silence reads with a sensual and dangerous grace. It is a body of work that ushers presence into absence and love into a world that has all but done away with the word." --Slash Coleman, author of The Bohemian Love Diaries and blogger for Psychology Today. "Sweta''s poems did a powerful job at highlighting the mental and sexual abuse, violence, loneliness and the pain experienced by millions of widows in India. Why I ask, is being a widow a crime?" --Shruti Kapoor, Founder of Sayfty, an organization that helps women protect themselves against violence "In a gorgeous choir of reclaimed voices, Sweta Srivastava Vikram tells the stories of women forgotten and passed over, women silenced and without choices, women who ''don''t exist''--Hindu widows. Through the magical breath of her poetry Vikram not only animates these women''s hopes, sorrows, dreams, and defeats, she lovingly restores them to honor." --Melissa Studdard, award-winning author of I Ate the Cosmos for Breakfast. From the World Voices series at Modern History Press POE005060 Poetry : American - Asian American SOC028000 Social Science : Women''s Studies - General FAM001000 Family & Relationships : Abuse - General
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Kaleidoscope - An Asian Journey With Colors

by Sweta Srivastava Vikram

~~4,01€~~ 3,21€ 20% OFF + 5% CARD

 About the Author Sweta Srivastava Vikram is a multi-genre writer and marketing professional living in New York City. She is the author of Because All Is Not Lost from Modern History Press and the co-author of Whispering Woes of Ganges & Zambezi (Cyberwit 2010). Her work has appeared in six countries across three continents. Sweta has held recent artist residencies and workshops in Portugal, Ireland, and several within USA. She is a graduate of Columbia University. "In this innovative series, Sweta Srivastava Vikram re-appropriates color. Cultures and mythologies collide along the way, and the result is a chapbook that feels like a quest. In the end, the colors are a map to identity. The child''s pink tonsils or the bride''s red sari are not symbols, but rather mile markers. Like Vikram''s poems, they lead toward understanding" --Erica Wright, Senior Poetry Editor, Guernica About the Chapbook The book delves into the implication and philosophy of colors from a Hindu woman''s point of view, from birth until death. The color she adorns herself with almost depicts the story of her life. Expressed through different poetic and verbal forms, each color in the book has its own tone and is specific to different age groups.
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Blue Fairy And Other Tales Of Transcendence

by Ernest Dempsey

~~8,35€~~ 6,68€ 20% OFF + 5% CARD

 A thought-provoking excursion to life's last breath Ernest Dempsey's second collection of short stories The Blue Fairy takes a subject that has been dreaded for centuries - 'Death'. It is one of the few works of fiction, which neither treats the subject as the 'D word' by bringing in fantasies of afterlife nor compromises the solemnity by trying to evaporate the reality of death in humor. Instead, Dempsey explores the many sides to the subject that make the final departure a meaningful reality of existence. Inspired mostly by real life experiences, Dempsey's The Blue Fairy ingeniously integrates dying with living. It is a book for the soul. Acclaim for the writing of Ernest Dempsey "There is something about the somberness of his search for moral principles that reminds me of Victorian poets such as Tennyson, Bronte, Kipling, and Hardy writing in the 19th century. Bringing these themes into 21st century views is an interesting task." --Janet Grace Riehl, Village Wisdom "Following clearly in the footsteps of Rod Serling or his distant predecessor, Edgar Allan Poe, comes a fresh new voice in world fiction. Ernest Dempsey conveys the freight of emotion with a twist of irony in his first collection of short stories which address the tender lines between life and death." --Victor R. Volkman, host of Authors Access About the Author Ernest Dempsey has authored four books and, in just the last few years, seen the publication of his poems, essays, short stories, and literary reviews worldwide. He is now the editor-in-chief of the literary magazine Recovering the Self: A Journal of Hope and Healing (www.RecoveringSelf.com) and also works as the country editor for Pakistan on the celebrated Internet news channel Instablogs. Dempsey is now looking forward to completing his first novel. Learn more at www.ErnestDempsey.com From the World Voices series at Modern History Press www.ModernHistoryPress.com
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Taciturn Man - And Other Tales Of Australia

