Double Desire challenges the tendency by critics to perpetuate an aesthetic apartheid between Indigenous and Western art. The double desire explored in this book is that of the divided but also amplified attractions that occur between cultural traditions in places where both indigenous and colonial legacies are strong. The result, it is argued, produces imaginative transcultural practices that resist the assimilation or acculturation of Indigenous perspectives into the dominant Western mod...

Karlie: When my mom married Jerry McKesson, I thought my life was over. Jerry’s twin sons, Colt and Cain, are insufferable, rude, and arrogant, not to mention football stars. My quiet life as a photographer has been upended because now, I live down the hall from two gorgeous men who do whatever they want. They bring friends over late at night, blast music until the crack of dawn, and of course, there’s an endless stream of floozies. The banging noises at night? The creaky headboard and breathy, soundless moans? The twins live to torment me, even if I secretly want to be the object of their affections. Colt: My brother and I couldn’t believe it when we met our new stepsister. Karlie was curvy, unassuming, and totally innocent. We figured our nightly escapades would shock the socks off her but looks definitely lie. One night, we take a trip to the big city to “make it rain” with our football buddies. It’s a pre-game tradition: we hit up local joints looking for pretty girls, and then toss bills for good luck. But when the curtain pulls apart at a particularly seamy club, suddenly the beautiful woman on the stage makes our jaws drop. Are our eyes deceiving us, or have we just unveiled a shocking secret about our shy stepsister? Hey Readers – You’ll love this steamy romance because of its crazy twists and turns! Karlie, Cain and Colt face uphill battles but of course, the trio come out winners in the end. You’ll love it, I promise! Xoxo, Cassie

This is a comprehensive collection of the late scholar’s groundbreaking work in feminist biblical interpretation, in English translation. The essays document Van Dijk-Hemmes’ development and show how her work relates to contemporary developments in feminist thinking. There is a Foreword by Mieke Bal, an in memoriam by Athalya Brenner, and an overview of van Dijk-Hemmes’ extensive output of books and articles completes the volume.

The idea that the human body consists of 'subtle bodies' - psycho-spiritual essences - can be found in a variety of esoteric traditions. This radical form of selfhood challenges the dualisms at the heart of Western discourse : mind/body, divine/human, matter/spirit, reason/emotion, I/other. 'Angels of Desire' explores the aesthetics and ethics of subtle bodies. What emerges is an understanding of embodiment not exclusively tied to materiality. The book examines the use of subtle bodies across a range of traditions, yogic, tantric, theosophical, hermetic and sufi. 'Angels of Desire' shows the relevance of the subtle body for religion, philosophy, art history and contemporary feminist religious studies and theories of desire.

"The first half contains some of Bidart's most luminous and intimate work-poems about the art of writing, Eros, and the desolations and mirror of history (in a spectacular narrative based on Tacitus). The second half of the book exerts the overt lyricism of the opening section into even more ambitious territory-"The Second Hour of the Night" may be Bidart's most profound and complex meditation on the illusion of will,"--Amazon.com.

Can your ultimate desire ever be fulfilled? Everywhere you look, every time you listen, with each click and tap, there's something you desire. How do you know if what you desire will satisfy, or if you are seeing a "desire mirage"? The global village presents countless ways to connect to all kinds of information. We think we can scarcely live without these connections. Do we realize, however, that these connections often block or slow down connections to God, self, and others? Divided Desire is a journey along the road of desire--a road everyone travels. Along the journey, Kenny Damara explores why we desire what we desire in the global village today. What role does God have in fulfilling the ultimate desire of the heart? And how should we respond?