![]() The story of female fury and its cultural significance demonstrates the long history of bitter resentment that has enshrouded women's slow rise to political power in America, as well as the ways that anger is received when it comes from women as opposed to when it comes from men. ![]() But long before Pantsuit Nation, before the Women's March, and before the #MeToo movement, women's anger was not only politically catalytic-but politically problematic. In the year 2018, it seems as if women's anger has suddenly erupted into the public conversation. Her wise and provocative columns helped make sense of a cultural transformation."-National Magazine Award Citation, 2018 "The most brilliant voice on feminism in this country."-Anne Lamott, author of Bird by Bird From Rebecca Traister, the New York Times bestselling author of All the Single Ladies comes a vital, incisive exploration into the transformative power of female anger and its ability to transcend into a political movement. ![]() ![]() * WASHINGTON POST * People * NPR * ESQUIRE * ELLE * WIRED * REFINERY 29 * "In a year when issues of gender and sexuality dominated the national conversation, no one shaped that exchange more than Rebecca Traister. ![]() *** NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*** ***BEST BOOKS OF 2018 SELECTION BY*** ![]()
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![]() …or, basically, I got the idea to write a community theatre book because that’s what I spent a lot of my time doing. Sometimes it helps you find the words to articulate what you really want or you really feel. ![]() Sometimes it means people push boundaries that really shouldn’t be pushed. It’s a real pressure cooker world, where emotions are intensified and you can play and experiment with all kinds of things – because, hey, it’s just pretend, right? Sometimes it can make you brave. I grew up on community theatre stages, and that persisted well into my young adulthood. This book isn’t about theatre kid me, but the theatre kid world that it’s set in was one I lived in for a long time. I’ve since rewritten it from the ground up four times, but every so often, a sentence that baby writer Jodi wrote in that very first draft will pop up, and it warms my heart. I was twenty and a third-year undergrad when I wrote the first draft. In the book, Libby is nineteen and a second-year undergrad. This is a book about theatre kids with too many emotions, and I wrote the first draft of it many, many years ago, when I was a theatre kid with too many emotions. Hey Jodi! Tell us a bit about the backstory for Libby Lawrence, and how the idea came to you ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() After all, they've been best friends since childhood without a single romantic entanglement. 'The word charm is pretty much synonymous with Lauren Layne' HypableĬan guys and girls ever be just friends? According to Audrey Tate and Clarke West, absolutely. From the author of the bestselling rom-com, The Prenup! One of O, The Oprah Magazine's '22 Romance Novels That Are Set to Be the Best of 2020' and one of Goodreads's ' 28 of the Hottest Romances of 2020'!Ī heartfelt and laugh-out-loud romantic comedy that's perfect for fans of Sally Thorne and Christina Lauren. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Brisingr is one of those books that you can't guess what's coming next, and you keep being surprised, part of what makes Brisingr so great! This keeps you guessing, and then you end up being wrong, and through out the entire book you essentially second guess yourself. I couldn't put it down and I read straight through! Paolini hooks you in Eragon's world, and keeps you there. Can this once-simple farm boy unite the rebel forces and defeat the king?Ĭhristopher Paolini writes a remarkable continuation of the Inheritence Series. When unrest claims the rebels and danger strikes from every corner, Eragon must make choices choices that take him across the Empire and beyond, choices that may lead to unimagined sacrifice.Eragon is the greatest hope to rid the land of tyranny. The Varden are in desperate need of his talents and strengthas are the elves and dwarves. But Eragon owes his loyalty to others, too. Still there is more at hand for the Rider and his dragon, as Eragon finds himself bound by a tangle of promises he may not be able to keep.First is Eragons oath to his cousin Roran: to help rescue Rorans beloved, Katrina, from King Galbatorixs clutches. ![]() ![]() forces collide.Following the colossal battle against the Empires warriors on the Burning Plains, Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have narrowly escaped with their lives. Reading level/ Type: Young Adult / Fantasy ![]() ![]() ![]() As Brand writes, "I knew, and they knew, that academia was a place for perpetuating class and class privilege." The text reveals the history of the academy, and the campus novel, as capitalist and colonial, and populated accordingly and it highlights reader complicity in the elision of all but white characters, and the naturalizing of capitalist values in previous fictions. What is the effect of departing from the naturalized straight white male anti-hero narrators written by Philip Roth or Kingsley Amis, and asking the reader instead to occupy the interior life of a person over several relationships which affect the narrator's perspective on the self at work? The effect is twofold. ![]() This "I," through which the reader views the novel, resists characterization by being both unnamed and ungendered, which also prevents the reader from confidently asserting the sexuality of the speaker. Penguin Random House Canada $27.95ĭoes she see me there, dressed in paper, dressed in the cuts on my fingers from turning pages?