Search

American Dreams Maybe some memories run deeper than blood- They crawl into the marrow, etch lines across the brain Formed in the womb, they are our ancestors' whispers In fetal ears. In murky blackness, embryos dream- but of what? Perhaps it is the past. The Gold Mountain and silver streets are just Child's things, dragon's tails- perhaps real, but Always out of reach. He cuts his hair, surrenders his language and blood ties China calls from across the sea- he runs into the waves, Imagining the water caressing his lover's cheek, Carrying his love to the Yellow River where She's washing her qipao in the currents- The one he traced eternity onto, fingers teasing At the pale skin beneath. She dreams of voodoo dances, of Baron Samedi Riding her- chili peppers, rich cigars, Haitian sound The dead walk and the gris-gris blesses, oh- But torn away, torn away from her people, the slavers Bring her to the land of swamps, yet she'll dance In Congo Square and New Orleans still, tear up the streets With her mad mad feet... Journey into award-winning poet Allister Nelson's debut poetry collection, exploring the thin lines between fragile reality and a mythopoetic realm where gods walk at dusk among us. Here, October chain-smokes Chestertons in a bar in Cleveland, Odin rides a motorcycle gang, and asylums harbor secrets in mad tangles of forgotten goddess's hair. Collected for the first time, witness what American Dreams are made of. And remember, once you enter the American Dream, it will creep into your bones like old wine - and like December, never leaves. With poems from Apex Magazine, The Showbear Family Circus, Sudden Denouement, and more lyrical prose published for the first time in print, come follow the call of Liberty, beckoning you to her gentle, nocturnal shores, and find the magic in the milieu of the modern.

the metempsychosis of lucifer and eve's temptation told in six erotic, hagiographic vignettes a romance novel for us in the river, not sure where we are drifting.

Allister Sparks joined his first newspaper at age 17 and was pitched headlong into the vortex of South Africa's stormy politi. His autobiography, The Sword and the Pen: Six decades on the political frontier, is the story of how as a journalist he watched and chronicled and participated in his country's unfolding drama for over half a century, covering events from the premiership of DF Malan to the presidency of Jacob Zuma, and witnessing at close range the rise and fall of apartheid and the rise and crisis of the new South Africa. In trenchant prose, Sparks has written a remarkable account of both a life lived to its fullest capacity as well as the surrounding narrative of South Africa from the birth of apartheid, the rise of political opposition, the dawn of democracy, right through to the crisis being experienced today. 'Anyone who tries to understand what is happening in South Africa today without first digesting Allister Sparks' lucid, sensitive and comprehensive exploration of the country's multi-faceted mind, does so at his own peril.' - André Brink, on The Mind of South Africa 'His special strength is a writing talent which combines precise reportage with shrewd analysis and unusual stamina ...' - The Observer, on Tomorrow is Another Country

Commemorating Desmond Tutu's eightieth birthday, this stirring biography commemorates the life, philosophy, faith, and achievements of one of the greatest moral heroes of our time. Written by Allister Sparks, Tutu: Authorized featuring contributions from His Holiness the Dalai Lama, President Barack Obama, and Nelson Mandela, as well as interviews given by Reverend Mpho Tutu, Desmond Tutu’s daughter, to world leaders and public figures including Hillary Clinton, Kofi Annan, Jimmy Carter, Bono, Richard Branson, and F.W. de Klerk. A stirring exploration and graphically rich presentation of one of the world’s most inspirational and altruistic figures, Tutu: Authorized overflows with illuminating revelations about Tutu’s life and resonates with insights into how we can each work to improve peace, fairness, and happiness in the world around us.

Analyses brilliantly what has happened to South Africa since it underwent one of the world s few relatively bloodless revolutions almost a decade ago.

Zweiter Teil der Chronologie des ehemaligen Herausgebers der "Rand Daily Mail" (1977-1981) und intimen Kenners der innenpolitischen Szene, Allister Sparks, zur demokratischen Transition in Südafrika. Im Mittelpunkt stehen die Geheimverhandlungen zwischen African National Congress-Führer Nelson Mandela und der Spitze der National Party-Regierung unter P. W. Botha bzw. F. W. de Klerk. (DÜI-Eng).