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Two additional titles were published in the 2003-04 academic year: a translation of Sophocles'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhiloctetes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecame out in September 2003, and a book of essays,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCoin of the Realm: Essays on the Life and Art of Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in May 2004. Phillips is the recipient of, among others, a literature award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Witter Bynner Foundation Fellowship from the Library of Congress, the Academy of American Poets Fellowship, two Pushcart Prizes, and the Academy of American Poets Prize. His poems, essays, and translations have appeared in such publications as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Yale Review\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as in anthologies, including eight times in the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBest American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eseries,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Best of the Best American Poetry 1988-1997\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Bread Loaf Anthology of Contemporary American Poets\u003c\/i\u003e. He was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2004 and elected a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets in 2006. He is a Professor of English and of African and Afro-American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, where he also teaches in the Creative Writing Program.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"FREEAIR Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44885582709058,"sku":"","price":7.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/8735\/3154\/products\/silver.jpg?v=1680542694"},{"product_id":"zen-is-right-here-teaching-stories-and-anecdotes-of-shunryu-suzuki-author-of-zen-mind-beginners-mind-shunryu-suzuki","title":"Zen Is Right Here: Teaching Stories and Anecdotes of Shunryu Suzuki, Author of Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind;  Shunryu Suzuki","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShunryu Suzuki's extraordinary gift for conveying traditional Zen teachings using ordinary language is well known to the countless readers of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eZen Mind, Beginner's Mind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eZen Is Right Here\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, his teachings are brought to life powerfully and directly through stories told about him by his students. These living encounters with Zen are poignant, direct, humorous, paradoxical, and enlightening; and their setting in real-life contexts makes them wonderfully accessible.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLike the Buddha himself, Suzuki Roshi gave profound teachings that were skilfully expressed for each moment, person, and situation he encountered. He emphasized that while the ungraspable essence of Buddhism is constant, the expression of that essence is always changing. Each of the stories presented here is an example of this versatile and timeless quality, showing that the potential for attaining enlightenment exists right here, right now, in this very moment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJanuary 1, 2001\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSuzuki Roshi was a Sōtō Zen monk and teacher who helped popularize Zen Buddhism in the United States, and is renowned for founding the first Buddhist monastery outside Asia (Tassajara Zen Mountain Center). Suzuki founded San Francisco Zen Center, which along with its affiliate temples, comprises one of the most influential Zen organizations in the United States. A book of his teachings, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, is one of the most popular books on Zen and Buddhism in the West\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FREEAIR Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44885736423746,"sku":"","price":6.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/8735\/3154\/products\/zen.jpg?v=1680545253"},{"product_id":"son-of-the-revolution-liang-heng-judith-shapiro","title":"Son of the Revolution;  Liang Heng, Judith Shapiro","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAn autobiography of a young Chinese man whose childhood and adolescence were spent in Mao's China during the Cultural Revolution.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJanuary 12, 1983\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FREEAIR Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45535168692546,"sku":"","price":6.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/8735\/3154\/files\/son.jpg?v=1688914368"},{"product_id":"the-women-hilton-als","title":"The Women;  Hilton Als","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA New York Times Notable Book Daring and fiercely original, The Women is at once a memoir, a psychological study, a sociopolitical manifesto, and an incisive adventure in literary criticism. It is conceived as a series of portraits analyzing the role that sexual and racial identity played in the lives and work of the writer's his mother, a self-described \"Negress,\" who would not be defined by the limitations of race and gender; the mother of Malcolm X, whose mixed-race background and eventual descent into madness contributed to her son's misogyny and racism; brilliant, Harvard-educated Dorothy Dean, who rarely identified with other blacks or women, but deeply empathized with white gay men; and the late Owen Dodson, a poet and dramatist who was female-identified and who played an important role in the author's own social and intellectual formation. Hilton Als submits both racial and sexual stereotypes to his inimitable scrutiny with relentless humor and sympathy. The results are exhilarating. The Women is that rarest of a memorable work of self-investigation that creates a form of all its own.