![]() He learned that the French did not have the same racial attitudes as Americans. For a short time during his youth, Griffin lived and attended school in France. Griffin was born in Dallas, Texas, and raised in a region where local laws, referred to as Jim Crow Laws, enforced separation of whites and people of color in almost all aspects of life. Despite being well-dressed and articulate, Griffin fails to find a job during his journey as a black man through the American South. Though fully expecting differences, Griffin found the extent of differences shocking. Through this exceptional experiment, his true story highlights just how separate the two worlds of whites and blacks actually were in 1959-living in different parts of towns, held to different rules of behavior, and enjoying different educational and job opportunities. ![]() Griffin temporarily transformed himself into a black man for almost two months. ![]() In the book Black Like Me, white author John Howard Griffin dramatically describes the crushing effects of racism on people's lives in the United States. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() The author examines if the popularity of contemporary legends in the media has changed the form, role, and integrity of familiar legends. What Happens Next? Contemporary Urban Legends and Popular Culture traces the evolution of contemporary legends from the tradition of oral storytelling to the sharing of stories on the Internet and TV. What do ghost hunting, legend tripping, and legendary monsters have in common with email hoaxes, chain letters, and horror movies? In this follow-up to Libraries Unlimited's Tales, Rumors, and Gossip: Exploring Contemporary Folk Literature in Grades 7-12, author Gail de Vos revisits popular urban legends, and examines the impact of media-online, social, and broadcast-on their current iterations. This fascinating book uncovers the history behind urban legends and explains how the contemporary iterations of familiar fictional tales provide a window into the modern concerns-and digital advancements-of our society. ![]() ![]() The good points: the continuity of King, a lot of goodwill, a decent cast, a reasonable budget. This miniseries is to King's novel as David Lynch's Dune is to Frank Herbert's. Somehow it makes all the disjointed claptrap that occupies these six hours cohere and work. I don't think I had actually realized until now how important King's distinctive voice is to what he does. Let alone any fiction so explicitly grounded in the voice of the author. Let alone a mammoth novel such as The Stand. If nothing else, for once and for all, this should retire the debate on the natural narrative scope of feature movies, which is much closer to short stories than novels. We're talking about a six-hour production here. Too bad, because it's weak sauce compared to the original novel (which I know only in its first-published shorter form). ![]() It seems safe to assume King had sufficient clout by 1994 to get his way-or maybe not. He makes about three cameos too many, gets a credit as executive producer, and most importantly owns sole credit for the script. ![]() Stephen King's heavy participation in this TV miniseries, which aired on ABC during the sweeps month of May 1994 (and won some Emmy Awards and nominations), complicates any assessment. Cast: Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald, Jamey Sheridan, Laura San Giacomo, Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, Rob Lowe, Miguel Ferrer, Ray Walston, Corin Nemec, Matt Frewer, Adam Storke, Kellie Overbey, Bill Fagerbakke, Rick Aviles, Stephen King, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, John Landis, Sam Raimi, Ed Harris ![]() ![]() Ehrensaft, author of The Gender Creative Child, plays a powerful role in the burgeoning field of pediatric transgenderism. The purpose here, as ever, is not to demonize, but to shed light on the potential and actual damage done by the practice and ideology of “gender affirmation.” Harms done not only to children and their families, but to the decades of progress achieved by the women’s and LGB liberation movements.Ī well known subscriber to the “gender affirmative” approach to trans-identified children is Diane Ehrensaft, PhD., a clinical and developmental psychologist. They undoubtedly sincerely believe they are doing the right thing. ![]() These people aren’t ogres who intend to bring harm to the young people and families under their care and influence. ![]() Note : 4thWaveNow frequently features posts (like this one) that focus, often unflatteringly, on the activists and providers involved in pediatric transition. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But Farrell manages just this here: his imaginative insight and technical virtuosity combine to produce a novel of quite outstanding quality' The Times 'Suspense and subtlety, humour and horror, the near-neighbourliness of heroism and insanity: it is rare to find such divergent elements being controlled in one hand and being raced, as it were, in one yoke. The Siege of Krishnapur is a modern classic of narrative excitement that also digs deep to explore some fundamental questions of civilisation and life. As food and ammunition grow short, the Residency, its defences battered by shot and shell and eroded by the rains, becomes ever more vulnerable. They prepare to fight for their lives with what weapons they can muster. Then the sepoys at the nearest military cantonment rise in revolt and the British community retreats