![]() ![]() Matthew Teutsch on From the HBW Archives: The Works of John A.Hurston’s Canon: Into the Mysteries of Zora Neale Hurston.The Project on the History of Black Writing Mourns Melvin Van Peebles.The “Other Hurston”- Broadening Communal and Digital Spaces : As seen on TikTok, Daniel Black’s Perfect Peace is the heartbreaking portrait of a large, rural southern family’s attempt to grapple with their mother’s desperate decision to make her newborn son into the daughter she will never havea complex, imaginative story of one unforgettable black family in mid-twentieth. ![]() This blog serves as a virtual extension of the HBW’s initiatives and as a venue for up-to-date information about the program. Founded in 1983 at the University of Mississippi, Oxford, HBW is committed to (1) literary recovery work in black studies (2) textual scholarship, book history and pedagogy (3) professional development, curriculum change and innovation (4) and, public literacy programming. The Project on the History of Black Writing (HBW) has been in the forefront of research and inclusion efforts in higher education for over 30 years. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Like every girl, she was born with a set of childhood markings-the freckles, moles, and birthmarks on her body that foretell her future and that of those around her-and with puberty will come a new set of predictions that will solidify her fate. A piercing indictment of rape culture, it is an inventive and urgent read about what happens when women are objectified and stripped of choice-and what happens when they fight back.Ĭeleste Morton has eagerly awaited her passage to adulthood. Perfect for fans of Leni Zumas’s Red Clocks and Naomi Alderman’s The Power, Body of Stars is a unique and timely exploration of girlhood, womanhood, and toxic masculinity. Body of Stars: A Novel by Laura Maylene WalterīODY OF STARS has recently appeared on most anticipated lists from The Millions, The Rumpus, and i09!įrom debut novelist Laura Maylene Walter, a bold and dazzling exploration of fate and female agency in a world very similar to our own-except that the markings on women’s bodies reveal the future ![]() ![]() You can visit sets that depict foreign locations right here in Mumbai, or learn the nuances of acting at the live movie shoot tours. Some excursions are organised in the premises of the Film City which are aimed at the different aspects of movie - making, which are open to all who wish to experience it. ![]() Not only is it a great place for film shoots, but it is also filled with verdant greenery and refreshing expanses.īuilt on the lines of the Film City of California, today it is considered as synonymous to Bollywood. There is no denying the enigma that filmmaking holds on every one of us, and Film City gives a chance to live out our dream with its various tours. Today, Film City has grown to be one of the best film studios, well-equipped with all the essential amenities and world-class facilities. ![]() Almost over 900 movies and many more television shows have also been shot here. Over the years, it has been the locations for a number of Bollywood films. ![]() The place is so vast that about 1000 film sets can be erected here simultaneously. Spread across a vast area of 520 acres, the Film City is comprised of about twenty indoor studios and is located in Aarey Colony, Mumbai, Film City is often regarded as a home of Bollywood. ![]() ![]() ![]() The two met at a college in California, on the day the world ended. Kick at the Darkness is basically a story of two men, one human, one werewolf, as they fight to survive in a world gone crazy. ![]() I did a quick reread of Kick at the Darkness just so I’d have it fresh in my mind, and was reminded why I loved it so much. ![]() I’m so happy that Keira Andrews felt that way too! Oh yes! I LOVED Kick at the Darkness, and it totally felt like the story could continue. This gay romance is a dystopian adventure featuring a werewolf, his boyfriend, and their struggle to find a place to call home. Or do they?ĭanger on the high seas can surface in a heartbeat, and if Parker and Adam aren’t careful, the current will drag them under. They don’t need anyone else complicating their struggle to survive. He doesn’t trust anyone but Adam and is determined to keep it that way. He’s eager to investigate the island, but Parker doesn’t think for a nanosecond that the voice on the radio can be believed. ![]() Orphaned as a child, werewolf Adam has always longed for a pack. Lovers Parker and Adam have escaped to the open sea when they hear a message over the airwaves from a place called Salvation Island-a supposed safe haven. Is it enough?Ī virus that turns the infected into zombie-like killers spreads through a burning world thrown into lawless chaos. Adrift in a post-apocalyptic world, they only have each other. ![]() ![]() ![]() She dedicates her life to finding little Mason. Isabelle has, understandably, become obsessed. Her nerves are frazzled, and, as is often the case, the strain has damaged her marriage. No amount of medication or white wine could keep her under. It looks like an inside job-no forced doors or broken windows-but with what possible motive? At first Isabelle stayed awake to BE there if Mason returned, or was returned. The police investigate, of course, but there are no real clues. ![]() Neither Isabelle nor her husband, Ben, saw or heard anything. ![]() It has been a year since her toddler, Mason, was abducted, silently, in the middle of the night from their home in Savannah. Isabelle Drake, the heroine/narrator of Willingham’s new novel, “All the Dangerous Things,” hasn’t slept in a year. In her hugely successful debut thriller, “A Flicker in the Dark,” Stacy Willingham developed a plot that involved solving crimes from the fairly distant past, putting the spotlight of suspicion on one character