![]() ![]() At the time, Smith told students who'd been studying her work that her next big project was to try to understand - and maybe even fix - our political divisions. It was just weeks after the presidential election. Smith was on a similar mission when she stopped by SUNY Canton this winter for a poetry reading, as part of the university’s Living Writers Series. ![]() In an interview this week with the New York Times, Smith said she’ll make a point to visit rural communities and “share the good news of poetry.” A means to reach "strange places" Traditionally, the poet laureate is an ambassador for the arts. Smith is a 45-year-old poet who teaches at Princeton. The nation’s newest poet laureate was named this week, and it’s a young writer with connections to the North Country. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Based on the result of this research, it can be concluded that basic human attitude wasfound on two female main characters in both novels. ![]() ![]() This research is a qualitative research and using descriptive analysis method. Source of data in this research is metropop novel Sunshine Becomes You and In a Blue Moon by Ilana Tan. Data in this research is a word, phrase, clause, sentence, which can be formulated as profile of female characters. This research aimed to describe profile of female characters in metropop novel Sunshine Becomes You and In a Blue Moon by Ilana Tan, from basic human attitude of love, beauty, misery, outlook on life, responsibilities, and hopes. ![]() ![]() In 2008, Harper Children's published Terry's standalone non-Discworld YA novel, Nation. The first of these, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, won the Carnegie Medal.Ī non-Discworld book, Good Omens, his 1990 collaboration with Neil Gaiman, has been a longtime bestseller and was reissued in hardcover by William Morrow in early 2006 (it is also available as a mass market paperback - Harper Torch, 2006 - and trade paperback - Harper Paperbacks, 2006). There are over 40 books in the Discworld series, of which four are written for children. Terry worked for many years as a journalist and press officer, writing in his spare time and publishing a number of novels, including his first Discworld novel, The Color of Magic, in 1983. ![]() ![]() His first novel, a humorous fantasy entitled The Carpet People, appeared in 1971 from the publisher Colin Smythe. ![]() Born Terence David John Pratchett, Sir Terry Pratchett sold his first story when he was thirteen, which earned him enough money to buy a second-hand typewriter. ![]() ![]() ![]() She had no desire to learn anything that was contained between the covers of a book. Which, in Cathy’s opinion, was just as well. Her explosions of rage had sent more than one governess running from the house in tears, vowing never to return. ![]() Cathy could assume the role of a gentle, well-bred young lady very well when it suited her, but when it did not, she was a termagant. In this last, the good ladies were only partially successful. Since her mother’s death ten years before, she had been raised by a nanny and a succession of governesses whose duty in life had been to teach their young charge the things that were important for a lady to know in 1842: to play the harp and the pianoforte, to execute insipid watercolors, to speak the French tongue like a native, and to appear sweetly mindless and childlike at all times. She was only seventeen, and had been pampered and protected all her short life. ![]() ![]() The brisk sea air had whipped color into her cheeks, and her blue eyes sparkled. She was very much aware of the picture she made as she stood bracing herself against the rail on the deck of the Anna Greer, a light wind ruffling her hair and the setting sun turning its red-gold splendor to a vivid flame. Lady Catherine Aldley was beautiful, and she knew it. ![]() ![]() ![]() The novel is largely Chabon’s ( Telegraph Avenue, 2012, etc.) effort to understand his grandfather’s wilder escapades. His grandmother was a tight-lipped Holocaust survivor with a fixation on tarot cards, while his grandfather was a World War II Army officer who’d also done time in prison. When “Michael Chabon,” the narrator of this novel, was growing up, his maternal grandparents were steeped in mystery and mythology. ![]() ![]() A faux memoir of the novelist’s grandfather, whose life as an engineer, veteran, and felon offers an entree into themes of heroism and imagination. ![]() ![]() ![]() Rhiannon Mary Martel, RN, PGdip Health Science, MNĭepartment of General Practice and Primary Health CareĮmail: In New Zealand (NZ), 1 in 4 adolescents is affected by mental health issues (eg, depression and anxiety) and engages in risk behaviors (eg, harmful drinking and substance abuse), with rates among Māori youth being significantly higher. JMIR Bioinformatics and Biotechnology 31 articles.JMIR Biomedical Engineering 66 articles.Journal of Participatory Medicine 76 articles.JMIR Perioperative Medicine 86 articles.JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies 189 articles.JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting 266 articles.Interactive Journal of Medical Research 286 articles. ![]() JMIR Public Health and Surveillance 1071 articles.Journal of Medical Internet Research 7222 articles. ![]() ![]() One such transition, for example, would be that of the shift from an oral to a written tradition. There is an argument to be made that the meanings of fairy tales change through periods of significant transitions. ![]() Variations of the fairy tale were popular prior to the German variant of the Brothers Grimm, though it is their version of the tale, alongside Walt Disney’s 1937 film, that remains at the forefront of our cultural consciousness.