6/29/2023 0 Comments Walt whitman contradict myselfIn a different vein, Bill Hardwig diagnosed in Whitman primarily the disruptive use of elements of the epic tradition in order to show all the more clearly how America was not going to be like ancient empires (Hardwig B. Instead of memorializing a hero, they poetically create one (Pearce R. Roy Harvey Pearce argued that Whitman was the necessary bridge between Joel Barlow's post-revolutionary but undervalued Columbiad and Ezra Pound's desultory Cantos: all three authors seek to come to terms with the idea of America and develop more or less appropriate forms of epic representation. These three manifestations have epic features in common, namely extended size, large or universal "audience" or spectatorship, and sublime power. Matthiessen suggested in American Renaissance that Whitman's poetry could be understood through the analogies of oratory, opera, and ocean (Matthiessen F.O., 1941 : 549-577). Depending on the prevailing critical spirit of a given decade, critics have sought to enlist Whitman in their respective versions of literary history. 1 Hardwig's 2000 article offers the best historical-critical summary to date of the epic/lyric debate (.)ġ The genres of Whitman's most famous poems and the consequences to be drawn from their classification have been debated at least since the middle of the past century.
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6/29/2023 0 Comments The Heir's Choice by M. GerrickDaniel Layfield, CB Archer, Tomas K, & Eldon Farrell, Support Indie Authors fights to help indie authors rise above the stigma that is self publishing, as well serves to provide a supportive environment for those who want to share experiences, ask for help, and simply find some friends with common goals. With the help of some patient and efficient moderators, Riley Amos Westbrook, BB Wynter, Dwayne Fry, J. Since then it has evolved into a valuable resource and support system for authors who have or would like to self-publish. Officially 15k Members Strong & Climbing!!īuilding and supporting a community of self-published authors dedicated to both sharing experiences and le Officially 15k Members Strong & Climbing!!īuilding and supporting a community of self-published authors dedicated to both sharing experiences and learning as equals.įounded in January 2015, this groups was initially designed as a way for me to support indie authors by reading their work and featuring them on my website. 6/29/2023 0 Comments Rocked by Love by Melissa FosterWhat happens when a rock star with no plans of settling down finds out he has a teenage daughter, his manager is embezzling from him, and the woman he’s hired to design his tour wardrobe is breathing fire? Come along for the snarky, emotional, and insanely sexy ride as Jillian and Johnny get caught up in a storm that just might be bigger than both of them. Published by World Literary Press on March 8, 2023 Series: The Bradens / Bad Boys After Dark / The Bradens & Montgomerys, Pleasant Hill – Oak Falls #10 In Rocked by Love, Foster delivered a heartwarming and scorching hot single dad, rockstar, close proximity romance. Melissa Foster is a pro when it comes to penning steamy and heartfelt romance. Rocked by Love was another testament to her writing skills. 6/29/2023 0 Comments The book of troublesome creekIt became important for me to humanize these Appalachian folk, to shed light and dispel old stereotypes, to help inform others by bringing these unique people into a novel. I was saddened to find how the Blues were treated-how people shunned and shamed them instead of embracing them for their very uniqueness. To learn more, I visited with doctors and spoke with a hematologist. There was a small, isolated clan that suffered from a rare genetic condition called congenital methemoglobinemia. I knew it was time for the wider world to experience them fully, to learn about and see the glorious Kentucky female packhorse librarians and the precious blue-skinned mountain folk. There was such rich, magnificent history in the two, and I was surprised that I hadn’t seen them in novels-that neither had been given a large footprint in literary history. I wanted to embrace their strengths and uniqueness in story. Years ago, I stumbled across these heroic librarians of the Great Depression and the rare blue-skinned Kentuckians, and I couldn’t stop thinking about them. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek was inspired by the true, historical blue-skinned people of Kentucky and the brave and dedicated Kentucky Pack Horse Library Service, which spanned the 1930s and early ’40s during eastern Kentucky’s most violent era. 6/29/2023 0 Comments Don quixote audio bookPublished in two volumes a decade apart, Don Quixote is the most influential work of literature to emerge from the Spanish Golden Age and perhaps the entire Spanish literary canon. In addition, she never actually appears in the novel). His “lady” is Dulcinea del Toboso, an imaginary object of his courtly love crafted from a neighbouring farmgirl by the illusion-struck “knight” (her real name is Aldonza Lorenzo, and she is totally unaware of his feelings for her. Together with his companion Sancho Panza, the self-styled Don Quixote de la Mancha sets out in search of adventures. The protagonist, Alonso Quixano, is a minor landowner who has read so many stories of chivalry that he descends into fantasy and becomes convinced he is a knight errant. Cervantes created a fictional origin for the story in the character of the Morisco historian, Cide Hamete Benengeli, whom he claims to have hired to translate the story from an Arabic manuscript he found in Toledo’s bedraggled old Jewish quarter. John Ormsby).ĭon Quixote is an early novel written by Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Librivox recording of Don Quixote Volume 1, by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (transl. 