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  Chekhov on Theatre

  Anton Chekhov

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  A unique collection of everything that Chekhov wrote about the theatre.
  Chekhov started writing about theatre in newspaper articles and in his own letters even before he began writing plays. Later, he wrote in detail about his own plays to his lifelong friend and mentor Alexei Suvorin, his wife and leading actress, Olga Knipper, and to the two directors of the Moscow Art Theatre, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko.
  Collected for this volume, these writings reveal Chekhov's instinctive curiosity about the way theatre works – and his concerns about how best to realise his own intentions as a playwright. Often peppery, passionate, even distraught, as he feels his plays misinterpreted or undermined, Chekhov comes over in these pages as a true man of the theatre.
  'Chekhov is an acute observer who could easily have made his way as a director or dramaturg judging by his ability to spot strengths and weaknesses in not only his own writing but that of others. This book builds a strong picture of theatrical life in Moscow and St Petersburg just before and at the turn of the last century, with vast amounts of bitching seemingly a commonplace. It can also serve as a tangential autobiography since, through its pages, it is possible to learn much about its subject's life and work.' - British Theatre Guide

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  brainwaves

  Ziggy Alberts

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  ABOUT THE BOOK  
  A debut collection of poetry from platinum ARIA accredited artist Ziggy Alberts, 'brainwaves', explores life's experiences and emotions, inwards and out. Deeply personal, frank, insightful yet relatable, Alberts uncovers his introspective thoughts and lessons learned in conscious and intentional living. Differentiating from his lyrical work, readers can discover some of Alberts' most personal realisations from life at home and on the road.   
  Divided into 4 chapters, each poem entices the next train of thought. Alberts masterfully draws observations of the natural environment to paint his experience of introspective moments. He contemplates modern-day dilemmas, timeless topics of purpose, trust, stillness, and love. 
  brainwaves 
  is a polite request 
  an invitation into 
  a vulnerable relationship 
  between the writer 
  and the reader 
  it is an ode 
  to word of mouth 
  to paper pages 
  to hard copies 
  handed to strangers 
  shared with lovers 
  kept with family 
  to taking chances on books 
  without knowing 
  the entirety of its contents first 
  to do and practice just that 
  of which we do so little of today 
  with books and relationships alike. 
  brainwaves 
  was not made for the internet 
  it was made for you

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  Poet To His Love

  Maxwell Bodenheim

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  Librivox volunteers bring you thirteen different readings of Poet To His Love, by Maxwell Bodenheim. This weekly poetry project was selected to celebrate Valentine’s Day.(Summary by Annie Coleman)

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  Fifty Shades of June - 50 of the...

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Sara...

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  The sixth month of the Gregorian calendar heralds a new season – Summer.  Lengthening days, Sunshine days, Glorious days! 
   
  In this month our classic poets flex their lexicons with verse that describes all manner of events.  The weather may be warm or windy, showers, squalls and storms may momentarily darken skies with grey foreboding but Nature will soon be at work again on a palette of such bright and dazzling hues that the landscape is reborn again. 
   
