The wildly unrestrained poems in Splinters Are Children of Wood, Leia Penina Wilson's second collection and winner of the Ernest Sandeen Prize in Poetry, pose an increasingly desperate question about what it means to be a girl, the ways girls are shaped by the world, as well as the role myth plays in this coming of age quest. Wilson, an afakasi Samoan poet, divides the book into three sections, linking the poems in each section by titles. In this way the poems act as a continuous song, an ode, or a lament revivifying a narrative that refuses to adopt a storyline.Samoan myths and Western stories punctuate this volume in a search to reconcile identity and education. The lyrical declaration is at once an admiration of love and self-loathing. She kills herself. Resurrects herself. Kills herself again. She is also killed by the world. Resurrected. Killed again. These poems map displacement, discontent, and an increasing suspicion of the world itself, or the ways people...

Young Annis Watson is on the run. Her childhood ended abruptly and her only keepsake is the target on her back. She'll be hunted wherever she goes, but Annis finds a safe place to hide when she crosses paths with the Brooks and Bennet Circus. When Annis joins this merry band of misfits, she begins to see the world—and herself— anew. With each passing adventure under the big top, it's easy to forget the past. But it hasn't forgotten her. And before long, it comes for her.Now, all who try to save her are at risk but Annis is determined not to see the same tragedy unfold twice in one lifetime.

Coming home isn't enough. For Emily, writing about love is easy, but experiencing it for herself is something else altogether. This is especially true when the focus of her heart is the same woman she ghosted more than twenty years ago. Sarah is smart, beautiful, and just as stubborn as Emily remembers. Considering the fact they’ve spent more time apart than they did as friends, it’s going to take a lot more than a simple apology to undo all of the wrong she’s done. However, when two kids go missing on a school trip, Emily and Sarah will have to work together to get everyone home on time. The experience leaves them rattled, bringing them closer together while causing some of the parents to question their relationship. With so many aspects of her life on the line, can Emily push her fears to the side long enough to win Sarah back, or will she give in to the pressures of their small town society and leave for good? Whatever It Takes is a second chance lesbian romance with a happily ever after.

As the Great American Century begins, and the modern world roars to life, Capitalists flaunt greed and seize power, Socialists and labor unions flex their violent will, and an extraordinary true story of love and sacrifice unfolds.The men and women of American Red are among the most fascinating in American history. When, at the dawn of the 20th century, the Idaho governor is assassinated, blame falls on "Big Bill" Haywood, the all-powerful, one-eyed boss of the Western Federation of Miners in Denver. Close by, his polio-crippled wife, Neva, struggles with her wavering faith, her love for another man, and her sister's affair with her husband.New technologies accelerate American life, but justice lags behind. Private detectives, battling socialists and unions on behalf of wealthy capitalists, will do whatever it takes to see Haywood hanged. The scene is set for bloodshed, from Denver to Boise to San Francisco. America's most famous...