She meets and interviews all different kinds of people with various believe systems throughout the book and the only time that she's ever slightly judgemental at all is when she can tell someone is full of shit and moreso using "ritual" as a power grab and not for spiritual enlightenment. As she learns more, she gets drawn in and it changes her life by the end. However, this book also reads as a memoir because she starts out really looking at this from a detached, non-believer academic standpoint but then begins participating in rituals (to various both positive and negative results). Margot Adler took an academic/historical approach to researching various areas of Paganism, Witchcraft, Wicca, Druidism, etc. A friend had highly recommended it to me but I work in a publishing company so people are always HIGHLY recommending books to me LOL. I read a lot of "witchy books" and didn't have any preconceived notions about this book when I read it. Fascinating historic and personal analysis
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In some cities, people could buy commemorative event pamphlets that contained the speech, and key phrases were incorporated into Lincoln’s 1864 election posters and memorials after his death. On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln was able to get straight to the point and deliver a punchy speech in part because he came after Edward Everett’s marathon presentation about the war, explains James Cornelius, curator of the Lincoln Collection in the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.Įverett had been the main attraction, but Lincoln’s speech started picking up steam afterward and seemed to “go viral” in the manner of its day. If Democracy won’t work here, it won’t work anywhere. Message: Stay the course of a difficult war. The Gettysburg Address was a quick-hitting speech that was built to last. Urgent and vital, feeld composes a new narrative of what it means to live inside a marked body. "gendre is not the tran organe / gendre is yes a hemorage." "did u kno not a monthe goes bye / a tran i kno doesnt dye." The world of feeld is our own, but off-kilter, distinctly queer-making visible what was formerly and forcefully hidden: trauma, liberation, strength, and joy. On the Text: ‘feeld’ is a lyrical unraveling of the circuitry of gender and speech, defiantly making space for bodies that have been historically denied their own vocabulary. In Charles's electrifying transliteration of English-Chaucerian in affect, but revolutionary in effect-what is old is made new again. Jos Charles is author of the poetry collections a Year & other poems (Milkweed Editions, 2022), feeld, a Pulitzer-finalist and winner of the 2017 National. "i care so much abot the whord i cant reed." In feeld, Charles stakes her claim on the language available to speak about trans experience, reckoning with the narratives that have come before by reclaiming the language of the past. Selected by Fady Joudah as a winner of the 2017 National Poetry Series, Jos Charles's revolutionary second collection of poetry, feeld, is a lyrical unraveling of the circuitry of gender and speech, defiantly making space for bodies that have been historically denied their own vocabulary. Jos Charles’s poems communicate with one another as neurons do: sharp, charged, in language that predates language. FINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE From the celebrated author of feeld comes a formally commanding third collection, dexterously recounting the survival of a period suffused with mourning. The split narrative gives enough breathing room for a balance of introspection and high-stakes action. Ryan sets Kieran and Seth apart from standard love-triangle anchors through emphasis on their well-matched flaws. Waverly's initiative and intellect ensure that even as a prisoner she is far from a damsel in distress. While Waverly launches a careful resistance as a captive of Pastor Anne Mather's childless ship the New Horizon, Kieran and Seth butt heads in an escalating contest for leadership over the distressed Empyrean. Waverly's hesitations about golden-boy Kieran-and curiosities about Kieran's broody rival Seth-are tossed to the wayside when an ambush leaves all of them navigating a deadly nebula of lies, schemes and misinformation. When preserving the human species through deep-space colonization, fertility is both currency and curse.Įveryone expects wedding bells for Waverly and Kieran, the eldest of the first generation conceived in space during the Empyrean's multi-decade mission to colonize New Earth. Kerwin was handed 10 months in jail, but had already spent nearly six months in custody, meaning he was immediately released. McLoughlin - a convicted armed robber - was jailed for nine years and four months, of which he must serve two thirds behind bars. But the Crown Prosecution Service accepted McLoughlin's plea to manslaughter and Kerwin's plea to assault causing actual bodily harm, to the dismay and anger of Duncan's grieving family, who slammed the decision. McLoughlin, 36, of Torus Road, Old Swan, and Kerwin, 31, of no fixed address, both denied murder and were set to stand trial on January 4. Mr Browne, from Kirkby, died in hospital next day, surrounded by his family. McLoughlin's friend - convicted heroin dealer Terrence Kerwin - first hit the victim, as they tried to get into a black cab ahead of him.