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Louis Phillips' most recent books are: THE WOMAN WHO WROTE KING LEAR and other stories (Pleasure Boat Studio), THE KILROY SONATA (a poetic sequence) and ROBOT 9 IN WONDERLAND (World Audience Publishers), and FIREWORKS WITH SOME PARTICULAR (stories, poems, plays, & humor pieces, published by Fort Schuyler Press).
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Louis Phillips, a widely published poet, playwright, and short story writer, has written some 50 books for children and adults. Among his published works are: six collections of short stories—A Dream of Countries Where No One Dare Live (SMU Press), The Bus to the Moon (Fort Schuyler Press), The Woman Who Wrote King Lear and Other Stories (Pleasure Boat Studio), Must I Weep for The Dancing Bear (Pleasure Boat Studio), Galahad in the City of Tigers,...
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Gertrude Stein in Dayton & Other Plays is the 2nd collection of plays by Louis Phillips, published by World Audience. This collection is an excellent, eclectic mix of plays by accomplished and award-winning playwright, who has been produced in New York City and regional theater. The plays are poignant and humorous, powerful and articulate. A must buy!
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These stories by Louis Phillips reinforce his reputation throughout his dozens of books of being imaginative, incisive, and entertaining. The voice here is that of a young man, sometimes a teenager and sometimes a college student, who is learning about life and about work. Phillips captures these formative years brilliantly, creating a coming-of-age collection of stories that will take you back to your own youth. The characters change from story to...
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This wildly imaginative collection of fourteen short stories won't move you to tears, but will very likely move you to laughter. Phillips writes about a "committee of grief," about termites in Africa, about Lee Harvey Oswald's can opener. He tells of how an angry consumer shows his disdain for the telephone company by sending out false bills which, ultimately, leads to the withdrawal of the state of Iowa from the union. In one crazy piece, Phillips...
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New and selected poems by Louis Phillips, author of over 40 volumes of poetry, short fiction, children's literature, and popular culture non-fiction. This volume, a second collection of new and selected poems by Phillips (the first being Domain of Silence, Domain of Absence.
10) Cubans
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A young Floridian tells his story of working at a dress-making company to earn money for college. His colleagues, almost all Cuban, teach him about work and life as they 'prepare him' for his big move to New York City.
12) Monster riddles
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A collection of riddles about monsters, vampires, ghosts, and other creatures.
17) Shutter Island
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When U.S. Marshall Teddy Daniels arrives at the asylum for the criminally insane on Shutter Island, what starts as a routine investigation quickly takes a sinister turn. As the investigation unfolds and Daniels uncovers more shocking and terrifying truths about the island, he also learns there are some places that never let you go.