Bøger af Jim Doss

Ernst Toller (December 1, 1893 - May 22, 1939) was a German author, playwright, left-wing politician and revolutionary, known for his Expressionist plays. He served in 1919 for six days as President of the short-lived Bavarian Soviet Republic, after which he became the head of its army. He was imprisoned for five years for his part in the armed resistance by the Bavarian Soviet Republic to the central government in Berlin. While in prison, Toller wrote several plays that gained him international renown. They were performed in London and New York City as well as in Berlin and other places.In 1933, Toller was exiled from Germany after the Nazis came to power. He did a lecture tour in 1936-1937 in the United States and Canada, settling in California for a while before going to New York. He joined other exiles there. He died by suicide in May 1939.This book of translations includes Toller's autobiography, A Youth in Germany, three books of poetry -- Poems of the Prisoners, The Swallow Book, Before Tomorrow. These writings include Toller's descriptions of growing up Jewish in Germany, his experience serving in the German Army in WWI, his experiences as a political revolutionary in the chaos of post WWI Germany, his imprisonment as a political prisoner following the collapse of the Bavarian Soviet Republic, and his exile from Germany under the Nazi regime who burned his books.

An aura of mystery surrounds the life and poetry of the Austrian poet Georg Trakl. Although he was born over a century ago, his starkly original poems provide a window into the psyche of the early twentieth century with its anguish, melancholy, and occasional exaltation. From a life inflicted with drug addiction and mental torment, Trakl paints a vivid, musical portrait of his autumn soul. This bilingual edition includes all of Trakl's mature published work, as well as his youthful poems and prose, drama fragments and selected letters, and is the most comprehensive collection of his work in English to date.

The ninth annual edition of the Loch Raven Review features work by outstanding writers such as Shirley Brewer, Terry Collett, Phebe Davidson, Judith O'Connell Hoyer, Kathryn Jacobs, Bill Jones, Scott Owens, Elisavietta Ritchie, Shawn Nacona Stroud, Peter Wyton and many others. Translations from Moshe Dor, Hyesim, and Nansorhon. Fiction and non-Fiction from John Barry, D.R. Belz, Caryn Coyle, Ron Riekki, Kathlen Cordoran and others. Loch Raven Review seeks to showcase the works of new and experienced authors side by side who present a unique voice to the world.

Jim Doss' second book of poems, What Remains, examines the impact of loss on people, and explores the poets relationship with family and his hometown. It also contains a number of poems on historical topics that explore a broad range of themes.