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An outstanding debut story collection, Z.Z. Packer's Drinking Coffee Elsewhere has attracted as much book-world buzz as a triple espresso. Yet, surprisingly, there are no gimmicks in these eight stories. Their combination of tenderness, humor, and apt, unexpected detail set them apart. In the title story (published in the New Yorker's summer 2000 Debut Fiction issue), a Yale freshman is sent to a psychotherapist who tries to get her--black, bright, motherless, possibly lesbian--to stop "pretending," when she is sure that "pretending" is what got her this far. "Speaking in Tongues" describes the adventures of an Alabama church girl of 14 who takes a bus to Atlanta to try to find the mother who gave her up. Looking around the Montgomery Greyhound station, she wonders if it has changed much since the Reverend King's days. She "tried to imagine where the 'Colored' and 'Whites Only' signs would have hung, then realized she didn't have to. All five blacks waited in one area, all three whites in another." Packer's prose is wielded like a kitchen knife, so familiar to her hand that she could use it with her eyes shut. This is a debut not to miss. --Regina Marler
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With stories in The New Yorker's debut fiction issue and in The Best American Short Stories, 2000, and as the winner of a Whiting Writers' Award and a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award, ZZ Packer has already achieved what most writers only dream about-all prior to publication of her first book.
Now, in Drinking Coffee Elsewhere, her impressive range and talent are abundantly evident. Packer dazzles with her command of language-surprising and delighting us with unexpected turns and indelible images, as she takes us into the lives of characters on the periphery, unsure of where they belong. With penetrating insight that belies her youth-she was only nineteen years old when Seventeen magazine printed her first published story-Packer takes us to a Girl Scout camp, where a troupe of black girls are confronted with a group of white girls, whose defining feature turns out to be not their race but their disabilities; to the Million Man March on Washington, where a young man must decide where his allegiance to his father lies; to Japan, where an international group of drifters find themselves starving, unable to find work.
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere is a striking debut-fresh, versatile, and captivating. It introduces us to an arresting and unforgettable new American voice.
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"""The most acclaimed literary debut of the year Discovered by The New Yorker, Packer """"forms a constellation of young black experience""""* whether she's writing from the perspective of a church-going black woman who has a crisis in faith, a young college student at Yale, or a young black man unwillingly accompanying his father to the Million Man March. This universally appealing collection of short fiction has already established ZZ Packer as """"a writer to watch"""" (Baltimore Sun). "" Chosen by John Updike as a ""Today Show"" Book Club Pick. "
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A new voice reminiscent of Baldwin and O'Connor.......2007-09-13
It's been several months since I read the eight stories in "Drinking Coffee Elsewhere," and I can still recall the precision and beauty of ZZ Packer's prose, the building tension in several scenes, and the uniqueness of the outsiders who populate her stories. Although hers is a vibrant, new voice all its own, Packer echoes the rawness of Baldwin's stories in "Going to Meet the Man," while her alienated protagonists recall the redemption-seekers of Flannery O'Connor's fiction. Like both of her literary predecessors, Packer doesn't always feel the need to elucidate why her characters behave as they do; instead, actions and their consequences are burdened by personal histories, human emotions, and social expectations that are often beyond explanation. "I don't know why I said it," Dina reflects in the title story. "Until that moment I'd been good in all the ways that were meant to matter."
What Dina said, during her college freshman orientation games, was that the one "inanimate object" she'd want to be is a revolver--a response that launches a chain of events that insures her status as an outcast. One imagines that if she had been a white, football-playing fraternity brother, her quip would have been taken as a cynical if inappropriate attempt at sarcasm. But she is a young black girl from a poor part of Baltimore, and her retort is filtered through the alien prep-school eyes of her new classmates and teachers. She is doomed not to fit in.