by Geoffrey Gibson

~~7,30€~~ 5,84€ 20% OFF + 5% CARD

 An immigrant's tale of an untamed country Alexander Gibson, my father, was a young Englishman who with his brother settled in Australia in the 1920s. The brothers each married one of the Solomon sisters just prior to the Great Depression. The Taciturn Man begins just after the Second World War when Alexander took up a rough bush sheep-grazing block in isolation among the tall trees of New England (New South Wales). I was born in 1937, and so I was just three years old when my father went to war, and age eight when he returned. Fortunately, by then I was old enough to absorb much of the material for this collection which I hope you will now enjoy. Praise for The Taciturn Man "A delightful memoir with all the emotions of life itself--seriousness, humor, joy and sadness and more. The author's observations of people and lively writing style make it a great bedside book to be savored, rather than hurried through." --Deborah K. Frontiera, author of Fighting CPS: Guilty Until Proven Innocent of Child Protective Services Charges "The Taciturn Man is a trip through Australia's countryside that feels like a nostalgic summer breeze as Gibson's personal narrative reveals its beauty, culture, and history through his own experiences and unique voice." --Susan Violante, author of Innocent War: Behind an Immigrant's Past About the Author Geoffrey Gibson grew up in rural Australia in the 1940s, earned his keep as a jackeroo (farmhand), had a brief stint in the Army, followed by thirty years as a suburban real estate agent in Sydney. He has dabbled in politics, and in retirement now spends his time writing, surfing and mucking about with friends on the state's South coast. From the World Voices Series www.ModernHistoryPress.com Available in hardcover, paperback, and eBook Editions BIO026000 Biography & Autobiography : Personal Memoirs LCO005000 Literary Collections : Australian & Oceanian HIS004510 History : Australia & New Zealand - Australia
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Beyond The Scent Of Sorrow

by Sweta Srivastava Vikram

~~5,23€~~ 4,18€ 20% OFF + 5% CARD

 Sweta Srivastava Vikram is an award-winning writer, poet, novelist, author, essayist, columnist, blogger, and educator whose musings have translated into four chapbooks of poetry, two collaborative collections of poetry, a fiction novel, and an upcoming nonfiction book of prose and poems. Her work has appeared in several anthologies, literary journals, and online publications across six countries in three continents. A graduate of Columbia University, Sweta reads her work across the United States, Europe, and Asia. She also teaches creative writing workshops. Sweta lives in New York City with her husband. She has been nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize. About this chapbook Beyond the Scent of Sorrow delves into the challenges faced by women on a global level. The eucalyptus trees in southwest Portugal are used as an archetype to symbolically elicit the challenges women face in today's world. Boldly, the poems which are lyrical, literal, short, and succinct, profess the unkind capabilities of mankind. Poets and Critics praise Beyond the Scent of Sorrow "Sweta's poetic voice flows like water smoothing and shaping stones. With great skill she uncovers, sometimes tenderly and other times more forcefully, the shroud of fog surrounding the feminine archetype... she has created and nurtured a garden, a wordscape, in which trust and healing can flourish." --Nick Purdon, author of The Road-shaped Heart "Sweta Srivastava Vikram holds her work close. Fold it one way, a poem of loss appears. Fold it yet again for a poem of longing. Her work is as structurally sound as the elements. It soars with anticipation. Vikram reveals lovely and powerful poems that will long linger." --Doug Mathewson, Editor Blink-Ink Learn more at www.SwetaVikram.com From the World Voices Series at Modern History Press www.ModernHistoryPress.com POE005060 Poetry : American - Asian American SOC028000 Social Science : Women's Studies - General SOC010000 Social Science : Feminism & Feminist Theory
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Iraq Through A Bullet Hole - A Civilian Wikileaks

