A Long Petal of the Sea meets Cold Mountain in this sweeping historical saga following a Mexican army nurse and an Irish soldier who must fight, at first for their survival and then for their love, amidst the atrocity of the Mexican-American War—from the author of the “timely and riveting” (People) Across a Hundred Mountains and The Distan
""Wide-ranging yet consistently affecting, these pieces offer a crucial and inspired survey of the immigrant experience in America."" –Publishers Weekly
About Melvin E. Edwards (From the Author):
Melvin E. Edwards is a 6th-generation Texan and a multiple-award-winning author, newspaper reporter, lyricist, and poet. He's one of the first Black members of the Sons of the Republic of Texas, which means his pre-1846 Texas ancestry has been documented and verified to be authentic.
Published: Incarnate Word Foundation Press - November 16th, 2020
"When I tell people I work with the Sisters, people are intrigued. What are they like? Who are these mysterious women in a time when sisters are fewer and far between, no longer instantly recognized by their unusual dress. They seem so different - set apart."
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Published: University of Pittsburgh Press - October 4th, 2022
Happiness and connection prove fickle in this debut collection of eleven linked stories introducing Babbie and Donnie. She is a thrice-divorced former call girl, and he is a sobriety-challenged trucker turned yogi.
As a borderland city with generations of slow violence and extreme weather events like flash flooding and intense heat waves, San Antonio, Texas, speaks directly to global issues in climate politics.
Published: University Alabama Press - March 15th, 2022
Explores the ways climate change and extreme weather are negotiated politically in a border community
As a borderland city with generations of slow violence and extreme weather events like flash flooding and intense heat waves, San Antonio, Texas, speaks directly to global issues in climate politics.
Published: Sourcebooks Young Readers - September 6th, 2022
From the award-winning author of Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna, Alda P. Dobbs, comes a compelling new novel about building a new life in America. Strong and determined, Petra Luna returns in a story about the immigrant experience that continues to be relevant today.
Charles Darnell is a poet living in San Antonio, Texas. He came to poetry late but has made up for it by prolific writing. His work has been published in many literary journals, magazines, newspapers, and anthologies in print and online. In 2018, Finishing Line Press published his chapbook, Water, Tongues, Earth, and Blood, a collection of poems about South Louisiana, his birthplace.
"In poems that beautify and destroy, Black's eighth book Radium Dream offers clear-eyed and equally complex conversations about the disabled body, family, violence, and the climate crisis.
Published: University of New Mexico Press - September 1st, 2022
When nineteen-year-old aviatrix Katie Burke crash lands her biplane on the only street in No Name, New Mexico, her arrival changes her life and the lives of everyone around her.
Looking for a psychic? You’ll find hundreds online, but with so many con artists out there, how do you know who’s legit?
Ask around, only one, a mild-mannered English gentleman that goes by the name of Mr. French, guarantees his results. With French on the job, you’ll have centuries of experience at your disposal.
Looking for a psychic? You'll find hundreds online, but with so many con artists out there, how do you know who's legit? Ask around, only one, a mild-mannered English gentleman that goes by the name of Mr. French, guarantees his results. With French on the job, you'll have centuries of experience at your disposal.
About Melvin E. Edwards (From the Author):
Ramona Reeves in discussion with Sheila Black
As a borderland city with generations of slow violence and extreme weather events like flash flooding and intense heat waves, San Antonio, Texas, speaks directly to global issues in climate politics.
Charles Darnell is a poet living in San Antonio, Texas. He came to poetry late but has made up for it by prolific writing. His work has been published in many literary journals, magazines, newspapers, and anthologies in print and online. In 2018, Finishing Line Press published his chapbook, Water, Tongues, Earth, and Blood, a collection of poems about South Louisiana, his birthplace.
