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A. E. Stallings

Discover the timeless precision and fierce wit of A. E. Stallings's poetry in this stunning selection from her four acclaimed collections.This Afterlife: Selected Poems brings together the best of A. E. Stallings's work from Archaic Smile, Hapax, Olives, and Like, along with a lagniappe of additional poems. Themes and characters recur throughout, engaging in a complex interplay of harmony, dissonance, and counterpoint across years and experiences. The Unde...

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A. E. Stallings

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FSG Poetry

A collection of sharp, witty, and impeccably crafted poems from A. E. Stallings, the award-winning poet and translator.*Autumn cyclamen,boobytrapping underfootlike a mis-timed Spring,clutch of shame’s blushes,flock of flamingos balancedon slender stemware*An expert at traditional received forms, A. E. Stallings is also a poet of restless experiment. In lines of supple free verse, or rich rhyme and meter, the poems of ...

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A. E. Stallings

A new edition of A. E. Stallings's first book of poems, which was awarded the Richard Wilbur Award.In Archaic Smile, by the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist A. E. Stallings, the poet couples poetic meditations on classic stories and themes with poems about the everyday, sometimes mundane occurrences of contemporary life (like losing an umbrella or fishing with one's father), and she infuses the latter with the magic of myth and...

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A. E. Stallings

Award-winning poet and Oxford Professor of Poetry, A. E. Stallings has marshaled poetry, personal letters, paintings, a dubiously translated 1801 firman, newspaper clippings, parliamentary proceedings, a Greek political campaign, and other lore in this deliciously detailed and gossipy history of the Parthenon (AKA, Elgin) Marbles. Her narrative encompasses the removal of the Marbles from the Athenian Acropolis, their various misadventures before and after installation in the British Museum...

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A. E. Stallings

A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in poetry—A stunning new collection by the award-winning young poet and translator."A.E. Stallings's latest volume of poetry feels a bit like a dream an academic might have. LIKE is a beautiful, perfectly synthesized conflation of the modern and ancient world, filled with so much mythology and culture." — Englewood Review of BooksLike...

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A. E. Stallings, Grant Silverstein

"A virtuosic, witty, charming translation of the greatest epic ever written about mice, with wonderful illustrations by Grant Silverstein. Stallings' elegant rhyming couplets are the perfect choice to honor the mousy Muse."―Emily Wilson, Professor of Classics, University of Pennsylvania"Stallings' translation of this ancient epic is a delight: charming, witty, and vividly alive, with buoyant rhymes and eye-catching illustrations. I suspect this will become a beloved addition in man...

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Lany Stall

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Sins of the Vatican

Grace's first new asignment as a nun sent her to a small village, where she met a sexy young priest called Peter. On the surface, the pair seemed to hit it off great. However Grace harbour a dirty secret; she likes to masturbate, and finds herself thinking of Peter as she does.Can Grace and Peter avoid walking into temptation, or will the pair end up discovering a whole new world of experiences?Warning: this story is rated 18+ and contains taboo virgin sex and oral sex betw...

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Sam Stall

If you don't believe that one cat has the power to alter civilization, then you've obviously never heard of Tibbles, the cat who single-handedly wiped out an entire species. Or Ahmedabad, a Siamese kitten who sparked riots throughout Pakistan. Or Snowball, the cat who helped to convict dozens of murderers and criminals. Or Felix, the first cat to explore outer space . . .These are just four of the 100 Cats Who Changed Civilization, and this book honors their extraordinary ...

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W. Joseph Stallings

Are we Methodists ready for the work of God to be unleashed? Are we ready for Methodism to be the catalyst of yet another New Pentecost? God has decisively acted in Christ, and Christ says, "Do this." Therefore, there is only one real answer, since "not ready" is not a valid response. For United Methodism to be revived, there can be no more such excuses. Christ showed us his presence and power through Constant Word and Sacrament praxis during the time of the Acts 2 church. Christ then agai...

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Lany Stall

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Serving The Chairman

When Sally takes a job as a nude model, acting as a plate for the rich and famous to eat canapes from, she thinks it’s just a little extra money. But when dashing billionaire Daniel Branton offers her a job as his PA and Slave, Sally sees a chance to change her life forever.However, to get the job, Sally as to impress both Daniel and his current PA, Jenny.This 4000 word story contains themes of bondage, slave contracts, spanking, nipple clamps, ass to mouth, cum guzzling, and...

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Hesiod

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A. E. Stallings

'Stallings's new translation of Hesiod's Works and Days - witty, gritty, and unsettlingly relevant - is not to be missed' TLS, Books of the YearA new verse translation of one of the foundational ancient Greek works by the award-winning poet Alicia Stallings.Hesiod was the first self-styled 'poet' in western literature, revered by the ancient Greeks. Ostensibly written to chide and educate his lazy brother, Works and Da...

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A. E. Stallings

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A. E. Stallings

A Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry.A stunning new collection by the award-winning young poet and translator.Like, that currency of social media, is a little word with infinite potential; it can be nearly any part of speech. Without it, there is no simile, that engine of the lyric poem, the lyre’s note in the epic. A poem can hardly exist otherwise. In this new collection, her most ambitious to date, A. E. Stallings continu...