Trash by dorothy allison7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Trash is an experiment in lesbian swagger. At the risk of exposing myself as a dilettantish fuckboi, I would like to share with you the way I was going to start this essay:Īny writer worth her salt has a spot on her shelf for her “books of seduction”-a few titles intended to tease, arouse, and intrigue her love interest into wanting her-and for me, there is no better book of seduction than Dorothy Allison’s Trash. ![]()
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Irene gammel baroness elsa7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() In 1918, following a brief stint in Philadelphia, three weeks in a Connecticut jail for espionage, and the Baron’s death, the Baroness settled back in New York (Gammel xix). In the five subsequent years when the Baron was held captive as a prisoner of war in France, the Baroness began friendships and collaborations with artists and writers such as Marcel Duchamp, Djuna Barnes, and Morton Schamberg (Gammel 163-67). A quick marriage followed to the German Baron Leopold von Freytag-Loringhoven (Gammel 159). ![]() ![]() She lived on a farm in Kentucky and worked as an artist’s model in Cincinnati before finding her way to New York, where she settled in Harlem (Gammel 146-54). Born Else Plötz in 1874 in Swinemünde, Germany, she came to America in 1910. She worked in poetry and sculpture, but her best-known contributions came from her performance art.Īlthough she shared the title of “Mother of Dada” with Gertrude Stein, Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven truly looked and lived the part. Known as the “Mother of Dada,” the Baroness was an emblematic and distinctive figure on the New York art scene. ![]() Stephen king the dark tower series7/6/2023 ![]() The finished product was first published by Donald M. It took King twelve-and-a-half years to finish the novel. " The Gunslinger and the Dark Man" (November 1981)." The Oracle and the Mountains" (February 1981).The five stories that constitute the novel were originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction: King explains that he "played with the idea of trying a long romantic novel embodying the feel, if not the exact sense, of the Browning poem." King started writing this novel in 1970 on a ream of bright green paper that he found at the library. The novel was inspired by Robert Browning's poem " Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came" (1855), which King read as a sophomore at the University of Maine. Roland meets several people along his journey, including a boy named Jake, who travels with him part of the way. ![]() ![]() The novel fuses Western fiction with fantasy, science fiction, and horror, following Roland's trek through a vast desert and beyond in search of the man in black. The story centers Roland Deschain, the last gunslinger, who has been chasing his adversary, "the man in black," for many years. King substantially revised the novel in 2003 this version has remained in print ever since, with the subtitle RESUMPTION. The Gunslinger was first published in 1982 as a fix-up novel, joining five short stories that had been published between 19. ![]() It is the first volume in the Dark Tower series. The Gunslinger is a dark-fantasy novel by American author Stephen King. ![]() ![]() The novel's fluid meshing of loyalty, forgiveness, and trust will leave readers hoping that the author has more one-and-only stories to tell. Applegate deepens the suspense (while, ingeniously, amplifying the humor) with the appearance of Bob's long-lost sister. Tough-talking Bob, who was thrown out of a car with his siblings as a pup, acknowledges, albeit a bit defensively, that pampered domesticated life suits him: "So what if I've gotten a little spoiled? A tad soft around the edges?" Ricocheting between entertainment and poignancy, the dog's musings on his past and present give way to an urgent chronicle of survival after a hurricane ravages Ivan and Ruby's sanctuary while Bob is visiting. Rescued by a loving family, former stray Bob regularly visits Ivan, who now lives in a wildlife sanctuary along with elephant Ruby. ![]() With this stellar sequel to her Newbery Award-winning The One and Only Ivan, Applegate sounds precisely balanced notes of genuine humor and heart-tugging tenderness through the voice of Ivan's best friend, Chihuahua mutt Bob. By Grade + Interest - K to 1st By Grade + Interest - 2nd to 3rd By Grade + Interest - 4th to 5th ![]() Red blue royal book7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() They are non-binary and use they/them pronouns. Prior to publishing their first book, McQuiston waited tables, freelanced and worked extensively in magazine publishing. They attended Louisiana State University and received a degree in journalism. McQuiston was born on Janu and grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. They were included in Time magazine's 2022 Time 100 Next list. McQuiston made their debut in the young adult fiction genre with their book I Kissed Shara Wheeler which was released on May 3, 2022. ![]() McQuiston at the 2019 Texas Book FestivalĬasey McQuiston is an American author of romance novels in the new adult fiction genre, best known for their New York Times best-selling debut novel Red, White & Royal Blue, in which the son of America's first female president falls in love with a prince of England, and sophomore book One Last Stop. ![]() The subtle knife book cover7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() We know what we’re doing is important, after all,” ( The Subtle Knife, “Æsahættr” ). “Who d’you think Will’s father is, though? And why’s he important?” Later she says, “He’s bound to be someone important, almost as important as Lord Asriel. But Lyra correctly deduces that he is undoubtedly someone as important as her own father. At this point, no one knows who he is or about his importance. There’s an interesting bit of discourse between Lyra and Pan early on in Chapter 13 where she talks about Will’s father.Here we are at the end of The Subtle Knife! Strap in, people, we’ve got a lot of quotes and a lot of story to cover. We’ll also touch a little on Lord Boreal since I actually forgot to mention this last week! But, here we are, my friends. The main deviations from the story this week center around Will and John Parry’s final meeting, Lee Scoresby’s final stand, and Asriel’s storyline during the events of TSK. Proceed with caution! In this His Dark Materials book comparison, we’ll be looking at The Subtle Knife ( TSK) Chapter 13 “Æsahættr”, Chapter 14 “Alamo Gulch”, and Chapter 15 “Bloodmoss”. ![]() Spoiler Alert! The following article discusses the His Dark Materials television series up to Season 2 Episode 7 “Æsahættr” and it spoils all the events of The Subtle Knife as well as events in The Amber Spyglass. ![]() Harvesting hope by kathleen krull7/6/2023 ![]() The work was mind numbing, and back breaking.Cesar liked to learn, but even that opportunity was fraught with pain. No longer owning the land, they became migrant workers traveling from place to place in the hope of finding work.When work was found, the wages were horrible, the treatment of the workers was on of being beaten down every day. Seeing his mother cry because of all the changes, he vowed to help his family. However, in 1937, the drought baked the land, hard as bricks it was impossible to coax any thing growing in this soil hard as rocks.At ten, his family packed up the truck and traveled to find a better life. ![]() ![]() ![]() Cesar Chavez had an early childhood filled with family, enough to eat because there was plenty of food to harvest. ![]() ![]() What you might find.? Well, that’s the story of Gregor the Overlander, the first book in her five-part series, The Underland Chronicles. In New York City, you’re much more likely to fall down a manhole than a rabbit hole and, if you do, you’re not going to find a tea party. Thinking one day about Alice in Wonderland, she was struck by how pastoral the setting must seem to kids who, like her own, lived in urban surroundings. While working on a Kids WB show called Generation O! she met children’s author James Proimos, who talked her into giving children’s books a try. She also co-wrote the critically acclaimed Rankin/Bass Christmas special, Santa, Baby! Most recently she was the Head Writer for Scholastic Entertainment’s Clifford’s Puppy Days. For preschool viewers, she penned multiple stories for the Emmy-nominated Little Bear and Oswald. She has worked on the staffs of several Nickelodeon shows, including the Emmy-nominated hit Clarissa Explains it All and The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo. ![]() Since 1991, Suzanne Collins has been busy writing for children’s television. ![]() Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. ![]() Gaston phantom of the opera7/5/2023 ![]() ![]() The phantom decides to keep Christine prisoner for the rest of her life, but then he allows her to leave after she promises to wear his ring and remain faithful to him. When Christine unmasks the phantom out of curiosity, his ugliness shocks her. ![]() One night during a performance of Faust, with the resident prima donna, Carlotta, playing the female lead, the Phantom causes Carlotta to lose her voice and the chandelier to fall into the audience.Ĭhristine is kidnapped by the masked phantom he tells her his name is Erik and reveals her love for her. On the retirement gala for the old opera managers, opera singer Christine attracts the attention of her childhood sweetheart, Raoul. There are rumors that the opera house is haunted by a phantom who makes himself known by sending letters to the managers and by causing disturbances. ![]() Empty space m john harrison7/5/2023 ![]() ![]() He also wrote considerable criticism for New Worlds, usually as Joyce Churchill, and served for some time as its literary editor, this material, plus later nonfiction, being assembled as Parietal Games: Critical Writings By and On M John Harrison (anth 2005), a volume which contains, as a kind of extended introduction to his work, a set of essays edited by Mark Bould and Michelle Reid. (1945- ) UK author and rock-climber, who began to publish work of genre interest with "Marina" for Science Fantasy #81 in February 1966 as by John Harrison he was most closely identified in the 1960s with New Worlds, where he released his first sf story, "Baa Baa Blocksheep", in November 1968, and for which he later wrote some of the best tales using the Jerry Cornelius template, or Icon, from the series created by Michael Moorcock. ![]() |