Book full of poetry of sadness, love, emotions and life lessons.

In Poetics of the Flesh Mayra Rivera offers poetic reflections on how we understand our carnal relationship to the world, at once spiritual, organic, and social. She connects conversations about corporeality in theology, political theory, and continental philosophy to show the relationship between the ways ancient Christian thinkers and modern Western philosophers conceive of the "body" and "flesh.” Her readings of the biblical writings of John and Paul as well as the work of Tert...

Creating Ourselves is a unique effort to lay the cultural and theological groundwork for cross-cultural collaboration between the African and Latino/a American communities. In the introduction, the editors contend that given overlapping histories and interests of the two communities, they should work together to challenge social injustices. Acknowledging that dialogue is a necessary precursor to collaboration, they maintain that African and Latino/a Americans need to cultivate the...

Catalyzed by Sylvia Wynter’s questioning of modern/colonial descriptions of the human person, the essays in Beyond the Doctrine of Man interrogate the problem of these definitions of the human person and take up the struggle to decolonize and unsettle such descriptions.Contributors: Rufus Burnett Jr., M. Shawn Copeland, Yomaira C. Figueroa, Patrice Haynes, Xhercis Méndez, Andrew Prevot, Mayra Rivera, Linn Marie Tonstad, Alexander G. Weheliye

This book is about people suffering with the death of a loved one, or a relationship that has ended. It also offers comfort to know that grief does'nt have to last forever, the pain will still be there, but we can all move forward and get through with the help of family and friends. And owners who have lost a pet.

When God whispers, the wise listen. In this short story, a busy husband and father fails to heed the quiet voice of the Lord. In doing so, he experiences the loving admonition of God whispering loudly. 2750 words, available at no charge.

This book was written by me to talk about all of the hardships I had to face when the love of my life decided to just get up and walk away. It took everything away from me. This book talks about the journey I went on, the journey to find myself again.

The Adventures of Hope is a story about a dog and her love for her family. Hope is a very fierce and loyal dog who has taken it upon herself to be the protector of the children as they venture into the world full of unforeseen dangers; Hope is there to protect them and keep them safe, at all costs.

Short poems for the young of heart the joys and the broken dreams of finding love.

A young woman finds herself is a precarious situation after a night that is sure to haunt her. During a silent, tear filled ride home with her friend, she finds that the earlier events of the night are nothing compared to what she is about to encounter.

A short story outlining a special day between gay lovers Valic and Destrey.

"I started writing poems when I was about 15 or 16 because that was my way of saying the things that I wanted to say and they stayed in books mostly. So this about 15 years of my head and my heart and what it thinks and what it doesn't get to say."This collection of over 30 poems is written by actor Duncan Pow. Best known as Linden Cullen in Holby City, Scottish born Duncan has a written a collection of Love poems for you to read and share.