6/29/2023 0 Comments Eleanor and park book reviewThe characters are very realistic, Eleanor is chubby and has curly and not in a good way-hair (I mean most characters in books aren't chubby and it makes me feel a little better that someone can love a girl like Eleanor as much as Park does). I have never hated a bad guy in a book as much as I hate Richie (Eleanor's step-dad). The book is written from both of their points of view but in the third person. Holding hands by the way is very intimate in the book "Holding Eleanor's hand was like holding a butterfly. Then one day he takes her hand- this is a massive step up from talking even though it may not seem so. He looks like his mum and argues with his dad and thinks life would be a whole lot easier if he could get his driver's licence so he could drive to school and not get the bus.īut all of this changes when he meets Eleanor- he gives her his seat and gradually they start chatting. Park is sixteen years old and tries to make himself invisible to everyone but Eleanor sees him straight away- he can't hide from her. Park collects comics for Eleanor to read and an ever growing stack of mix-tapes. On the first day of school she sits next to Park the guy at the back of the bus, He always has his head stuck in a book and he wears black band t-shirts. 6/29/2023 0 Comments Eat a peach chang'The dark ages'Ĭhang's parents migrated to the US from North and South Korea in the 60s. He also digs into his boundary-pushing approach to food and innovation, authenticity and tradition. Then there's all his work outside of the kitchen - from his cookbooks and now-defunct magazine, to his Netflix series and his podcast.Ĭhang is now releasing a memoir, Eat A Peach, where he recounts his meteoric rise and lays bare his struggles with depression, suicidal ideation and bipolar disorder, and the role of therapy in his life. His restaurants have won Michelin stars in record-breaking time, as well as coveted positions in the World's 50 Best Restaurants list. "It is literally one of the dumbest professions in the world, which is why I love it so much."Ĭhang is a titan of the food world beginning with New York's Momofuku Noodle Bar, which he started in 2004 when he was just 26 years old, he birthed a culinary empire that now spans 15 restaurants, from Los Angeles to Sydney. The threat has shifted from a totalitarian "big brother" state to a universal global architecture of automatic sensors and smart capabilities: A "big other" that imposes a fundamentally new form of power and unprecedented concentrations of knowledge in private companies-free from democratic oversight and control". The consequences of surveillance capitalism for us as individuals and as a society vividly come to life in The Age of Surveillance Capitalism's pathbreaking analysis of power. It is not simply about tracking us and selling ads, it is the business model for an ominous new marketplace that aims at nothing less than predicting and modifying our everyday behavior-where we go, what we do, what we say, how we feel, who we're with. Zuboff tackles the social, political, business, personal, and technological meaning of "surveillance capitalism" as an unprecedented new market form. Now, three decades later she asks why the once-celebrated miracle of digital is turning into a nightmare. Her seminal book In the Age of the Smart Machine foresaw the consequences of a then-unfolding era of computer technology. "Shoshana Zuboff, named "the true prophet of the information age" by the Financial Times, has always been ahead of her time. 6/29/2023 0 Comments Book two stormlight archiveThere’s a semi-decent explanation for this within the story, but it still feels cheap. Shallan has become a much more compelling character, though she’s still not my favourite, and her plot is too reliant on withholding vital information from the reader. The flaws of the past book have also been at least partially addressed. Near the end, it also boasts one of the most insane action sequences I’ve ever read. The plot is compelling, the setting is interesting, and the characters are deeply likable. It’s not surprising, and it’s not innovative, but it is entertaining. That is to say a very traditional but highly competent high fantasy. Meanwhile, Shallan must begin to find her own path as she finds herself separated from her mentor.įor the most part, this is the same sort of experience Way of Kings was. Words of Radiance sees Kaladin and the bridgemen saved from their brutal life of slavery as they now occupy a place of honour as guards in the employ of Dalinar Kholin, but the political intrigue of Alethkar provides threats of its own, and Kaladin’s personal demons threaten to rob him of everything he’s achieved. Words of Radiance improves on many of the strengths of The Way of Kings, and polishes some of the flaws, though it doesn’t erase them completely. I enjoyed this book more than its predecessor. Having enjoyed the first book - and still being peer-pressured within an inch of my life - I was quick to borrow the second book of Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive series, Words of Radiance, from my friend. 6/29/2023 0 Comments Emergent strategy adrienne brownThey’re both from South Carolina and they met and fell in love at Clemson University. I was the first child born to my dad, who is a black man, and my mom, who is a white woman. Justin Campbell: So can you tell us about your experiences growing up? Your family life and maybe even how you got to be in this work in the first place?Īdrienne maree brown: Sure. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. We spoke via phone she in Detroit, myself in Los Angeles. In that project, adrienne asked activists to imagine possible future worlds in her next project, she’s asked her readers to imagine a future for the only possible world: this one.ĭescribed as a “planet/self-help” guide, Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds (AK Press, 2017) has quickly become a go-to handbook for organizers involved in social justice endeavors, in part because of the book’s innovative science- (and science fiction-) based observations about how change happens. Their goal was to produce a collection of “Visionary Fiction” written by social justice organizers the grounding principle of their collaboration was the idea that “all organizing is science fiction.” A mentor at the time suggested I read Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements (AK Press, 2015), a science fiction anthology co-edited by adrienne and the activist Walidah Imarisha. When I was first introduced to the work of adrienne maree brown, it was through fiction. Justin Scott Campbell | Longreads | April 2018 | 19 minutes (5,357 words) |