From the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of A Bound Woman Is a Dangerous Thing comes a new book of narrative in verse that takes a personal and historical look at the experience of Black girlhood. In the American imagination the contrasts between visibility and invisibility for Black girlhood are glaring.
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In Bourbon Land, Chef Edward Lee pays tribute to the iconic Kentucky spirit with a book full of original recipes, Kentucky Bourbon history, industry profiles and more.
Bourbon Is My Comfort Food reveals the delicious beauty of bourbon cocktails and the joy of creating them. Whether readers are new to bourbon or steeped in its history and myriad uses, they will gain the knowledge to make great bourbon cocktails, share them with friends and family, and expand their whiskey horizons—because the only […]
Bluegrass Sons is a true crime family saga about Bradley Bryant, a United States Marine who lived a double life, set between Lexington, Kentucky, and the desert days and gaudy nights of 1970s Las Vegas, Nevada with a little El Paso, Guatemala, and Savannah thrown in.
Bizarre Bluegrass includes strange but true stories from Kentucky's past including hoaxes; ghost towns; missing persons; a brain-teasing puzzle designed by professor/magician Tobin, who taught science at EKU back when it was called Central University; the mystery of Pearl Bryan's missing head; a mass hallucination; little-known Abraham Lincoln stories and more.
Beware the Tall Grass skillfully weaves the story of a modern family with one son’s past life memories as a soldier in Vietnam and the life of another young man caught up in the drama of mid-60s America.
Through themes of domestic abuse, the death of a parent, the loss of a friend, and the search for cultural identity, the poems in Between a Bird Cage and a Bird House transcend the borders of language and nation-states.
Benefactors of Posterity explores the Filson Historical Society's founding era and Louisville in the Gilded Age.
With chapters contributed by a diversity of higher education staff and faculty, Belonging in Higher Education illuminates autoethnographic stories of belonging in higher education in the United States.
In Before the Storm Takes It Away, he steps away from poetry and into short explorations in nonfiction—alternately dark, wry, contemplative, and explosive.
Baby’s Here! is a sweet interactive board book with a unique shape that encourages young readers to cradle, rock, and play with the babies in the pages. Gift this board book to little ones who love babies or baby dolls, or are expecting a new baby sibling themselves!