Comprised of four heroic crowns of sonnets, Alicia Mountain’s Four in Hand is both formal and experimental, ranging from lyric romantic and familial narratives to blank verses of reconfigured found text pulled from financial newsletter emails. Language and white space equally captivate with their sparsity and abundance as Mountain pursues the implications of national political identity with intersectional awareness. These poems interrogate our collective complicity in late-stage c...

Comprised of four heroic crowns of sonnets, Alicia Mountain’s Four in Hand is both formal and experimental, ranging from lyric romantic and familial narratives to blank verses of reconfigured found text pulled from financial newsletter emails. Language and white space equally captivate with their sparsity and abundance as Mountain pursues the implications of national political identity with intersectional awareness. These poems interrogate our collective complicity in late-stage capitalism...

Alicia Mountain’s urgent and astonishing debut collection maps a new queer landscape through terrain alive and sensual, defiant and inviting. With a voice that beckons while it howls, Mountain nimbly traverses lyric, confessional, and narrative modes, leaving groundbreaking tracks for us to follow. High Ground Coward offers fists full of soil, leftovers for breakfast, road trip as ritual, twins of lovers and twins of ourselves. This world blooms with hunger-inducing detail, its sp...

The Spring 2021 Issue. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Since 1971, Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporary American literature, and remains prescient in the digital age by providing readers with thoughtful and entertaining literature in a variety of formats. Find out why the New York Times named Ploughshares “the Triton among minnows.”As guest-editor Laura van den Berg writes in her introduction, “At its core, literatu...

Drawing on her success as both a businesswoman and a devoted Christian, Alicia Fitts inspires readers on their journey to conquer life's "money mountains" through practical advice and unshakable faith in God. Having walked through many difficult seasons herself, Alicia writes from a place of deep understanding. She experienced rejection, mistreatment, and being overlooked before fully surrendering to God's will for her life. Now, she's sharing the powerful lessons that helped her embrace h...

Luke Lennox knows he doesn't deserve happiness. After tearing his family apart, he's been punishing himself by living a solitary life. But when he sees Georgina Mills, the animal inside him knows: she's his mate. His lonely heart yearns for her, but he knows that it could only end up badly for them both.After being rescued from the clutches of an evil anti-shifter organization, Georgina Mills has finally settled in Blackstone with her young bear shifter son. She's got a job, a home...

A cold, unfeeling dragon shifter CEO + mysterious woman on the run who perks up his dragon's interest = action, adventure, heart-wrenching romance and an HEA guaranteed to satisfy you!Matthew Lennox’s entire life was driven by one thing: Lennox Corporation. Now that he was taking over as CEO, nothing was going to stop him from making the family company an even bigger success. But, when a mysterious woman arrives in town and captures his and his dragon’s attention, ...

Ben Walker’s bear is out of control and he can’t let anyone know, not even his family and closest friends. The darkness inside is threatening to consume him, but when he meets Penny, he knows she’s the one: his mate, the one who can calm his bear. And for once in his life, he feels he has a bright future ahead.Even though she’s human, Blackstone has become a sanctuary for Penny Bennet. It’s the place where she could start over and escape the scorn of the people from her past. When ...

Jason Lennox didn't want a mate. He didn't need a mate. He was happy with his life, doing what he wanted and who he wanted. But, when he meets the frosty Christina Stavros, his dragon instantly recognizes her as his. Their first meeting was a disaster and he's been trying his hardest to forget about her.Christina Stavros was back in Blackstone for her sister's wedding, and only for that reason. She certainly wasn't looking forward to seeing Jason Lennox again. But, she just can't s...

Wolf shifter Nathan Caldwell likes things casual when it comes to women, keeping them at arm's length and never letting them get too close. So, when he meets the one, the mate his animal has chosen, he gets the surprise of his life when she rejects him.Geologist Dr. Violet Robichaux is focused on her career and science. She keeps a tight reign on her emotions and her tiger, so when her animal chooses the foul-mouthed and ru...

In "The Vigilantes of Montana; Or, Popular Justice in the Rocky Mountains," Thos. J. Dimsdale presents a captivating chronicle of the vigilante movement that emerged in 1860s Montana. This historical narrative meticulously documents the rise of self-appointed lawmen who pursued justice in a lawless frontier, blending firsthand accounts with vivid storytelling. Dimsdale's literary style is characterized by a compelling mix of journalistic precision and dramatic flair, reflecting the tumultu...

Mountains, Monsoons, and Mules features 96 pages that are filled with a fun storyline, vocabulary, discussion questions, and more, to engage transitioning readers and strengthen their comprehension skills. Each World Adventure Chapter Book dives into a specific country, and readers tag along for the adventure as they encounter memorable monuments, places, culture, and history. As the story's characters venture throughout each country, they address topics such as family, friendship, and gro...