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Poet Doc Patrick Clary, Dying For Beginners. At the heart of this poetry by Patrick Clary are often tough and sometimes terrible details, generated out of an intensely lived, closely observed life as an unarmed medic in platoons patrolling the jungles of Vietnam, an intern in the hospital emergency rooms of New York City, and a nationally recognized Poet-Doctor ministering tothe spiritual and bodily pains of theterminally ill in New Hampshire. His first book of poetry, Notes from a Loveletter, was published under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Jim Gaffigan offers the perfect Father's Day gift for the man who has everything: 'Dad is Fat'. Stand-up comedian, actor, and now bestselling author, Jim Gaffigan gets his act together and takes it on the road to BookExpo America 2012.

Barry Estabrook uncovers some rotten tomatoes in Tomatoland. Award-winning activist food writer and author Barry Estabrook decries tomato growing and harvesting processes in Florida.

Maggie Stiefvater follows the ley lines of Welsh mythology to Virginia with earthshaking results. New York Times #1 bestselling YA author Maggie Stiefvater unveils her new 'Raven Boys' series at the 2012 National Book Festival.

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