Pat barker the voyage home5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() There is danger for a solitary woman in this world, and Circe’s independence draws the wrath of men and gods alike. And wily Odysseus, on his epic voyage home. But she will not always be alone many are destined to pass through Circe’s place of exile, entwining their fates with hers. There she learns to harness her occult craft, drawing strength from nature. When love drives Circe to cast a dark spell, wrathful Zeus banishes her to the remote island of Aiaia. ![]() Increasingly isolated, she turns to mortals for companionship, leading her to discover a power forbidden to the gods: witchcraft. But Circe has neither the look nor the voice of divinity, and is scorned and rejected by her kin. In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. Trigger warnings: Attempted rape, animal death ![]()
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'Twas the Night Before Christmas, but according to lore, This beloved poem was not written by Clement Clarke Moore.Īt least that's the opinion of Mary Van Deusen, who claims her great-great-great-great-great-grandfather, Henry Livingston Jr., a poet and farmer from a Poughkeepsie, N.Y., is the true author of the iconic holiday verse.įor years, Van Deusen has been doing her best to try to convince the public that her unheralded ancestor deserves credit for the legendary prose. Note: This article was originally published in 2017 ![]() Oliver twist illustrated5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() Because they were mobile and traveled all over England, they were much more effective at catching criminals than the stationary London Watch ( Wikipedia). The Bow Street Runners earned their income through rewards and private fees and gained much of their information through the use of informers. This group operated as London's police force from 1750 until they were incorporated into Sir Robert Peel's Metropolitan Police in 1829. 516-517).įrom Fagin to Riah: How Charles Dickens looked at the Jews By Herb Moskovitzīlathers and Duff, who responded to the attempted robbery of the Maylie home, were officers in the famous Bow Street Runners. Dickens also, when editing Oliver Twist for the Charles Dickens edition of his works, eliminated most references to Fagin as "the Jew" ( Slater, 2009, p. In his novel, Our Mutual Friend, Dickens created Riah, a positive Jewish character. ![]() Later, when Dickens sold his London residence, Tavistock House, to a Jewish couple, whom he befriended, he was compelled to make restitution. Dickens expressed surprise when the Jewish community complained about the stereotypical depiction of Fagin. ![]() Your browser does not support JavaScript!Īnti-Semitism, ingrained into English society at the time Oliver Twist was written (1837), manifest itself in Charles Dickens' depiction of Fagin. ![]() Adrienne maree brown's emergent strategy5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Her mindset-altering essays are interwoven with conversations and insights from other feminist thinkers, including Audre Lorde, Joan Morgan, Cara Page, Sonya Renee Taylor, and Alexis Pauline Gumbs. Drawing on the black feminist tradition, she challenges us to rethink the ground rules of activism. ![]() How do we make social justice the most pleasurable human experience? How can we awaken within ourselves desires that make it impossible to settle for anything less than a fulfilling life? Author and editor adrienne maree brown finds the answer in something she calls “pleasure activism,” a politics of healing and happiness that explodes the dour myth that changing the world is just another form of work. Pleasure Activism is part of the Emergent Strategy Series. ![]() Daniel galouye counterfeit world5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() While the elite Alphas and Betas are individuals, the lower classes are produced in multiples to provide compliant identical individuals. In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World (1931), citizens are decanted, not born. Frequently, the technologies suggested are convenient workarounds for pesky, plot-stifling constraints such as gravity or the speed of light.ĭespite Stephenson’s concerns, I believe that the technologies presented in dystopian sci-fi can be interesting, thought provoking, and possibly even salutary. Clarke’s 1979 novel The Fountains of Paradise) and sometimes inventing them ( Star Trek’s holodeck). Science fiction has suggested many wonderful devices, sometimes elaborating on existing science (for example, the space elevator in Arthur C. The educational and inspirational device understood its user, tailored its language and delivery accordingly, and helped the low-class protagonist, Nell, to blossom and become a leader. Stephenson gave us the wonderful “Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer” in his book The Diamond Age (1995). It’s an interesting perspective, and you can read Annalee Newitz’s article reporting on this view in Smithsonian magazine ( ). ![]() The science fiction author Neal Stephenson has said that today’s science fiction is fixated on nihilism and apocalyptic scenarios. ![]() Rice waubgeshig5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() He left CBC in May 2020 to focus on his literary career. His most recently role was host of Up North, CBC Radio’s afternoon show for northern Ontario. In 2014, he received the Anishinabek Nation’s Debwewin Citation for excellence in First Nation Storytelling. He’s worked in a variety of news media since, reporting for CBC News for the bulk of his career. He graduated from Ryerson University’s journalism program in 2002. Waub got his first taste of journalism in 1996 as an exchange student in Germany, writing articles about being an Anishinaabe teen in a foreign country for newspapers back in Canada. ![]() His latest novel, Moon of the Crusted Snow, was released in October 2018 and became a national bestseller. His short stories and essays have been published in numerous anthologies. A French translation was published in 2017. His debut novel, Legacy, followed in 2014. His first short story collection, Midnight Sweatlodge, was inspired by his experiences growing up in an Anishinaabe community, and won an Independent Publishers Book Award in 2012. 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