with shock into the Residency. For the British there, life is orderly and genteel. In the Spring of 1857, with India on the brink of a violent and bloody mutiny, Krishnapur is a remote town on the vast North Indian plain. ![]() 'For a novel to be witty is one thing, to tell a good story is another, to be serious is yet another, but to be all three is surely enough to make it a masterpiece' New Statemsan ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Having traveled with Jonathan in the past, Veronica is asked to determine if the man is in fact Jonathan or an impostor after the family’s inheritance and jewels. His goddaughter Euphemia Hathaway reports that her brother, Jonathan Hathaway, has returned after being thought dead after the explosion in Krakatoa over half a decade ago. ![]() It’s so comforting and soothing to be spending time with Veronica and Stoker again and getting wrapped up in their latest unexpected mystery and adventure.Īfter returning home from their last adventure, Stoker and Veronica receive a summons by Sir Hugo Montgomerie, head of Special Branch, to help with a personal matter. Starting a new Veronica Speedwell book is like being welcomed with a warm hug from an old friend or family member. Links: Amazon – Barnes & Noble – Goodreads Series or Standalone: Veronica Speedwell #7 ![]() ![]() ![]() During the war the family home was burned down. He was given the rank of a sergeant, and was later promoted to lieutenant. In 1870 the Franco-Prussian War interrupted his work, and he enlisted in the defence force. Dantan's first exhibit at the Paris Salon was An Episode in the Destruction of Pompeii in 1869. At the age of nineteen he won a commission for a large mural painting of The Holy Trinity for the Hospice Brezin at Marne (Seine-et-Oise). Dantan was a pupil of Isidore Pils and Henri Lehmann at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His father, Antoine Laurent Dantan, and uncle, Jean-Pierre Dantan, were both well-known sculptors. His grandfather, who had fought in the Napoleonic Wars, was a wood sculptor. Édouard Joseph Dantan was born on 26 August 1848 in Paris. ![]() He was widely recognized in his day, although he was subsequently eclipsed by painters with more modern styles. ![]() Édouard Joseph Dantan was a French painter in the classical tradition. ![]() ![]() The number of victims is growing night after night, and so is Vulkan’s legion of the dead. And he’s starting with the psychotic dregs of society in the City of Angels. His plan is to replace all humankind with his kind. Prince Conrad Vulkan, Hungarian master of the vampires, as old as the centuries, calls it home. ![]() ![]() Since the owner’s murder, no living thing has ever again taken up residence. Built during Hollywood’s golden age for a long-dead screen idol with a taste for the macabre, it stands as a decaying reminder of the past. The Kronsteen castle, a gothic monstrosity, looms over Los Angeles. A vampire turns Los Angeles into a city of the dead in this novel by the New York Times–bestselling and Bram Stoker Award–winning author of Swan Song. ![]() ![]() forcing Miyoung to choose between her immortal life and Jihoon's. But when a young shaman tries to reunite Miyoung with her bead, the consequences are disastrous and reignite a generations-old feud. With murderous forces lurking in the background, Miyoung and Jihoon develop a tenuous friendship that blossoms into something more. When he finds her fox bead, he does not realize he holds her life in his hands. His grandmother used to tell him stories of the gumiho, of their power and the danger they pose to men. Jihoon knows Miyoung is more than just a beautiful girl-he saw her nine tails the night she saved his life. Against her better judgment, she violates the rules of survival to rescue the boy, losing her fox bead-her gumiho soul-in the process. ![]() ![]() Because so few believe in the old tales anymore, and with so many evil men no one will miss, the modern city of Seoul is the perfect place to hide and hunt.īut after feeding one full moon, Miyoung crosses paths with Jihoon, a human boy, being attacked by a goblin deep in the forest. ![]() ![]() Chu from a screenplay by Winnie Holzman and Stephen Schwartz. Synopsis: An addictive fantasy-romance set in modern-day Seoul.Įighteen-year-old Gu Miyoung has a secret-she's a gumiho, a nine-tailed fox who must devour the energy of men in order to survive. Wicked (also known as Wicked: Part One) is an upcoming epic musical fantasy film directed by Jon M. ![]() ![]() Me is a black man who owns a farm in a poor black urban neighbourhood. ![]() This is convenient, because the novel is written entirely in the first person. Our protagonist is never fully named, but we are told that his surname is Me. The devices are real enough to be believable, yet surreal enough to raise your eyebrows. Everything about The Sellout’s plot is contradictory. Maybe that’s the point of this whirlwind of a satire. You might even close the book feeling desensitised to one of the most contentious words in the English language. Although the “er” is a harsh and oppressive end to a harsh and oppressive word, his repetitive use comes off with a friendly familiarity. Paul Beatty’s version is the slave master spelling of nigger, not the 90s hip-hop “nigga”. ![]() ![]() The Sellout is a fast-paced, verbose book, but one particular word crops up again and again. I f there is one thing we know about words you shouldn’t say, it’s that those words end up becoming very alluring. ![]() |