Snake—the Hunger Sutras is the third book in the Snake Quartet. By now snake has carried the lost voices—from the smallest single celled whisper to the bellow of more complex creatures as she wanders the empty Earth. Thousands—maybe millions of years—listening--while also searching for the clues in the ruins that when puzzled into insight become the beginning movement in the opera of life returning. The clues are fossils embedded in the archeological remains of stone and air—fire and rain. All that is left. Except for snake.

Gary Lemons’s The Weight of Light breaks down the wall between poet and reader and invites us to meditate with him on all things beautiful and ugly, in a way that makes us proud to be a part of the world. Lemons explores human and nonhuman relationships, dissecting them just enough to give us a glimpse before sealing them back up and tucking them into the pages. He shows us the painful, the heartbreaking, the fearful—but pairs them with the magnificent and the joyful in such a way that we are relieved and elated to have them all. “The hunger in everything wants out,� he tells us, and this collection contains the hunger to truly know the world. “It’s here—and so am I—and so are you� and we are delighted and humbled to be here with him.

Día de los Muertos is the lynchpin poem of Snake #3: Hunger Sutras, the third installment in Lemons’s Snake Quartet, being published as its own chapbook/adult coloring book. The poem is based on Lemons’s real, lived experience with a Día de los Muertos celebration in Oaxaca, Mexico; and though history truly comes alive, there is a sense that the authenticity of such a celebration is a thing of the past. Like the bones of a giant beast dug out of a tar pit then reassembled, it must poorly represent the living creature. Día de los Muertos intends to illuminate the dark things that scuttle out of graves carrying pieces of the newly buried back to the world to reanimate with new potential.

Over the last generation, the womanist idea--and the tradition blooming around it--has emerged as an important response to separatism, domination, and oppression. Gary L. Lemons gathers a diverse group of writers to discuss their scholarly and personal experiences with the womanist spirit of women of color feminisms. Feminist and womanist-identified educators, students, performers, and poets model the powerful ways that crossing borders of race, gender, class, sexuality, and nation-state affiliation(s) expands one's existence. At the same time, they bear witness to how the self-liberating theory and practice of women of color feminism changes one's life. Throughout, the essayists come together to promote an unwavering vein of activist comradeship capable of building political alliances dedicated to liberty and social justice. Contributors: M. Jacqui Alexander, Dora Arreola, Andrea Assaf, Kendra N. Bryant, Rudolph P. Byrd, Atika Chaudhary, Paul T. Corrigan, Fanni V. Green, Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Susan Hoeller, Ylce Irizarry, M. Thandabantu Iverson, Gary L. Lemons, Layli Maparyan, and Erica C. Sutherlin

This is the story of Marshal Dan Corley as he pursues the Apache killer, Black Dog, during the latter part of the 19th century. Terror and sudden death were part of the everyday life of the settlers on the western frontier during this period of American history. Corley's pursuit of Black Dog ends when the two mortal enemies meet in hand to hand combat. "The Gunfighter" is a fast moving novel complete with action, drama, and heart throbbing suspense.

Pickthorn has selected some great stories as a sequel to his first book, "Short Stories By Pickthorn." "The Pickthorn Chronicles" brings us new accounts of horrific, blood chilling adventures as well as heart warming stories that may bring forth a tear or two. Suspense, mystery, humor, and intrigue are a few adjectives that describe the highly entertaining narratives that we have come to expect from Alfred J. Pickthorn. 'Horror In Alaska' describes the terrible ordeal three people face after their plane crashes in the Alaskan wilderness. The fight for survival takes an evil twist as the wife of the injured pilot and her lover, the pilot's junior partner, decide to leave the injured man at the crash site, believing that he would soon die from his injuries and the freezing temperature. The conniving lovers manage to reach freedom and safety and they then divert the rescue mission, to a different location, far from the actual crash site. Confident, their dastardly plot would never be discovered, the villainous pair would now take over a thriving business and live a life of luxury, or so they thought. From the 'Horror In Alaska' the author treats the reader to another murder mystery with the grisly murder of two prominent citizens, who are the parents of a young man who has a burning ambition to succeed in life but prefers to inherit his wealth rather than to work for it; he engages a mentally impaired girl to help him reach that goal. The young girl is known as 'Dumb Dora.' If you prefer a nostalgic, warm and neighborly story, then you should enjoy the adventure of a young lad, who risks the displeasure of an old man and his bulldog, by stealing plums from the tree in the man's backyard. The 'old geezer' protects his plums and his property by shooting trespassers with his BB gun and then lets Spike (his bulldog) chase the intruder away. The confrontation between the father of the young boy, who had been shot with a BB, and the old man, was one of the highlights of this story titled "Old Spike." A pulsating, heart wrenching, drama is offered in the suspenseful story of a young twelve year old who is heir to a sizable fortune. He has been kidnapped by a pair of clever and diabolical characters who are intent on executing the boy after the ransom has been paid. A shocking and unexpected ending to this story called, "Kidnapped." In my opinion, each of these stories could be and should be made into a feature length film, they are that riveting and entertaining. Now sit back, relax and enjoy, "The Pickthorn Chronicles."

Over the last generation, the womanist idea--and the tradition blooming around it--has emerged as an important response to separatism, domination, and oppression. Gary L. Lemons gathers a diverse group of writers to discuss their scholarly and personal experiences with the womanist spirit of women of color feminisms. Feminist and womanist-identified educators, students, performers, and poets model the powerful ways that crossing borders of race, gender, class, sexuality, and nation-state affiliation(s) expands one's existence. At the same time, they bear witness to how the self-liberating theory and practice of women of color feminism changes one's life. Throughout, the essayists come together to promote an unwavering vein of activist comradeship capable of building political alliances dedicated to liberty and social justice. Contributors: M. Jacqui Alexander, Dora Arreola, Andrea Assaf, Kendra N. Bryant, Rudolph P. Byrd, Atika Chaudhary, Paul T. Corrigan, Fanni V. Green, Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Susan Hoeller, Ylce Irizarry, M. Thandabantu Iverson, Gary L. Lemons, Layli Maparyan, and Erica C. Sutherlin