Kathleen Fraser

Before They Were Belly Dancers: European Accounts of Female Entertainers in Egypt, 1760-1870

Focusing on Egypt during the period 1760 to 1870, this book fills in some of the historical blanks for a dance form often known today in the Middle East as raqs sharki or raqs baladi, and in Western countries as "belly dance". Eyewitness accounts written by European travelers, the major primary sour...

movable TYYPE

Kathleen Fraser’s inventive new book showcases poems from four recent collaborative artist books that exhibit “her longtime love of words as objects into play” (The New York Times). These new poems, many created through her unique collage and hand paste-up techniques, continue Fraser’s ambitious exp...

The 175 Best Camp Games: A Handbook for Leaders

Games for kids 4 to 16, plus tips on keeping them fun and fair for all participants. Camp games are meant to be fun. Here are the very best camp-tested games for boys and girls aged 4 to 16, with easy-to-follow instructions and illustrations. The Frasers include indoor and outdoor games for both sm...

il cuore - the heart: Selected Poems, 1970-1995 (Wesleyan Poetry Series)

il cuore : the heart is a major new collection of poetry by Kathleen Fraser, one of the most significant poets of the last generation and a writer of unusual courage and inventiveness. From the intimacy of early poems to the syntactic play of her much-praised book, when new time folds up (1993), Fra...

Translating the Unspeakable: Poetry and the Innovative Necessity (Modern & Contemporary Poetics)

A prominent avant-garde poet charts both her personal artistic development and the difficulties faced by women writers pursuing innovative paths.An accomplished and influential poet, Kathleen Fraser has been instrumental in drawing attention to other women poets workingoutside the mainstream. Transl...

Mourning and Milestones: Honoring Anniversaries, Birthdays and Special Occasions After a Loved One Dies

Grief can drive you to your knees, overtake you suddenly, and challenge you over and over again to find ways to simultaneously live and mourn. Its ability to exhaust us and to shake our stability seems to be greatest on special occasions. It is these landmark days that most challenge our ability to ...

When I'm Gone: Practical Notes for Those You Leave Behind

Preparation for loved ones for when you are just not there. The success of this book--with 80,000 sold--speaks to the aging population and the increase in related activities, such as writing wills, advance directives (living wills), and preplanning funerals. But When I'm Gone has also proven...

When I'm Gone: Practical Notes For Those You Leave Behind

Preparation for loved ones for when you are just not there. All too often, parents, mates or other family members die or go away suddenly without leaving important banking information, house and car maintenance records, PIN numbers, the location of keys, codes, phone numbers, addresses and so much ...

What I Want

What I Want

New Shoes

Passage to Paradise

Adam's World:San Francisco: San Francisco

Translating the Unspeakable: Poetry and the Innovative Necessity

Il Cuore: The Heart Selected Poems 1970-1995

Il Cuore: The Heart Selected Poems 1970-1995