In "Brownies," another story with a similar theme, the tables are turned: a Brownie troop plans ways to taunt the summer camp's "Disney characters," a group of white girls with "complexions a blend of ice cream: strawberry, vanilla"--only to find that their would-be victims are not who they seem to be. In Packer's world, as in the real one, behavior is predicated not only by personal choices but also by social pressures, societal prejudices, and the near-inevitability of misapprehension.
In addition to the title story, there are two other stories here that rank among the best I've read in recent years. "Speaking in Tongues" describes a 14-year-old runaway who escapes to Atlanta from the confines of her religious rural upbringing, falls under the sway of a streetwalker and a hustler, and becomes part of their sensual, harrowing existence. The "Ant of the Self," the story from The New Yorker that introduced me to Packer's world several years ago, concerns a young man, Spurgeon, whose father, freshly bailed out of prison, corrals him on a journey to the Million Man March to sell exotic birds to the crowd (selling birds!?! --the eccentricities again evoke O'Connor). Here, an exasperated son's destiny is limited by his love-hate relationship with his father; it's easy enough for an "outsider" to say what Spurgeon should have done but family ties can mess up anything. (" 'Why you gotta act like everything I ask you to do is gonna kill you? You my son. I tell you to do something, you obey.' I do obey, and hate myself for it....")
I've outlined my favorites, but there's not a rotten apple in the bunch. Savored one at a time, they most clearly bear out Mavis Gallant's advice for readers: "Stories are not chapters of novels. They should not be read one after another, as if they were meant to follow along. Read one. Shut the book. Read something else. Come back later. Stories can wait."
Regretful.......2007-08-30
I tried so hard to read this book. I really did. I trudged through several chapters and then gave up and donated it to my local coffee shop library.
Real and Raw.......2007-07-27
Real and Raw.
I think that describes this work. I could easily take these stories and understand the how and why of the characters. Life is messy & dirty, and sometimes not very fair. Thus you see that played out in these stories. They are as real as some of the stories from our lives. You'll find yourself thinking about the character and saying to yourself, "why she'd do that". I don't know about you, but, anytime I find myself involved enough to think about the characters..... well then you know you've got a book that works.
not bad for a debut collection of short stories.......2007-05-30
ZZ Packer's first book is a collection of short stories called
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere. I had heard so many wonderful
things about the stories and I was very excited to read them.
There are two standouts,two literary gems in the collection:
Our Lady of Peace and Speaking of Tongues.
Other than that, the rest of the stories seemed thrown
together. In one story, "Geese," the author spends more time
rehashing her encyclopedic knowledge of Japanese culture
rather than tell a story about the strong black female
protagonist and why we should care about her being in Japan.
ZZ Packer graduated from the Iowa Writers' Workshop which
probably explains for all the critical acclaim her work has
received and she is also an alumni of Yale and I believe
another Ivy League school. Graduating from the RIGHT school
at the RIGHT time is certainly not her fault but it doesn't
make for a great writer either. Some stories were slow, and
drawn-out and then other stories were refreshing. ZZ Packer,
although talented, is going to need to write more stories that
speak more to people buying her work and not the literary elite.
Uneven collection, skip ahead to the gems.......2006-11-05
Though I did enjoy a few of the stories - namely, "Drinking Coffee Elsewhere" and "Speaking in Tongues" - I was a little disappointed in this much-hyped collection. ZZ Packer has a transparant and fluid writing style, her stories are nicely understated, and the characters all have an accute sense of political and moral consciousness (the Civil Rights Movement serves as a backdrop in several). But what the two stories I mentioned above have that the others lack is a well-developed sense of tension (internal or plotwise), leaving many of these stories feeling quaint and unremarkable and flat.
