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Magic city gospel5/30/2023 ![]() Lesley Wheeler: Congratulations on becoming the Poet Laureate of Alabama, Ashley! That honor converges with the publication of REPARATIONS NOW!, your powerful third collection and an intensely place-based book. Poetry Editor of Shenandoah, she can be found online at and. She has received fellowships from Fulbright, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and other grantors. ![]() Her first novel, Unbecoming, was published in 2020, and her first essay collection, Poetry’s Possible Worlds, will appear in 2022. Lesley Wheeler is the author of five poetry collections, most recently The State She’s In. She recently served as a guest editor for Poetry Magazine. Jones co-directs PEN Birmingham, and she is the founding director of the Magic City Poetry Festival. ![]() She teaches Creative Writing at the Alabama School of Fine Arts and in the Low Residency MFA at Converse University. ![]() Her awards include the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers Award, the Lena-Miles Wever Todd Prize for Poetry, a Literature Fellowship from the Alabama State Council on the Arts, and the Lucille Clifton Poetry Prize. ![]() Jones, Poet Laureate of Alabama, is the author of Magic City Gospel, dark / / thing, and REPARATIONS NOW!. Back to Issue Forty A Conversation Between Ashley M. ![]()
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Dr lisa sanders new york times5/30/2023 ![]() LCSW, CST, M.D., Ph.D., etc.)įYI: Et Alia Press may edit your endorsement slightly for clarity and style and may create abbreviated alternatives for different applications. ![]() Don’t forget to add any professional credentials, if applicable (e.g. Insight: What unique insight(s) has the author brought to the subject?ĭon’t forget: Include your preferred byline including (1) up to two books or (2) your most popular/most recent book and your professional title. How is it different from others out there similar to it, and/or, if applicable, how does it help broaden knowledge and understanding in the field.Ĭredentials: Why is the author especially qualified to write about this topic? Endorsements may answer one or more of the following questions: These prompts can help you create a brief, powerful endorsement that supports the book. Tone: Can be formal or playful but in either case it sounds like someone is speaking directly to the reader/target consumer (not to the author or other party).Ĭontent: Focuses on what distinguishes the book from its competitors (the content, a new approach, the author’s experience/credibility, etc.) ![]() Brevity: A sentence or two is the ideal length. ![]()
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Hawthorne the marble faun5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() the profound conflict between the limited claims of American moralism and of European aestheticism.' inventory #31065. It projects the author's fascination with the eternal struggle between, in Murray Krieger's words, 'the unfeeling virtue of moral severity and the yielding grace of faulty humanity. THE MARBLE FAUN, or The Romance of Monte Beni By Nathaniel Hawthorne Volume II. Of all Hawthorne's fiction, The Marble Faun clearly dispels the myth of Hawthorne's unwavering Puritan morality. the murder committed by Donatello under Miriam's eyes and the ecstatic wandering, afterward, of the guilty couple through the 'bloodstained streets of Rome,' it would still deserve to rank high among the imaginative productions of our day.' The cosmopolitanism of this novel foreshadows one of the most important themes in our literature - the 'international theme' which was 40 later dominate the work of Henry James. If the book contained nothing else noteworthy but. Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Marble Faun 0 likes Like Miriam admired the statue of a beautiful youth, a pearlfisher who had got entangled in the weeds at the bottom of the sea, and lay dead among the pearl-oysters, the rich shells, and the seaweeds, all of like value to him now. ![]() FROM THE PUBLISHER - Henry James wrote of The Marble Faun: 'Hawthorne has done few things more beautiful than the picture of the unequal complicity of guilt between his immature and dimly - puzzled hero, with his clinging, unquestioning, unexacting devotion, and the dark, powerful, more widely - seeing feminine nature of Miriam. ![]()
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Vc andrews beneath the attic5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() After discovering that she's pregnant, Garland does what appears to be the honorable thing and marries her in a huge ceremony on the luxurious Foxworth Hall grounds. Two generations before Corinne Foxworth locked her children in an attic, her grandmother, a gorgeous young girl named Corrine Dixon, is swept away by the charms of rich, sophisticated, and handsome Garland Foxworth. ![]() Andrews, see Corrine Dixon as a young girl and discover the fascinating family history of the Dollanganger clan. In this evocative and thrilling tale from New York Times bestselling author V.C. Now discover how twisted the family roots truly are, and witness the clan's origins as a result of one wild and complicated relationship. Forbidden passions have shaped and haunted the Dollanganger family since their first novel- Flowers in the Attic-debuted forty years ago. ![]()
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Valley of the dolls book about5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() It was a photograph that looked like it belonged as a press image for a TV show. ![]() The light pink cover and 1950s font wasn’t a problem, nor were the cutouts of the capsules (the pills lovingly referred to as “dolls”.) What made me almost put it down was the image beneath the cutout of the 3 women. So when I first picked up Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann, I have to admit I was a little wary. It probably doesn’t hurt that I’m a book cover designer by trade. These three women become best friends when they are young and struggling in New York City and then climb to the top of the entertainment industry-only to find that there is no place left to go but down-into the Valley of the Dolls. ![]() From Goodreads: Dolls: red or black capsules or tablets washed down with vodka or swallowed straight-for Anne, Neely, and Jennifer, it doesn’t matter, as long as the pill bottle is within easy reach. ![]()
