"From the universal to the personal, the formal to the experimental, Carolyn Martin’s fourth poetry collection, A Penchant for Masquerades, takes an unflinching look at the fluidity of truth, time, identity, history, death, and relationships.Martin time-travels with Neanderthals, Lucy, and Big Foot to 9/11 to the future collapse of a holographic universe. She mines scientific discoveries, nursery rhymes, biblical characters, and the work ..."
Colonial Inscriptions(1st Edition) Race, Sex, and Class in Kenya by CarolynMartin Shaw Paperback, 264 Pages, Published 1995 by Univ Of Minnesota Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8166-2525-3, ISBN: 0-8166-2525-5
"In Kenyan colonialist imagery, two contrasting groups were ostracized and demonized, the Kikuyu and the Maasai. They were constructed by European colonialists as representations of the noble savage and the deceitful servant, in a fashion similar to American representation of the Black slave and the "wild" Indian. Carolyn Martin Shaw examines this imagery in the works of historians and ethnographers, and in novels and films. Through the ..."
Cornish Inventors by CarolynMartin Paperback, 32 Pages, Published 2001 by Tor Mark Press ISBN-13: 978-0-85025-390-0, ISBN: 0-85025-390-X
Smuggling Recipes by CarolynMartin Paperback, 48 Pages, Published 1999 by Bossiney Books ISBN-13: 978-1-899383-12-2, ISBN: 1-899383-12-3
Clotted Cream (Tor Mark paperbacks) by CarolynMartin Paperback, 32 Pages, Published 1999 by Tor Mark Press ISBN-13: 978-0-85025-379-5, ISBN: 0-85025-379-9
"In a poignant account reminiscent of The Autobiography of Helen Keller and Christy Brown's My Left Foot, Carolyn Martin recalls how she slowly proved to herself and those around her that she had both intelligence and human worth, despite a severe physical handicap."
Women and Power in Zimbabwe(1st Edition) Promises of Feminism by CarolynMartin Shaw Paperback, 216 Pages, Published 2015 by University Of Illinois Press ISBN-13: 978-0-252-08113-2, ISBN: 0-252-08113-7
"The revolt against white rule in Rhodesia nurtured incipient local feminisms in women who imagined independence as a road to gender equity and economic justice. But the country's rebirth as Zimbabwe and Robert Mugabe's rise to power dashed these hopes. Using history, literature, participant observation, and interviews, Carolyn Martin Shaw surveys Zimbabwean feminisms from the colonial era to today. She examines how actions as seemingl ..."
A Book of Graces(2nd Edition) by CarolynMartin, Non Stated Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 1985 by Hodder & Stoughton Religious ISBN-13: 978-0-340-25761-6, ISBN: 0-340-25761-X
"A collection of over 500 graces from around the world."
The Way a Woman Knows by CarolynMartin Paperback, 102 Pages, Published 2015 by The Poetry Box ISBN-13: 978-0-9863304-0-7, ISBN: 0-9863304-0-X
"Carolyn Martin, in her second collection of poetry, is not afraid to ask the difficult questions and tackles them with her intelligent wit, wrapping them individually in her quilt of compassion. "I love the intimacy, feistiness, smarts, and charm of Carolyn Martin's second collection of poetry. She is a poet deeply invested in everyday holiness, in “cobwebs sighing on a wall” and “glory pouring over earth.” In love with mysteries br ..."
"The Poetry Box is proud to present its latest anthology project, Keeping It Weird – Stories & Poems of Portland, Oregon. Portland is a delicious melting pot of human creativity and sustainability. And thanks to our wonderfully, weird contributors, we are able to share the unique, quirky, sometimes bizarre and oftentimes wet tales of this town also known as PDX, Rip City, Stumptown, Rose City, Bridge City, and P-Town. Embrace the li ..."
"From the foreword by Richard Thomas: Life is a series of transitions, as we are constantly in a state of flux flowing from one relationship to another, one emotion to another, like a river running downhill, spilling into the ocean free. It has been said that the only constant in life is change and maybe that is true. We hope, we dream, we make plans and yet they are often crushed in a moment, forever damaged or destroyed sometimes leavi ..."
"Ron's. journal,. Day. 83,. Wednesday. 10. March. 2004. Not a very good sleep at
all. Up most of the night for a number of reasons. It's amazing how they expect
kids to sleep when they have all the pump alarms turning on, all at different times.
The nurses come in and reset one alarm, knowing that another alarm will go off in
five minutes, and so on. Sophie has five pumps putting morphine or antibiotics or
blood into her, so the ala ..."
Cornwall's People A Biographical Dictionary (Paperback) by CarolynMartin, Paul White Paperback, 184 Pages, Published 2009 by Bossiney Books ISBN-13: 978-1-906474-03-4, ISBN: 1-906474-03-6
"Sophie Delezio has been through more than most of us could imagine. Trapped under a burning car in her childcare center, resulting in burns to 80% of her body and multiple amputations; a long path to recovery followed by a near-fatal accident on a pedestrian crossing soon after her fifth birthday. With her beautiful smile and unquenchable spirit, Sophie has become a beacon of hope and inspiration in Australia and beyond. Now Sophie's pa ..."