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Un Cafe Lejos De Aqui / Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
Z. Z. Packer
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This digital document is an article from Tea & Coffee Trade Journal, published by Lockwood Trade Journal Co., Inc. on November 1, 1999. The length of the article is 1831 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: 20th Century Boston Tea Parties.(Industry Overview)(Statistical Data Included)
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Title: An achievement of note: tea and Italian sensibilities. (SNAK, Italian importing and wholesaling firm)(Company Profile)
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Title: Avoiding the mists of a glorious past. (tea drinking in the United Kingdom)
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Barista Coffee: Forging a coffee movement in India. (Cup Service).: An article from: Tea & Coffee Trade Journal
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Title: Cafe de Apante's rich Nicaraguan heritage.(Roasters Packaging)
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Sweet Discipline By Bonnie Hamre When Norris Brownell registers at an exclusive diet spa to further her career and salvage her social life, she expects the usual regimen of diet, exercise and behavior modification. However, Adrian, her personal trainer, knows that won't do. He's determined to train her to discipline her body and her impulses for more than portion control. He wants her for himself. She's initially appalled and resistant to his methods, but as her body slims and her sensual needs expand, she finds herself dealing with cravings that only Adrian can satisfy. Norris may lose much more than just pounds at the hand of her sensual trainer. Note: Sweet Discipline contains multiple scenes of discipline and is not for the faint of heart.
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The best diet ever!.......2007-10-10
This book is amazing! I love how Norris pushes herself; her pride keeps her going, even if she doesn't know Adrian's less than honorable intentions to company policy.
The story is a great motivator for those of us who never find that right diet, or can never get mentally involved to improving our bodies. It really made me rethink what I want as a person, professionally, and privately.
My only concern with this book is there wasn't enough about Adrian. It never tells how old he is, his personal struggles, etc. It's not until the end we see him struggle with his love for Norris. Norris told him she didn't even know him, and he said "it will come".
Maybe I'm too realistic, but even if I met a Dom, I'd still want to know him better before I started seeing wedding bells in my eyes.
Overall, great story.
What a diet!.......2007-05-29
This is the first book by Bonnie Hamre that I have read, it will definitely not be my last. I almost didn't purchase it - I wasn't sure that I liked the idea for the story line, but boy was I wrong! This is a book that will be read by me many times.
Much better than counting calories............2006-08-04
Bonnie Hamre has found a sexy way to lose weight...discipline.
Norris Brownelle is a woman at the top, and at the bottom. She is a highly successful management consultant who has thrown all of her time and energy into her business.The result being, she is tired, overweight, manless, and her list of clients isn't growing. She can't manage herself, let alone convince people that she can teach them how to manage. One meal with her best friend changes all of that. When Norris is currious about her friend's new look and obvious sex appeal, she learns about a spa where new images are created, a place that teaches discipline. Even though discipline isn't Norris' strong suit,after trying every diet known to man (or woman), she knows this is her last chance at weight loss.
After signing into the spa and meeting her hot male trainer, Adrian, an unsuspecting Norris learns what true discipline is. Meow!
If you enjoy reading about bondage and discipline (without the s/m) obviously resulting in earth shaking sex, this is a book for you. If not...pick another title.
Hot & Steamy with lots of action. .......2006-06-08
Excellent book. This is my first time reading this author and I will be first in line for her next book.
The excerpt from the back cover did not do this book justice. At first I was a bit turned off by the idea of exercise and weight loss in a romance book but this author pulled it off.
Talk about one hunky guy and a very determined chick. But this book is 100% alpha male with BDSM to boot. It's hot and kinky.
You definitely will not be disappointed with this book. If you like a man to be in control then this book is for you.
A cover to cover read......
Whew! This story left me breathless!.......2006-01-05
It's no secret that I'm a fan of Ms Hamre's work. I think I've read all her books and wait eagerly for the next release. She always manages to capture my attention and pull me into the story.
That happened with this story too but I was at first overwhelmed by the harder, sexier edge to this story of a woman who wants to lose weight for both personal and professional reasons (what woman doesn't want to change her physical appearance?) and gets help with a spa program, complete with a handsome trainer and a rigorous program. Sounds pretty much the norm, doesn't it? But as the heroine, Norris, finds out, Sweet Discipline is a spa like no oher, and the program Adrian customizes for her isn't advertized in the spa's brochure.
