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Mrs. Malory, detective in residence Mrs. Malory, detective in residence Hazel Holt The delightfully civilized Mrs. Shelia Malory of Taviscombe, England finds murder and scandal at an American college. Max Loring, a scrupulous curator at Whittier Institute, turns up dead. Then his … OL14851618W
Dancing backwards Dancing backwards Salley Vickers Violet Hetherington has taken the rash step of joining a transatlantic cruise ship to New York to visit Edwin, an old friend. As she makes the six day crossing, she relives the traumatic events that … OL14909906W
Lives like loaded guns Lives like loaded guns Lyndall Gordon Lyndall Gordon, an award-winning biographer, tells the riveting story of the Dickinsons, and reveals Emily as a very different woman from the pale, lovelorn recluse that exists in the popular imagina… OL15568619W
P.I. on a hot tin roof P.I. on a hot tin roof Julie Smith Going undercover as a housekeeper in the home of a corrupt judge, who is suspected of setting up those who would expose his illegal activities, Talba Wallis locates evidence about a network of bribes… OL15801055W
I became alone I became alone Judith Thurman Explores five women poets, ranging from Sappho to Emily Dickinson, through brief biographies and selections of their poetry. OL15837159W
The summer without men The summer without men Siri Hustvedt Mia is forced to reexamine her life when her husband puts their marriage on "pause" after thirty years. She returns to the prairie town of her childhood, and is drawn into the lives of those around h… OL15998977W
In the name of Salomé In the name of Salomé Julia Alvarez Camila, whose mother, Salome, inspired a Dominican revolution with her poetry, spends most of her life trying to please her father and her brothers, all prominent men, before seeking a place for hers… OL16066612W
The Sappho companion The Sappho companion Margaret Reynolds "For two and a half thousand years, poets and readers have been moved and inspired by the writing of Sappho, and the myths that surround her. Born around 630 B.C. on the Greek island of Lesbos, Sapph… OL17740967W
Song of a captive bird Song of a captive bird Jasmin Darznik "A spellbinding debut novel about the trailblazing Iranian poet Forugh Farrokhzad, who defied society's expectations to find her voice and her destiny. "Remember the flight, for the bird is mortal." … OL18201458W
Sappho's Leap Sappho's Leap Erica Jong "Sappho's Leap is a journey back 2,600 years to inhabit the mind of the greatest love poet the world has ever known. At the age of fourteen, Sappho is seduced by the beautiful poet Alcacus, plots wit… OL1901526W
Return to the Dark Valley Return to the Dark Valley Santiago Gamboa "Manuela Beltrán, a poet haunted by a troubled childhood, is bent on revenge for the wrongs she suffered at the hands of her mother's lover. Her vendetta will draw together a cast of enigmatic charac… OL19724222W
Mrs. Poe Mrs. Poe Lynn Cullen Struggling to support her family in mid-19th-century New York, writer Frances Osgood makes an unexpected connection with literary master Edgar Allan Poe and finds her survival complicated by her inte… OL19969814W
Dark Aemilia Dark Aemilia O'Reilly, Sally (Novelist) The story of a Venetian musician's daughter, Aemilia Bassano, who a decade after the death of Elizabeth I begs help from her former lover, William Shakespeare, when her son catches the plague. "The … OL19976645W
Passionately yours Passionately yours Cara Elliott After unexpectedly meeting Baron Alec McClellan in Bath, England while on vacation, poet Caro Sloane finds she needs his protection just as much as she craves his affection. OL19999618W
Anything that burns you Anything that burns you Terese Svoboda "Anything that Burns You: A Portrait of Lola Ridge, Radical Poet is the first full-length biography of Lola Ridge, a trailblazer for women, poetry, and human rights far ahead of her time. This biogra… OL20020264W
The Liars' Club The Liars' Club Mary Karr "For its twentieth anniversary, a stunning Graphic Deluxe Edition of Mary Karr's pathbreaking, award-winning, mega-bestselling memoir, with a new foreword by Lena Dunham When it was first published t… OL20022024W
Red Dust Road Red Dust Road Jackie Kay 1 volume ; 20 cm OL20815622W
Zami Zami Audre Lorde "Zami, a carriacou name for women who work together as friends and lovers." --Back cover A "biomythography" describing the author's childhood and coming of age and the relationships to other women t… OL2191787W
Dickinson in her own time Dickinson in her own time Jane Donahue Eberwein,Cristanne Miller,Stephanie Farrar "Even before the first books of her poems were published in the 1890s, friends, neighbors, and even apparently strangers knew Emily Dickinson was a writer of remarkable verses. Featuring both well-kn… OL22316012W
Tangerine Poems at 94 Tangerine Poems at 94 Tangerine Bell 172 pages OL24439485W
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