The compilation is anchored by more of Collins’s short stories, which, striking and powerful in their brevity, reveal the ways in which relationships are both formed and come undone. That rediscovery continues in Notes from a Black Woman’s Diary, which spans genres to reveal the breadth and depth of the late author’s talent. Relatively unknown during her life, the artist, filmmaker, and writer Kathleen Collins emerged on the literary scene in 2016 with the posthumous publication of the short story collection Whatever Happened to Interracial Love? Said Zadie Smith, “To be this good and yet to be ignored is shameful, but her rediscovery is a great piece of luck for us.” Vanity Fair * Vogue * The Huffington PostĪ stunning multi-cast audio collection of fiction, diary entries, screenplays, and scripts by the brilliant African-American artist and filmmaker, featuring the voices of Nina Collins, Mari, Bahni Turpin, Adenrele Ojo, January LaVoy, and Robin Miles.
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How ironic, when just the opposite is true. Insidious industry slogans that proclaim that "Milk does a body good" and "Meat is Real Food for Real People," continuously condition us into believing that without animal products, we would wither and die (or at the very least, become sick or frail). This pervasive ideology is ingrained in us from earliest childhood by our parents, teachers, friends, and community. What is the belief system that enables us to love some animals and eat others? Social psychologist and professor of psychology and sociology Melanie Joy calls our underlying assumptions about meat eating (eg, that it's natural for us, it's a given, and it's the way things are and the way they've always been), carnism. "Never underestimate your power to change yourself."
Marianne and Cat may be the only two who can set things right. Not to mention the mysterious barrier Cat finds in the forest. Chrestomanci himself, the strongest enchanter in the world, is sure to be interested in the egg–and interference from the Big Man is the last thing Marianne’s family of secret rogue witches wants.īut how much longer can the Pinhoes keep their secrets? Gammer, the leader of the clan, has gone mad, a powerful bad luck spell is wreaking havoc, and there’s an unexplained plague of frogs. An egg that Marianne gives to Cat, even though he lives at nearby Chrestomanci Castle. An egg protected by some strong “Don’t Notice” spells. An egg.Īn egg that has been hidden away in an attic for who-knows-how-many years. What better way to snap out of a reading fugue than to take a mini-vacation into the past?Ĭat Chant and Marianne Pinhoe have discovered something exciting–something truly precious, very strange, and valuable. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny (and often over-hyped) books. Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smuggler feature. Ultimately, I chose Writers & Lovers because it’s a book I still find myself thinking about…I adored the slow and methodical way King portrayed the mundanity and reflective nature of day-to-day life. All of these were 5 star reads for me and made it onto my Halfway Top 10: 2020 List. I had a hard time choosing between The Girl With the Louding Voice, Writers & Lovers, and My Dark Vanessa. My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell.The Girl With the Louding Voice by Abi Daré.This is the category I’ve read the most of – 10 out of the 15! I will skip a few categories – I either haven’t read any books in that category or it’s not a genre I really pay attention to. I’m going to do a blog series here until the final Book of the Year is announced!įor each category, I will tell you what book I voted for, which nominated books I have read, and my predicted winner. This year, I’m much more informed about the Goodreads Choice Awards (thanks to Sarah’s Book Shelves podcast last year that I co-hosted) and I wanted to make the whole process a little more fun. I just love this time of year…all the “best of” lists start coming out and I really contemplate the books I read and the books I may have missed and want to prioritize reading. His investigation of corporate crime led him to see a far-reaching problem of accountability. He has often stood resolute before the juggernaut-and more often than not, the juggernaut has flinched. Beginning with his crusade against the auto industry in the early 1960s, Nader went on to fight for the rights of workers by helping create the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, as well as for a citizen's right for access to government documents in the creation of the Freedom of Information Act. Nader has tilted against injustice wherever he has found it, and he has found it in spades in corporate America. Reading The Ralph Nader Reader may lead one to view that oversight as less than accidental. After 40 years in the trenches, Ralph Nader, the standard-bearer in the battle for the rights of the disenfranchised and the consummate American citizen, is still being ignored by the mass media. In a pop media culture dominated by dismissive irony and cloying sentimentalism, how do we talk about a true American political hero? The answer is, we don't. When I asked about it-this was not her usual sort of book purchase-she defensively replied, "Well, everyone is talking about it, and I just wanted to see what the fuss was!" I didn't quite realize the reach of its appeal, though, until I discovered my teenaged daughter had bought it on her e-reader. The book, of course, was 50 Shades of Grey. Saturday Night Live aired sketches highlighting its naughtiness. I saw ten different people reading it during my vacation at the beach. What makes authors different is our willingness to pluck one of those seeds out of the air, turn it around and admire it, and then set about making it grow.