Winner of the Great Lakes New Writers Award.

Roxa: Voices of the Culver Family (American Poets Continuum)

Literature & Fiction

Patrick, William B.

United States

BOA Editions, Ltd.

"Roxa is a daring, go-for-broke experiment that works. In this brilliantly orchestrated narrative for voices, Mr. Patrick refines the standard boundaries of poetry and prose fiction until they're transluscent, and he opens up exciting new multi-dimensional possibilities for other artists with the courage and imagination to follow his trail-blazing example." - James Dickey

The true majority of American students are working-age adults. 
Approximately 80% of those who need to start or finish a degree are over 25 years old, yet most institutions of higher education treat them as an afterthought. Courageous Learning offers a closer look at the needs of adult learners and provides a clear, comprehensive assessment of the adult higher education landscape. 
The book features: in-depth profiles of a variety of long-established, accredited, adult-serving institutions; self-portraits of adult learners; definitions of post-traditional terms, such as ''credit by exam,'' and ''credit by assessment''; and, discussions on the major issues confronting higher education with some of the nation's most outspoken proponents for reform. 
Courageous Learning underscores an urgent need to embrace a culture of lifelong learning. It is an invaluable tool for adults making the connection between learning and life success. It is also a must-have resource for educators who recognize our country's future is dependent on the ability to attract and support more courageous learners.

Courageous Learning: Finding a New Path Through Higher Education

Education & Teaching

Ebersole, John

Higher & Continuing Education

Hudson Whitman/ Excelsior College Press

The Call of Nursing is not your typical book about nurses. In its twenty-three candid self-portraits, we go behind the curtain of silence that often hangs between us - the patients who rely on the health care system - and the women and men who form the backbone of that system. We hear why nurses today do what they do, and see what has mattered most to them in their professional careers. A hospice nurse describes a search for ethical practice that led her from Russia to the United States. A nurse corps officer in a traumatic brain injury ward recalls his deployment to Iraq while still in nursing school. An emergency and critical care nurse describes 9/11 as a rookie paramedic. A pediatric nurse describes her unwavering devotion to victims of sexual abuse.
 The Call of Nursing succeeds at helping us see more clearly the kinds of challenges nurses face and accept on a routine basis, and offers a rare glimpse into the lives of women and men dedicated to care and service.

The Call of Nursing: Stories from the Front Lines of Health Care

Biographies & Memoirs

A powerful account of the hazards, challenges, and dangers faced by America's first-responders.“This is on-the-scene reporting at its best. Bill Patrick has written a suspenseful account of the heroic, often tragic working lives of the firemen of the city of Troy, their comradeship, and their concern for the suffering of the victims. It is as fast-paced as a fire engine racing to put out the flames. Altogether superb.” ― Richard Selzer, from the Foreword

Saving Troy: A Year with Firefighters and Paramedics in a Battered City (Excelsior Editions)

Professionals & Academics

State University of New York Press

These Upraised Hands (American Poets Continuum)

A new collection of narrative poems and dramatic monologues that dissolve the boundaries of poetry and prose fiction.

Poetry

Poetry. Memoir. "WE DIDN'T COME HERE FOR THIS is a triumph. Patrick's best and strongest work yet. I couldn't put it down--the narrative is riveting. The form and technique are masterful, and the poems very moving. I congratulate Bill Patrick on a wonderful achievement"--Richard Selzer. This memoir in verse chronicles the author's life from his birth through his childhood and youth. William Patrick has taught creative writing at numerous schools, and is currently teaching for The Writer's Voice in Silver Bay, New York, and for Alternative Literary Programs.

We Didn't Come Here for This: A Memoir in Poetry (American Poets Continuum)

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Roxa: Voices of the Culver Family (American Poets Continuum)

Roxa: Voices of the Culver Family (American Poets Continuum)

Courageous Learning: Finding a New Path Through Higher Education

The Call of Nursing: Stories from the Front Lines of Health Care

Saving Troy: A Year with Firefighters and Paramedics in a Battered City (Excelsior Editions)

These Upraised Hands (American Poets Continuum)

These Upraised Hands (American Poets Continuum)

We Didn't Come Here for This: A Memoir in Poetry (American Poets Continuum)