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMay 31, 1996\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eHilton Als is an American writer and theater critic who writes for The New Yorker magazine. Previously, he had been a staff writer for The Village Voice and editor-at-large at Vibe magazine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis 1996 book The Women focuses on his mother, who raised him in Brooklyn, Dorothy Dean, and Owen Dodson, who was a mentor and lover of Als. In the book, Als explores his identification of the confluence of his ethnicity, gender and sexuality, moving from identifying as a \"Negress\" and then an \"Auntie Man\", a Barbadian term for homosexuals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAls's 2013 book 'White Girls' continued to explore race, gender, identity in a series of essays about everything from the AIDS epidemic to Richard Pryor's life and work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2000, Als received a Guggenheim fellowship for creative writing and the 2002–03 George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism. In 2004 he won the Berlin Prize of the American Academy in Berlin, which provided him half a year of free working and studying in Berlin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAls has taught at Smith College, Wesleyan, and Yale University, and his work has also appeared in The Nation, The Believer, and the New York Review of Books.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FREEAIR Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45536455328066,"sku":"","price":6.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/8735\/3154\/files\/women.jpg?v=1688934536"},{"product_id":"a-border-passage-from-cairo-to-america-a-womans-journey-leila-ahmed","title":"A Border Passage: From Cairo to America-A Woman's Journey;  Leila Ahmed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAn Egyptian woman's reflections on her changing homeland—updated with an afterword on the Arab Spring\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn language that vividly evokes the lush summers of Cairo and the stark beauty of the Arabian desert, Leila Ahmed movingly recounts her Egyptian childhood growing up in a rich tradition of Islamic women and describes how she eventually came to terms with her identity as a feminist living in America. As a young woman in Cairo in the forties and fifties, Ahmed witnessed some of the major transformations of this century—the end of British colonialism, the rise of Arab nationalism, and the breakdown of Egypt's once multireligious society. As today's Egypt continues to undergo revolutionary change, Ahmed's inspirational story remains as poignant and relevant as ever.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJanuary 1, 1999\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"contentContainer\" class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--medium TruncatedContent__text--expanded\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\"\u003eLeila Ahmed (Arabic: لیلى احمد‎) is an Egyptian American professor of Women's Studies and Religion at the Harvard Divinity School. Prior to coming to Harvard, she was professor of Women’s Studies and Near Eastern studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Cambridge before moving to the United States to teach and write.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn her 1999 memoir A Border Passage, Ahmed describes her multicultural Cairene upbringing and her adult life as an expatriate and an immigrant in the West. She tells of how she was introduced to Islam through her grandmother during her childhood, and she came to distinguish it from \"official Islam\" as practiced and preached by a largely male religious elite. This realization would later form the basis of her first acclaimed book, Women and Gender in Islam (1993), a seminal work on Islamic history, Muslim feminism, and the historical role of women in Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"FREEAIR Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45550350926146,"sku":"","price":6.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/8735\/3154\/files\/borderpass.jpg?v=1689041064"},{"product_id":"the-secret-talker-geling-yan","title":"The Secret Talker;  Geling Yan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBeautiful, diligent, and passive, Hongmei is the perfect wife to Glen, an intelligent and caring college professor. But her quiet life in Northern California fractures when a mysterious person begins e-mailing her, pulling her into an enthralling and frightening game of cat-and-mouse. Who is stalking her? And how does this mysterious stranger know her deepest, darkest secrets?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs Hongmei is forced to confront her own dark past in China, the façade of her idyllic life is laid bare. Increasingly desperate and self-destructive, her one hope is to turn the tables on her tormentor. Investigating the stalker’s own secret history may irrevocably tear her marriage and her world apart—a risk she must take to regain control of her life.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJanuary 4, 2004\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGeling Yan (嚴歌苓) is one of the most acclaimed novelists and screenwriters writing in the Chinese language today and a well-established writer in English. Born in Shanghai, she served with the People's Liberation Army (PLA) during the Cultural Revolution, starting at age twelve as a dancer in an entertainment troupe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FREEAIR Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45550641840450,"sku":"","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/8735\/3154\/files\/secretalk.jpg?v=1689043920"},{"product_id":"are-you-experienced-william-sutcliffe","title":"Are You Experienced?;  William Sutcliffe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA hilarious novel of a young man’s misadventures in India—from a fresh new voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLiz travels to India because she wants to find herself. 