Sentence examples for guide for boys from inspiring English sources

But the tension and torsion he brings to poetry, never certain for long of its usefulness yet unable to summon anything better to replace it, is a quality he shares with D. A. Powell, whose new book, also his fifth, is "Useless Landscape, or A Guide for Boys" (Graywolf).

D. A. Powell won the poetry award for "Useless Landscape, or A Guide for Boys".

Peter Martindale Useless Landscape or A Guide for Boys by DA Powell (Graywolf Press).

"Useless Landscape, or A Guide for Boys," by D. A. Powell (2012), winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award.

Powell's parody of a Scouting manual ("A Guide for Boys") is full of broad jokes meant to fail: "Nuts are always nice, / though they may need grinding".

"Useless Landscape, or A Guide for Boys" is not the sort of title you would expect from the author of such lines.

They developed to provide something for everyone: fraternal bodies such as the Kiwanis and Elks for men, cross-class federations such as the League of Women Voters for women, scouts and girl guides for boys and girls.

In "The Dead Sister Handbook: A Guide for Sensitive Boys" (structurally, one of the collection's more experimental stories), a girl's "muscles absorb the body's surplus of sugar, nicotine and pure grain alcohol.... Packs of ice must be applied weekly to the arms, legs and chest".

Whether or not the reason for such differences is sex stereotyping, it is clear that guardians should be guided to care for boys in the same manner as girls.

Last month, Robin Adams, 32, and Micole Taggart, 29, published the first issue of "Sweet Action," a pornographic magazine billed as "the official guide for the boy-crazy gal".

The stronger relationship for girls than for boys could guide future research.