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1 review
Jardonn Smith, Charlie Cochrane, ...

MLR Press, 2009

Past Shadows
"Death's Desire" by Stevie Woods Hugh hasn't seen his Simmercy relatives for several years due to an inappropriate attraction to the son, Charles, who is just a few years younger than he is. When he arrives at their opulent country hall, he's unhappy to discover that he still feels the same way about Charles as he did years earlier. The appearance of a ghost bearing a tale of a scandalous ...

New Selected Poems of Stevie Smith

4 reviews
Stevie Smith

New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1988

Unique genius
Stevie Smith is my absolute favorite poet. I love Yeats and T.S. Eliot, but not as much as I love Stevie! I read her poems over and over again and never get tired of them. Her voice is unique. Her style is so conversational that it's possible to miss how tightly constructed these gems are. She is grotesque, witty, fearless, and fascinating. Her subject matter ranges from God, death, war, ...

Pedaling to Hawaii: A Human-Powered Odyssey

9 reviews
Stevie Smith

Countryman, 2007

Would you consider cycling across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans?,
Well Stevie Smith did, and his book describes the true story of how he and a friend set out on a seemingly impossible adventure to avoid the tedium of office life and do something truly unique. The book is a fantastic read, written from the heart and describing an adventure that no sane person would even dream about. A must read.

Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics) (Hardcover)
Stevie Davies (Editor, Introduction), Coralie Bickford-Smith (Illustrator) Charlotte Brontë (Author), 2009

Collected Poems

2 reviews
Stevie Smith

New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1983

A must-have collection by a unique voice.
Stevie Smith lived with her maiden aunt in suburban London for most of her life. She dwelled on themes of death and alienation, attempted suicide, socialized with literary intelligentsia, made records and television appearances to read her poems, then died quietly after receiving the Queen's Medal for Poetry. She also represents one of the keenest, most individual voices in modern poetry. "NOT ...

Our Bog is Dood
Stevie Smith

Faber and Faber, 1999

The author-illustrator's original way of looking at the world fires this imaginative and anarchic collection of poetry. Here anything is possible, and if words alone don't suffice then pictures paint a thousand more!

Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics)

898 reviews
Charlotte Brontë

Penguin Classics Hardcover, 2009

Gut wrenching victorian novel
I picked up a copy of Jane Eyre at a used book store. I have a collection of old books. I buy them for the age and cover art and then read them. I've heard of Jane Eyre, but have never read it. Its an amazing book. I read it in two days and have been thinking about it every day for the last three weeks. Reading other people's reviews is interesting, but if I hear it's a "woman power" feminist ...

Novel on Yellow Paper, Or, Work It Out for Yourself (New Directions Paperbook)

2 reviews
Stevie Smith

New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1994

Short on plot, but long on ideas
Pompey Casmilus is a secretary living in London in the 1930's. In this book, she describes her thoughts about love, work, friendship and the Germans, amongst other things. If you're looking for a plot this isn't the book for you, but if you want emotional honesty and a startlingly original (and up to date) viewpoint, then go ahead and read it. Don't let the book's surreal style put you ...

Some Are More Human Than Others: Sketch-Book (New Directions Paperbook)
Stevie Smith

New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1989

The Holiday (Virago Modern Classics)
Stevie Smith

Little, Brown Book Group, 2001

Celia lives in a London suburb with her beloved aunt in the post-war England of 1949. Witty, fragile, quixotic, Celia is preoccupied with love ? for her friends, her colleagues, her relations, and especially for her adored cousin Casmilus, with whom she goes on holiday to visit Uncle Heber, the vicar. There they talk endlessly, argue, eat, tell stories, love, and hate. Wild humor alternates with waves of melancholy as Celia obsessively ponders ...

A Very Pleasant Evening With Stevie Smith: Selected Shorter Prose
Stevie Smith

New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1995

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