after another, with amazing twists and revelations, and a protagonist/narrator, Chloe Davis, herself a psychiatrist, who suffered from a collection of neuroses, including anxiety attacks and insomnia. ![]() ![]() “But sometimes it feels like that was only the start.” Accordingly, the novel is barely halfway through when a crane arrives to remove the plane’s carcass, and its final scene takes place on the crash’s fifth anniversary. “Getting out of the building should have been the hardest thing we had to do,” one survivor says to another. ![]() ![]() Their perspectives – each distinct and believable, even if some feel more authentic than others – define alternating chapters as the sirens rise and fall. Among them are Malachi, a broken-hearted student who is struggling to raise his streetwise kid brother, Tristan Mary, the salty Filipino nurse with a secret life she keeps from her family Pamela, a teenage athlete whose father has become her jailer and vulnerable Elvis, who loves his new home, with its laminated instructions and the fridge filled by his carer. ![]() ![]() ![]() The resolution of the printing is so sharp that after multiple readings I still run my fingers over the paint and corrugated card, sure that I’ll feel the texture. The Patchwork Bike is a keeper, not only for the sheer joy of story but also for the conversations it will trigger: about life in Africa, the irrepressible joy of children despite their lack of commercial posse ssions and the satisfaction of recycling. ![]() Van T Rudd is a street artist - I wonder how he came to illustrate this book? His web site would be good to explore with a High School class and yes he is related to our former PM Kevin Rudd. You can read more about the author in this article from The Australian newspaper. With all classes we will also look at Galimoto by Karen Lynn Williams along with this video. 1 Car spotter by Atinuke and compare the setting. With a younger group you might dip into the series about the No. If I was reading The Patchwork bike with a senior class or even a High School group we might also explore The Green Bicycle by Haifaa Al Mansour. You can see more books about bicycles on this Pinterest Collection made by my friend from Kinderbookswitheverything. We have a good collection and I have this little bike made in Africa and sold at a Oxfam shops. It will be a joy this term to read books about bikes and bike riding. ![]() ![]() They need to follow the thieves to Shanghai, they need to call some backup to accompany them, and they need a babysitter.Īlso, someone has stabbed Magnus with a strange magical weapon and the wound is glowing, so they have that to worry about too.įortunately, their backup consists of Clary, Jace, Isabelle, and newly minted Shadowhunter Simon. Now Magnus and Alec will have to drop everything to get it back. ![]() Until the night that two old acquaintances break into Magnus’s apartment and steal the powerful Book of the White. They’re living together in a fabulous loft, their warlock son, Max, has started learning to walk, and the streets of New York are peaceful and quiet-as peaceful and quiet as they ever are, anyway. Life is good for Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood. ![]() The Lost Book of the White is a Shadowhunters novel. From #1 New York Times bestselling authors Cassandra Clare and Wesley Chu comes the second book in the Eldest Curses series and a thrilling new adventure for High Warlock Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood, for whom a death-defying mission into the heart of evil is not just a job, it’s also a romantic getaway. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Book 1: The Golden Acorn (2010) Book 2: Glasruhen Gate (2011) Book 3: Silver Hill (2011) Book 4: The Lost Treasure of Annwn (2012) Book 5: The Oak Lord (coming Autumn 2013). Follow Eleanor's role in this history in Catherine Cooper's The Adventures of Jack Brenin. ![]() Gleaned from The Red Book of Lore, the copious notes of Finnik the Delve, and the Bardic tales of long ago, it documents an important part of the history of three worlds. Rating details 3,498 ratings 270 reviews When Jack Brenin finds a golden acorn lying in the grass, little does he know that it is the beginning of a thrilling and magical adventure. In safe keeping at the library at Falconrock – and belonging to Eleanor, Druid of Glasruhen, Seanchai, Keeper of Secrets and Ancient Rituals, and Guardian of the Sacred Grove – is The Book of Dragon Lore. None may enter, unless they have permission or know how to open its doors, for it contains all the ancient knowledge of the Druids. Deep inside Falconrock, hidden from Humankind, is a secret library. The Book of Dragon Lore is an enchanting, beautifully illustrated accompaniment to a series of books that chronicle the adventures of Jack Brenin, finder of the golden acorn. THE GOLDEN ACORN CATHERINE COOPER Copyright text Catherine Cooper, 2009 Copyright illustrations and cover. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I would actually discourage you from reading this book because you’re better off picking up something else. If you’re looking for a book with romance and a happy ending, this isn’t it. Today’s blog post is dedicated to condensing the history the series analyzes and spotlighting the small Easter eggs of our culture the book includes. Kuang’s writing allows us to feel seen while respectfully exploring the darkest moments in our culture’s history. This is a series that has touched the hearts of many Asian readers, especially children of diaspora because it takes the stories we’ve listened to growing up and weaves them into an epic fantasy. The first is to read it as any other fantasy novel, and the second is through an analytical lens and understanding of the history it discusses. ![]() In my opinion, there are two ways to read TPW trilogy. ![]() |