![]() ![]() ![]() Prints are available either unframed or framed. Printed on 100% acid-free cotton fine art paper. This print has been produced with the highest quality pigmented, non-toxic, environmentally friendly ink with a color permanence rating of at least 200-year stability. With her story quilts, Ringgold challenges gender and racial stereotypes through textile arts which have often been dismissed by Western tradition as a domestic craft. In this oasis, a young girl named Cassie Louise Lightfoot lies on a mattress with her younger brother as the adults play cards at the table and the laundry hangs out to dry. The titular “tar beach” refers to the rooftop garden of this family’s Harlem apartment, which provided them and other city dwellers with an oasis from the bustle of the New York streets below. Ringgold is best known for her story quilts, which draw on the African American storytelling tradition. ITEM IS MADE ON-DEMAND.įaith Ringgold, American, 1930-Present. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Many of today's harmful practices, like school dress codes, exploitation of the environment, and rape culture, have their roots in the ancient world.īut in Antigone Rising, classicist Helen Morales reminds us that the myths have subversive power because they are told - and read - in different ways. ![]() The picture of classical antiquity most of us learned in school is framed in certain ways - glossing over misogyny while omitting the seeds of feminist resistance. Antigone Rising offers a fresh understanding of the stories we take for granted, showing how we can reclaim them to challenge the status quo, spark resistance, and rail against unjust regimes."-Provided by publisher.īook Synopsis A witty, inspiring reckoning with the ancient Greek and Roman myths and their legacy, from what they can illuminate about #MeToo to the radical imagery of Beyoncé. Through these stories, whether it's Antigone's courageous stand against tyranny or the indestructible Caeneus, who inspires trans and gender queer people today, Morales uncovers hidden truths about solidarity, empowerment, and catharsis. ![]() But in Antigone Rising, classicist Helen Morales reminds us that the myths have subversive power because they are told - and read - in different ways. Many of today's harmful practices, like school dress codes, exploitation of the environment, and rape culture, have their roots in the ancient world. About the Book "The picture of classical antiquity most of us learned in school is framed in certain ways - glossing over misogyny while omitting the seeds of feminist resistance. ![]() ![]() He had a wealth of fascinating life experiences (living in a city in the throe of race riots where white people were fleeing in droves, going to a high school that used to be a prison) and met a lot of really interesting people. ![]() He looked into his motivations and why he did things without putting the blame for his mistakes on other people. I liked how honest Jack Gantos was about his flaws and the bad decisions he had made. Deprived of writing materials, he used a copy of The Brothers Karamazov as a journal and struggled to stay sane in a dangerous environment where he was constantly in danger of sexual assault or worse. ![]() He had wanted to write professionally for years but more focused on having life experiences worth writing about than putting pen to paper. Ironically, this was the place where Gantos truly became passionate about his writing. It was a stupid, impulsive crime and they threw the book hard at him, landing him in a ‘medium-security’ prison where an acquaintance (also in for drug charges) was gang-raped the first night there. ![]() ![]() When Jack Gantos was in his early 20’s, he went to prison for drug smuggling. Jack Gantos is hit-or-miss for me (I thoroughly enjoyed the first two Joey Pigza books, the last one in the JP series and The Trouble in Me were one-star reads.) I was tentative about reading this but it turned out to be one of the better memoirs I’ve read in a long time. ![]() ![]() ![]() Kelley and Humphrey executive produce alongside Connelly and Ross Fineman. The 10-episode first season is based on the second book in the Lincoln Lawyer series, The Brass Verdict. The series from Kelley and A+E Studios is based on Michael Connell’ys bestselling novels. Kelley and showrunner Ted Muphrey, The Lincoln Lawyer revolves around Mickey Haller (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo), an iconoclastic idealist who runs his law practice out of the back seat of his Lincoln Town Car as he takes on cases big and small across the expansive city of Los Angeles. ![]() Written and executive produced by David E. She is repped by UTA, Zero Gravity Management and Karl Austen of Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein.ĮXCLUSIVE: Netflix has added newcomer Krista Warner to its The Lincoln Lawyer cast in a recurring role. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This new edition includes prefaces written by Friedman for both the 19 reissues of the book, as well as a new foreword by Binyamin Appelbaum, lead economics writer for the New York Times editorial board. Enduring in its eminence and esteem, it has sold nearly a million copies in English, has been translated into eighteen languages, and continues to inform economic thinking and policymaking around the world. 'In Capitalism and Freedom, published in 1962, Friedman makes his most important contribution to his profession: the argument that the best medicine for curing a recession and stabilizing economies is for a nations central bank (the Federal Reserve for the U.S. How can we benefit from the promise of government while avoiding the threat it poses to individual freedom? In this classic book, Milton Friedman provides the definitive statement of an immensely influential economic philosophy-one in which competitive capitalism serves as both a device for achieving economic freedom and a necessary condition for political freedom.