“****Robert Pinsky belongs to that rarest category of talents, a poet-critic.”—Robert LowellTwo important books of criticism by the Pulitzer Prize finalist and former U.S. poet laureate—now combined in a single volume with a new preface by the authorFor Robert Pinsky, poetry’s individual, human scale as a fundamentally vocal medium—with poems brought to life by one person at a time—gives poetry a unique importance in American and democratic...

The remarkable first two books of poetry by the Pulitzer Prize finalist and former U.S. poet laureate—now combined in a single volume with a new preface by the authorAward-winning poet Robert Pinsky’s first two collections—Sadness And Happiness and An Explanation of America—announced the arrival of a major new voice in American poetry. Now, these acclaimed books are presented together in a single volume featuring a new preface by ...

From the former U.S. Poet Laureate, "a keenly idiosyncratic account of the place of poetry in our time . . . not only interesting but suspenseful to read" (James Logenbach, The Nation )."Poetry is a vocal, which is to say a bodily, art," Robert Pinsky declares in The Sounds of Poetry. "The medium of poetry is the human body: the column of air inside the chest, shaped into signifying sounds in the larynx and the m...

An entertaining & comprehensive guide to sex, relationships, and consent in today's #MeToo era, from celebrity MD Dr. Drew Pinsky and his daughter Paulina Pinsky—perfect for teens, parents, and educators to facilitate open and positive conversations around the tricky topic of consent."Using a combination of straightforward language, relatable examples, and realistic expectations, [the Pinskys have] created a user-friendly guide based on the principles of TC...

Organizing Solutions for People with ADHD, 3rd Edition offers cutting-edge**strategies for anyone who wants to improve their physical space, time management, and peace of mind.This revised and updated version also includes helpful assessments of the latest digital tools for organization and new research on the ADHD brain.**About 4.4% of the adult population—over 13 million Americans—have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD.) Yet four out...

It is the summer before the Presidential Election. The President is concerned his party's candidate will lose the election and with it his legacy. He concocts a plan to create a series of events that will allow him, with the support of a sycophant media, to postpone and, in time, cancel the elections.A retired general while keeping track of events, suspects that something is afoot. He puts together a coalition of retired special forces members and governors to investigate and event...

Two leading figures from the world of finance show how progressives can take their money away from conservative financial institutions and put it to good, lasting social useThe U.S. financial system may be working for some people, but it isn't working for most of us who care about progressive causes. In fact, our financial system taps your money to pay for a conservative agenda. It's a heads-they-win, tails-you-lose game when the fees you pay to use your credit car...

Two leading figures from the world of finance show how progressives can take their money away from conservative financial institutions and put it to good, lasting social useThe U.S. financial system may be working for some people, but it isn't working for most of us who care about progressive causes. In fact, our financial system taps your money to pay for a conservative agenda. It's a heads-they-win, tails-you-lose game when the fees you pay to use your credit car...

A new book of poems by the three-time poet laureate Robert Pinsky, a writer "rarely equalled" (Louise Glück).Robert Pinsky, one of our most ambitious, inventive, and finely tuned poets, takes an original approach to the fraught, central matter of borders in Proverbs of Limbo, his first new book of poetry in eight years.In this collection, the poet mines and maps limbal regions: those spaces between differences that can be at once creative and oppre...

Every Holocaust survivor has a story of how they survived. Each story is unique and is a tribute to the survivor, who through a combination of luck, endurance, perseverance, the kindness of others, intelligence, hard work, and pure determination, somehow survived the most methodical genocide of all time. Ordinary, Extraordinary is the survival story of Bernard Pinsky's father, Rubin Pinsky, and some of Rubin's immediate family. It is also the story of what Rubin did with his life ...

A practical career guide for creatively inclined job seekers of all ages, with tips and counsel on how to use your independent and innovative talents and passions to make money, express yourself, and find a job you love.This new edition of the popular guide for individuals seeking work that suits their unique skills has been completely revised and updated to reflect the freedom offered by the new work order, delve more deeply into freelancing as a career, explore s...

In June of 1970, the body of 24-year-old Nancy Morgan was found inside a government-owned car in Madison County, North Carolina. It had been four days since anyone had heard from the bubbly, hard-working brunette who had moved to the Appalachian community less than a year prior as an organizer for Volunteers in Service to America. At the time of her death, her tenure in the Tar Heel State was just weeks from ending, her intentions set on New York and nursing school and a new life that she ...