īut after McLoughlin knocked out Mr Browne in the early hours of Sunday, July 4, 2021, the "cowards" got in the taxi and went to a party. He delivered a fatal "catastrophic injury punch" to the 23-year-old at a taxi rank in Hanover Street in Liverpool city centre. Michael McLoughlin killed aspiring firefighter Duncan Browne in an unprovoked attack over a taxi. Michael McLoughlin, 36, of Torus Road, Old Swan Her novel SINEATER rekindled my own interest in rural church customs and the south. I hope to interview authors of several of the others here, eventually, but for now, let’s concentrate on Beth. Her story “Smoothpicks,” from Deathrealm Magazine (which you can read by ordering the collection: DEATHREALMS – edited by Stephen Mark Rainey and published by Delirium Books ) stands as one of the top five most memorable stories I’ve ever read. I read her first published short story in The Horror Show and followed her career through years of publication, growth, and words. Beth qualifies, in her own way, on all three counts. Along the way, I met some colorful characters, some unbelievable talents, and some timeless friends. When I started writing for publication, back in the late 1980s, and decided I should do my own magazine, I also started attending conventions. Deep_bluzeFor those of you who don’t already know the name Elizabeth Massie, let me introduce you from my perspective. It is still in reruns on different venues and still one of the most popular shows. It ran from 1974-1984 and was very popular. It was right about the time that I had finished reading the complete series of Little House on the Prairie books that the television show began. Harry Potter Books in Order Little House on the Prairie Complete series These were real people, and life on the prairie was so different from the life I knew that I was absolutely fascinated by the whole series. Some of the books that were in competition with the Laura Ingalls Wilder series in our local library included The Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Anne of Green Gables, and The Borrowers.īut, there was something special about Laura Ingalls Wilder’s series. And, I’m pretty sure I read all the Laura Ingalls Wilder books in order more than once. I don’t know about you, but I grew up on The Little House on the Prairie books. I devoured books and read everything I could get my hands on. I spent a lot of time as a kid in our local library. Neither does the book cover reveal the curious genre obfuscation of Michael Chabon’s creation. As the book cover states, Moonglow “revisits an entire era through a single life and collapses a lifetime into a single week.” That the grandfather’s memories are jumbled and often topsy-turvy is something the reader only discovers by delving into the book. Love, insanity, elation, despair, and endurance. In just a few days, the narrator hears details of his grandparents’ courtship and marriage, exploits of his grandfather’s youth in the pre-World War II Jewish slums of South Philly, hints of his grandmother’s wartime experiences in Germany, anecdotes of successes and failures that range from space program triumphs to New York’s Wallkill prison to Florida retirement ennui. And those nostalgic musings necessarily are untidy. Sitting by the bedside of his dying and normally taciturn grandfather, the narrator records a suddenly garrulous spate of reminiscences that no one in the family had ever heard before. The novel is, after all, a retrospective composite of memories expressed by an elderly man. In retrospect, however, I recognize Chabon’s brilliance in crafting Moonglow in such a convoluted fashion. The circuitous storyline, which drifted in time and often wound in on itself, didn’t seem to be getting anywhere. While I was reading Michael Chabon’s Moonglow, I found myself growing impatient. You can find our selection of Clive Barker signed, rare, and collectible book editions below this author bio. Japanese edition of Clive Barkers A-Z of Horror, by Stephen Jones, published by BBC Worldwide, through The English Agency (Japan), 1997. He currently lives in Beverly Hills, California. Many of Barker's creations continue to influence the world of horror in literature and cinema, spawning countless imitations, spin offs, and sequels.īarker recently became an American citizen. Maimillian Bacchus and His Traveling Circus is composed of four interwoven stories penned by Clive 40 years ago. and it is named Clive Barker." Barker's later works grew in size and scope to encompass epic fantasy and even young adult literature.Ī number of Clive Barker's works have been made into films and television shows including Hellraiser (based on his novella The Hellbound Heart), Rawhead Rex, Nightbreed (based on his novella Cabal), and Candyman (based on his short story The Forbidden). Upon reading his work, Stephen King stated, "I have seen the future of horror. His earliest works, a collection of short stories entitled Books of Blood, drew praise from some of the masters of the genre. Clive Barkers A-Z of Horror, Clive Barkers Shadows in Eden, Clive Barkers The Nightbreed Chronicks and the Hellraiser. He is an author, film director, and visual artist best known for his work in both fantasy and horror fiction. VJ Books Presents Author Clive Barker! Clive Barker was born on Octoin Liverpool, England. You are here: Home > Our Authors > Barker, Clive “Blood Wrapped”, Many Bloody Returns (2007) - Henry Fitzroy #8.5 (Henry, Vicki)."See Me", Those Who Fight Monsters: Tales of Occult Detectives (2011) - Tony Foster series (Tony Foster).Blood Bank (2008) ~ collection of shorts - Final.In individual books the antagonist(s) also have recurring roles in the narration as do other plot-related characters (usually victims of the week) to a lesser degree. Throughout the series the primary narrators are Vicky Nelson, Henry Fitzroy, and Mike Celluci with the odd asides from the secondary character, Tony Foster. Third person narrative from multiple perspectives.Features an unusual heroine who is a strong-willed, competent woman with a physical weakness failing eyesight) who is neither a damsel in distress, or a kickass undefeatable chick.The characters all feel very real, very natural–Vicki was very believable, strong and unabashedly a very real person. ~ All Things Urban Fantasy Lead's Species Re-reading Victoria Nelson now, every description of Vicki brings to mind the strong jaw and dry sense of humor of her televised incarnation, adding to the experience of the re-read. This strong source material lends itself well to revival, from the Canadian TV show "Blood Ties" to the recent reissues of the books themselves. Of the many, classic Urban Fantasy books of the 90's, the Vicki Nelson series holds extremely well. |