A Dedication to Drowning by Maeve McKenna

A Dedication to Drowning by Maeve McKennaIn this raw and moving debut chapbook, Maeve McKenna dives into the multitudes of womanhood: a mother, unmothered; a lover, alone; a child, now aged. She flings the cover off pain that would otherwise remain hidden and unspoken, exposing the most intimate parts of herself. In doing so, she invites the reader to embrace their own vulnerabilities, calling, "Let's assemble our bodies, limb to limb against the walls of unoccupied margins, hope pointed

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But when someone new swims into her life

'Fahrenheit 451' stands alongside Orwell's '1984' and Huxley's 'Brave New World' as a prophetic account of Western civilization's enslavement by the media

vivid character portraits and disarming honesty

Marian Broderick tells of the men and women whose passions drove them to be together: often in the face of society

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'In this fascinating study of two monsters

The National Theatre production opened in 2007 and has enjoyed successful runs in the West End and on Broadway

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A powerful cultural touchstone of modern American literature

the Prague Spring and modern America