It is the story of the Whitney Plantation, one of the only former plantations devoted to preserving the experience of the enslaved people whose lives and work sustained it. It is the story of the Monticello Plantation in Virginia, the estate where Thomas Jefferson wrote letters espousing the urgent need for liberty while enslaving more than four hundred people. Kendi, #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to be an Anti-Racist The Atlantic staff writer and poet Clint Smith's revealing, contemporary portrait of America as a slave owning nation Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the reader on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks-those that are honest about the past and those that are not-that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nation's collective history, and ourselves.
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She neither knows nor cares whether her father's leaks are a hoax, and wants nothing to do with him until she learns just how deeply entrenched her family is in the cover-up, and that an extraterrestrial presence has been on Earth for decades. The force driving this controversy is Cora's whistleblower father, and even though she hasn't spoken to him in years, his celebrity has caught the attention of the press, the Internet, the paparazzi, and the government and redirected it to her. government might have engaged in first contact has sent the country into turmoil, and it is all Cora Sabino can do to avoid the whole mess. By the fall of 2007, one well-timed leak revealing that the U.S. An alternate history first contact adventure set in the early 2000's, pitched as Arrival meets The Three-Body Problem, by video essayist Lindsay Ellis. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. This authoritative and engaging book presents a fascinating portrait of a woman who was variously darling of the London stage, a poet whose work was admired by Coleridge and a mistress to the most powerful men in England, and yet whose fortunes were nevertheless precarious, always on the brink of being squandered through recklessness, excess and passion. She later used his copious love letters for blackmail. On her release, Mary quickly became one of the most popular actresses of the day, famously playing Perdita in The Winter’s Tale for a rapt audience that included the Prince of Wales, who fell madly in love with her. Andrew Bridgeford 1066: and the Hidden History of the Bayeux Tapestry ( 2004) In domestic captivity, physical barriers to escape are rare. His dissipated lifestyle landed the couple and their baby in debtors' prison, where Mary wrote her first book of poetry and met lifelong friend Georgiana, the Duchess of Devonshire. Paula Byrne PERDITA: The Life of Mary Robinson ( 2004) He remembers his long captivity at Bayeux. After being raised by a middle-class father, Mary was married, at age fourteen, to Thomas Robinson. One of the most flamboyant women of the late-eighteenth century, Mary Robinson's life was marked by reversals of fortune. Sex, fame and scandal in the theatrical, literary and social circles of late-eighteenth-century England. When I saw the cover mock-up, I almost fell out of my chair! It completely blew me away. All of the gorgeous pinks and purples were her idea. I told Erin I wanted something that evoked the joyful, dreamy, summery vibes of the novel, and above all, I wanted a smiling clinch cover. I indie published Forever Your Rogue, so I was able to have a lot of input on the cover, but she was the one who brought it to life. I have to know, did you have any input in designing the cover? Those colors are stunning □ While I will select books to read based on the book cover or snippets about an upcoming release, I’m a book cover lover so this was a must read on all accounts.Įrin: I have to give a huge shoutout to my cover designer, Erin Dameron-Hill. Rae: Congratulations on your debut novel Forever Your Rogue. What’s in your cuppa?Įrin: I’m sadly very predictable with my morning beverage of choice: coffee with an obscene amount of milk. I’ve got a Latte with Almond Coconut Milk and a drizzle of chocolate and caramel in my mug. Sophie is the recipient of numerous awards, including a travel grant from the Antokoletz Fund of the American Musicological Society, a 2020 Adel Heinrich Award for Excellence in Musicological Research, a 2019 Eva L. Her research areas include theatrical and social dance, body cultures, historical anatomy, temporality, and performance practice. Sophie Benn is a fifth-year PhD candidate in musicology at CWRU, where she studies notation, music, and the body in late nineteenth- and early twentieth century aesthetics. Members of the CWRU and wider Cleveland community are heartily welcome, as are students and colleagues at other institutions. For Zoom links to individual presentations, please contact Francesca Brittan, Sophie Benn: All Colloquia begin at 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) and will be offered virtually through the Fall 2020 semester. Music Colloquia provide a weekly forum for presentation and discussion of recent research by distinguished visitors and Case Western Reserve University faculty and graduate students in musicology, historical performance practice, and music education. 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Mauldin received the Legion of Merit for his morale-boosting cartoons. The tired, unshaven and disheveled protagonists poked fun at equipment, orders and officers, inspiring soldiers to find humor in their own situations. After participating in the invasion of Sicily, Mauldin was transferred to Stars and Stripes, where Willie and Joe reached a larger audience. In 1940, Mauldin enlisted in the Arizona National Guard and started drawing cartoons for the 45th Infantry Division’s newspaper. It depicts Willie and Joe, the iconic characters Mauldin created. This was especially true of Bill Mauldin, who drew this cartoon on the 40th anniversary of U.S. Hi, I’m Will Roulett, Director of the National Guard Memorial Museum here in D.C., and this is YOUR Minuteman Minute! Soldiers can find humor in the darkest or most mundane times. Mauldin earned the first of his two Pulitzer Prizes for a WWII comic and before working as an editorial cartoonist until 1991. Average American soldiers related to the disheveled protagonists of his comics, Willie and Joe, who poked fun at equipment, orders and officers. Bill Mauldin rose to fame during WWII for his morale-boosting cartoons. My brother had a son recently and I offered it to him, but he felt it was too scary. I still can't figure out the black and white board game, the straw-wrapped bottle with 12.5 on it, and the 12-button code next to the decalogue (the blue buttons make a "D" shape, but I feel there may be more to it, knowing Base's love for codes).ĭo you know of any more detailed post online about Animalia? There must be someone who has produced a thorough list of everything on each page.Īnyway, I will be saving my copy to read with my kids when I have them. I was actually stuck on the Decalogue and Damocles ones on the "D" page, which brought me to your post. It's been many years, but I picked it up this morning with my fiance to see how many names we could pick out by putting our adult heads together. Having an inquisitive mind myself, I still enjoy it to this day. I grew up with Animalia and being enchanted by the endless search for the enumerative illustrated alliterations. Thank you for this loving and witty post about Animalia and your experience with Base's other works. In seeking to explain his opinions on a timeless subject-the relations between the sexes-John Stuart Mill admits that he has undertaken an arduous task. If you can’t find the resource you need here, visit our contact page to get in touch.Įstablished in 1962, the MIT Press is one of the largest and most distinguished university presses in the world and a leading publisher of books and journals at the intersection of science, technology, art, social science, and design. 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