On the Edge of Dream: Celtic Tales for Grown Women

Literature & Fiction

Heath, Jennifer

Mythology & Folk Tales

Baksun Books

Fiction. Jane Wodening refers to these stories as having been 'too sad, too ugly, or too grotesque' to include in other collections. Gargoyles ... Each story attests to the absolute clarity and patience of her observation, whether it is of a mother of an accused murderer, the flush on that boy's cheeks, or the devestating dilemma of a writer who has felt the most passionate of kisses and cannot describe it. Because of their clarity, these stories seem etched in stone. We are shown the ugly, but it is depicted with beauty -- Lucia Berlin.

Book of Gargoyles

Wodening, Jane

Catalogue and artbook for the touring exhibition, The Map is Not the Territory, which looks at relationships and commonalities in Palestinian, Native American and Irish experiences of invasion, occupation and colonization. Although many peoples worldwide have suffered long and brual invasions, Palestinians, Native Americans and the Irish have intersected for centuries in specificand often unusual ways. What are some of these intersections and how do contemporary artists examine and process them through their own lives and visions? Thirty-nine artists and nine writers -- most of them Palestinian, Native American and Irish -- explore the many profound connections between these three groups across centuries of conflict and resistance.

The Map is Not the Territory: Parallel Paths-Palestinians, Native Americans, Irish

Arts & Photography

A House White With Sorrow: A Ballad for Afghanistan

Poetry

<p>Cursed by her over-sized feet and an extraordinary sense of smell -- which makes her a world-class Ecological Malodor Detector -- perplexed by the disappearance of her beloved T o Ramon, confused by her upbringing in Ohio as an immigrant from a little known Caribbean island called Quichemala, Anabela Quintal returns to her birthplace to confront her failures. There, with her best friend, a renowned Santa Fe psychic, she finds a magic world, sadly polluted by the realities of nuclear production, waste cleanup and global capitalism. Here Time and the Fate of the Earth hang in the balance, dependent for salvation on the supernatural powers of a short shaman, Pirates of Chaos, eco-feminists, mobs of moths and the Smoking Mirror, a guerrilla group led by an anthropology professor with a feline alter ego, as well as a biology professor who believes that water hyacinths are the key to cleaning the environment. In Quichemala, Time is circular and sacred, but in El Norte, Time is disastrously linear and human evolution has bogged down thanks to greedy corporate shenanigans and political sleaze. The island has nearly reached the Moment of the Haab, when the era is supposed to end and the Calendar change to 2012. But will the Haab happen? Will Quichemala endure the onslaught of nuclear waste dumping, a dictator's corruption, a Corporado without conscience, a French nuclear-test stopover, the Magenta Diamond, evil twins and wicked triplets, a snoozing populace, plutonium smugglers, the lack of mangoes, an otherworldly basketball game and the renegade Serpent of Time? Will the people of Quichemala survive the crisis to reach 2012, when human domination of the Earth will at last be over? And through it all, will Anabela Quintal find her True Face, her Second Heart, her Right Work, and the Meaning of Pink?</p>

El Repelente (or The 2012 Antics of Anabela)

Comics & Graphic Novels

Graphic Novels

<p>Weaving fragments of ancient epic texts and the richness of oral tradition, Jennifer Heath brings alive 15 tales from pre-Christian Ireland featuring the powerful, wild, and wise women of Celtic mythology. From the sea goddess Fand to Cerridwen, who can change her shape at will, to the avenging warrior queen Criedne, the women of Celtic literature are here celebrated for their ingenuity, spirit, physical courage, and deep instinctual natures. Retold for the modern reader, in earthy, poetic language, these haunting, deeply moving tales exert all the primal pull of great storytelling, awakening ancient memories buried deep within our collective uncon- scious.</p>

On the Edge of Dream: The Women of Celtic Myth and Legend

Heath, Jennifer K.

Genre Fiction

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