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He has prevailed with candor, with tears, with hard-earned laughter, and with verbal and spiritual grace.--Gil Allen, whose most recent book is \u003cem\u003eCatma\u003c\/em\u003e, is a winner of the Robert Penn Warren Prize in Poetry and member of the South Carolina Academy of Authors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEach of these poems tells a powerful story. Taken together, they form a moving memoir of the struggle to find one's true self amid the byways and folkways of the American South. Scott Henderson writes honestly and authentically, with phrases and images beautifully honed and pitch-perfect. Best of all, he hides nothing from the reader, a gracious gift that is entirely rewarding.--Paulette Alden, the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Answer to Your Question\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eUnforgettable: Short Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, is the winner of a 2013 Best Indie Book Award from the Kindle Book Review.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51052596068625,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51052597772561,"sku":"NIN9781934216774","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1934216771.jpg?v=1751380535"},{"product_id":"colors-of-the-rainbow-book-a-scott-henderson-9781952248580","title":"Colors of the Rainbow","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51057379279121,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51057382031633,"sku":"NIN9781952248580","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1952248582.jpg?v=1751220033"},{"product_id":"housing-and-the-democratic-ideal-book-a-scott-henderson-9780231119504","title":"Housing and the Democratic Ideal","description":"Charles Abrams (1902-1970) stood at the center of the policies, problems, and politics surrounding urban planning, housing reform, and the public and private interests involved in the expansion of the American state. He uniquely combined in one person the often divergent roles of \"public\" and \"policy\" intellectual. As a \"public intellectual,\" Abrams's voice reached the American public through the pages of The Nation, The New Leader, and The New York Times, with accessible explanations of civil rights legislation, mortgage financing, government policies, and urban renewal. As a \"policy intellectual,\" he helped to create the New York Housing Authority, lobbied President Kennedy to issue an executive order barring discrimination in federally subsidized housing projects, and combated the growing threat of a federally initiated \"business welfare state.\" Housing and the Democratic Ideal is the only comprehensive work on Charles Abrams to date. Though structured as a narrative biography, this book also uses Abrams's experiences as a lens through which we can better understand the development of American social policy and state expansion during the twentieth century. In his left-leaning critique of centrist liberalism, Abrams took aim at the use of fiscal and monetary policies to achieve social objectives-a practice that allowed business interests to maximize private profits at the expense of public benefits. His growing concern over racial discrimination prefigured its emergence as a highly contested aspect of the American state.  A. 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