an orientation of thought in thinking how a / thought begins and then travels on to arrive / at another place connected and like-minded // A work of art is never entirely present in itself but rather is always at large in the mind of the viewer. So it is that a painting needs to know the simplest question those viewing it are asking themselves. From the intimate starting point of observer and observed, Carson's seductive, exhilarating new collection turns poetry and paintings, making and representation, language and thought on their heads.

Laurie arrived at Junior High and strolled about as if it were her personal garden. She was happy, charming, the centre of the crowd. Carrie was a nerd whom she ordered to do her homework, but had her own agenda. She said 'no', but with a caveat; "I’ll do it with you, so that you can learn, but I’m not going home to run off two copies.” She made faces and inferences, and ignoring her sarcasm Carrie replied, “I know where you live, it’s only two blocks from my house. We leave school go to your house, do the homework and I’ll go home.” “Doesn’t sound fun,” she sneered. However, a week later, after her parents had grounded her, she came to Carrie with a blinding smile and a pack of biscuits and acting ever so warm said she had decided this was a good idea. Although Carrie didn't like anything about Laurie, she would be her entrance into the world of school royalty. For as the Best Friend of Queen Laurie she would no longer be a nerd, but a somebody.

A gorgeous, layered portrait of a city and its people.

Who else is there but Ziggy and Tom Wilson to give us a collection of comics that make us ponder our environment and laugh at ourselves all at the same time? Since he was first syndicated in 1971, Ziggy has been coping with his environment (and ours) in an often philosophical and wonderfully whimsical way. This look at our environment and what we're doing to it showcases the optimistic humor that has made Ziggy a hero.

Endorsement for Released, Book 1 ~ “A curmudgeonly ex-con senior citizen, a little girl named Bea, and her addict mother. An unlikely trio crosses paths on the road to redemption from their pasts in small town Nebraska—with a little help from above. With true-to-life grit and characters you love to love (and some you love to hate), RELEASED is a fresh slice of hope in a world of injured souls." —Tosca Lee, NYT bestselling author of Progeny In Released: Ex-con. Nobody cares ... except a tiny girl named Bea. Clarence was locked up in prison for sixty years. Now he’s free in a nursing home. Still imprisoned by his angry heart. He’s been set up. Bea’s mommy, Katty—brutally abused by a former boyfriend. She follows her family’s tradition for living and parenting. Until the boyfriend comes back for their daughter. In Rescued: A pool—sink hole, really—in small town Nebraska. It’s either a blessing or a curse, depending on the heart of the person who explores it. Ex-con Clarence and germaphobe Noell, are both being drawn to the pool. Clarence finds a yellowed newspaper article about it, stuck in his old law textbook. Noell stumbles across journals, documenting pool drownings back in 1937, in her vintage camper. Both dive in—or rather, Clarence falls in. Neither bargain for what they find. In Restored: Clarence is set up. Again. Just when he and Harold Dexter scheme to create an agency—Harold is the detective, and Clarence the put-em-away lawyer—Clarence is dragged away to prison ... again. This sets off a string of events: Katty digs through Clarence’s files to find a way to free him—only to be confronted with the shock of her life, and with Clarence out of the way, evil Phil has free access to Katty and his little girl, Bea. Noell has to face her own nightmares and the reality of her gift—or is it a curse? Buy the Collection to engage Clarence’s story now! The Great Escapee Series Box Series includes: Released Book #1 Rescued Book #2 Restored Book #3