įirst published in 1962, Friedman's Capitalism and Freedom is one of the most significant works of economic theory ever written. ![]() One of Intercollegiate Studies Institute's 50 Best Books of the 20th Century One of TIME magazine's All-TIME 100 Best Nonfiction Books One of Times Literary Supplement's 100 Most Influential Books Since the War One of National Review's 100 Best Nonfiction Books of the Century ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He has been equally successful in creating female and male central characters. Throughout his literary work, Ishiguro has created a wide range of characters, settings, and plots and has worked in many genres. Even then, however, pieces of the central mystery remain left to the reader to put together. What exactly it is that hovers in the dark as each novel opens is a mystery that unravels only slowly, and the process keeps the reader on edge until a final climactic revelation. For each, there lurks in the past an experience that may invalidate the narrator’s projected sense of self and destroy the vestiges of the individual’s human dignity. Readers soon discover, however, that these central voices are rather unreliable in their accounts of past reactions to crises. A common link among Kazuo Ishiguro’s (born 8 November 1954) novels is the prominence of the first-person narrator, through whose meandering thoughts the story unfolds. ![]() ![]() ![]() In 1980, she made her acting debut in Woody Allen's Stardust Memories (1980) as "pretty girl in train". ![]() From working part-time as a McDonald's counter girl, she worked her way up to become a successful Ford model, both in TV commercials and print ads. So, the 17-year-old Sharon got herself into the Miss Crawford County and won the beauty contest. However, her first love was still the black-and-white movies, especially those featuring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. She was a very smart girl (with an IQ of 154), became a bookworm, and once was told that a suitable job for her (and her brains) was to become a lawyer. At the age of 15, she studied in Saegertown High School, Pennsylvania, and at that same age, entered Edinboro State University of Pennsylvania, and graduated with a degree in creative writing and fine arts. Her strict father was a factory worker, and her mother was a homemaker. Sharon Stone was born and raised in Meadville, a small town in Pennsylvania. ![]() ![]() ![]() If you're like me, and feel compelled to buy & read ALL the books in the 'Once Upon a Time' series, I wish you luck. So, if you like fairy tales turned into no-magic, badly written, historical fiction, then this book is for you. ![]() But that's not what I wanted from this book. That being said, for what it was, it was semi-interesting. I don't know about you, but I prefer my fairy tale adaptations to at least have SOMETHING to do with the original story. ![]() There was no magic in it at all (aside from a few dream sequences, but dreams are dreams, come on). That's right: this book is pure historical fiction (and not very good historical fiction at that). I spent the whole book waiting for it to get interesting (i.e. The plot tries to fit in the original story of 'The Frog Prince' but I felt like it was pushing it. Let's face it, it's really hard to place a fairy tale in the last 100 years. When I opened this book the top of the page said '1915'. Like other fans of the 'Once Upon a Time' series, I buy these books because I want to read a fairy tale. The writing just isn't that good, and to be honest, I was just not impressed with the fairy tale retelling aspect of it. It's not my least favorite either, but it may be close. Water Song was definitely not my favorite 'Once Upon a Time' book. ![]() ![]() ![]() (Brownson)Įmily went on to write almost 200 poems in her life but only a small fraction were published in her life time (Brownson). Though Emily had many deaths in her family her upbringing was reported as surprisingly normal. ![]() Emily, her two sisters Charlotte and Anne, her brother and even her father are all said to have had great imaginations and creativity. It is perhaps this turn of events that helped Emily and her two sisters become writers since most of their free time was now spent at home reading and brainstorming and exchanging stories between siblings. After this, Emily’s father made the decision to keep his daughters at home instead of sending them back to school. ![]() Tragedy struck the Brontë family once again when Emily was seven when her two older sisters, Elizabeth and Maria died from tuberculosis (Brownson). Both Patrick and Elizabeth Branwell were Methodists and this is where she got some of her religious education. As a result of losing her mother, Emily’s maternal aunt, Elizabeth Branwell, took on the responsibility as mother and caretaker of the family and came to assist the family. Unfortunately, Emily and her family lost her mother early on, just shortly after her younger sister Anne, who eventually became a writer too, was born. She was born to her mother, Maria Branwell Brontë and her father, Patrick Brontë and was the fifth of six children. ![]() A Declaration of Catherine and Heathcliff’s LoveĮmily Brontë was born on July 30th 1818 in Thornton, Yorkshire, which is located in England. ![]() ![]() ![]() Shout out: A massive THANK YOU to Megan Manzano for sending me her copy of Wicked Fox to read and review. Let’s unpack this kdrama-inspired urban fantasy to find out. forcing Miyoung to choose between her immortal life and Jihoon’s. But when a young shaman tries to reunite Miyoung with her bead, the consequences are disastrous. ![]() ![]() With murderous forces lurking in the background, Miyoung and Jihoon develop a tenuous friendship that blossoms into something more. His grandmother used to tell him stories of the gumiho, of their power and the danger they pose to humans. Jihoon knows Miyoung is more than just a beautiful girl–he saw her nine tails the night she saved his life. Against her better judgment, she violates the rules of survival to rescue the boy, losing her fox bead–her gumiho soul–in the process. Because so few believe in the old tales anymore, and with so many evil men no one will miss, the modern city of Seoul is the perfect place to hide and hunt.īut after feeding one full moon, Miyoung crosses paths with Jihoon, a human boy, being attacked by a goblin deep in the forest. Summary: Eighteen-year-old Gu Miyoung has a secret–she’s a gumiho, a nine-tailed fox who must devour the energy of men in order to survive. ![]() |