Emily: 3337 books

In Staging Creolization, Emily Sahakian argues that late-twentieth-century plays by French Caribbean women writers dramatize and enact creolization—the process of cultural transformation through mixing and conflict that occurred in the context of the legacies of slavery and colonialism.

It is the late 1850s and a young Irishman, having abandoned his studies for the priesthood, arrives in New Harmony, Indiana in the afterglow of its utopian experiment and soon finds himself both in love with the town’s most alluring woman and immersed in the horrifying violence of war. Told with...

The hidden tale of the Trojan War: a novel full of passion and revenge, bravery and sacrifice, now is the time for the women of Troy to tell their story. Three thousand years ago a war took place where legends were born: Achilles, the greatest of the Greeks, and Hector, prince of Troy. Both...

Life was simple for Alissa. Easy. She had an exit plan from life. Nothing and no one was going to stop her. Her mind was made up. She was done. Except for one problem. The neighbour. The neighbour with the good looks and the bleeding heart. The neighbour who inserted himself into her life like it...

When Julie Monroe ends up in Hell, she has no idea why she's there. What she's sure of is: she's dead, she's transparent, and she's been given a second chance. Kind of. Given the unique opportunity to return to Earth as a Succubus, she jumps at the chance to get out of Hell. Problem...

Afro-Greeks examines the reception of Classics in the English-speaking Caribbean, from about 1920 to the beginning of the 21st century. Emily Greenwood focuses on the ways in which Greco-Roman antiquity has been put to creative use in Anglophone Caribbean literature, and relates this regional classical...

Avec lui, tout redevient possible Il y a quelques jours encore, tout ce que voulait Georgia, c’était rester chez elle pour noyer son chagrin. Il y a quelques jours encore, elle n’aurait jamais imaginé pouvoir rougir à nouveau devant un homme, et surtout renoncer à sa tranquillité pour...

La suite tant attendue d’Une nuit sous tes étoiles ! Anna, quand viendras-tu ? Elle a promis. Promis de venir nous rendre visite à ma fille Liz et moi. Pourtant, les semaines ont défilé depuis le 14 février, et rien. Pas un coup de fil, pas un mot qui vienne casser la routine...

Snow clung to the trees, the weight of it pulling the tree branches low to the ground. Clay Sommers supposed that it would have been pretty if he hadn’t been driving in it. It hadn’t been as bad when he had headed out earlier in the day to help an elderly client several kilometres away. The accumulation...

Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this series we look at season through the eyes and minds of our most gifted poets...

In 1951 two intrepid women, Phyllis and her best friend, Anne, set off on a journey from Victoria, British Columbia, to Red Deer, Alberta, and back again. Travelling first by 1927 MG Roadster to Alberta, and then on horseback on the way home, the journey took months and would test the women’s wits...

This is the seminannual Able Muse Review (Print Edition) - Summer 2017 issue, Number 23. This issue continues the tradition of masterfully crafted poetry, fiction, essays, art & photography, and book reviews that have become synonymous with the Able Muse-online and in print. After more than...

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life. After she studied at the Amherst Academy for seven years in her youth, she spent...

I pulled up to the bar, daylight fading fast around me, my bike revving to a stop as I took the key from the ignition. I strode through the wooden swing doors, my eyes instantaneously falling on the dark beauty behind the counter. She didn't look up as I approached, but I soon learned that she'd seen...