I Just Wrote This Five Minutes Ago are the words nobody wants to hear from a fledgling poet behind a microphone. The warning works hand-in-hand with another poetry-world mantra that’s emblazoned on the submissions page of countless litmag websites: “Before submitting, read one of our issues to get an idea of what kind of poems we publish.” Implying as they do a lack of effort, expertise, or knowledge, these statements keep normies away from the proudly embattled form that is poetr...

New perspectives on digital scholarship that speak to today's computational realitiesScholars across the humanities, social sciences, and information sciences are grappling with how best to study virtual environments, use computational tools in their research, and engage audiences with their results. Classic work in science and technology studies (STS) has played a central role in how these fields analyze digital technologies, but many of its key examples do not sp...

The novel, Waiting for Morning, is an action-packed adventure in human behavior and corporate intrigue. After working her way through law school, Kate Newton accepts an entry-level position in the legal department of Ozarks Alliance Co. in Little Rock. Ozarks Alliance is one of three subsidiaries of Alliance Oil & Gas Co. with its headquarters in Houston. Kate enjoys working for Ozarks and living in the Little Rock area, but when an opportunity for advancement becomes available with Bayou ...

Born in Winnipeg to Icelandic immigrants in 1890, Laura Goodman Salverson embarked on a life marked by contradiction and cultural exchange. Her 1939 memoir braids the strands of her parents’ intellectual life in Iceland with a hardscrabble existence on the Prairies at the turn of the century, all against a backdrop of European settlement in post-Riel Manitoba and in colourful, self-assured prose.Leaving behind economic hardship, a difficult climate, and the threat of volcanoes, Lar...

60 years on from Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence in 1965, this book brings together many important themes to examine its consequences and offer the most comprehensive overview to date.Situating the UDI in its local, regional, international and transnational context, this collection offers a range of historical approaches; political, economic, social, cultural, international and transnational, to provide a richer and deeper understanding of the eme...

Born in Winnipeg to Icelandic immigrants in 1890, Laura Goodman Salverson embarked on a life marked by contradiction and cultural exchange. Her 1939 memoir braids the strands of her parents’ intellectual life in Iceland with a hardscrabble existence on the Prairies at the turn of the century, all against a backdrop of European settlement in post-Riel Manitoba and in colourful, self-assured prose.Leaving behind economic hardship, a difficult climate, and the threat of volcanoes, Lar...

Ancient Art Revisited develops new perspectives on ancient art by weaving together diverse strands within archaeology and art history, exploring it through recent developments in archaeological theory.In order to foster dialogue among various subfields, contributors are drawn from a wide range of domains. Classical archaeology, Aegean prehistory, Near Eastern archaeology, Egyptology, Pre-Columbian South America, and North America are brought together to explore ancient art...

Philadelphia, some time in the 21st century--Casper Beech is a corporate drone, a man beaten down by debt, a wage-slave to the Consortium that dominates the American economy. One day his boss sends him in for neural imprinting -- to have new job skills implanted directly in his brain, because it's faster and cheaper than training him by older methods. But a computer glitch loads the wrong file, and Casper is programmed with something that has nothing to do with his job. Instead of learning...

Den förmögna familjen Fortescue lever ett till synes utsökt liv, tills de plötsligt drabbas av en serie mord. Först faller familjefadern, affärsmannen Rex Fortescue, ihop på sitt kontor under svåra smärtor. Under utredningen som följer hittas märkligt nog rågkorn i hans ficka. Snart visar det sig att Rex har blivit förgiftad. Senare samma kväll blir Rex fru Adele mördad, även hon med gift. Strax därpå hittar man familjens unga hembiträde strypt i trädgården, med en klädnypa fastklämd i näs...