After I got my breath back, I couldn't devour this book fast enough. Norris and Adrian fascinated me, and as both work to achieve their joint and individual goals, all I could do was hang on and turn another page.
Very much recommended!
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This practical book grows out of a recent report written by the RAND Reading Study Group (RRSG), which proposed a national research agenda in the area of reading comprehension. Here, RRSG members have expanded on their findings and translated them into clear recommendations to inform practice. Teachers gain the latest knowledge about how students learn to comprehend texts and what can be done to improve the quality of instruction in this essential domain. From leading literacy scholars, the book explains research-based ways to:
*Plan effective instruction for students at all grade levels
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This elementary handbook in Middle English (spoken from A.D. 1100-1500), first published in 1884, was written by one of the premier authorities on English historical linguistics, Henry Sweet, who is now widely remembered as the model for the Henry Higgins character in Shaw's Pygmalion.
This handy manual introduces students to two slightly different varieties of Middle English. Part I contains a brief grammar and representative extracts from the 13th century Ancren Riwle or "Nuns' Rule" in the southern dialect. Part II is a brief grammar with extracts from the Ormulum, a late 12th century work of poetic homilies of the life of Christ, in East Midland dialect.
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The last first primer you should get.......2006-06-05
There is a certain novelty value to this primer, in that it is written by Henry Sweet, the model for Henry Higgins in Shaw's Pygmalion. Unfortunately, it has no other value.
Following the Preface, there is a list of additions and errata, the latter including a real corker in the first sentence of the text, where a reference to English of "the twelfth century" should actually be "the thirteenth century". This hardly inspires confidence, and highlights the absurdity of learning from an unrevised text of 1884.
Sweet's style belies his name. It belongs to an age when teaching dead languages to schoolboys was a necessary torment that they must endure if they were to become gentlemen. Any love of, or interest in, language that they might acquire would be despite, rather than because of, this teaching.
This is a 'digital reprinting', that is, a facsimile of the original text. Evolution Publishing have thus produced a book of less than 100 pages, with no editorial effort, and are selling it at an exorbitant price.
If you want to read The Ancren Riwle and the Ormulum, they are freely available on the Internet, both in the original and in translation. This book contains only very brief extracts. And if you want a textbook on Middle English, there are many better choices available.
But as for buying this book; as Eliza Doolittle might have said, "Not bloody likely!"
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- GREAT HOUSEWARMING GIFT!
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Home Sweeter Home: Creating A Haven Of Simplicity And Spirit (Mitchell, Jann. Sweet Simplicity, 1st Bk.)
Jann Mitchell , and
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ASIN: 1885223331 |
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GREAT HOUSEWARMING GIFT!.......2002-08-02
I'm actually the author's neice, so I read the book when it first came out in 1996. However, I got married a year ago and reached for the book again to get inspiration for turning my new 'house' into a 'home'. This book is fun and easy to read and it is full of good ideas for decorating, living, and developing family traditions. I would recommend it as a wedding gift, a housewarming gift, or just a 'feel good' read. The cover is attractive and looks great on a guest room nightstand!
Be sure to check out her other works as well as her contributions in the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" series!
I rate it 5 stars.......1999-06-25
Beer in America parallels the development of the country from the earliest settlers to the awakening of industrial America. Along the way you learn that nearly every founding father was a beer drinker and often a brewer.
Not intended as a history book, it is the story of how beer was there as the country developed. The book provides an excellent introduction to how the United States affected beer and brewing, and how beer was there at some of the most important moments in the country's young life. In the second part of the story individual topics guide the book, from the earliest prohibition movement, to the development of homebrewing, commercial brewing technology and colonial beer-based cocktails.
Beer in America is highly recommended as a light hearted look at beer, brewing and History
Practical and simple ideas........1998-12-22
I thought the book was enjoyable to read and has some good suggestions on ways we can treat ourselves better and slow down our lives. A wide variety of topics is covered and references to further reading are noted if there is one area that is of interest (journaling, altars...). The book has good ideas for creating special places within our homes for us and everyone else to feel comfortable and relaxed.
