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Books by Laura Kasischke
  | | Mind of Winter(Reprint) A Novel (P.S. (Paperback)) by Laura Kasischke Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2015 by Harper Perennial ISBN-13: 978-0-06-228440-2, ISBN: 0-06-228440-1 "Laura Kasischke, the critically acclaimed and nationally bestselling poet and author of The Raising, returns Mind of Winter, a dark and chilling thriller that combines domestic drama with elements of psychological suspense and horror—an addictive tale of denial and guilt that is part Joyce Carol Oates and part Chris Bohjalian.On a snowy Christmas morning, Holly Judge awakens with the fragments of a nightmare floating on the edge of her ..." |
 | | The Infinitesimals by Laura Kasischke Paperback, 100 Pages, Published 2014 by Copper Canyon Press ISBN-13: 978-1-55659-466-3, ISBN: 1-55659-466-6 ""Kasischke's poems are powered by a skillful use of imagery and the subtle, ingenious way she turns a phrase." "Austin American-Statesman""The Infinitesimals" stares directly at illness and death, employing the same highly evocative and symbolic style that earned Laura Kasischke the 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award for poetry. Drawing upon her own experiences with cancer, and the lives and deaths of loved ones, Kasischke's new wo ..." |
 | | In a Perfect World(1st Edition) A Novel by Laura Kasischke Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2009 by Harper Perennial ISBN-13: 978-0-06-176611-4, ISBN: 0-06-176611-9 "This is the way the world ends. . . It was a fairy tale come true when Mark Dorn—handsome pilot, widower, tragic father of three—chose Jiselle to be his wife. The other flight attendants were jealous: She could quit now, leaving behind the million daily irritations of the job. (Since the outbreak of the Phoenix flu, passengers had become even more difficult and nervous, and a life of constant travel had grown harder.) She could move in ..." |
 | | Gardening in the Dark(Updated) by Laura Kasischke Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2004 by Ausable Press ISBN-13: 978-1-931337-22-9, ISBN: 1-931337-22-5 "Poetry. "Kasischke can recall James Wright, Randall Jarrell, or Jorie Graham, but she resembles none for long. Volatile, sometimes shocking, and seamless, her poems greet, tame, or confront the trials of puberty, medicine and marriage..Balancing the quotidian with estranging, fluent sentences with tumbling stanzas, and tenderness with anger, Kasischke shows as superb a feel for the bravura enjambments as for single details"-- Stephen Bu ..." |
 | | Mind of Winter(1st Edition) by Laura Kasischke Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2014 by Harper ISBN-13: 978-0-06-228439-6, ISBN: 0-06-228439-8 ""On a snowy Christmas morning, Holly Judge awakens, the fragments of a nightmare--something she must write down--floating on the edge of her consciousness. Something followed them from Russia. On another Christmas morning thirteen years ago, she and her husband Eric were in Siberia to meet the sweet, dark-haired Rapunzel they desperately wanted. How they laughed at the nurses of Pokrovka Orphanage #2 with their garlic and their supersti ..." |
 | | Where Now(1st Edition) New and Selected Poems by Laura Kasischke Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2017 by Copper Canyon Press ISBN-13: 978-1-55659-512-7, ISBN: 1-55659-512-3 "Kasischke astonishes with her lyricism and metaphorical power.” Publishers WeeklyEvery poem is exquisitely crafted, with crisp, clean lines and imagery that dazzles.”The Washington PostFor Kasischke poetry is a kind of revenge on the existential limits that it describes”Los Angeles Review of BooksLaura Kasischke’s long-awaited selected poems presents the breadth of her probing vision that subverts the so-called normal.” A lover ..." |
 | | If a Stranger Approaches You Stories by Laura Kasischke Paperback, 145 Pages, Published 2013 by Sarabande Books ISBN-13: 978-1-936747-49-8, ISBN: 1-936747-49-9 "In her first collection of short stories, Laura Kasischke exposes the dark heart of the domestic—it's wrapped in shabby silk, tucked away in a dresser drawer. If A Stranger Approaches You reminds us that intersection of the bizarre and the quotidian is always at play. Memorial statues and raggedy dolls seem to come to life, a man listens to the electric menace of suburban power lines while he struggles with his failed marriage, and the ..." |
 | | Space, In Chains(1st Edition) (Lannan Literary Selections) by Laura Kasischke Paperback, 110 Pages, Published 2011 by Copper Canyon Press ISBN-13: 978-1-55659-333-8, ISBN: 1-55659-333-3 ""Kasischke's intelligence is most apparent in her syntactic control and pace, the way she gauges just when to make free verse speed up, or stop short, or slow down."—The New York Times Book Review"Kasischke's poems are powered by a skillful use of imagery and the subtle, ingenious way she turns a phrase."—Austin American-StatesmanLaura Kasischke's poems have the same haunting qualities and truth as our most potent memories and dreams. T ..." |
 | | Eden Springs(1st Edition) (Made in Michigan Writers Series) by Laura Kasischke Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2010 by Wayne State University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8143-3464-5, ISBN: 0-8143-3464-4 "In 1903, a preacher named Benjamin Purnell and five followers founded a colony called the House of David in Benton Harbor, Michigan, where they prepared for eternal life by creating a heaven on earth. Housed in rambling mansions and surrounded by lush orchards and vineyards, the colony added a thousand followers to its fold within a few years, along with a zoo, extensive gardens, and an amusement park. The sprawling complex, called Eden ..." |
