![]() ![]() We’ll be talking about Pride by Ibi Zoboi. We’re here to talk books for educators, by educators, and with educators. Jeanie: I’m Jeanie Philips, and welcome to Vermont Ed Reads. Who is represented in their pages? And who isn’t? And how did Zoboi’s novel make one of our librarians think more deeply about a hotly contested road project in tiny Brandon, Vermont? Grab your six-dollar maple lattes, listeners, and find out. We talk about gentrification, agency, and the amazing power of spoken word poetry, we give a shout out to DisruptTexts and ask teachers to think critically about the books they teach. ![]() Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Email | RSS | More What does Jane Austen have to do with a Drake mixtape?įor this episode, I was joined by Vermont rockstar librarian Meg Alison, in discussing Ibi Zoboi’s Pride, a Pride and Prejudice Remix. ![]()
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Multi-Award Winning Novel 2018 Royal Dragonfly Awards - 1st Place in Cultural Diversity Ebook Category 2018 IAN Book of the Year Award - Christian/Religious Category - Finalist 2018 Eric J. ![]() ![]() But can she hold onto her beliefs through the trials and tests she’ll face when Carlos De Leon insists on forcing her to marry him?Īfter all, the Mexican Lord-Carlos De Leon-cares nothing for God or any man. Her loving family in Mexico came to accept God into their lives through the ministry of a missionary. And not because she doesn’t trust him, but she’s worried for his life. She adores her new husband, but she’ll do anything to keep him from knowing what happened in Mexico before she fled the country. ![]() Rosita’s past is haunting her emotionally. Just days after their marriage, why is she crying and touchy? Has she fallen out of love with him already? Or is there something far more serious going on with her? His wife-the beautiful and exotic Mexican Rosita DeSantis, is totally in love with him-but something is wrong. ![]() He’s never known God or even much about him. It’s the late 1800s, and Hunter Carson has married the woman of his dreams and settled on the land he bought. ![]() ![]() ![]() He was nineteen.įor the next thirteen years he wrote fiction at night and weekends, working in many advertising agencies in Melbourne, London and Sydney.Īfter four novels had been written and rejected The Fat Man in History - a short story collection - was published in 1974. He was then employed by an advertising agency where he began to receive his literary education, meeting Faulkner, Joyce, Kerouac and other writers he had previously been unaware of. In 1961 he studied science for a single unsuccessful year at Monash University. He was a student there between 19 - after Rupert Murdoch had graduated and before Prince Charles arrived. ![]() He was educated at the local state school until the age of eleven and then became a boarder at Geelong Grammar School. Peter Carey was born in Australia in 1943. Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. A Million Dollars’ Worth of Amphetamines Life & Death in the South Side Pavilion The stories, persuasive and precisely crafted, reveal Carey to be a moralist with a sense of humour, a surrealist interested in naturalism and an urban poet delighting in paradox. ![]() He is also a dazzling writer of short stories and this volume collects together all the stories from The Fat Man in History and War Crimes as well as three other stories not previously published in book form. Peter Carey is justly renowned for his novels, which have included the Booker Prize-winning titles Oscar and Lucinda and True History of the Kelly Gang. ![]() ![]() ![]() From there things began to stack up as his parents' hidden distress and anger started to seep through in fits of sadness and rage directed towards him. He was fourteen, and had not been told that the radiation had given him cancer and was expected to die. Years after the diagnosis, Small awoke from this supposedly harmless operation to discover that he had been transformed into a virtual mute-one of his vocal cords had been removed along with the growth. While still at a young age, a growth began to form on Small's neck. His father was a radiologist who, following the practice of the day, through x-rays and radiation therapy exposed his son to massive doses of radiation. As a young boy Small was plagued with reoccurring respiratory problems. ![]() Small's family-on the surface a model of 1950's-style middle class contentment and success-was a tinderbox of closeted feelings and mental repression. ![]() ![]() The book is set in Detroit, Michigan, where Small spent his childhood. It tells the story of Small's journey from sickly child to cancer patient, to the troubled teen who made a risky decision to run away from home at sixteen-with nothing more than the dream of becoming an artist. Stitches: A Memoir is a graphic memoir written and illustrated by David Small. