Bøger af Nancy Margulies

Review of BookThe Devil shows up in a church basement, a repair guy gets to work on a girlbot, a skateboarder freezes mid-air, a prisoner stabbed in a Mexican jail, a tourist loses her identity down an outhouse hole, one memorable night in the slums of Rio, tryouts for a biblical porn movie - these are but a few of the wildly entertaining scenes included in the fifty-eight exceptional stories in the new collection, Animal Husband, by Nancy Margulies.Warning: do not attempt to predict the ending of any of these stories. They will fool you every time. Suggested Use: read one or two each evening before bed to insure bizarre dreamsAlternative uses: Give as gifts for no special occasion. Your friends will thank you.Read aloud to amuse your partner or friends."Animal Husband is filled with stories wild and wacky, quixotic and quirky. They are irreverent and dark, or resolute and buoyant. But mostly they are inventive and poignant, conveying a vision and a voice deeply grounded in the truth of human experience."- Chip B. Goldstein, EdD Dean, Academic Planning & Administration California Institute of Integral Studies

Short Shorts: Sudden FictionCrossing the boundaries between poetry and fiction, narration and free verse, these stories refuse to obey formal conventions. Short Shorts: Sudden Fiction, Nancy Margulies' first book of short short stories. The characters range from an old woman rejoicing in her own face in the mirror to a young run-away, planning her nighttime adventures. Humorous, touching, quirky, unpredictable, told by a range of characters, each with their unique style. The book is the result of Margulies joining a writing group who made a commitment to each other. Consider this as an option for you: invite a group of friends who like to write to share a weekly prompt via email or in-person meetings. A word or phrase is offered. Everyone then writes spontaneously - improvisational writing - for a timed period. Three minutes, ten or twelve minutes, occasionally longer. Whatever is written is shared, unedited, or not shared, that is all up to the writer. Feedback is positive: "what I liked, what moved me, what I'd like to hear more of." As you will see in Short Shorts the result can be remarkable.

Free yourself from the limiting belief that you can't draw and move into the world of visible thinking. With this book you will be able to build on what you already know about the skill of communicating in words and pictures, lead students through activities that promote thinking skills, and make your classroom a more lively and enga