  1 - Fifty Shades of June - An Introduction 
  2 - June by Horatio Alger Jr 
  3 - June by Francis Ledwidge 
  4 - Verses to Her Highness, the Duchess, June 3rd 1665 by John Henry Dryden 
  5 - Sonnet LXII Off Ostend, June 11th 1837 by Henry Alford 
  6 - A Match by Algernon Swinburne 
  7 - A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns 
  8 - Epithalamion by James Elroy Flecker 
  9 - A Man Young and Old - Summer and Spring by William Butler Yeats 
  10 - A June Night by Emma Lazarus 
  11 - A Night in June by Alfred Austin 
  12 - Dog Days by Amy Lowell 
  13 - Summer by Khalil Gibran 
  14 - Sonnet 13 -  Summer Fruit by Rainer Maria Rilke 
  15 - A Summer Night by George William Russell 
  16 - June Night by Sara Teasdale 
  17 - A Night in June by James Edwin Campbell 
  18 - Dusk in June by Sara Teasdale 
  19 - All in June by William Henry Davies 
  20 - Bee by Emily Dickinson 
  21 - Summer Wind by William Cullen Bryant 
  22 - June by James Whitcomb Riley 
  23 - Across the Red Sky by Katherine Mansfield 
  24 - The Thrush's Nest by John Clare 
  25 - June, A Tale by William Cowper 
  26 - Beachey Head by Charlotte Smith 
  27 - To June by George MacDonald 
  28 - There is A June When Corn is Cut by Emily Dickinson 
  29 - Wishes of an Elderly Man Wished at a Garden Party, June 1914 by Walter Alexander Raleigh 
  30 - Bed in Summer by Robert Louis Stevenson 
  31 - The Idlers Calender - Twelve Sonnets for the Months - June by Wilford Scawen Blunt 
  32 - The Human Seasons by John Keats 
  33 - Summer by Christina Rossetti 
  34 - Binsey Poplars by Gerard Manley Hopkins 
  35 - I Have Heard the Sunset Song of the Birches by Stephen Crane 
  36 - How Did the Rose by Hafiz 
  37 - Pied Beauty by Gerard Manley Hopkins 
  38 - The Longest Day by William Wordsworth 
  39 - At the Sunrise, 1848 by Dante Gabriel Rossetti 
  40 - Sonnet LVI Written at York on the Day of the Coronation of Queen Victoria June 28th, 1838 by Henry Alford 
  41 - Hymn For St John's Eve the 29th June by John Henry Dryden 
  42 - Hymn For the Dedication of Memorial Hall at Cambridge June 23rd 1874 by Oliver Wendell Holmes 
  43 - To William Hayley Esq, June 29th 1793 by William Cowper 
  44 - June 14th by Maria Frances Cecilia Cowper 
  45 - On My Leaving London, June the 29th by Sarah Fyge-Egerton 
  46 - Pleasure's Past by John Clare 
  47 - A Gleam of Sunshine by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 
  48 - Sweet Empty Sky of June by Henry Vaughan 
  49 - June by William Cullen Bryant 
  50 - June at Woodruff by James Whitcomb Riley 
  51 - Angels of Sunderland, In Memoriam, June 16th 1893 by John Hartley

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  Written in Stone

  Eugenia Fain

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  A collection of poems

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  Sacred Sites - The Secret...

  Susan Suntree

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  Sacred Sites is a singular and memorable account of the evolution of the Southern California landscape, reflecting the riches of both Native knowledge and Western scientific thought. In his foreword, read by Peter Coyote, Pulitzer Prize winning poet Gary Snyder writes that this book "brings us home." Carrying readers from the Big Bang to the present, poet Susan Suntree describes the origins of the universe, the shifting of tectonic plates, and an evolving array of plants and animals that give Southern California its unique features today. She and Native American actor, Kalani Queypo, recount the migration of humans into the region, where they settled, and how they lived. Reflecting Native peoples' views of their own histories and ways of life, Suntree and Queypo recount narratives and songs of the First People, unforgettable shamans, and revered heroes. Founded on meticulous research, Suntree offers a rare and poetic vision combining Western and indigenous thinking to create an ever-deepening sense of a place and its people.  
   “Sacred Sites honors the power and beauty of our indigenous heritage and homeland. By knowing our history, we better understand the present and our journey into the future.” Anthony Morales, tribal chair, Gabrielino Tongva Council of San Gabriel                        
  “‘Human beings are the ones who have the power, through their songs, to affect the balance of the world.’ What an immensely beautiful book!” Stephen Greenblatt, Harvard University, author of The Swerve, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award       
  "Rooted in diversity and complexity, what many of the best books are about." Los Angeles Times 
  Bonus: Peter Coyote reads anthropologist Lowell John Bean's introduction to Southern California Native American cultures.

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