by Issam Jameel

~~9,39€~~ 7,51€ 20% OFF + 5% CARD

 A unique on-the-ground account of a country shattered Iraqi playwright Issam Jameel returned to Iraq after a 12-year exile. Giving up the relative safety of Jordan, he made a perilous journey to Baghdad for a reunion. Unfortunately, the reason for his trip was to grieve for his nephew, recently killed by American forces while guarding an Iraq parliament member from insurgents. Jameel also mourns the loss of a formerly secular civil society replaced by vehement sectarianism, intolerance, and ignorance. Basic human needs like food, water, and power have become an endless daily struggle amidst the shards of infrastructure. Routine tasks, such as selling a house or getting a job are fraught with peril as old scores continue to be settled on religious, ethnic, and political fronts. Everywhere he turns, people are desperate to leave, but fear for the worst. After escaping this madness, he recorded his eyewitness report, desperate to provide an honest and impartial tale of an epic tragedy which has killed more than 100,000 people and displaced many more. Today, the US government gambles with Iraq's stability by turning a blind eye to Al-Maliki's internal policy, especially after Wikileaks revealed his complicity in death squads. We are jeopardizing the hard-won political gains that the US achieved by neutralizing the Sunnis of Iraq when it converted them from fighters and boycotters to voters. The US administration fails to show much real concern for the future of democracy in Iraq except perhaps for its anxiety about Obama's promises of military withdrawal. Critics Praise Iraq Through A Bullet Hole "Issam Jameel's Iraq Through A Bullet Hole is evocative in the best sense of the word. A native Iraqi, he describes with measured sadness and authenticity the dismemberment of his country by a senseless war. His perspective on events there--both personal and general--will not be found in reporting done by the Western press. His tale reminds us that the things that matter most--family, friends, and faith can and will endure even the most severe trials. I highly recommend this book for its relevance and timelessness." --Cristobal Krusen, Author and Filmmaker "Iraq has been a focus for our attention for years now, since our armed forces went looking for nonexistent weapons of mass destruction there. The media have presented a picture--but how real is it? What is life really like in that unfortunate country? Find out by reading this book." --Robert Rich, PhD, Author of Cancer: A Personal Challenge "Going home is such a trivial thing to so many people in the world. This story is the revealing statement of one man that went home to find it lost in such a strife-filled region, considered by historians as the origin of modern civilization. For those who do know how difficult his journey was, they will relate to Issam's message which is one of perseverance, shared hope and a common faith in mankind that in the end, all could eventually be well. If only men would let it..." --Bill Evans, civilian contractor in Iraq More info at www.IraqThruABulletHole.com Book #5 in the Reflections of History Series from Modern History Press www.ModernHistoryPress.com BIO000000 Biography & Autobiography : General HIS027170 History : Military - Iraq War (2003-) HIS026000 History : Middle East - General
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Road-Shaped Heart

by Nick Purdon

~~5,23€~~ 4,18€ 20% OFF + 5% CARD

 "an intimate journey of self-reflection...sensitive, sincere, and skillful" --Sherry Quan Lee, author of Chinese Blackbird About the Author Nick Purdon was born in 1976 in East London in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. After a few moves around the country, his family settled in the Western Cape city of Cape Town in 1981 where he has lived since. Nick began writing poetry seriously at the age of 27, though he had been writing on-and-off since his teenage years. About the Chapbook The Road-Shaped Heart is the poetic journey of a man winding his way through a landscape of darkness, anguish, addiction, loss and grief; carrying with him a lantern of hope, courage, idealism and love to illuminate a pathway to self-forgiveness, acceptance and spiritual growth. While often haunting and melancholy, the poems are also rich in vivid colour and imagery, with an ever-present sense of fire lilies relentlessly springing forth from a razed and scorched soul. Acclaim for The Road-Shaped Heart "The Road-Shaped Heart by Nick Purdon will squeeze the heart of each reader to elicit emotions held tight. Each reader will find his or her own life pain and loss within the words spread before them like a feast to be swallowed until the soul has been touched." Barbara Sinor, PhD, author Tales of Addiction and Inspiration for Recovery Learn more at www.NickPurdon.com From the World Voices Series at Modern History Press www.ModernHistoryPress.com
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Words Of A Journey - My Thoughts On Life And Living

by Kaitlyn Kashman

~~6,98€~~ 5,58€ 20% OFF + 5% CARD

 A book by a teenager for teenagers! Words of a Journey is a book for anyone who wants to take a closer look at life''s meaning and their experiences. Seventeen-year old Kaitlyn Kashman has designed this book to provide thought-stimulation on various issues and feelings that young adults explore. The book is a potpourri of poetry, with introspective, inspirational questions and observations to stimulate thought in readers so they can come to a clearer understanding of their own feelings and desires. Topics for deeper introspection run the vast range of emotions and situations young adults experience to help readers analyze and clarify their own relationships: Understanding unrequited love leads to analysis between what is a want vs. a need. The difficulties of first love, learning about oneself, seeking the thrill of love, and knowing when it is best to end. Discovering that one cannot change for another person. Learning that sometimes we love our own fictional version of a person. Nourishing a budding sense of new identity. Finding the boundaries between two people, accepting and embracing ourselves. An important book for any teenager or young adult, Words of a Journey will take readers down a path that will lead them back home to find a better version of themselves. Critics Praise for Words of A Journey "In Words of a Journey Kaitlyn gives teenagers permission to think for themselves and a place to express themselves on the pages of the book. A simple thought gives way to self-expression and the opportunity for clarity. Words of a Journey: My Thoughts on Life and Living, serves as a journal that can be used every day. Often, we simply need to see our thoughts in print to make sense out of our struggle and to fully appreciate our joy!" --Judee Ausnow, author of Drama is Optional: A Guide for Teens Look for paperback and eBook editions too! POE011000POETRY / Canadian
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Because All Is Not Lost - Verse On Grief

