5/22/2023 0 Comments Ben lerner atocha![]() ![]() We were all, it was soon evident, not receiving knowledge from a teacher but collectively thinking through strategies to process the culture around us, one where the shouts of spill-over protestors from Occupy Wall Street and those fighting tuition increases in the CUNY system echoed through our windows. We did not, as in other classes, catalogue literary epochs like distant names on a map, but asked how national, social and personal crises inflected literary innovations within the tradition. That was what made his class so captivating to a young writer like myself: he grounded the discussion with stakes rooted in our lived world. Although Hurricane Irene (category 3) was set to make landfall in a week, the crisis, Ben made clear, was language. ![]() ![]() Ben spoke to us as if we were his peers, a portion of the campus citizenry assembled to assess a crisis ahead of us-not his subordinate charges. Ten minutes into our first class I flipped open my schedule to double check that I had not, in fact, accidently stepped into a graduate course. I first encountered Ben Lerner as an undergraduate in one of his poetry workshops at Brooklyn College. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “Theme?”), underscoring the way they call into question Hideo Kojima’s effectiveness in how he’s crafted his game, and its legacy, in general. It comes to us from Ashly & Anthony Burch, who became known from their web series “Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin’?,” which perhaps lends itself to the casual tone and self-aware humor that Boss Fight Books have often employed, informed further by A & A’s continued work in the video game sphere, giving them a unique point of view: able to readily compare what games look like now to then, the 1998 of Metal Gear Solid’s debut.Īnd they stay on topic – a mighty accomplishment for this series – sectioning their book up into chapters that amusingly all have question marks after them (e.g. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Etsy Empire by Eric Michael![]() ![]() Learn valuable tips for improving Etsy photography and how to make your item descriptions convert into sales.Learn how to sell crafts and vintage collectibles on Etsy.Use Pinterest, Facebook and Twitter to sell more items and engage your shop's fans - Social Media for Etsy. ![]()
5/21/2023 0 Comments Harold vanner![]() ![]() Trust incites mistrust from the very start. ![]() And we-the readers of her nonfiction book within Diaz’s fictional one-take her at her word that the scene occurred just so. She recounts it decades later in her memoir, from which this passage is drawn. The “I” belongs to a woman who observes the scene while in the rich man’s office to interview for a secretarial position. But when the welder adjusted his cap and his coat, always staring at the man in the chair, I realized that, to him, the window was an impenetrable mirror.ĭiaz recently told Vanity Fair that the idea for the novel began to form in his mind with this image of two men, each his own island-the rich man who cannot be seen the worker whose view is obstructed. Midway through Hernan Diaz’s wondrous new novel, Trust, a wealthy financier sits at a desk, looking out of a high-rise window at a welder, suspended on a beam, who seems to be returning his gaze:Įach man appeared to be hypnotized by the other. ![]() ![]() ![]() If (('gtm=off') const isAppRedirect = ('appRedirect') Ĭonst isAndroid = /Android/i.test(erAgent) Ĭonst isIphone = /iPhone|iPad|iPod/i. Yet neither Hector nor Noelle knows what to fear more-the killer case, or their own lethal desires. ![]() When a wealthy businessman is murdered in New Chicago’s seediest district, the two are partnered, and there’s no escaping what they both want: each other. But to be with her, he risks destroying her. ![]() For the first time, his stone-cold resistance is tested. She is beautiful and rich, with a party girl smile that hides a shocking vulnerability, and from the beginning his sizzling attraction to her is undeniable. But Noelle Tremain is a temptation like no other. Little wonder he’s determined to remain on his own. He is a walking weapon, capable of killing with a single brush of his fingertips. Hector Dean is shaved, tattooed, and totally ripped-and he has a deadly secret. With one caress, he can give unforgettable pleasure.or unending pain. New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter captivates with a dark, tantalizing world of humans, otherworlders, and a powerful AIR agent consumed by his desire for a woman he can never have. ⚠️ This book will unfortunately be removed from the service on the 14th of May. Written by Gena Showalter Narrated by Max Bellmore 4.5 / 5 ( 20 ratings ) About this audiobook From New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter comes the long-awaited story of Torin, the most dangerous Lord of the Underworld yetFierce immortal warrior. ![]() ![]() Alan Cheuse, NPR's All Things Considered "Told with both affection and intensity, Goon Squad stands as a brilliant, all-absorbing novel for the beach, the woods, the air-conditioned apartment or the city stoop while wearing your iPod. "Egan's bravura fifth book samples from different eras (the glory days of punk a slick, socially networked future) and styles (sly satire, moving tragedy, even PowerPoint) to explore the interplay between music and the rough rhythms of life." Features characters about whom you come to care deeply as you watch them doing things they shouldn't, acting gloriously, infuriatingly human." "It ends in the same place it starts, except that everything has changes, including you, the reader." is one of the most talented