Nhất Hạnh
Contents: Inviting the Bell (3:47) -- Prelude to Sitting Meditation (8:03) -- The Heart Sutra (5:12) -- Night of Prayer (6:01) -- Plum Village (4:51) -- Putting the Little Pain to Sleep (6:09) -- Spring (2:52) -- Jewels (2:45) -- Illusion Transformed (1:47) -- The Virtuous Man (2:50) -- The Moon Never Sets (2:37) -- The Sound of a Great Bird (5:14) -- Knowing the Better Way to Live Alone (4:35) -- The...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sounds True 1997
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Ryokan
Summary: Taigu Ryokan (1758-1831) remains one of the most popular figures in Japanese Buddhist history. Despite his religious and artistic sophistication (he excelled in scriptural studies, in calligraphy, and in poetry), Ryokan referred to himself as "Great Fool," refusing to place himself within any established religious institution. In contrast to Zen masters of his time who presided over large...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Hawaiʻi Press 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 895.6 RYOŌyama, Sumita
Summary: "Zen monk Santoka Taneda (1882-1940) is one of Japan's most beloved modern poets, famous for his 'free-verse' haiku, the dominant style today. This book tells the fascinating story of his life, liberally sprinkled with more than 300 of his poems and extracts from his essays and journals--compiled by his best friend and biographer Sumita Oyama and elegantly translated by William Scott Wilson."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TANEDA, SANTOKA OYASummary: Film contains conversations between two old friends as they wander along paths and trails of central California coast. Gary Snyder and Jim Harrison debate the pros and cons of everything from Google to Zen Kōans. Includes archival materials and commentaries from Snyder's literary contemporaries, friends, and intimates.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: San Simeon Films 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PRAHò̂, Xuân Hương.
Summary: Hò̂ Xuân Hương, whose name means Spring Essence, was an eighteenth-century concubine who wrote subtly risque poems that used double entendre and sexual innuendo as a vehicle for social, religious, and political commentary. Her attacks on male authority were shocking and risky, but she and her work survived because of her exquisite cleverness and skill at poetry. Translated from the older...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Copper Canyon Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 495.9 HOWeatherford, Carole Boston
Summary: A multi-generational family history told in the voices of the author's ancestors, spanning enslavement alongside Frederick Douglass at Maryland's Wye House plantation, service in the U.S. Colored Troops, and the founding of all-Black Reconstruction-era communities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J FIC WEALe, Nam
Summary: "An explosive, devastating debut book of poetry from the acclaimed author of The Boat"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2024
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Summary: "Widely considered the most important poet of his generation, Duy began his career as a writer on the battlefields of Vietnam. The power of his highly-crafted poetry stems from its distinct sense of time and place, his unrelenting honesty, and his deep compassion. Born into a peasant family, Duy captures the essence of village life in his poetry. Whether it is love, family, war, present or lost...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Curbstone Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 495.7 NGUTello, Edd
Summary: "Edgar wants nothing more than to live his life out loud. But telling the truth about his sexuality isn't so easy in his traditional Mexican-American family, and his Amá has made it clear she won't accept who he is. Things get even harder when Edgar's macho father returns home after months away, and the house erupts into fighting and simmering tension. Edgar worries what would happen if he told...
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Publisher / Publication Date: West 44 Books, an imprint of Enslow Publishing 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC TELWeigl, Bruce
Summary: The author explores the impact of the Vietnam War on his life, discussing how his experiences led him eventually to seek solace in poetry; and tells how he was finally delivered from the ghosts of the war when he traveled back to Hanoi to adopt a Vietnamese child.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 WEIHewitt, Seán
Summary: "When Seán Hewitt meets Elias, the two fall headlong into a love story. But as Elias struggles with severe mental illness, they soon come face-to-face with crisis. All Down Darkness Wide is a perceptive and unflinching meditation on the burden of living in a world that too often sets happiness and queer life at odds, and a tender and honest portrayal of what it's like to be caught in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HEWITT, SEAN HEWKingsolver, Barbara
Summary: A bilingual collection of thirty-seven political and protest poems about the social conditions of America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seal Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 KINHarrison, Jim
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 HAR1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 811.54 HAR
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 811.54 Harrison 1996Nehanda, Walela
Summary: "When Walela is diagnosed at twenty-three with advanced stage blood cancer, they're suddenly thrust into the unsympathetic world of tubes and pills, doctors who don't use their correct pronouns, and hordes of "well-meaning" but patronizing people offering unsolicited advice as they navigate rocky personal relationships and share their story online. But this experience also deepens their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila 2024
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 921 NEHAda, Alma Flor
Summary: Simple poems and glorious paintings offer a deeply moving portrait of migrant Chicano farmworker families at work and play.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: JE VOX ADABernhardt, William
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 1993
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BERBowen, Kevin
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Publisher / Publication Date: Curbstone Press 1994
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 821.7 COLNguyẽ̂n, Ngọc Bích
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1975
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 895.92 BICKeith, Anthony R.
Summary: Poet, writer, and hip-hop educator Tony Keith Jr. makes his debut with a powerful YA memoir in verse, tracing his journey from being a closeted gay Black teen battling poverty, racism, and homophobia to becoming an openly gay first-generation college student who finds freedom in poetry. Perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo, George M. Johnson, and Jacqueline Woodson.Tony dreams about life after...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 921 KEIPope, Frank.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.91 POPGriffin, Farah Jasmine.
Summary: "As World War II raged overseas, Harlem witnessed a battle of its own. Brimming with creative and political energy, Harlem's diverse array of artists and activists launched a bold cultural offensive aimed at winning democracy for all Americans, regardless of race or gender. In Harlem Nocturne, esteemed scholar Farah Jasmine Griffin tells the stories of three black female artists whose creative...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Civitas Books 2013
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1 available in Adult Display, Call number: 704.042 GRIAlexander, Kwame.
Summary: Kwame Alexander shares snapshots of a man learning how to love. He takes us through stories of his parents: from being awkward newlyweds in the sticky Chicago summer of 1967, to the sometimes-confusing ways they showed their love to each other, and for him. Alexander attempts to deal with the unraveling of his marriage and the grief of his mother's recent passing while sharing the solace he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown & Company, Hachette Book Group 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ALECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ALEXANDER, KWAME ALECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B ALEXANDER ALELongfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Summary: Verses from Longfellow's epic poem depict the boyhood of Hiawatha.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 1983