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the fog – yet I know I shall not lose her Washes her feet silently – then goes faraway, traceless She stands on the pond’s side in the evening,Īs if she will take the parched rice hued duckĪs if the fragrance of the quiltcover clings to her body,Īs if she is born out of watercress in the pond’s nest – Shall see sad feminine hands – white conch-banglesĬrying like conch shells in the ash-grey wind: The forest’s oak beckons it to its heart’s side, ![]() In the grass, darkness – once, twice – and then suddenly Its yellow leg under the white down goes on dancing ![]() Shall see the brown wings of shalik chill in the evening, Shall see jackfruit leaves dropping in the dawn’s breeze Go where you will – I shall remain on Bengal’s shore 79 in English (Anvil Press Poetry 2006 edition), 101 ( The Beauteous Bengal published by Mittal)ĩ78-0-85646-390-7 (of Bengal the beautiful), 978-0836422399 (of The Beauteous Bengal) ![]() ![]() Or, in the words of the immortal Tony Robbins: “The enemy of the great is the good.” ![]() When you unleash the power of taking 10 times as much action, and setting 10 times higher goals, you’ll start to realize how much you can accomplish.Īs many a successful men have said before: “It’s not what I did that I regret. Most guys don’t even do 1x action-they drift around through life, without any clear-cut goals or plans, and then wind up broke at age 50 and wonder where they went wrong.įor the select few that can actually take 10x action, however, your lives will change in ways you never thought possible. It’s very simple, but very difficult to implement. Whatever action you’re taking, make it 10x more. Whatever your goals are, make them 10x more. ![]() The 10x rule is very simple, yet when you begin to understand it and apply it to your life, you’ll see incredible changes in a very short period of time. ![]() ![]() ![]() Joan Hickson is brilliant as Miss Marple. This was originally shown over 3 nights in 1985 however I saw it all in one 3 hour viewing, yet it certainly did not feel like that at all. I literally had no idea who the culprit was right up until the very end and it was certainly a complex mystery, but an excellent one. I feel the ITV versions are almost played as farcical comedy whereas the BBC versions are more serious and are far more intriguing and allowing you to get involved in the mystery and none more so than in 'A Murder Is Announced'. ![]() ![]() I had never seen the Joan Hickson adaptations before now and when I saw the recent ITV Marple's I was told to watch the old BBC adaptations as they are far superior, and they are. Like Jack who commented before me here, I saw this show over Christmas on UKTV Drama. ![]() ![]() ![]() Edwards Award and has been honored for her battles for intellectual freedom by the National Coalition Against Censorship and the National Council of Teachers of English. ![]() Laurie was selected by the American Library Association for the 2009 Margaret A. Two more books, Shout and The Impossible Knife of Memory, were long-listed for the National Book Award. Two of her books, Speak and Chains, were National Book Award finalists, and Chains was short-listed for the prestigious Carnegie medal. Laurie has been nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award four times. ![]() Her new book, SHOUT, a memoir-in-verse about surviving sexual assault at the age of thirteen and a manifesta for the #MeToo era, has received widespread critical acclaim and appeared on the New York Times bestseller list for seven consecutive weeks. Combined, her books have sold more than 8 million copies. UPDATE! SHOUT, my memoir in verse, is out, has received 9 starred reviews, and was longlisted for the National Book Award!įor bio stuff: Laurie Halse Anderson is a New York Times bestselling author whose writing spans young readers, teens, and adults. ![]() ![]() Was the original source Caroline herself?” “It’s not in Caroline’s handwriting, but we can see from an interpolated word that it has been copied from somewhere, and it was carefully preserved in the files of the Princess’s confidante Lady Townshend. The handwritten text differs in several places from the printed version, so the manuscript can’t just have been copied out from the book. “But the discovery of a handwritten copy in these files places the poem much closer to Caroline’s inner circle. ![]() ![]() Was it written by Princess Caroline? An anonymous printed version appeared in an obscure publication several years after the Delicate Investigation, and it might be assumed that a hack writer was simply voicing the supposed thoughts of the Princess as a literary device. “The poem To His Royal Highness is a fascinating mystery. ![]() They give scholars insights that can’t be gleaned from the official public record. ![]() The outline of the story is well enough known to historians, but these personal letters – sent directly to and from the Princess and other leading participants – reveal more about the calculations and sensitivities of those most intimately involved. “These letters transport us to a febrile period of royal history. ![]() |