The Kent State University Press: 559 books

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by Victoria Redel
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 1995

“I like Victoria Redel’s poems because of their braveness and their lucidity… .There is no flight here to incoherence; the poems speak plainly and, in some cases, beautifully. The music is lovely and the tone, distinctive… .” —Gerald Stern
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by Leah Poole Osowski
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016

“In Leah Osowski’s exquisite debut, hover over her, the poet immerses us in geographies of unrealized adolescence, where young women are singular amidst their cacophonous backdrops, whether beside a lake, inside a Dali painting, or stretched out in a flower garden. These spaces are turned inside...
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by Joanne Lehman
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2001

“Under and out from under the shadow of death Joanne Lehman writes ‘in the emptiness between one breath and the next.’ Her rural Ohio land-scape is animated with rough and mild weather, red wing blackbirds, hayfields, woodlands, and the sweet and sometimes too-tight lips and rhythms of sectarian...
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Keeping Reflection Fresh

A Practical Guide for Clinical Educators

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Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2016

Curriculum committees at health professional schools are determined that faculty engage students in reflection. Reflective practice invites students to inquire into their own thoughts, biases, assumptions, feelings, and behaviors and to reconnect with their own sense of purpose and commitment to their...
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Cradles of Conscience

Ohio's Independent Colleges and Universities

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Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2003

Because of its early history of westward expansion and its diverse population, Ohio is home to many independent institutions of higher education. They range from prestigious and richly endowed colleges and universities to local and regional ones that have well served their student populace over the...
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by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2001

“Honoree Jeffers is an exciting and original new poet, and the Gospel of Barbecue is her aptly titled debut work. These poems are sweet and sassy, hot and biting, flavored in an exciting blend of precise language and sharp and surprising imagery that delights. They leave a taste in your mouth, these...
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by Morri Creech
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2011

Displaying a range of voices and subjects—from dramatic monologues in the voices of Judas Iscariot and John the Baptist to harrowing personal lyrics of family, time, memory, and loss—Creech’s poems examine the difficulties of belief and the transcendent possibilities of common experience, pushing...
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by Daniel Patterson
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 1999

The new standard edition of Edward Taylor's major works of poetry Daniel Patterson's Edward Taylor's Gods Determinations and Preparatory Meditations: A Critical Edition reconsiders the texts of Taylor's two major works for the first time since Donald Stanford's 1960 edition. This volume also...
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by Kate Hancock
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2011

“Kate Hancock’s poems combine intellectual rigor with emotional recklessness like oil and water under special dispensation. This rare ability is a tell-tale sign of a true poet, and the reader who lets these poems have their sure way with him or her will not forget them.”—William Matthews
Cover of The Several World
by Will Toedtman
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 1999

“Will Toedtman approaches all his subjects—from street football to Orpheus—with nothing less than full attention. His voice is distinctive, and it clearly has something to say. A steady gaze, subtle pacing, and an ear for the rhythms of both speech and tradition shape these thoughtful poems....
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Charming the Bones

A Portrait of Margaret Matthew Colbert

by Ann Elliot-Brimacombe
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014

Born in 1911 to an unconventional, free-spirited artist mother and an eminent paleontologist father, Margaret Matthew chose a career as an artist specializing in restorations of extinct animals. She began her career at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City drawing fossil bones, and...
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Ungraspable Phantom

Essays on Moby-Dick

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Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2014

A collection of essays presented at the sesquicentenary Moby-Dick conference The twenty-one essays collected in “Ungraspable Phantom” are from an international conference held in 2001 celebrating the 150th anniversary of the publication of Moby-Dick. The essays reflect not only a range...
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by Virginia Benson, Richard Klein
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2014

A broad-based approach to preservation After completing an extensive survey of preservation programs throughout the United States, authors Virginia O. Benson and Richard Klein saw the need for this comprehensive approach to historic preservation, examining where it has been and where it is...
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My Story

Tom L. Johnson

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Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 1993

In cooperation with The Western Reserve Historical SocietyProduced shortly before his death in 1911 and long since out of print, provides a rare personal insight into the career and philosophy of one of the most prominent figures of the American progressive Era. Influenced by the single tax proposals...
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