īut what has happened to the “Snow White” story throughout the ages and why? ![]() Indeed, “Snow White” has been reinvented time and time again. ![]() “We owe it to each other to tell stories.” - Neil Gaiman, Locks (1999)Ī renewed interest in fairy tales in recent years, specifically “Snow White,” is hardly surprising, given its main themes of adolescent sexuality, witchcraft, ritualistic cannibalism, and a murderous rivalry. ![]() ![]() You'll also dicover how Christian Dior's passion for lily of the valley inspired his classic perfume Diorissimo and its extraordinary bottle why Oscar Wilde had a penchant for wearing green carnations in his lapel and how Greeks and Romans believed snapdragons could ward off witchcraft, so they planted them at entryways to their homes. Here is the story of Tulipmania how the pansy got its "face," and why the most particular pollination process of a certain orchid has made the vanilla bean a very dear commodity. ![]() ![]() A sumptuous, contemporary anthology of 50 of the world's most storied and popular flowers, each of its entries offers insight to the meaning associated with the flower, and is a fascinating mix of foklore, classic mythology, literature, botanical information and popular culture.įollowing an introduction that provides a short history of the language of flowers, a fad which reached its peak during the reign of Queen Victoria, each uniquely illustrated and designed entry is an enjoyable read full of history and little-known facts. ![]() ![]() With gorgeous full-color illustrations, ornate decorative elements, lettering in metallic ink, and engaging text, The Language of Flowers: A Fully Illustrated Compendium of Meaning, Literature, and Lore for the Modern Romantic is a treasure for flower lovers. ![]() ![]() His adult books include The Ocean at the End of the Lane, which won a British National Book Awards, and the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel for 2014 Stardust, which won the Mythopoeic Award as best novel for adults in 1999 American Gods, which won the Hugo, Nebula, Bram Stoker, SFX, and Locus awards Anansi Boys Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances and The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction, which is a New York Times Bestseller. The series has won every major industry award including nine Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, three Harvey Awards, and the 1991 World Fantasy Award for best short story, making it the first comic ever to win a literary award. His first comic endeavor was the graphic novel series The Sandman. Some of his work has appeared in publications such as Time Out, The Sunday Times, Punch, and The Observer. ![]() ![]() He worked as a journalist and freelance writer for a time, before deciding to try his hand at comic books. Neil Gaiman was born in Portchester, England on November 10, 1960. ![]() ![]() ![]() Auggie may be finding his place in the world, but that world must find a way to make room for him, too.Ī memorable story of kindness, courage and wonder.Ĭhainani works an elaborate sea change akin to Gregory Maguire’s Wicked (1995), though he leaves the waters muddied.Įvery four years, two children, one regarded as particularly nice and the other particularly nasty, are snatched from the village of Gavaldon by the shadowy School Master to attend the divided titular school. He’s smart, funny, kind and brave, but his father says that having Auggie attend Beecher Prep would be like sending “a lamb to the slaughter.” Palacio divides the novel into eight parts, interspersing Auggie’s first-person narrative with the voices of family members and classmates, wisely expanding the story beyond Auggie’s viewpoint and demonstrating that Auggie’s arrival at school doesn’t test only him, it affects everyone in the community. Though “his features look like they’ve been melted, like the drippings on a candle” and he’s used to people averting their eyes when they see him, he’s an engaging boy who feels pretty ordinary inside. ![]() ![]() ![]() After being home-schooled for years, Auggie Pullman is about to start fifth grade, but he’s worried: How will he fit into middle school life when he looks so different from everyone else?Īuggie has had 27 surgeries to correct facial anomalies he was born with, but he still has a face that has earned him such cruel nicknames as Freak, Freddy Krueger, Gross-out and Lizard face. ![]() |