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Dave, however, realizes he hates Liz, and has bad karma toward his fellow travelers: Jeremy, whose spiritual journey is aided by checks from Dad; Jonah, who hasn’t worn shoes for a decade; and Fee and Caz, fresh from leper-washing in Udaipur…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith refreshing honesty and a healthy dose of cynicism, William Sutcliffe offers a transatlantic, nineties version of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e that all readers will enjoy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAugust 28, 1997\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FREEAIR Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46464053051714,"sku":"","price":5.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/8735\/3154\/files\/ruexp.jpg?v=1692926785"},{"product_id":"corduroy-don-freeman","title":"Corduroy;  Don Freeman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYet as soon as Lisa sees him, she knows that he's the bear she's always wanted. Her mother, though, thinks he's a little shopworn—he's even missing a button! Still, Corduroy knows that with a bit of work he can tidy himself up and be just the bear for Lisa. And where better to start than with a quick search through the department store for a new button!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCorduroy, with his unaffected simplicity and childlike emotion, is one of the best-loved bears in children's books. His story has become an irresistible childhood classic, as basic and appealing as a small bear's desire for a home and a friend and the perfect fulfillment found in the devotion of a young girl.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJanuary 1, 1968\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/20730.Don_Freeman\" title=\"Don Freeman\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/20730.Don_Freeman\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/20730.Don_Freeman\" title=\"Don Freeman\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/20730.Don_Freeman\"\u003eDon Freeman\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewas born in San Diego, California, and moved to New York City to study art, making his living as a jazz trumpeter. With this loss of his trumpet on a subway train, Mr. Freeman turned his talents to art full-time. In the 1940s he began writing and illustrating children's books; his many popular titles include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/1318554.Beady_Bear\" title=\"Beady Bear\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/1318554.Beady_Bear\"\u003eBeady Bear\u003c\/a\u003e,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/869640.Dandelion\" title=\"Dandelion\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/869640.Dandelion\"\u003eDandelion\u003c\/a\u003e,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/1636746.Mop_Top\" title=\"Mop Top\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/1636746.Mop_Top\"\u003eMop Top\u003c\/a\u003e,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/314270.Norman_the_Doorman\" title=\"Norman the Doorman\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/314270.Norman_the_Doorman\"\u003eNorman the Doorman\u003c\/a\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and his follow-up to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCorduroy,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/270067.A_Pocket_For_Corduroy\" title=\"A Pocket For Corduroy\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/270067.A_Pocket_For_Corduroy\"\u003eA Pocket For Corduroy\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e At the time of his death in 1978, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e wrote: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Ingeniousness and humor, theatricality and commonality, humanity and beauty: these elements survive in his picture books.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FREEAIR Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47205839044930,"sku":"","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/8735\/3154\/files\/corduroy.jpg?v=1698112444"},{"product_id":"the-mis-education-of-the-negro-carter-g-woodson","title":"The Mis-Education of the Negro;  Carter G. Woodson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOriginally released in 1933, The Mis-Education of the Negro continues to resonate today, raising questions that readers are still trying to answer. The impact of slavery on the Black psyche is explored and questions are raised about our education system, such as what and who African Americans are educated for, the difference between education and training, and which of these African Americans are receiving. Woodson provides solutions to these challenges, but these require more study, discipline, and an Afrocentric worldview.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJanuary 1, 1933\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConvinced that the role of his own people in American history and in the history of other cultures was being ignored or misrepresented among scholars, Woodson realized the need for research into the neglected past of African Americans. Along with William D. Hartgrove, George Cleveland Hall, Alexander L. Jackson, and James E. Stamps, he founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History on September 9, 1915, in Chicago. That was the year Woodson published The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861. His other books followed: A Century of Negro Migration (1918) and The History of the Negro Church (1927). 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