įor instance, a couple of years ago a particular book started popping up on the bestseller lists. The truth, though, is that ideas are all around us, like dandelion seeds on the breeze. I think there's a feeling that authors must be different, more creative (or strangely imaginative) than other people for us to conjure up vampires and boy wizards and time-traveling nurses. It's a popular question to ask authors, especially authors who write books about things they couldn't possibly have experienced in real life, such as long-ago eras or magical fantasies. An original essay, first published in A Taste of Scandal, a series sampler Set on colored pages, these illustrations include an effective double foldout page with the crowd of successful walkers facing a courthouse representing the 1956 Supreme Court verdict against segregation on the buses. Collier's watercolor and collage scenes are deeply hued and luminous, incorporating abstract and surreal elements along with the realistic figures. This handsomely illustrated account of Rosa Parkss refusal to give up her seat chronicles Parkss journey from unassuming bus rider to Civil Rights l. Board of Education, the aftermath and reactions to the murder of Emmett Till, the role of Martin Luther King, Jr., as spokesperson. Shout out to apskenmore for inviting me to participate in their African -American Read-In as part of their blackhistorymonth celebration. This short poem from 2002 is about Black History Month, of course, but what makes it a memorable poem is the way Giovanni uses the imagery of planting and nurturing seeds to highlight the importance indeed, the need for a month which emphasises African-American history and educates people about it. A few events of the movement are interjected - the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Giovanni turns to explaining the response of the Women's Political Caucus, which led to the bus boycott in Montgomery. Soon the story moves to her famous refusal to give up her seat on the bus, but readers lose sight of her as she waits to be arrested. Her needle and thread flew through her hands like the gold spinning from Rumpelstiltskin's loom. Sewing in an alterations department, Rosa Parks was the best seamstress. She cares for her ill mother and is married to one of the best barbers in the county. Rosa Parks's personal story moves quickly into a summary of the Civil Rights movement in this. The Clement Clarke Moore Ceremony in 2011Īt 4:00 p.m. One hundred and one years later, despite decades of change at the church and in the community surrounding it (and despite compelling evidence that Moore didn’t actually write the poem) the tradition the Sunday school children inaugurated that Christmas morning continues. Nicholas (better known as ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas). Their destination was a simple gravestone a few yards from the towering wall at the cemetery’s western border, a gravestone marking the burial place of Clement Clarke Moore, Biblical scholar, Professor of Classics at the General Theological Seminary in New York City (which he founded), author of a Hebrew Lexicon, and most remembered for composing the perennial Christmas favorite, A Visit from St. Singing Christmas carols and bearing a large holly wreath, they processed along Broadway to 155th Street, then down the steep hill towards the river and through the gates into Trinity Cemetery. Stretched up Broadway and covered Audubon Park (left in the picture).Ĭhristmas morning 1911, one hundred Sunday school children marched out of the Gothic church at the corner of Broadway and 158th Street. The Church of the Intercession in 1905 by 1911 apartment buildings Anna Funder has given us a searing and intimate portrait of courage and its price, of desire and ambition, and of the devastating consequences when they are thwarted. Anna Funder confirms her place as one of our finest writers with this gripping, compassionate, inspiring first novel. Gripping, compassionate, and inspiring, this remarkable debut novel reveals an uncommon depth of humanity and wisdom. Based on real people and events, All That I Amis a masterful and exhilarating exploration of bravery and betrayal, of the risks and sacrifices some people make for their beliefs, and of heroism hidden in the most unexpected places. All That I Am is the heartbreaking story of these extraordinary people, who discover that Hitler’s reach extends much further than they had thought. Inspired by the fearless Dora to breathtaking acts of courage, the friends risk betrayal and deceit as they dedicate themselves to a dangerous mission: to inform the British government of the very real Nazi threat to which it remains willfully blind. Together with Dora and her lover, Ernst Toller, the celebrated poet and self-doubting revolutionary, the four become hunted outlaws overnight and are forced to flee to London. Ten years later, Ruth and Hans are married and living in Weimar Berlin when Hitler is elected chancellor of Germany. When eighteen-year-old Ruth Becker visits her cousin Dora in Munich in 1923, she meets the love of her life, the dashing young journalist Hans Wesemann, and eagerly joins in the heady activities of the militant political Left in Germany. All That I Am is a masterful and exhilarating exploration of bravery and betrayal, of the risks and sacrifices some people make for their beliefs, and of heroism hidden in the most unexpected places. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Get the FULL story at LA Times (may require a subscription to access). Dialoogprompt: 'We zijn niet alleen in het universum' - Ebook written by Bryant Johnson. reported on claims that Sheriff Villanueva directed a cover-up of the investigation of this use-of-force & is now the subject of a department investigation. Here’s the footage of Deputy Douglas Johnson kneeling on the head of Enzo Escalante, leaked to Knock LA. “The incident is not only irrelevant, but also highly inflammatory - touching on one of the most contentious issues in our society, accusations of excessive force by police officers.” “The incident at the jail and LASD’s response are entirely unrelated to the crash scene photos at issue in this matter,” county attorneys wrote in a filing Friday. But they said Bryant’s attorneys would not agree to exclude questions about it during the trial. The county attorneys are arguing that the force incident and cover-up have “nothing to do with” Bryant’s claims. |