Greg D. Barnett
Author
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
xx, 1189 p. : ill., music ; 24 cm.
Description
A volume culled from the National Book Award-winning poet's entire half-century career is published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Howl and offers insight into his influence as an iconic Beat Generation writer.
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Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"From a young, gay environmentalist, a searing coming-of-age memoir set against the arid landscape of rural North Dakota, where homosexuality "seems akin to a ticking bomb." "I am a child of the American West, a landscape so rich and wide that my culture trembles with terror before its power." So begins Taylor Brorby's Boys and Oil, a haunting, bracingly honest memoir about growing up gay amidst the harshness of rural North Dakota, "a place where...
3) Boundless
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Description
For Griffin Furlong, the odds were against him.
Death, homelessness, and fear of his future loomed early in his childhood. According to the National School Board Association, students experiencing homelessness are 87 percent more likely to drop out of school than their stably housed peers, and without a high school diploma, youth are 4.5 times more likely to experience homelessness later in life. But through the power of growing his perspective and...