 | | Be Mine(1st Edition) by Laura Kasischke Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2007 by Mariner Books ISBN-13: 978-0-15-603383-1, ISBN: 0-15-603383-6 "On Valentine’s Day, Sherry finds an anonymous note in her mailbox: be mine. As the notes continue, Sherry becomes more and more charged by the idea that she can inspire such feelings. Her twenty-year marriage is routine and she feels old, aimless, and empty now that her son is in college. When she discovers who her admirer is, she begins a wildly passionate affair with him. But her son’s childhood friend is witness to the affair, her be ..." |
 | | Mind of Winter ++++A BEAUTIFUL UK UNCORRECTED PROOF++++ by Laura Kasischke Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2015 by Hesperus Press Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-84391-548-5, ISBN: 1-84391-548-0 "Mind of Winter" |
 | | The Raising A Novel (P.S.) by Laura Kasischke Paperback, 496 Pages, Published 2011 by Harper Perennial Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-06-200478-9, ISBN: 0-06-200478-6 "From critically acclaimed and nationally bestselling author Laura Kasischke comes a new novel that is part Stephen King, part Donna Tartt, and wholly unputdownable. The accident was tragic, yes. Bloody and horrific and claiming the life of a beautiful young sorority girl. Nicole was a straight-A student from a small town. Sweet-tempered, all-American, a former Girl Scout, and a virgin. But it was an accident. And that was last year. It' ..." |
 | | Feathered by Laura Kasischke Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2008 by Harperteen ISBN-13: 978-0-06-081317-8, ISBN: 0-06-081317-2 "Afterward, Terri will tell everyone that, from the beginning, she knew something terrible was going to happen on spring break.Something bad was going to happen.She knew.It was supposed to be the perfect vacation: hot guys, impeccable tans, and no parents. But for two high school seniors, an innocent car ride will drive them into the heart of their worst nightmare.Feathered is a provocative and eerie tale that flies readers from safe, pr ..." |
 | | Boy Heaven by Laura Kasischke Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2006 by Macmillan Children's Books Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-0-330-44411-8, ISBN: 0-330-44411-5 |
 | | Boy Heaven(Reprint) by Laura Kasischke Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2008 by Harperteen ISBN-13: 978-0-06-081316-1, ISBN: 0-06-081316-4 " They planned on a joyride in a convertible on a hot summer day. They planned on skinny-dipping in a beautiful, secluded lake. They planned on making it back to cheerleading camp before anyone noticed they were gone. The three girls were seventeen, with perfect tans, perfect bodies, and the perfect day. But then Kristy Sweetland smiled . . . at the wrong time . . . in the wrong place . . . at the wrong boys. " |
 | | Be Mine(1st Edition) A Novel by Laura Kasischke Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2007 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-15-101273-2, ISBN: 0-15-101273-3 "On Valentine’s Day, Sherry finds an anonymous note in her mailbox: be mine. As the notes continue, Sherry becomes more and more charged by the idea that she can inspire such feelings. Her twenty-year marriage is routine and she feels old, aimless, and empty now that her son is in college. When she discovers who her admirer is, she begins a wildly passionate affair with him. But her son’s childhood friend is witness to the affair, her be ..." |
 | | Lilies Without by Laura Kasischke Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 2007 by Ausable Press ISBN-13: 978-1-931337-36-6, ISBN: 1-931337-36-5 ""She has, like all good poets, created a music of her own, one suited to her concerns. When denizens of the 22nd century, if we get there, look back on our era and ask how we lived, they will take an interest both in the strangest personalities who gave their concerns verbal form, and in the most representative. The future will not--should not--see us by one poet alone. But if there is any justice in that future, Kasischke is one of the ..." |
 | | Boy Heaven by Laura Kasischke Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2006 by Harperteen ISBN-13: 978-0-06-081314-7, ISBN: 0-06-081314-8 " They were seventeen, with perfect tans and perfect bodies. They planned on a joyride in a convertible on a hot summer day. They planned on skinny-dipping in a beautiful, secluded lake. They planned on making it back to camp before anyone noticed they were gone. What they didn't plan on was being followed by two guys in a beat-up station wagon. . . . Their day soon takes a drastic turn -- all because Kristy Sweetland smiled at the wro ..." |
 | | The Life Before Her Eyes(Reprint) by Laura Kasischke Paperback, 280 Pages, Published 2002 by Harvest Books Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-15-602712-0, ISBN: 0-15-602712-7 "Diana stands before the mirror preening with her best friend, Maureen. Suddenly, a classmate enters holding a gun, and Diana sees her life dance before her eyes. In a moment the future she was just imagining--a doting wife and mother at the age of forty--is sealed by a horrific decision she is forced to make. In prose infused with the dramatically feminine sensuality of spring, we experience seventeen-year-old Diana's uncertain steps in ..." |
 | | Dance and Disappear(1st Edition) (Juniper Prize for Poetry) by Laura Kasischke Paperback, 67 Pages, Published 2002 by Univ Of Massachusetts Pr ISBN-13: 978-1-55849-352-0, ISBN: 1-55849-352-2 "The subject matter of these poems is ordinary: motherhood, marriage, sexuality, middle age, ambivalence, mortality, the Midwest. But in addressing these topics, Laura Kasischke finds and reveals the strangeness of the most common traditions and dilemmas. These are poems that work to fuse reality and dream, life and death, logic and illogic. Kasischke precisely renders the experience we have of ourselves as physical and time-bound beings ..." |
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