ĭionne Brand's engrossing new novel, Theory, experiments with the genre of the campus novel, employing the restricted perspective of a first-person narrator to recount a tale of love affairs and work. Love under Capitalism Dionne Brand Theory. ![]() ![]() England delivered with the force of a supernova.” (Ashley Poston, author of Geekerella and Heart of Iron) ![]() I wanted a snarky romp across the galaxy, and M.K. “An explosion of edge-of-your-seat twists and high-stakes danger that leaves you glued to the page and rooting for these lovable misfits. “An action-packed, entertaining blend of space hijinks, humor, and romance.” (Kirkus Reviews) “Much to recommend: nonstop cinematic action, strong feminist messages, and great diversity of characters.” (ALA Booklist) ![]() “If humankind requires saving, then this is the crew to do it.” (Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books) Praise for The Disasters: “This laugh-out-loud sci-fi action-adventure will leave readers wanting more.” (School Library Journal) “A bold and futuristic thrill ride with a dazzling blend of magic, mayhem, friendship, and heart.” (Jess Rothenberg, author of The Kingdom) She is an active presenter at local and national conferences, and you can find out more at Review: ![]() K. was a bookstore clerk, a teaching assistant, and an experimental music composer. England is a youth services librarian who grew up in Florida and is now based in the mountains of Central Virginia. ![]() ![]() ![]() In 2011, he received The de Grummond Medallion for "lifetime contribution to the field of children's and young adult literature." He has also won the Nautilus Award Grand Prize, and many other literary awards. ![]() Since then, he has written more than thirty novels, children's books, non-fiction books, and nature books. He served as president of a private equity firm in New York City before changing careers in 1990, when he returned to Colorado with his wife, Currie, and their children to become a full-time writer and conservationist. To further his education, he spent a year traveling with his backpack around Europe, Asia, and Africa. He also has business and law degrees from Harvard University. ![]() He studied history and politics at Princeton University, where he was a Trustee, before he won a Rhodes Scholarship to attend Oxford University. Barron's writing reflects his great passion for nature and the spiritual values of the natural world, as well as his belief in the power of every person. His family moved to Colorado and he spent much of his youth on a ranch in the Rocky Mountains. ![]() Thomas Archibald Barron (born March 26, 1952) is an American writer of fantasy literature, books for children and young adults, and nature books.īarron spent his early childhood in Harvard, Massachusetts, a town full of apple orchards and New England history (including the childhood home of Louisa May Alcott). ![]() ![]() ![]() He accepts the visions as reality, even when Jack leads them on a quest to fulfill a dark prophecy.Īugust and Jack alienate everyone around them as they struggle with their sanity, free falling into the surreal fantasy world that feels made for them. ![]() With their parents’ unreliable behavior, August decides to help Jack the way he always has-on his own. Jack begins to see increasingly vivid hallucinations that take the form of an elaborate fantasy kingdom creeping into the edges of the real world. now can August save him?Īugust is a misfit with a pyro streak and Jack is a golden boy on the varsity rugby team-but their intense friendship goes way back. " An eerie and mesmerizing thriller that questions the space where reality and perception overlap, The Wicker King is a spine-tingling read that will have you riveted." -Caleb Roerhrig, author of Last Seen Leaving and White Rabbit The Wicker King is a psychological young adult thriller that follows two friends struggling as one spirals into madness. ![]() ![]() It won three Genie Awards, including Best Art Direction, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role. In 1986, her second novel, Dancing in the Dark (1982), became a film of the same name, starring Martha Henry. In addition to writing Barfoot occasionally teaches creative writing classes though she believes writing ought to be an entirely private pleasure and a puzzle. Barfoot was also encouraged to write by a teacher who told Barfoot she wrote well and to consider some word-related career. Barfoot doesn't remember the story but remembers her delight when her mother read the story back to her and the power of creating it. As a child, while she and her mother watched a squirrel in their back yard from their kitchen, her mother told Barfoot to tell her the squirrel's story and she'd write it down. ![]() ![]() She worked as a reporter and editor for various newspapers in Ontario including the Windsor Star, the Toronto Sun and the London Free Press. Joan Barfoot was born on in Owen Sound, Ontario, and graduated with a degree in English from the University of Western Ontario in 1969. ![]() ![]() She works in a mortuary, and she is a character who has a unique interest in dead bodies. I really liked Cassie, who is the lead protagonist. ![]() It’s one of the most original crime novels I’ve read in a long while. The pathologist says that her death was an accident.īody Language by A K Turner is such a unique crime thriller. I’ve eviscerated thousands of bodies, but never someone I know before – someone who meant a lot to me someone I loved. The dead want to tell us what happened to them. ![]() They can’t understand why I choose to cut up dead bodies for a living. People think being a mortuary technician is a seriously weird job. I’ll have all the details on how you can view the event at the end of this post.ĬASSIE RAVEN BELIEVES THE DEAD CAN TALK. Turner will also be appearing at this month’s First Monday Crime. With thanks to Tracy Fenton from Compulsive Readers for inviting me to take part. ![]() Turner, Body Language, on my blog today as part of the blog tour. I’m delighted to be sharing my thoughts on the debut novel by A.K. ![]() |
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