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Secondary Inspections, Carla Rachel Sameth's first full-length poetry collection, explores the life of the mother with loss and nuance as the book's central figure simultaneously deals with a son's addiction and a mother's dementia and death. These twin trials are approached in the context of a flawed and celebrated humanity that is authentic, rewarding, and difficult. The seasons of grief also look backward on the experience of recurrent miscarriages, shining a light on the vulnerability and potential for loss inherent from the moment motherhood is first contemplated. The exposure of coming undone is very real here, as the poems say, unmoored, unspooled, unpacked, but alongside it, Sameth never turns away from the continued sense of becoming. Located in Los Angeles and beyond, the culture of place and finding home along with themes of Jewish ancestry, identity, race, and queerness are also touchstones. Secondary Inspections invites us to take a second look at what we thought we knew and shows us how things are not always what they seem-identity can be questioned, provoke danger, and leave us impacted by how others see us; the bedrock of a family can be forever shifting and we too shift along with it. Through powerful narrative and vivid imagery, Sameth's poetry travels, searches, stumbles, and ultimately, returns. Even amidst heart-staggering moments, she reveals a rich cultural life that is both within, and that is further made possible by deeply being in the places you love with the people you love.

What happens when the magic runs out and the stars don't shine the way we want them to?We look for meaning in the way the stars connect and gleam, the way they shimmer and fade, the way they navigate us through life's toughest moments. But what if you were your own guiding light along the way?In this celestial-inspired collection, the reader is taken on a journey through Rachael's version of the stars. Through the constellations that connect us, the shooting stars that shine for us, the blank, starless skies that darken us, and the cosmos that burn for us, only one truth remains:The meaning of stars is you.

In a land where daemons stalk the shadows, shades haunt the living, and magic comes from absent Gods, Kyrith Nefion knows what it takes to survive. Since the Fracture War split Akadon thirteen years ago, he's been raised by the enemy as punishment for his father's crimes. In turn, Ezran Breckhym has taken his place in the splendor of the Northern court. When Kyrith returns home without a single demand from the Southern King, the Northern crown is shaken. Both traded Princes struggle to find their place. Kyrith's scars run too deep, in every sense. The answers Ezran receives from Arra Enryn, the distant daughter of an infamous Southern General, serve as more troublesome reflections.Secrets abound. Arra must decide whether to betray her King for the only friend she has ever known. Kyrith's magic must stay hidden, even from the disciplined guard who oddly bends the rules for him. Ezran's feelings threaten not only his illusion of home, but also the bonds he's made with the Northern royals. A broken family has to learn to piece itself back together, while a Southern shadow threatens to do the same to the fractured Empire-by force.

In 2013 I survived the Boston Marathon Bombing. First Light serves as a guide from the time of the bombing, to my life with PTSD, my experience with healing, relationships and motherhood. In the courtroom, I told the bomber that "I know one day I'll be a better mother and my husband a better father because we will show our children all that is good in this world; all there is to be thankful for." This collection is a tribute to that commitment and a testament to the idea that we can keep going.Like a prism in a window trying to catch first light,Or last light. I'll wiggle and wrangle and wonder:Why are my clues jumbled? Why does first light and last night, morning dew and evening mist- Why do they all feel the same?Imprisoned in a body that begs for its compass to right. I keep searching. For first, I mean last, I mean first light.

In the court of Irish Fae, Brendan serves his queen and his family. As a solider he's seen suffering and war in the name of justice.While harsh, the Fae Queens justice has protected his friends and his kingdom his whole life. In between serving on the front lines of battle and standing guard in the throne room, Brendan has always managed to follow orders and ask few questions.But when the court is threatened, Brendan's world collides with a mortal girl.Darcy never intended to arrive before the Fae Queen. She simply wanted to escape a life chained to the sea - the ocean that stole her uncle and her cousin's heart.Like all Irish girls, Darcy knows leprechauns promise gold. A simple snare, and Darcy hoped for a pot of gold to buy a safe life away from the waves.But like all legends, Darcy didn't know the story of gold was only partly true. To obtain her treasure, Darcy must strike a bargain with leprechauns and travel deep into Fae territory. Bartering with mortals isn't supposed to be difficult. Bartering with Fae is always a risk. But the bargains Darcy and Brendan strike may drive apart a fractured kingdom and risk everything dear to them.

The battle between light and dark wages on.In the quaint coastal city of Edge, Nola Saint is a junior at Edge University. Her life consists of studying, a tyrant of an ex, art, and quirky friends. So, basically your average college experience.That is until her 21st birthday. Nola is hit with reality when she discovers a part of her identity has been kept from her her whole life. She's a Nephilim. And not just an ordinary Nephilim, a descendant of Archangel Michael. Then there's Blake Corbyn, a mysterious and deviously handsome young man with burning blue eyes that haunt Nola's dreams. And they've fallen madly in love with one another.But the catch? Blake's a demon who has been tasked with collecting her soul for his father, the Devil.With her soul on the line, and the lives of everyone she loves hanging in the balance, Nola must come to terms with who she is and the destiny laid out before her:She has to kill the Devil.

Pitbull mix, Colby, has been passed over so many times for adoption he's completely given up hope. People don't like the look of him, never giving him a chance to shine. That is until one day a girl named Kennedy shows up to play! Together they learn how to belong and that everyone deserves a home!

What does it mean to be Black? In this daring poetry collection, Some Kind Of Black challenges Black stereotypes and dissects the connection between skin color and personal trauma. The author questions her culture while detailing her own experiences in the Black community. While exploring her bloodline and current relationships, Amber Moss uncovers the threat of brown skin.Some Kind Of Black investigates colorism, mass incarceration, identity, and survival. Moss takes the reader through the struggle for inclusivity as she discovers there is no formula to being Black. From adolescence to adulthood, Moss learns to embrace her identity and the community that once evaded her. This book displays not only a powerful ending of self-reflection but also a tribute to every Black man or woman that lost their lives in the quest for equality and freedom.

Rachael Lord's debut poetry collection Fragile Hearts Club is about her own journey through love, loss, trauma, self-discovery, fairytales, and much more. Inherently it is about the human experience and the idea that you are never alone in your own story. We are all just fragile hearts looking for love, and ourselves, in this crazy journey of life. From the first page to the last, a club is formed for all those who have ever felt like they were never good enough to exude their own magic. You are the magic. Welcome to the club.

Saturn and Their Rings by S. N. Benenhaley is a unique take on poetry as you've come to know it. Benenhaley brilliantly compares the inner workings of their mind, their intense emotions, and experiences to that of the planet Saturn. Amongst the many things explored throughout this collection, Benenhaley wants you to come away this one aspect: "... you are more than what you think. We are all very complex beings with interests, careers, characteristics, and lives. Don't let the world tell you what you are. Don't let them put you in a 'one size fits all' box."

Like carving stone, DARKER SISTER sculpts the experiences of one American woman into effigies impossible to forget. DARKER SISTER extracts the splinters left by second-class citizenship and whittles them down to righteous anger, tolerant teaching and, finally; miraculously, forgiveness. This collection displays on a mantle of faith the acceptance that racial restoration may not happen on this side of eternity. Still, it strives. Morrison-Efemini tells her children, "You can do hard things," so she expects her readers to as well - to identify whether they fit the descriptions. Challenging us all to find ourselves on the wrong side of the page and to flip ourselves over to the light.