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![]() My librarian friend was the one who suggested my derby name, Stone Cold Jane Austen. (He’s also an Austen scholar and a professor.) But it was one of my graduate students and a special collections librarian who got me into roller derby. ![]() I even ended up meeting my husband over a conversation about Austen. I went on to get my PhD in English directly after that, so I’ve now had several decades to teach British women’s writings, including Austen, to college students. My mother’s persistence worked on me, because I became the first in my family to graduate from college, with an English major. I love that Austen has been be handed-down that way, too-by aspirational word-of-mouth. She just knew that Austen was an author you were supposed to read, and she wanted me to get an education. ![]() It was only many years later that I learned that my mother had never read it herself. It was maybe the third time that I started Pride and Prejudice that it just clicked somehow, and I was hooked. It became a favorite book. Austen’s language seemed so impenetrable and stiff. ![]() In my case, it was my mother who started it. ![]() Greer: Tell us about a woman from the past who has inspired your writing.ĭevoney: Jane Austen inspires me on a daily basis. Like a lot of Janeites, I discovered Austen’s novels in my teens. ![]()
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![]() It is important to understand that our nation denied the vote for so long to so many of its citizens. This is important and vital history for everyone to know and understand, regardless of gender. ![]() ![]() At the same time, however, she fears that her mother may be injured or killed during her peaceful demonstrations, and she gently resents that her own life must take a backseat to the wars at home (suffrage) and abroad (World War I). She is proud of her mother for fighting this important fight, proud that her mother wants her daughters to be full citizens of the United States, with the right to vote, the right to elected representation. In 1917, young Kat feels ambivalent about her mother's fight for suffrage. A Time for Courage (Suffragette Diary) / 1-6 ![]()
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Never say die by will hobbs5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Shania Twain – Man!Nicki Minaj's "Feeling Myself" (featuring the queen, Beyoncé) is the perfect option for channeling the ultimate "it girl" vibes. I refuse to listen to Luke Bryan's music on principle, however, that doesn't mean his songs can't be bangers at bonfires, tailgates, and redneck parties.Top Country Party Hits Tracklist: 1. Country Girl (Shake It For Me) - Luke Bryan Luke Bryan - Country Girl (Shake It For Me) (Official Music Video) If ever you have wondered about my biases, fret not. Obviously, there are a bunch more than just 75 good country songs, but this is a pretty good start. If you're looking for a list of songs to keep your country party going this summer, we've put together a sizeable list. Skip to main content Skip to site footer. ![]() Girl country party songs Keep your country party going this summer with this playlist. ![]()
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Philippa gregory changeling series5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() As the nuns in her care are driven mad by strange visions, walking in their sleep, and showing bleeding wounds, Luca is sent to investigate and driven to accuse her.įorced to face the greatest fears of the dark ages-witchcraft, werewolves, madness-Luca and Isolde embark on a search for truth, their own destinies, and even love as they take the unknown ways to the real historical figure who defends the boundaries of Christendom and holds the secrets of the Order of Darkness. Seventeen-year-old Isolde, a Lady Abbess, is trapped in a nunnery to prevent her from claiming her rich inheritance. Commanded by sealed orders, Luca is sent to map the fears of Christendom and travel to the very frontier of good and evil. Accused of heresy and expelled from his monastery, handsome seventeen-year-old Luca Vero is recruited by a mysterious stranger to record the end of times across Europe. The year is 1453 and all signs point to it being the end of the world. Dark myths, medieval secrets, intrigue, and romance populate the pages of this first in a four-book teen series from the #1 bestselling author of The Other Boleyn Girl. ![]()
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Betrayal by Mayandree Michel5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() She is currently hard at work on the second installment of the Descendants series. Betrayal is the debut novel by Mayandree Michel. In a race against time, Cordelia must decide if she is truly a part of this dangerous world, or risk defying the gods, and ultimately lose the boy who has put a claim on her heart. At that moment everything she knows of her world is a lie, and she must leave the present and go into the past to assume the role she was put on this earth for, safeguarding her ancient empire amidst evil forces that toil hastily to destroy it. After a life altering event, Cordelia has an unexpected encounter with Evan, the mysterious boy from her dreams, who reveals who and what she is, a descendant of the Greek gods. A secret that induces vivid dreams which she not only experiences true love, but crippling fear while barely escaping with her life each night. ![]() At seventeen, Cordelia is an ordinary teen with an extraordinary and frightening secret. Betrayal (The Descendants, #1) - Where there is love and power, there is always. ![]() |