 ForeWord Magazine named the second annual Independent Publisher of the Year in conjunction with its annual Book of the Year Awards. University of Nebraska Press won the 2008 title. ForeWord's editorial staff cited Nebraska's outstanding works of translation, regional fiction, poetry, and memoir. Read more about the award
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Of This World: New and Selected Poems 1955-2006
Forty years of writing are showcased in Joseph Strouds Of This World: New and Selected Poems 1955-2006. He has published only four books previously, and may not be as well known as he ought to be. The poems in this large collection-arranged not by chronology, but as a complete poem itself-should help. The collection is capacious not only in its length, but in the range of subjects, of reading evidenced in the poems, and of the mind at work and play with those subjects. There are small, smart prose poems, longer prose pieces, haiku-like poems, narrative poems, lyrics, and odes. His poems speak from around the globe: Venice, London, Santo Domingo, Guatemala, Vietnam, Santa Cruz, Singapore. Stroud enters the minds of painters such as Goya, Brueghel, and Giotto Bondone,....
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Book Publishers Turn to the iPhone - The iPhone has been on nearly everyone?s minds since it debuted in 2007. Now, one of the biggest attractions of the Apple brand smartphone, the App Store, has more than 50,000 applications available for download. Many eBooks and eBook readers are available, but FTW checked in with some book publishers that have more creatively adapted their products for use on the iPhone and other devices.
Book Review: Jacko, His Rise and Fall: The Social and Sexual History of Michael Jackson
- Although Michael Jackson has stayed out the public eye for the past few months, his tale is well known to legions of celebrity gossip mongers: a talented young kid who got off track, destroyed his face through too much plastic surgery, and fled the country in the wake of accusations of pedophilia.
Author Pages: Jill Norgen - I was totally puzzled when I discovered that there was no biography written for adults about Belva Lockwood despite her importance in American history [first woman attorney to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court (1880), first woman to run a full campaign for president in (1884)]."
Book Club: Drift and Swerve - Samuel Ligon?s short story, ?Germans? is ForeWord?s Book Club selection for the week. Ligon is the author of a novel, Safe in Heaven Dead (HarperCollins) and he teaches writing at Eastern Washington University.
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Drift and Swerve
Join the Book Club conversation with staff and authors. This week, we feature Drift and Swerve by Samuel Ligon. Download a chapter from Drift and Swerve available for free download for one week.
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updated: 07/01/09
The Worrywart's Companion: Twenty-One Ways to Soothe Yourself & Worry Smart
Everyone worries occasionally, but some people let worry control their lives. Obsessive fretting causes physical and psychological consequences that negatively affect the worrywarts of the world. The book offers practical ideas that can help mollify the repetitive self-talk that persuades individuals to worry too much. Read the full review of The Worrywart's Companion.
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