Nothing Gold Can Stay
Nothing Gold Can Stay

Author: Ron Rash

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2013-02-19

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 0062202731

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From Ron Rash, PEN / Faulkner Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author of Serena, comes a new collection of unforgettable stories set in Appalachia that focuses on the lives of those haunted by violence and tenderness, hope and fear—spanning the Civil War to the present day. The darkness of Ron Rash’s work contrasts with its unexpected sensitivity and stark beauty in a manner that could only be accomplished by this master of the short story form. Nothing Gold Can Stay includes 14 stories, including Rash’s “The Trusty,” which first appeared in The New Yorker.

Nothing Gold Can Stay
Nothing Gold Can Stay

Author: Mark Belletini

Publisher: Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations

Published:

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 1558967478

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In twenty-two simple yet profound reflections, seasoned minister Mark Belletini explores the many and varied forms of grief. His honest, poetic essays serve as a prism, revealing the distinct colors and manifestations of grief in our lives. He addresses the way we respond to loss of people in our lives, loss of love, loss of focus, and loss of the familiar—understanding that grief is as much a part of our lives as our breathing. Belletini uses specific and personal stories to open up to the universal experience. Nothing Gold Can Stay is a gift of awareness, showing how the shades of grief serve our deepest needs.

The Goodness of Rain
The Goodness of Rain

Author: Ann Pelo

Publisher: Exchange Press

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780942702552

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Ann Pelo shares her year-long journey nurturing the ecological identity of a toddler while discovering her own relationship with the natural world.

Christmas Trees
Christmas Trees

Author: Robert Frost

Publisher: Owlet Paperbacks

Published: 2002-10

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13:

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An offer from a city man to buy the trees on his land awakens in a country fellow a keener awareness of the value of both his trees and his friends at Christmas.

Cain V. Abel
Cain V. Abel

Author: Dan Ornstein

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2020-04-01

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 0827618379

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Enter the packed courtroom and take your seat as a juror on the Cain v. Abel trial. Soon, the prosecution and defense attorneys (angels from Jewish legend) will call Cain, Abel, Sin, Adam, Eve, and God to the witness stand to present their perspectives on the world's first murder. Great Jewish commentators throughout the ages will also offer contradictory testimony on Cain's emotional, societal, and spiritual influences. As jurors, when we mete out Cain's punishment, must we factor in his family history, psychological makeup, and the human impulse to sin? In this highly eclectic and gripping compilation of insights by Jewish commentators on the Cain and Abel story, courtroom scenes are juxtaposed with the author's commentary, advancing novel insights and introspection. As each of us grapples with Cain's actions, we confront our own darkest traits. If Cain is a symbol for all humanity, what can we do to avoid becoming like him? Furthering this conversation, Rabbi Dan Ornstein includes a discussion and activity guide to promote open dialogue about human brokenness and healing, personal impulses, and societal responsibility.

The Music of Leaving
The Music of Leaving

Author: Tricia McCallum

Publisher: Demeter Press

Published: 2014-09-01

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13: 1926452585

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There is a music of leaving, as surely as there is that of arriving. And it is this distinct soulful music that we often hear, however faintly, in the background of our lives. McCallum’s poems are about elephants being traipsed through the Queens Midtown Tunnel, an unstable child’s slide, and roaming island dogs. About a visit to a family home before it is sold, a late night conversation in a plane above an ocean, and shrewd Irish falcons. About eloquent gravestones, da Vinci’s unfinished joke book, the elegant legs of a heron, and landing on the moon. About a jackknife dive at dusk, a young girl’s sleepover, and a memory instantly evoked by brushing against a stand of lavender. McCallum’s hope for her new book The Music of Leaving is that it delivers to her readers those “magical moments of understanding” that a good poem can.

A Boy's Will and North of Boston
A Boy's Will and North of Boston

Author: Robert Frost

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-03-02

Total Pages: 99

ISBN-13: 0486112152

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Two early volumes of poetry (1913–1914) contain many of the poet's finest, best-known works: "Mending Wall," "After Apple-Picking," "The Death of the Hired Man," many more.

Miles to Go
Miles to Go

Author: Robert Frost

Publisher: Obvious State

Published: 2019-11-15

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 9781633300033

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A collection of Frost's timeless poetry, visually reimagined.