Non-Fiction

The name Poetic Culture came about through brainstorming with a co-worker late one night on the job as we passed the time on third shift. We shuffled through a few titles and finally reached a consensus on the title presented before you today. Poetic...

Poetic Chronicles is the follow-up to Jazz Matazz's critically acclaimed Poetic Voices (2006). Jazz's unique writing style is a collection of written syncopated rhythms and the emotional and visual imagery of traditional poetry. Jazz speaks concisely...

The poems in this book are written based on the experiences of my own life. There is some element of space here that is left deliberately for the reader to capture their own imagination. It is advised that the poems are not read in one sitting. They are...

Poems with No Glass Shield In Twenty Fifteen: 50 Short Poems: Volume 2By: Jemel WilliamsJemel Williams was inspired by his own personal experiences and struggles to write Poems with No Glass Shield in Twenty-Fifteen: 50 Short Poems: Volume 2. His poems...

This one-of-a-kind collection of poems about the American South ranges over four centuries of its dramatic history. The arc of poetry of the South, from slave songs to Confederate hymns to Civil War ballads, from Reconstruction turmoil to the Agrarian...

LEONARD A. SLADE, Jr., a native of Conway, North Carolina, has lived in Albany, New York, since 1988. He is Professor of Africana Studies, Adjunct Professor of English, Collins Fellow, and Citizen Academic Laureate at the University at Albany (SUNY). He...

I find prayer to be the best tool available for enduring life's challenges; therefore, I want to share some characteristics of prayer and steps to developing a productive prayer life. In this book, you will find that it is not just about prayer but is...

Plexiglass pays homage to the millions of adults and children affected by mass incarceration in "the land of the free." Through this collection of interrelated poems, some of which speak the words of men and women sequestered from view in jails and...

""I offer this book as an outgrowth of my faith journey in the African American Church and as an ethicist who is deeply concerned about the distorted relationship between the professed theological and ethical beliefs and moral practices with respect to...

The Victorians in this richly peopled narrative maneuvered through decades marked by frequent shifts in taste, some seeking safety in traditional styles, others drawn to the avant-garde of artists, composers, and writers. Peter Gay's panoramic survey...

Please God, Be With Us answers the question, "What was it like to grow up in the Brazil of the 1960's?" The sixties are a decade of turmoil for Americans, but most of it happened in the U.S. in the last half of the decade. In Brazil the turmoil was...

"Playing Through the Fence" is part memoir, part self-help for emerging leaders or anyone seeking inspiration while facing obstacles on his or her career journey. Nineteen women, including the author, share powerful reflections of fortitude and...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist comes "the best Jordan book so far" (The Washington Post), the story of Michael Jordan's legendary years with the Chicago Bulls, capped by the 1998 NBA Finals and the team's second...

Michaela Thompson was a confident, attractive, ambitious young woman with a busy social life and a circle of devoted friends. After studying for a college diploma, she had big plans to set up her own business. Her life was going just fine - until she...

For the half million people living in the remote mountains of Northern Thailand, survival is dependent upon the forest. This study, based on extended field research, identifies more than 1,000 plant species, with particular emphasis on medicinal plants...