![]() and Norman Mailer.Īs a novelist, Vidal explored the nature of corruption in public and private life. As a public intellectual, Gore Vidal's topical debates on sex, politics, and religion with other intellectuals and writers occasionally turned into quarrels with the likes of William F. His political and cultural essays were published in The Nation, the New Statesman, the New York Review of Books, and Esquire magazines. As a political commentator and essayist, Vidal's primary focus was the history and society of the United States, especially how a militaristic foreign policy reduced the country to a decadent empire. Senator, Vidal was born into an upper-class political family. Senate (for California).Ī grandson of a U.S. ![]() House of Representatives (for New York), and later in 1982 to the U.S. He unsuccessfully sought office twice as a Democratic Party candidate, first in 1960 to the U.S. ![]() ![]() Beyond literature, Vidal was heavily involved in politics. His novels and essays interrogated the social and cultural sexual norms he perceived as driving American life. Eugene Luther Gore Vidal ( / v ɪ ˈ d ɑː l/ born Eugene Louis Vidal, Octo– July 31, 2012) was an American writer and public intellectual known for his epigrammatic wit. ![]()
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What she wouldn’t give for the screech of the T or honk of an irritated driver yakking on a cell phone, or even the non-stop cussing tirade of her downstairs neighbors in Boston. But venturing this deep in the forest was creeping her out.Ĭity girls didn’t belong here. ![]() Ami had seen the sketches, and she had to admit they were spectacular. Lived on thirty acres of wilderness in the Vermont mountains, designed and hand built kids’ tree houses. Supposedly the builder was some sort of lumberjacky guru. Her sister had sent her on this asinine errand to deliver the deposit check for her niece’s playhouse. She smiled and imagined a grizzled stump of a man whacking at some logs with a rusty old axe. The frost heaves were wicked bad this year.įor God’s sake, just how deep in the woods does this guy live? What is he? Some sort of mountain man? Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental.Īmi Jordan pulled her mini SUV onto the dirt road and bounced around like a rodeo rider. Except for the use in any review, the reproduction or utilization of this work in whole or in part in any form by any electronic, mechanical or other means is forbidden without the express permission of the author. Editorial: Helen Hardt, Īll rights reserved. ![]() ![]() ![]() I must go now, and re-read DDG so I can re-read Harlem Sunset. I don't know that much about this period of history, but I never doubted a single detail of this amazing book. Better Than The Movies by Lynn Painter is a rom-com young adult book that follows Liz, a young girl who is smitten with her mom’s old collection of romantic comedy movies and sees life (and romance) through the eyes of the movies. The fashion, the language, the clubs - her worldbuilding is lush, while at the same time authentic. She's begrudgingly solving crime again, this time to save Rosa Maria, and she is fierce and fabulous and everything I want to be.Īfia is masterful at capturing Harlem in the twenties, sweeping the reader away to the glamour. This tired, tiny lesbian is at it again and I have missed her so much! Just as smart, just as clever, just as deadpan with the dry wit. Lou is back, being just as spectacularly Lou as in DDG. ![]() Lou is back, being just as spect Disclaimer #1: I adore this author and consider her a friend.ĭisclaimer #2: If I HAAAATED this author and wanted to punch her in the face, I would still LOVE this book (which would piss me off, so I'm glad I like her). Disclaimer #2: If I HAAAATED this author and wanted to punch her in the face, I would still LOVE this book (which would piss me off, so I'm glad I like her). 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 starsĭisclaimer #1: I adore this author and consider her a friend. ![]() ![]() ![]() This world is (or, at least, was) given logic and regularity by some other force, which Berkeley concludes is God. Berkeley did this by suggesting that "Ideas can only resemble Ideas" - the mental ideas that we possess can only resemble other ideas (not material objects) and thus the external world consists not of physical form, but rather of ideas. Whilst, like all the Empiricist philosophers, both Locke and Berkeley agreed that we are having experiences, regardless of whether material objects exist, Berkeley sought to prove that the outside world (the world which causes the ideas one has within one's mind) is also composed solely of ideas. ![]() ![]() This book largely seeks to refute the claims made by Berkeley's contemporary John Locke about the nature of human perception. A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (Commonly called 'Treatise' when