Exactly What I Was Looking For!!!.......1998-08-28
As a stay-at-home mom I lead a pretty busy life in my house. Everyday I deal with the clutter and the stress of raising my child and helping my husband get out the door each morning for work. This book helped me get a real perspective on life. It comforted me and inspired me to get a hold on the activities in my household. I actually began to look at our lifestyle and clutter-filled house in a whole new light. It is a wonderful book that will put a smile on your face, give you a feeling of peace, and also give you practical helpful advice. I enjoyed it very, very much!!! :-)
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Get the Most Out of Life
Derrick Sweet
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For the last 20 years, Derrick Sweet researched one simple theme: getting the most out of life. The one constant in the past several thousand years is that people are always searching but rarely finding lasting peace, joy, and abundance. Everyone wants to be happy, kind, helpful, courteous, and loving; however, most people seem to have an ongoing internal struggle between negative thoughts and positive thoughts. The information in this book reveals why people have these internal struggles. The book also teaches how to avoid falling into the common traps and illusions that would otherwise prevent you from living to your fullest potential. The information in this book will change the way you see yourself, your surroundings, and your future; it will give you all the tools you need to get the most out of life!
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Love Sweeter Love: Creating Relationships Of Simplicity And Spirit (Sweet Simplicity, V. 2)
Jann Mitchell , and
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The second book in the "Sweet Simplicity" Series. How do we find the time to nurture relationships with the people we love? By simplifying. And Love Sweeter Love teaches us how to:
* decide who and what is most important
* work together as a couple
* savor life's sweetest moments
Mitchell has warm, practical, easy-to-understand advice for everyone--young, mature, single, married, or divorced--interested in creating simple, sacred time for love.
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Awesome Book.......2003-02-25
Those who are dating, getting married, married, divorcing, or getting remarried will benefit from reading this book. It will give you a new way to think about relationships.
A must read!
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- Interesting exploration of emotional landscape
- Remarkable prose.
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Sweet Days of Discipline (New Directions Paperbook, 758)
Fleur Jaeggy
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A gem.......2003-07-05
One of the all too rare examples of literature as art rather than entertainment, this book deserves to be much better known. Jeaggy is a master of style and has a purity and preciseness of language that makes this book an utter joy. A future classic.
Interesting exploration of emotional landscape.......2001-06-13
Sweet Days of Discipline is narrated by a boarding school student who has attended several such schools, who has been defiant, who is a disinterested student, who becomes nearly obsessed with a new student - disciplined, independent, nihilistic. The tension in the narrative derives from emotional states rather than plot events - yet the tension builds as clearly as in a thriller. This is achieved by the author's excellent understanding of her narrator's point of view and the use of landscape, daily events and memories to express that view. Examples: the description of the landscape on the narrator's early morning walk; the destruction of letters from her mother; the memory of her roommate's dance dress but not her name ...
Not a perfect book but well worth the two or three hours it takes to read.
Remarkable prose........1998-07-15
It is a terrible thing that only two of Jaeggy's odd, spare, and brilliant works are presently available in English. This novella is striking in its stylistic genius and restrained but intense emotional world. I eagerly await the translation of more of Jaeggy's work.
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From Bitter Came Sweet
Ruth Grant
Manufacturer: Message Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 8187694092 |
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Grounds for Writers: Critical Perspectives for Reading
Jeanne Gunner , and
Doug Sweet
Manufacturer: Longman
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
Reading Skills | Words & Language | Reference | Subjects | Books
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ASIN: 0321055292 |
Book Description
Through the lenses of four critical frames, Grounds for Writing shows the reader how texts can be read from different perspectives and how those perspectives can shape their own writing.
Readings, writing assignments.
Learning to read critically.
General Interest: Improving Writing.
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The History Of Language
Henry Sweet
Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 1432669931 |
Book Description
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.
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- History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
- History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
- History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
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