by Sweta Srivastava Vikram

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 Sweta Srivastava Vikram is a multi-genre writer living in New York City. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in literary journals, online publications, and anthologies across six countries and three continents. Sweta has attended several writing residencies and workshops in the United States and Europe. She is a VONA writer and a graduate of Columbia University. About this Chapbook... We have all lost a dear one at some point in our lives. Grief, depending on the relationship with the one deceased, affects us differently. I feel my Dada and Mausi's absence every single day for disparate reasons. But these two losses have taught me that their time had come. And that life is about celebrating those alive and not just mourning those who have moved on. Optimism and faith are the keys to overcoming the roadblocks life puts in our way. This book tries to state that there is always hope for anyone coping with grief. No one can tell us exactly how; the voyage has to be undertaken by each of us individually. Learn more about the author at www.swetavikram.com From the World Voice Series at Modern History Press www.ModernHistoryPress.com POE003000 Poetry : Inspirational & Religious SOC028000 Social Science : Women's Studies - General SEL010000 Self-Help : Death, Grief, Bereavement
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Aids Orphans Rising - What You Should Know And What You Can Do To Help Them Succeed

by Sister Mary Elizabeth Lloyd

~~6,98€~~ 5,58€ 20% OFF + 5% CARD

 Every 14 seconds a Child Headed Household is formed The death of parents from AIDS leaves behind little children, often four or five of them, who desperately want to stay together as a family. In the literature, they call them Child Headed Households. Imagine watching your mother and father slowly die before your eyes, leaving you to bury them and then to raise and care for your younger brothers and sisters. AIDS Orphans Rising takes you through the daily lives of these children. What do they eat? Where do they live? How do they survive? What can I do to help? Each chapter provides weblinks to organizations working with these children as well as real solutions, actions that you can take now to help these children not only survive, but succeed. By 2010, there will be 25,000,000 AIDS orphans! Left alone, they will be uneducated, disenfranchised, and unwanted: ripe candidates for radicalization and exploitation by dictators and terrorists. If good people like yourself do not reach out to these children so they can get love, an education and set up in some profitable enterprise, civilization will deteriorate to a point that you will not even recognize it. "This book is an inspiring gem of human caring for human. Particularly, the last chapter is beautiful and inspiring. It is very clearly written, and for the ordinary reader, and yet it is a fully documented scholarly work." --Bob Rich, PhD, author Cancer: A Personal Challenge 100% of all profits from this book will go to help the Child Headed Households Published by Loving Healing Press
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Aniko - The Stranger Who Loved Me

by Bob Rich

~~7,33€~~ 5,86€ 20% OFF + 5% CARD

 Aniko: The Stranger Who Loved me is a a literary biography that has won three awards, including the EPPIE for nonfiction in 2004. It is the life story of a woman who achieved the impossible and survived the unsurvivable -- more than once. Her courage, imagination and ruthlessness saved her and her family from death during the terrible years of the Second World War. Hampered by the stifling atmosphere of life behind the Iron Curtain, and by being a woman in a male-dominated culture, she nevertheless managed to build a million-dollar export business. But the greatest challenge of her life was to protect her husband's dignity over 31 years... Her son resented the coming of a new man into her life, and carried out a secret war against his stepfather. This may have eventually resulted in one of them murdering the other. Instead, the boy was transported to Australia for the term of his natural life, like the convicts of old. How would you react if the man you loved tore your child from you? This is a book of passion, told with force by that son as a tribute to his mother's memory.
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Cancer - A Personal Challenge

