age ~68
from Pompano Beach, FL
Writing poems set in Southeast Asia, Swenson absorbs the anguish of colonization and dictatorship to reveal ordinary people and events with a sardonic humor, pathos, and hope. Selected for the National Poetry Series by Maxine Kumin."She is...a poet of consequence, bearing witness in charged language...
Author
Karen Swenson
Binding
Paperback
Pages
96
Publisher
Copper Canyon Press
ISBN #
1556590679
EAN Code
9781556590672
ISBN #
9
An anthology of new short fiction by award-winning and emerging authors, this intimate collection celebrates writing and honors the writer. The editors-two sisters from Oregon-choose stories that are beautifully written, readable, and emotionally affecting. Each collection is also visually satisfyi...
Author
Stewart O'Nan, Siobhan Dowd, George Manner, Manuel Munoz, James Carlos Blake, Susan Perabo, Susan McInnis, Margo Rabb, Roland Sodowsky, Robin Winick, Karen Swenson
Binding
Paperback
Pages
160
Publisher
Glimmer Train Pr Inc
ISBN #
1880966328
EAN Code
9781880966327
ISBN #
8
An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 255 pages; Description: 255 p. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm. Subjects: Streisand, Barbra --Singers--United States--Biogra...
Author
Karen Swenson
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
256
Publisher
Citadel Pr
ISBN #
0806509813
EAN Code
9780806509815
ISBN #
6
Cold Counsel is the only collection devoted to the place of women in Old Norse literature and culture. It draws upon the disciplines of history, sociology, feminism, ethnography and psychoanalysis in order to raise fresh questions about such new subjects as gender, class, sexuality, family structure...
Binding
Paperback
Pages
321
Publisher
Routledge
ISBN #
1138991465
EAN Code
9781138991460
ISBN #
5
Drawing from her work in comparative religion and cultural anthropology, Adrie Kusserow offers a collection of portraits of Westerners in the East and Easterners in the West struggling to relearn and relive their ideas of culture, religion, and God. These poems expose the human craving for the nouri...
Author
Adrie Kusserow
Binding
Paperback
Pages
96
Publisher
BOA Editions Ltd.
ISBN #
1929918232
EAN Code
9781929918232
ISBN #
4
THE FILMS OF BARBRA STREISAND features over 150 stunning color and black & white photographs--many published for the first time--as well as complete cast and credit listings, and a sampling of reviews. The volume also boasts exclusive, illuminating comments from dozens of Streisand's co-workers and...
Author
Karen Swenson, Christopher Nickens
Binding
Paperback
Pages
224
Publisher
Citadel
ISBN #
0806519541
EAN Code
9780806519548
ISBN #
3
Drawing on key new sources, here is the first biography of Garbo written from a woman's perspective. Karen Swenson gives exclusive insights into the star's struggles with movie executives at MGM and with her mentor, Mauritz Stiller, as well as her bisexuality--aspects of her life often overlooked or...
Author
Karen Swenson
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
640
Publisher
Scribner
ISBN #
0684807254
EAN Code
9780684807256
ISBN #
1
Gaudy, serious, sharp-eyed, and far-flung, Karen Swenson's lyrics engage contrasts. She inhabits Tibet, New York, and points in between--not a tourist but a voyager. Her mindfulness is both political and personal, and entirely memorable.--Marie Ponsot
Author
Karen Swenson
Binding
Paperback
Pages
88
Publisher
Tiger Bark Press
ISBN #
0981675204
EAN Code
9780981675206
ISBN #
7