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Anna Brisker, a once promising student, has fallen behind. Her PhD on inspiration is overdue, and instead she busies herself with power-eating strawberry Pop-Tarts and watching as her doctoral peers fly off to take posts at prestigious universities. Alone over the holidays, Anna strikes up an unexpected and life-changing friendship. But what can Helen Langley, a middle-aged antiquarian bookbinder, have in her possession that might unlock Anna’s thesis and her chronic inertia? And what laws will Anna break to get it?

Holidays on Ice collects six of David Sedaris' most profound Christmas stories into one slender volume. This drinking man's companion can be enjoyed by the warmth of a raging fire, the glow of a brilliantly decorated tree, or even in the back seat of a van or police car.

Il Poetry Slam è una vera e propria gara: su un palcoscenico, i poeti recitano i loro versi e, alla fine, è il pubblico a decretare il vincitore. Di origine antichissima - già i greci organizzavano questo tipo di competizioni - ha avuto un rinnovato slancio negli ultimi anni, prima in America e adesso in tutto il mondo. Simone Savogin ha cominciato la sua carriera di poeta slammer nel 2005 e nel 2013 ha fondato, insieme ad altri, la LIPS (Lega Italiana Poetry Slam).

The Hot Glue Gun Chronicles is a winner of the 2023 Philosophy Media Group Publishing Competiton and the debut manuscript from Dr. Ashley Crooks-Allen. This collection of poetry explores themes of identity, healing, and belonging through the lens of an Afro-Latinx Queer identifying poet and scholar.