writers today." "A rich and unforgettable novel about decay and endurance, about individuals in a world as it changes around them. "The smartest book you can get your hands on." Music is both subject and metaphor as Egan explores the mutability of time, destiny, and individual accountability post-technology." ![]() ![]() Like a masterful album, this one demands a replay." ![]() "At once intellectually stimulating and moving. Egan possesses a satirist's eye and a romance novelist's heart." One of the Best Books of the Year: Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, The Daily Beast, The Miami Herald, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Newsday, NPR's On Point, O, the Oprah Magazine, People, Publishers Weekly, Salon, San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Times, Slate, Time, The Washington Post, and Village Voice ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Beard necessities![]() ![]() But somewhere along the way, as I continued reading and got to see both perspectives my thoughts changed and I understood their reasonings. ![]() I was definitely bummed out that Roscoe and Simone are barely, if at all, in the book but the small mentions of them made my heart happy.Ĭlaire and Billy have definitely been through a lot and I was definitely frustrated with both of them in the beginning when I thought about how ridiculous it was that they were separated for so long. The shenanigans, the talks, the every day mundane beauty of seeing almost all of our favorites together under one room together. There are so many things I loved about this book and at the very top it has to be the amount of the Winston brothers and their women scenes. ![]() I can’t believe we are finally here! Billy and Claire finally get their HEA and it was glorious. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The saga leads us to the culmination of the cycle, the dissolution of the universe and the passing of the hero to other realms - a metaphor for the dissolution and resurrection of ourselves, and the hero that lives within us all. The Cosmogonic Cycle, part two, explores the global legends of the origins and creation of the universe and studies the hero in his various guises, including those of warrior, love, world redeemer and saint. This part of the program follows the mythological path from immaturity to freedom - the heroic inner struggle that leads from birth to spiritual rebirth - to help us understand ourselves and the essence of what it means to be human beings. The Adventure of the Hero, part one, describes the universal image of the hero and shows that folklore and myth can serve as potent spiritual and psychological metaphors for modern man. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Stolen by Addison Cain![]() ![]() So when reports came back, weeks later, of how she’d stopped in her run-how she’d sobbed, her hand pressed over her womb-he’d just about strangled Dr. ![]() Shepherd had her shadowed each time, attempting more than once to do so himself, but Claire was too fast. That distracting pain was preferable to the ache she couldn’t shake. She ran as fast as she could, darting through shrubbery, jumping over stairs. She did the same the next day, then the next. She’d panted heavily and bent over, near vomiting. It can grow very cold near the updrafts.”Īn hour later, Claire sprinted down the vacant path until her body shook from exertion, and she’d loved every minute of it. It was very difficult for Shepherd to remain silent and trust Dr. “I’m going to go running on the causeway over the city where we walk.” When the sound faded, her mercurial emotions found momentary neutrality. You are also a sub-par gardener.”Ĭlaire laughed, her eyes glittering as the rage dwindled and amusement seeped in. She’d mentioned many times in the past, her dream of her future husband, so he’d spoken her culture’s vows to please her. The modest band was dirty from her work in her garden, but Shepherd’s eyes found pleasure in seeing it on her finger because the title was one that mattered to her. She did not speak of Thólos, not with him, not with Dr. Her trowel jammed into the earth, Claire oddly comforted that he knew her insides were a mess. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Paper love jae![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Anja is a bisexual woman who is more on the meek side until you get to know her and the biggest stationery and fountain pen nerd that has ever walked the cobblestone streets of Freiburg, Germany. The characters in the Paper Love are cute and mostly relatable and I enjoyed that no one in the story was younger than their mid-thirties. Freiburg is too provincial for her taste, and besides, pen and paper are outdated anyway.Īnja Lamm, Paper Love’s only full-time employee, takes an instant dislike to the arrogant, digital-loving snob who’s supposed to be her temporary boss.īut thanks to a meddling cat, a business trip to a stationery fair, and an armada of origami boats, Anja soon starts to see beneath Susanne’s aloof exterior, and Susanne discovers how sexy pens and notebooks can be-at least when Anja handles them.Īs the end of Susanne’s three-month stay approaches, will she stick to her plan to leave, or will she open her heart to more than just paper love? Susanne Wolff isn’t thrilled when her mother sends her all the way across the country to Freiburg to save her uncle’s stationery store from bankruptcy. Paper Love is cute, relaxed, and for me, a bit anti-climactic: Today is another repeat author review where we’re going to revisit Jae and her woman loving woman romance that is also a love letter to brick and mortar stationery stores, Paper Love. ![]() |