Ace Raider of the Unfathomable Universe - Softcover

Thomas, Toni

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0995665206 ISBN 13: 9780995665200

Publisher: Annalese Press, 2016

Synopsis

This fourth collection of poems explores the life of a beloved brother Chris through the eyes of his sister. We are introduced to his childhood of potential and tension, his passionate mother and disciplinarian father. We learn of the relationship between brother and sister as his years unfold, his hard working life, his understanding of and care for the marginalized, restless impulses, struggle to find personal meaning and dignity. After the sudden death of his mother Chris’s experimenting with drugs results in a battle between his desperate desire to stay clean and in control of his life and the insidious pull of the drug world with its pushers and pimps, as expressed through the anguished gaze of his sister. While addressing serious issues these poems celebrate life in all its joy, sadness and complexity.

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About the Author

Toni Thomas lives in Portland, Oregon. Her poems have appeared in literary magazines in Austria, Spain, New Zealand, Canada, England, Scotland, and Australia. In the United States her work has been accepted for publication in over fifty literary magazines, including Prairie Schooner, North Dakota Quarterly, Hayden’s Ferry Review, the Minnesota Review, Weber-The Contemporary West, Rhino, Notre Dame Review, and Poetry East. She has published four other poetry collections – Chosen, Fast as Lightning, Walking on Water and Blue Halo. Her work has received numerous awards and twice been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

Edition details

• Publisher: Annalese Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0995665206
• ISBN 13: 9780995665200
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 116