Hva hvis du var Joe Brainard, på fest med Ron Padgett? Hva hvis du var David Foster Wallace og gikk tur med hundene en nydelig vintermorgen? Hva hvis du var Bodil Malmsten og bruker hele sommerdagen på å prøvesitte farfars nylagde møbler? Eller hva hvis du var et lite misbrukt barn i stedet? Langt borte fra det trygge og det gode. Hvordan skriver du om det? Hvis er en diktsamling som ingen andre.

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Contemplative, wry, profound observations from one of the greatest masters of contemporary poetry.

Wayne Padgett was a colorful, charming, and generous man. He was also one of Oklahoma's most elusive bootleggers and career criminals. From the 1960s into the 1980s, he operated out of Tulsa as a high-ranking member of the outfit known as the Dixie Mafia. In "Oklahoma Tough," poet Ron Padgett tells the inside story of his notorious father and of how he earned his reputation as a Robin Hood "King of the Bootleggers." "Oklahoma Tough" is also a history of the distinctive mid-twentieth-century Oklahoma milieu that made Wayne Padgett's life story possible. Ron Padgett brings this vanished world to life with candid and sometimes comic descriptions of criminal life. Particularly insightful and entertaining are interviews in which former bootleggers, family members, friends, and enemies speak openly about their lives.

This one-of-a-kind mixture of essays, interviews, and lesson plans gathers the best thinking about how we can impart the value and joy of poetry to kids. The essays in the first section--from Matthea Harvey, Ron Padgett, William Stafford, Eileen Myles, Kenneth Koch, Theodore Roethke, and many others--illuminate the importance of poetry to a well-rounded education, in and out of traditional classroom settings. The next section is a roundtable conversation among a handful of creative men and women who've helped set up or run poetry education centers around the United States. In the book's final segment, award-winning poets (Matthew Zapruder, Yusef Komunyakaa, many others) offer an array of brilliant lesson plans for people teaching poetry to kids of all ages. Open the Door will be useful for first-time and veteran teachers, as well as parents, babysitters, MFAs with no job, and anyone else with an interest in poetry's place in the lives of our younger citizens.

A fascinating account of Frank O'Hara in the prime of his creative life in New York, told through notes, images, and poems by his friend Bill Berkson.Poet and art critic Bill Berkson (1939-2016) had planned for many years to write a lengthy study on his friend and mentor Frank O'Hara (1926-1966) but died with the project still incomplete. This volume reproduces the sketchbook in which Berkson gathered notes, images, and poems about O'Hara, focusing on his memories of their collaborations in New York, from their initial meeting in 1960 to O'Hara's untimely death in 1966. A Frank O'Hara Notebook offers a fascinating first-person account of the heyday of O'Hara's creative life, and memorably sketches the heady social milieus of the poetry and art worlds of New York that O'Hara inhabited in the early 1960s. In addition to an exact-scale photographic reproduction of Berkson's handwritten notebook, this volume includes a typesetting of Berkson's notes and two texts on O'Hara derived from these notes published under Berkson's direction, titled "A Frank O'Hara File" and "What Frank O'Hara Was Like." The book shows the evolution of Berkson's ideas from notes to fragmentary phrases and sentences into finished pieces of writing. Ultimately, this collection reveals as much about Berkson's writing practice as it does about his famous subject and friend.The book's translation of Berkson's handwritten notes and collaged material into type honors the idiosyncratic format of Berkson's handwritten text, precisely following the line breaks, capitalizations, and drawn graphic elements in the holograph. The book also includes an introduction by fellow New York School poet Ron Padgett and an afterword by Berkson's wife, curator Constance Lewallen.

Torsdagsmordklubben består av fire aldrende hobby-detektiver, de bor i den sjarmerende seniorlandsbyen Coopers Chase, et ombygd kloster i Kent. De pleier å møtes hver torsdag for å diskutere uløste mordsaker. Joyce er tidligere sykepleier, Ron er eks-fagforenings-leder, Ibrahim er en pensjonert psykiater, og den hemmelighetsfulle Elisabeth var spion i sine yngre dager. I denne oppfølgeren blir Ibrahim utsatt for et ran, og blir stygt skadet. Gjerningsmannen er en 16 år gammel gutt med tilknytning til den lokale knarkdronningen Connie. Elizabeth, Ron og Joyce bestemmer seg umiddelbart for å fange den skyldige. Den heftige jakten på de skyldige blir opptakten til en rekke uvanlige og blodige hendelser som fører til uventede avsløringer om Elizabeths tidligere liv, før den ikke helt snøhvite sannheten blir avslørt. Noen blir livets vinnere, andre taper alt - ikke bare formuen. Torsdagsmordklubben nr. 1 var årets mestselgende roman i Storbritannia 2020, og den mestselgende skjønnlitterære debutanten noensinne i Storbritannia. SAGT OM TORSDAGSMORDKLUBBEN «En fantastisk detektivroman ... det veldreide plottet holder deg på pinebenken, men det er det herlige persongalleriet som er historiens største styrke.» The Mirror «Vittig, varm og klok med uimotståelige karakterer - dette er en av årets herligste bokutgivelser.» Daily Mirror «En ekstraordinær litterær suksess» og «en briljant sans for humor». El País

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2014Aged thirteen, Theo Decker, son of a devoted mother and a reckless, largely absent father, survives an accident that otherwise tears his life apart. Alone and rudderless in New York, he is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. He is tormented by an unbearable longing for his mother, and down the years clings to the thing that most reminds him of her: a small, strangely captivating painting that ultimately draws him into the criminal underworld. As he grows up, Theo learns to glide between the drawing rooms of the rich and the dusty antiques store where he works. He is alienated and in love - and his talisman, the painting, places him at the centre of a narrowing, ever more dangerous circle. The Goldfinch is a haunted odyssey through present-day America and a drama of enthralling power. Combining unforgettably vivid characters and thrilling suspense, it is a beautiful, addictive triumph - a sweeping story of loss and obsession, of survival and self-invention, of the deepest mysteries of love, identity and fate.

