Poetry. Asian Studies. Translated from the Japanese by Janine Beichman. "One of Ooka's virtues was that he was not an intellectual, someone who has forgotten that human beings are more important than ideas, that human beings take priorityover everything. This poet knows, in the deepest sense, that human relationships rest on the relation of human beings to nature and to the universe. It is not difficult to see traces of the surrealist influence that colores Ooka's youth. But in contrast to many other Japanese poets, Ooka was never a blind worshipper of anything imported. Ooka is convinced...
Poetry. Asian Studies. Translated from the Japanese by Janine Beichman. "One of Ooka's virtues was that he was not an intellectual, someone who has fo...
Poetry. Asian Studies. Translated from the Japanese by Janine Beichman. "One of Ooka's virtues was that he was not an intellectual, someone who has forgotten that human beings are more important than ideas, that human beings take priorityover everything. This poet knows, in the deepest sense, that human relationships rest on the relation of human beings to nature and to the universe. It is not difficult to see traces of the surrealist influence that colores Ooka's youth. But in contrast to many other Japanese poets, Ooka was never a blind worshipper of anything imported. Ooka is convinced...
Poetry. Asian Studies. Translated from the Japanese by Janine Beichman. "One of Ooka's virtues was that he was not an intellectual, someone who has fo...
Whether set in the ghettos of New York City, or the exclusive social and intellectual milieus of the rich and famous, whether recounting a priest's struggle with his faith, a firefighter coming to terms with his own mortality, the comical affairs of the heart, serial killers, or bungling members of organized crime, Fitzsimmons' stories strike with profound ferocity and impact.
Whether set in the ghettos of New York City, or the exclusive social and intellectual milieus of the rich and famous, whether recounting a priest's st...
Fitzsimmons pens an insider's tale of a dedicated pair of New York City cops who uncover a heinous scheme of arson that will keep readers spellbound from beginning to electrifying end.
Fitzsimmons pens an insider's tale of a dedicated pair of New York City cops who uncover a heinous scheme of arson that will keep readers spellbound f...
Poetry. Art. The same couple who celebrated their love in IS TWO:: BECOMES ONE here celebrate the Rocky Mountains of Northern New Mexico. From their home at 7000 feet near Santa Fe, they and their wire-haired fox terrier, Skelly, wander the high mountain-trails to Hispanic villages, ancient Pueblos, rivers, waterfalls, caves, meet Coyote, Snake, and Eagle. In their twelfth collaboration of this kind, Thomas Fitzsimmons, well known for creating a major series of translations of Japanese poets, joins 142 haiku poems to 110 Oriental Brush Paintings (Sumie) by Karen H-Fitzsimmons, who studied...
Poetry. Art. The same couple who celebrated their love in IS TWO:: BECOMES ONE here celebrate the Rocky Mountains of Northern New Mexico. From their h...
Told with an uncensored, darkly humorous style, Fitzsimmons' vision of the human condition is both amusing and brutal. Each of his stories is infused with an ennobling grace of the spirit.
Told with an uncensored, darkly humorous style, Fitzsimmons' vision of the human condition is both amusing and brutal. Each of his stories is infused ...
Police officers Michael Beckett and Destiny Jones are starting to come to terms with their true feelings for one another when their world suddenly shifts gears. An ex-cop recruits Beckett into his gang of "rockers"--a secret society of vigilante cops who protect businesses from shakedowns for a price. This leads Beckett and Destiny into one of the deadliest, most tangled operations of their lives. 312 pp.
Police officers Michael Beckett and Destiny Jones are starting to come to terms with their true feelings for one another when their world suddenly shi...
