Elephant Rock Productions Inc : 7 books

This anthology of short, personal essays brings a vibrant oral tradition to the page through the work of 2nd Story, a Chicago-based collective working to build community through storytelling. These original, unpublished essays are adapted from the group’s monthly events, which fuse page, stage,...

Odd-job queen Starshine Hart is about to go on somebody else’s perfect date. At 29, the usually carefree Starshine has realized that it is easier to start sleeping with a man than to stop. Her lovers include one of the last underground members of the Weathermen and the dilettante heir to a lawn...

"In three days we have played, cried, ran, fought, laughed, danced, and built fires with them all-every man we’ve ever wanted. We’re exhausted." Two friends plan a visit to Nantucket, but find themselves on a different island completely, where the men they have loved are lined up on...

A first in its field, this guide draws a new conceptualization for high schools from the powerful nexus of research and practice found in the best research hospitals in the country. This original idea is applied to a new set of expectations for the 21st-century high school where all students are prepared...

Competitive climber Cara Jenkins feels most at home high off the ground, clinging to a rock wall by the tips of her fingers. She has enjoyed a roaming life with her mountaineering parents, making the natural world her jungle gym and making the writings of Annie Dillard and Henry David Thoreau her...

In his first memoir, John gives readers an honest and often mischievous look at his working-class childhood in Midwestern America. This intimate, biting look into John's transient family takes readers through two states, five grade schools, 210 pounds, and a lifetime of insecurity. Like Dickens's...