Her new job forced her to reflect on her own elite education experience, and to realize how disillusioned she had become with America's inequitable system. As an admissions officer specializing in diversity recruitment for independent prep schools, she persuaded students and families to embark on the same perilous journey she herself had made-to attend cutthroat and largely white schools similar to The Taft School, where she had been the first African-American legacy student only a few years earlier. The best depiction of elite whiteness I've read."-New York TimesĮarly on in Kendra James' professional life, she began to feel like she was selling a lie. The work of Admissions is laying down, with wit and care, the burden James assumed at 15, that she - or any Black student, or all Black students - would manage the failures of a racially illiterate community.
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The irony here is that Walker is an insightful writer whose two major nonfiction books - Black, White and Jewish and Baby Love - had the heft and the narrative flow of the best fiction. Our unnamed narrator falls in love with a Swahili man she meets on an island just off the Kenyan coast, grows apart from her friend and closer to her lover's family, and must struggle with the brutal realities of life under brutal Kenyan leader Daniel arap Moi - all in 112 short pages. It's a wild ride along with an unnamed (more on that later) biracial college student who's traveling through Africa with her white best friend. Rarely as the rush of romance felt so, well, rushed as it does in Rebecca Walker's maiden novel Adé: A Love Story. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Ade Subtitle A Love Story Author Rebecca Walker Many of your books celebrate the beauties of nature, especially little-known parts of nature. I remember in grade school a couple friends and I created a "graphic novel" (we called it a cartoon) based on magical versions of ourselves. Read what you love and trying writing in the same style. I would urge young writers to try all different kinds of writing. What would you say to encourage those kids who feel the same drive? Welcome, Joyce! You’ve said that, for you, writing was a compulsion that began as a child. Sidman is an award-winning poet who won the Newbery Honor for her book of poetry, Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night, and who was recognized with the NCTE Award for Excellence in Children’s Poetry for her lifetime achievements as a children’s poet. Today we have a very special guest on the blog, poet Joyce Sidman. Vivid and passionate and human."- The Washington Post Book World "With vivid imagery, Eva Luna transports the reader to an almost mythic continent where magical happenings are everyday events."- The Christian Science Monitor "Sumptuous. Allende seems to draw characters and tales from a bottomless well as Eva Luna narrates the story of her life. Allende's canvas is large, busy, full of feeling, incident and rich detail."- Chicago Tribune "There is a richness of language, image, and adventure that flows effortlessly." -The Philadelphia Inquirer, "An exotic dance that beguiles and entices."- San Francisco Chronicle "Remarkable. "An exotic dance that beguiles and entices."- San Francisco Chronicle "Remarkable. If the young Procopius, journeying to Constantinople in his middle twenties, anticipated himself a second Lysias in another Athens, he was likely to be disappointed. And one who once dallies with the language of Aeschylus and Sappho is only too likely thereafter to disdain any country other than Arcady. If our historian shows at times a Grecian simplicity and an unorthodox distaste for the killing of heretics, it must be remembered that before he became a Roman he had been a Rhetorician, which profession required a long and thorough acquaintance with that seductive siren, Hellenic literature. Certainly his frequent allusions to the religion of his period, if they do not, in the words of Edward Gibbon, betray occasional conformity, with a secret attachment to Paganism and Philosophy, at least show the detached mind of a critic to whom the hierarchy is not exactly infallible. D., and apparently was one of those Samaritans whom he mentions in the 'Secret History' as adopting Christianity for formal protection and not at all for spiritual reasons. He was born in Caesarea in Palestine about 500 A. LIKE most notables of the Roman Empire in Byzantine times, the historian Procopius was not a Latin. Dignall writes with a pleasing light touch and some of the jokes would be worthy of La Truss herself. And a section on the "double possessive" left me genuinely baffled (for some reason "she was a former girlfriend of the prince" is wrong). Having rightly steered us away from the dreaded greengrocer's apostrophe, she suddenly presents us with p's and q's, and the grotesque no's (rather than noes) as the plural of no. Thus in the apostrophe chapter we are told it's Mars' and Venus' for the possessive of the ancient gods, but Mars's for the planet and Venus's for the tennis player, and it's Dickens's, but Jesus'. OK, we all make mistakes, but a bigger problem is that many of Dignall's rulings are dubious, and some absurd. So barely three pages into the first chapter we find a "forego" (she means