by Bob Rich

~~6,02€~~ 4,82€ 20% OFF + 5% CARD

 Cancer: A Personal Challenge by Bob Rich, PhD is a tool for achieving better health by everyone. It will help you to protect yourself and those you love, so that your chances of developing cancer will be reduced. It will help you to look after someone who is battling cancer, and above all, it will help you if you are the one whose body is the battleground. Contributors: Andrea Oz, Paul Bedson, Siegfried Gutbrod, Steve Hawley, David Hooper, Phyllis Phucas, Oleg Reznik M.D., Bob Rich, Yvonne Rowan, Victor Smith, Carl Stonier, and Cheryl Wright. "As a lay-person and one who has seen family and friends rage against cancer, one of the most fascinating parts of this book are the first-person stories from those who are 'bloody-minded' enough to refuse to give in. Their courageous accounts allow us inside the mind of those ordinary people whose lives have been turned upside down, and paint a picture far more complex than the media's single-dimensional image of 'cancer victim.' On the contrary, their poignant stories are ones of hope, strength and faith in becoming a survivor and treating cancer not as a death sentence, but as a challenge along life's trail-or transition along a path of ultimate perfection". --Brandon Wilson, Lowell Thomas Award-winning author Oleg I. Reznik, M.D. is the author of Secrets of Medical Decision Making: How to Avoid Becoming a Victim of the Health Care Machine Bob Rich, PhD writes in several genres: historical fiction, contemporary, science fiction, psychology, and practical self-help. He is also a professional editor, a counselling psychologist, and several other things that are none of your business. Two other books by Bob Rich have won international awards.
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No Ocean Here - Stories In Verse About Women From Asia, Africa, And The Middle East

by Sweta Srivastava Vikram

~~7,30€~~ 5,84€ 20% OFF + 5% CARD

 Brave New Collection Honors Women's Spirit Worldwide No Ocean Here bears moving accounts of women and girls in certain developing and underdeveloped countries. The book raises concern, and chronicles the socio-cultural conditions of women in parts of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. The stories, either based on personal interviews or inspired by true stories, are factual, visceral, haunting, and bold narratives, presented in the form of poems. "Sweta Srivastava Vikram is no ordinary poet. The 44 poems in this slim volume carry the weight of unspeakable horrors and injustices against women. Sweta's words span the globe. Her spare and evocative phrases weave a dark tapestry of oppressive conventions that in the telling and in our reading and hearing, she helps to unravel." -- Kay Chernush, Founder/Director, ArtWorks for Freedom About the Author Sweta Srivastava Vikram is an award-winning writer, two times Pushcart Prize nominated-poet, novelist, author, essayist, columnist, and educator whose musings have translated into four chapbooks of poetry, two collaborative collections of poetry, a novel, and a non-fiction book of prose and poems. Her work has appeared in several anthologies, literary journals, and online publications across six countries in three continents. A graduate of Columbia University, she reads her work, teaches creative writing workshops, and gives talks at universities and schools across the globe. Sweta lives in New York City with her husband. Learn more at www.SwetaVikram.com From the World Voices Series at Modern History Press www.ModernHistoryPress.com POE005060 Poetry : American - Asian American SOC028000 Social Science : Women's Studies - General FAM001000 Family & Relationships : Abuse - General
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Short History Of The Short Story - Western And Asian Traditions

by Gulnaz Fatma

~~3,96€~~ 3,17€ 20% OFF + 5% CARD

 Worldwide Appreciation of the Short Story Form Spans Cultures and Centuries! In this concise volume, Gulnaz Fatma traces the short story from its origins in fables, ancient poetry, and tales such as The Arabian Nights, to its modern form in the early American stories of Irving, Poe, and Hawthorne, and then through the twentieth century and throughout the world. The elements of what makes a short story are presented along with a discussion of the difficulties in defining the genre. The short story''s relation to the novel as well as its uniqueness as its own form are deftly presented. While the American and European traditions of the short story take up much of this book, the final chapter is a thorough presentation of the short story''s development in India. Anyone interested in the short story--teachers, students, writers, and readers--will find this volume informative, thoughtful, and a welcome addition to our understanding of one of literature''s most dynamic forms. Gulnaz Fatma is an Indian writer and author. She is a research scholar in the Department of English at Aligarh Muslim University in Aligarh, India. "As a fiction writer who has also taught the short story form, I was impressed by the thoroughness and insight presented in this concise book. Fatma''s broad exploration of the short story form is backed by numerous supporting examples and her chapter on the short story in India will introduce many readers to that country''s own literary gems." --Tyler R. Tichelaar, Ph.D. and author of the award-winning Narrow Lives Literary Criticism: Short Stories Literary Criticism: Asian - General

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