referring to Berkeleys works) is a 1710 work by the Irish Empiricist philosopher George Berkeley. Download cover art Download CD case insert A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (Version 2)Ī Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (commonly called Treatise when referring to Berkeley's works) is a 1710 work, in English, by Irish Empiricist philosopher George Berkeley. ![]() ![]() The structural domain organizes oppression, whereas the disciplinary domain manages it. Whether viewed through the lens of a single system of power, or through that of intersecting oppressions, any particular matrix of domination is organized via four interrelated domains of power, namely, the structural, disciplinary, hegemonic, and interpersonal domains. Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment, Second Edition. ![]() There is no one among us who has not felt the pain of sexism and sexist oppression, the anguish that male domination can create in daily life, the profound and unrelenting misery and sorrow. ![]() I am grateful that I can be a witness, testifying that we can create a feminist theory, a feminist practice, a revolutionary feminist movement that can speak directly to the pain that is within folks, and offer them healing words, healing strategies, healing theory. ![]() Let us imagine that this woman or child was suffering the pain of sexism and sexist oppression, that she wanted to make the hurt go away. Our search leads us back to where it all began, to that moment when an individual woman or child, who may have thought she was all alone, began a feminist uprising, began to name her practice, indeed began to formulate theory from lived experience. I am grateful that we are collectively searching as feminist thinkers/theorists for ways to make this movement happen. ![]() We have still to collectively make feminist revolution. Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom. ![]() ![]() ![]() Steampunk poses the question, "What if that potential had indeed been unlimited?"This seems to have been the motivating question behind Canadian author Kenneth Oppel's world-building for his wonderful young adult novel, Airborn, as well as its sequels. From the Jacquard Loom (a very early punch-card-controlled device) in 1800, to the steam locomotive in 1814, to the diesel engine in 1892, and all of the various strange and wonderful things in between, it was a time of what appeared to be unlimited potential. The Victorian era was a time of incredible development in terms of manufacturing, technological development, and discovery. Over at the Steampunk Fashion livejournal site, macaodghain posted a well-written exploration of the "Victorian in Steampunk." While I don't agree with the contention that Steampunk is essentially Victorian, I love how macaodghain characterizes the Victorian era: ![]() ![]() She wanted to numb the pain and escape her thoughts and her marriage and the only way she could do that was by cheating on her loving husband with Arsen. But slowly, after four miscarriages, the hurt and broken dreams becomes too much for Cathy and all that is left is a cold empty shell where her heart once beat. It tells the story of Cathy and Ben's perfect marriage and deep love they have for each other and this is also told in flashbacks of how they first met and fell in love. ![]() IT'S RAW, IT'S HEARTBREAKING & VERY ADDICTIVE TOOīe prepared because this tragic love story is full of heartache, regrets and pain. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "A rich, many-layered story the detail and integrity of the imagined world invite comparison with Herbert's Dune and Tolkein's Middle Earth, but it is a unique literary work that transcends issues of categorization… Taken as a whole, the entire… sequence is a stunning accomplishment" ( Anatomy of Wonder II-1282). "A masterpiece of science fantasy comparable in importance to the major works of Tolkien and Lewis" ( Publishers Weekly). Octavo, original half black, red, and green cloth, original dust jackets.įirst edition of the Book of the New Sun tetralogy, widely considered one of the highspots of the "dying earth" genre, signed on the title page or second half title of each volume by Gene Wolfe. New York: Timescape/Simon & Schuster, (1980-83). FIRST EDITION OF GENE WOLFE'S BOOK OF THE NEW SUN TETRALOGY, SIGNED IN ALL FOUR VOLUMES ![]() ![]() Tips for helping you take care of day-to-day needs: ![]() Alzheimer's will eventually limit your own insights as to what you can safely do. If friends or family have expressed concern about your ability to perform certain roles or tasks, listen to their observations. Consider Meals on Wheels, homemaker services, or services to help with managing medications or bill paying. Plan ahead for how you will address your basic needs, including housing, meals and physical care. 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