Smoky Zeidel
1) Transformed
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Short story: "The way I see it," said Daniel, "the fence lizard eats the fly, so the fly becomes part of the fence lizard. The fly is the fence lizard. The fence lizard gets eaten by the snake, and thus becomes the snake. What's to say that snake won't get snatched up by a Golden Eagle, and thus become the eagle?"
Does the same principle apply to humans? Marina is about to find out.
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In the midst of a confusing and frightening world, Smoky Zeidel remains true to form with her poetry, gently reminding us to close out the superfluous and remember that which is sacred. Garden Metamorphosis is both a love song to Mother Earth, and a celebration of the cycle of life.
In "Dirt," Zeidel wishes us "More dirt paths through forest, meadow, and desert,/pine needles and humus and sand sticking to your feet." In "Hawk Dance," she shares with...
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Leap: a brave woman prepares to take her final journey.
Breathe: how many people can pinpoint the precise time their marriage died; can repeat verbatim the words that sent the marriage plunging into the grave?
Goodbye, Emily Dickinson: sometimes the delusion is what helps us get through the reality.
Lesser Offenses: stepmothers had disappeared before, for lesser offenses. It was Carlotta's time to go.
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It's the early twentieth century, and the tragic deaths of her mother and two younger siblings have left Grace Harmon responsible for raising her sister Miriam and protecting her from their abusive father Luther, a zealot preacher with a penchant for speaking in Biblical verse who is on a downward spiral toward insanity.
In the midst of his delusions, Luther believes God has abandoned him and devises a plan to get back into His good graces-a plan...
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Thomas-Jacob Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
2nd edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource.
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English
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It is the late 1800s, and a shameful time in American history. The U.S. Government has mandated native tribes send their young people to Indian schools where they are stripped of their native heritage by people they think of as The Others. Otter and Sun Song are members of The Tribe, and betrothed to be married when they turn eighteen. But when they are sent East to school, Otter, renamed Gideon, tries to adapt, while Sun Song does not, resulting...
6) The Cabin
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Publisher
Thomas-Jacob Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource.
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English
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James-Cyrus Hoffmann has just inherited his grandfather's farm, and with it a mysterious cabin deep in the woods on Hoffmann mountain, a cabin he has dreamed about since childhood. When James-Cyrus enters the cabin, he is vaulted back through time to the Civil War era, where he meets Elizabeth, the brave young woman who lives there, and Malachi, a runaway slave. James-Cyrus' neighbor, Cora, knows all too well the tragic history of the cabin. When...