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| Dancing in the Kitchen A Prose Collection Jeanne Lohmann ISBN 1-56474-450-7 96 pages, paperback, $12.00 Jeanne Lohmann, an acclaimed poet, turns to prose to celebrate the memory of her marriage in a series of short vignettes. The book centers on her husband's death from brain cancer, but that central event is but one focus. These pieces also celebrate courtship and a long closely connected relationship, and the details of this couple's life: roses, stars, birds, beaches, trees, family, and friends. Love does not end with death, and the dance goes on. Read more about this book! Order this book now! Dreiser's 'Other Self' The Life of Arthur Henry Maggie Walker and Mark Walker ISBN 1-56474-453-1 288 pages, paperback, $17.95 American writer Arthur Henry lived for 67 years, from the Civil War to the rise of Adolph Hitler. His career as a journalist, novelist, playwright, and memoirist might have been entirely forgotten, had he not also been a close friend and influential associate of Theodore Dreiser, the realist who had such an effect on American literature around the turn of the twentieth century. This groundbreaking biography of an obscure but important writer tells the story of his career, his marriages to three women, and his friendship with other writerespecially Theodore Dreiser, who called him his best friend and his 'other self.' Read more about this book! Order this book now! |