An extraordinary creative achievement by an extraordinary talent, Jim Kay's inspired reimagining of J.K. Rowling's classic series has captured a devoted following worldwide. This stunning new fully illustrated edition of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban brings more breathtaking scenes and unforgettable characters - including Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Professor Trelawney. With paint, pencil and pixels, Kay conjures the wizarding world as we have never seen it before. Fizzing with magic and brimming with humour, this full-colour edition will captivate fans and new readers alike as Harry, now in his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, faces Dementors, death omens and - of course - danger.

In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate unsolved murders. But when a brutal killing takes place on their very doorstep, the Thursday Murder Club find themselves in the middle of their first live case. Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron might be pushing eighty but they still have a few tricks up their sleeves. Can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer before it's too late?

Torsdagsmordklubben er den første boken i en planlagt serie på fire bøker. Den handler om fire hobby-detektiver som alle er i 70-årene, de bor på et luksuriøst aldershjem i et ombygdt kloster, i en nydelig liten landsby i Kent. De møtes hver torsdag over et glass vin eller to for å diskutere lokale, uløste mordsaker. Joyce er tidligere sykepleier, Ron er eks-fagforenings-leder, Ibrahim er en pensjonert psykiater, og den hemmelighetsfulle Elisabeth var spion i sine yngre dager. En dag skjer det et mord i landsbyen, og de fire amatørdetektivene får en levende sak i fanget, med et ekte lik, og et sted der ute, en virkelig morder. «En fantastisk detektivroman ... det veldreide plottet holder deg på pinebenken, men det er det herlige persongalleriet som er historiens største styrke.» The Mirror «Vittig, varm og klok med uimotståelige karakterer - dette er en av årets herligste bokutgivelser.» Daily Mirror

Celebrate 20 years of Harry Potter magic! As he climbs into the sidecar of Hagrid's motorbike and takes to the skies, leaving Privet Drive for the last time, Harry Potter knows that Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters are not far behind. The protective charm that has kept Harry safe until now is now broken, but he cannot keep hiding. The Dark Lord is breathing fear into everything Harry loves, and to stop him Harry will have to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes. The final battle must begin - Harry must stand and face his enemy. These new editions of the classic and internationally bestselling, multi-award-winning series feature instantly pick-up-able new jackets by Jonny Duddle, with huge child appeal, to bring Harry Potter to the next generation of readers. It's time to PASS THE MAGIC ON ...

Dumbledore lowered his hands and surveyed Harry through his half-moon glasses. 'It is time,' he said, 'for me to tell you what I should have told you five years ago, Harry. Please sit down. I am going to tell you everything.' Harry Potter is due to start his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizadry. He is desperate to get back to school and find out why his friends Ron and Hermione have been so secretive all summer. However, what Harry is about to discover in his new year at Hogwarts will turn his whole world upside down...But before he even gets to school, Harry has an unexpected and frightening encounter with two Dementors, has to face a court hearing at the Ministry of Magic and has been escorted on a night-time broomstick ride to the secret headquarters of a mysterious group called 'The Order of the Phoenix'. And that is just the start. A gripping and electrifying novel, full of suspense, secrets, and - of course - magic.

Jim Kay's dazzling depiction of J.K. Rowling's wizarding world has won legions of fans since the first Illustrated Edition of the Harry Potter novels was published in hardback in 2015, becoming a bestseller around the world. This irresistible smaller-format paperback edition of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets perfectly pairs J.K. Rowling's storytelling genius with the enchantment of Jim Kay's illustrations, bringing the magic of Harry Potter to new readers with full-colour pictures and a handsome poster pull-out at the back of the book. This edition has been beautifully redesigned with selected illustration highlights - the fully illustrated edition is still available in hardback. Fizzing with magic and brimming with humour, this inspired reimagining will captivate wizards and Muggles alike, as Harry and his friends, now in their second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, seek out a legendary chamber and the deadly secret that lies at its heart ...

Hva er prinsippet for tilværelsens drivkraft, som styrer alle livsformer? Dette og andre spørsmål besvares i denne bok. . Oppdag ditt livs fire "avdelinger" . Oppdag hva den grunnleggende personlighet egentlig er . Finn ut hva det analytiske sinn er samt dets funksjon og virkemåte

Celebrate 20 years of Harry Potter magic! When the Quidditch World Cup is disrupted by Voldemort's rampaging supporters alongside the resurrection of the terrifying Dark Mark, it is obvious to Harry that, far from weakening, Voldemort is getting stronger. The ultimate signal to the magic world of the Dark Lord's return would be the defeat of the one and only survivor of his death curse, Harry Potter. So when Harry is entered for the prestigious yet dangerous Triwizard Tournament, he knows that rather than win it, the pressure is on to succeed. But Harry does not realise that he will soon face a horrifying fate ...

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