forgo) and, worse, "David Lloyd-George" (sic) is cited as an example of a hyphenated proper name. It's always tempting to point out the mistakes in such a book, so I will (it's known as Muphry's law, from which Guardian Style is not, alas, immune: "If you write anything criticising editing or proofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in what you have written"). These alone among the older gods were not banished with the coming of Zeus, but they took a lower place. The other notable Titans were O CEAN, the river that was supposed to encircle the earth his wife T ETHYS H YPERION, the father of the sun, the moon, and the dawn M NEMOSYNE, which means Memory T HEMIS, usually translated by Justice and I APETUS, important because of his sons, A TLAS, who bore the world on his shoulders, and P ROMETHEUS, who was the savior of mankind. The Romans said that when Jupiter, their name for Zeus, ascended the throne, Saturn fled to Italy and brought in the Golden Age, a time of perfect peace and happiness, which lasted as long as he reigned. He ruled over the other Titans until his son Zeus dethroned him and seized the power for himself. The most important was C RONUS, in Latin S ATURN. There were many of them, but only a few appear in the stories of mythology. They were of enormous size and of incredible strength. The Titans, often called the Elder Gods, were for untold ages supreme in the universe. THE TITANS AND THE TWELVE GREAT OLYMPIANS The Titans were their children, and the gods were their grandchildren. Before there were gods heaven and earth had been formed. It was the other way about: the universe created the gods. The Greeks did not believe that the gods created the universe. They breathe of that far world wherefrom they come, Strange clouded fragments of an ancient glory, The characters face many difficult situations, and Lowachee never makes it easy for them, but it's through this that her characters truly shine.Īn outstanding book overall, and highly recommended! ( ) The author is extremely skilled at writing emotionally true stories, and her careful, controlled prose is dripping with raw emotions. I was drawn in by the emotional journey that Ryan takes in navigating and ultimately mending his relationship with his father. While Burndive lacks a lot of the action of Warchild, it was still an engrossing read. There's some hilarious banter between the characters as well. It was also interesting to see old characters from Warchild, particularly Jos, through Ryan's eyes, particularly Jos, who was the main character of that book. Ryan is a difficult character to like but Lowachee writes him with a lot of sympathy and he grew on me as the story progressed. But Karin Lowachee does not disappoint! Burndive is an outstanding follow-up, focusing on Ryan, the son of Captain Cairo Azarcon whom we met in the previous book. I loved Warchild, the previous book in this series, and I'd heard that Burndive focuses on a different, less likeable character. “Engaging, deliciously sensual, superbly written romance. “Consistently excellent writing, deep and layered stories.” - Publishers Weekly “Burrowes delivers powerful and moving romance.” - RT Book Reviews But if she trusts Michael with the truths she’s been guarding, he’ll have to choose between his wife and everything else he holds dear. New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Grace Burrowes delivers another passionate Regency romance. Nonetheless, the young man who abandoned her has come home a wiser, more patient and honorable husband. The Laird 3 in series by Grace Burrowes ebook 5 of 5 copies available Borrow Read a sample Add to wish list Add to history Description Details Reviews New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Grace Burrowes delivers another passionate Regency romance. Michael left her when she needed him most, and then stayed away even after the war ended. Now his most important battle will be for her heartīrenna is also hurt, bewildered, and tired of fighting for the respect of those around her. Brenna is self-sufficient, competent, confident-and furious about Michael’s prolonged absence. New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Grace Burrowes delivers another passionate Regency romance…Īfter years of soldiering, Michael Brodie returns to his Highland estate to find that the bride he left behind has become a stranger. Īppearing in a series of Canadian Tire and KFC commercials, she joined the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) at the age of 9. She studied drama at the University of Toronto. Herington is a native of Oakville, Ontario, Canada, where she attended St. Currently, she performs with the Marieve Herington Band. Since the age of 16, she has been fronting her own jazz ensembles. At the age of 12, she began singing in major public performances. In addition to that, she voiced Celestia Ludenburg in the popular anime video game Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc. She provides the voice of Tilly Green on the Disney Channel show Big City Greens as well as voicing animated lead characters in Delilah & Julius and Pearlie. Marieve Herington (born February 22, 1988) is a Canadian actress and singer who has appeared in recurring roles on How I Met Your Mother, Good Luck Charlie and Ever After High. |