Drag kings and sea monsters, switchblade travellers and teacup ghosts—these stories and poems are a mixture of the mundane and the bizarre. Here you’ll find true tales of a son’s death and a girl’s first heartbreak, stories that range from the minutely personal to the transcendently universal.Words are only words until the writer, like an alchemist, blends them with sweat and self-reckoning to create something out of the ordinary. A community of 62 writers combine their words in em...

For centuries, oysters have had the power to sustain and delight, inspiring writers and artists, lowly cooks and four-star chefs, laborers and gourmands, and everyone in between. A feast for the eyes and the palate oysters also are rich in history and lore. In Oysters: A Celebration in the Raw, Marion Lear Swaybill presents a wide-ranging visual exploration of this iconic shellfish, including stunning portraits of more than fifty oyster varietals, the latest photographs fr...

A king foolishly divides his kingdom between his scheming two oldest daughters and estranges himself from the daughter who loves him. So begins this profoundly moving and disturbing tragedy that, perhaps more than any other work in literature, challenges the notion of a coherent and just universe. The king and others pay dearly for their shortcomings–as madness, murder, and the anguish of insight and forgiveness that arrive too late combine to make this an all-embracing tragedy of evil and...

Mientras redactaba su obra maestra El gran Gatsby, Francis Scott Fitzgerald escribió una serie de historias donde ensayaba la relación entre un hombre hecho a sí mismo y una mujer frívola y rica, preferentemente rubia. Algunos fueron incorporados a la novela, otros sirvieron exclusivamente para construir esa atmósfera a ritmo de jazz, dominada por el alcohol y el lujo, que constituye el entorno de Gatsby. Tres de esos relatos -Sueños de invierno (1922), Dados, puño americano y guitarra (19...

ContentsThe Arrow and the Song  HENRY W. LONGFELLOWThe Babie  JEREMIAH EAMES RANKINLet Dogs Delight to Bark and Bite  ISAAC WATTSLittle Things EBENEZER COBHAM BREWERHe Prayeth Best  SAMUEL T. COLERIDGETwinkle, Twinkle, Little Star  ANONYMOUSPippa ROBERT BROWNINGThe Days of the Month  AN OLD SONGTrue Royalty RUDYARD KIPLINGPlaying Robinson Crusoe RUDYARD KIPLINGMy Shadow ROBERT LOUI...

A kingdom divided, a family destroyed, the faithful banished and the hateful left to wreak inhuman havoc in the realm. Four hundred years after it was written, King Lear resonates as never before. This powerful production of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy stars the incomparable Colm Feore in the role of a lifetime.

HamletOne of the most famous plays of all time, the compelling tragedy of the young prince of Denmark who must reconcile his longing for oblivion with his duty to avenge his father’s murder is one of Shakespeare’s greatest works. The ghost, Ophelia’s death and burial, the play within a play, and the breathtaking swordplay are just some of the elements that make Hamlet a masterpiece of the theater.OthelloThis great tragedy of unsurpassed intensity and...

Like almost every good Shakespearean tragedy, King Lear packs a lot into the story: love, revenge, murder and, of course, scandal! What’s not to love! If only it wasn’t so...Shakespeare sounding!It’s not that Shakespeare is a bad writer--he’s obviously one of the greatest; the problem is his plays were written hundreds of years ago and if you don’t understand the context, the plays can be really confusing.If you are struggling to get through King Lear or if you just want a ...