![]() ![]() I know it sounds crazy, but she felt like a little person, a sometimes crotchety person! So with all this thinking about Sophie, one day when I came through a tunnel in Central Park and saw the statue of Balto the dog, the pieces came together. If I was sad about something, she leaned up against me until I felt better. But a shift had started to happen and the memories started making me smile or even laugh. For so long just thinking about her broke my heart. Q: Why did you decide to write a book with a dog as the main character? Are you yourself a "dog person"?Ī: At the time I was plotting the book, I had been thinking a lot about our dog Sophie who had passed away several years ago. No life is perfect, but frequently it's easier to blame others or external circumstances than take responsibility. I wanted to tell a story about someone who found it easier to blame others for what was wrong in his life rather than take responsibility and attempt to help make it right. ![]() Q: What made you write a book about an unfaithful husband?Ī: My primary goal wasn't to write about an unfaithful husband, it was to write about a man who lived a lie-and he didn't just live a lie to the world, he lied to himself. ![]() Amazon Exclusive: A Q&A with Author Linda Francis Lee ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Eternally a chameleon, Grapes defies easy classification he has been labeled in various periods as an "Outsider Poet," a "Stand Up Poet," a "Revolutionary Poet," a "Confessional Poet," and a "Man of his Time." Simultaneously surreal and realistic, desolate and comedic, witty and urbane, Grapes' work taps into the diverse trajectories of American poetry while never settling on any single viewpoint.Ĭharles Bukowski once wrote that, "The poems in your chapbook, This Thing Upon Me (included in this volume), are as good as anybody can write." The collection's title, Last of the Outsiders, reflects both Grapes' early ties to the noted anti-establishment journal The Outsider and his standing as an outsider with no allegiance to any one school of poetry. Presenting the core of Grapes' poetic work, the collection ranges from poems originally printed in 1968 to work written in 2019. Last of the Outsiders offers a sweeping view of prolific American poet Jack Grapes' fifty-year career. ![]() ![]() And I certainly wasn’t prepared for where I’d wind up when the ride was over.Īll good things must come to an end, right?Įxcept our ending was one I didn’t see coming. Nothing could have prepared me for the ride he took me on. When we finally came face to face, we found out opposites sometimes do more than attract―we consumed each other. Yet, you know what they say about opposites. The two of us couldn’t have been any more different. ![]() I didn’t expect to fall for him―all before we even met. I didn’t expect our exchanges to be hot as hell. ![]() I might have also left behind a dirty picture on it first though. So, I left the phone on the empty desk outside the arrogant jerk’s office. When I traipsed my ass across town to his fancy company, he refused to see me. I might have held onto the mystery man’s phone for days―until I finally conjured up the courage to return it. ![]() I might have gone through all of his photos and called some of the numbers. So suddenly, he dropped his phone on the way out. When his stop came, he got up suddenly and left. ![]() Who did the stuck-up suit think he was…God?Īctually, he looked like a God. He was barking at someone on his phone like he ruled the world. Until I became mesmerized by the guy sitting across the aisle. It started out like any other morning on the train. Four consecutive weeks on the New York Times and #1 in Romance. ![]() ![]() ![]() The novel represents a reconstruction within a reconstruction, with Attenberg choosing a documentary format for her account. That piece inspired her fictionalized portrait of a celebrated neighborhood fixture who “was charismatic and generous, and led a very big life for someone who barely left a twenty-block radius.” Manning her ticket booth, walking the streets, Mazie helped many people who were homeless, especially during the Great Depression. It makes sense then that after 2012’s bestselling Midwest family saga “The Middlesteins” she should return to New York with her new book, “Saint Mazie,” an engaging work of historical fiction based on the life of Mazie Phillips-Gordon, a woman once known as “Queen of the Bowery.”Īttenberg first discovered Mazie - who was the ticket taker and proprietress of the Venice, a movie theater in the heart of the Lower East Side - when a friend suggested she read a 1940 profile by the New Yorker’s Joseph Mitchell. ![]() ![]() In addition to having published four novels and a short-story collection since 2006, Jami Attenberg once went viral for busting a bike thief in Brooklyn, which makes her one of the most New York authors of the 21st century, as far as I’m concerned. ![]() ![]() ![]() (iv) Histories (probably issued in parts from 105 onwards), a great work originally consisting of at least twelve books covering the period 69–96 CE, but only Books I–IV and part of Book V survive, dealing in detail with the dramatic years 69–70. ![]() (iii) Dialogue on Oratory ( Dialogus), of unknown date a lively conversation about the decline of oratory and education. (ii) Germania (98–99), an equally important description of the geography, anthropology, products, institutions, and social life and the tribes of the Germans as known to the Romans. Works: (i) Life and Character of Agricola, written in 97–98, specially interesting because of Agricola's career in Britain. Close friend of the younger Pliny, with him he successfully prosecuted Marius Priscus. After four years' absence he experienced the terrors of Emperor Domitian's last years and turned to historical writing. He became an orator, married in 77 a daughter of Julius Agricola before Agricola went to Britain, was quaestor in 81 or 82, a senator under the Flavian emperors, and a praetor in 88. Tacitus (Cornelius), famous Roman historian, was born in 55, 56 or 57 CE and lived to about 120. ![]() ![]() ![]() An amazing Electrical Grandmother may come to live with a grieving family. A man may take Abraham Lincoln out of the grave–and meet another who puts him back. A horrified mother may give birth to a strange blue pyramid. Ray Bradbury characters may find themselves anywhere and anywhen. Yet all his work is united by one common thread: a vivid and profound understanding of the vast set of emotions that bring strength and mythic resonance to our frail species. The mind of Ray Bradbury is a wonder-filled carnival of delight and terror that stretches from the verdant Irish countryside to the coldest reaches of outer space. You can read this before I Sing the Body Electric! and Other Stories PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom. Here is a quick description and cover image of book I Sing the Body Electric! and Other Stories written by Ray Bradbury which was published in 1969-8. ![]() Brief Summary of Book: I Sing the Body Electric! and Other Stories by Ray Bradbury ![]() ![]() ![]() OL63064W Page_number_confidence 88.61 Pages 246 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.15 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20211013084804 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 218 Scandate 20211012032828 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780684824994 Tts_version 4. 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Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 04:05:28 Boxid IA40258802 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier ![]() ![]() ![]() Both the MCs are relatively inexperienced, yet aware of the dangers of their mutual attraction. ![]() Thorn did an excellent job of not putting two contemporary men into a WWII setting and that made the story stand out in my mind. ![]() All they can hope for is to survive long enough for a chance at something more. 5/5: Hiistoricals from Dreamspinner Press totally changed my mind about the genre from dislike to like and Untethered by R.A. It’s a long war with enemies on both sides. Confessing their feelings, snatching what time they can together, and wary of discovery, Frankie and Jim are there for each other through dangerous missions and the loss of friends. Initially antagonistic, they slowly become friends and a mutual attraction develops as they join the Eighth Air Force in Britain. Then Frankie meets his crew chief, Jim Morrow. Other queer men have formed a community in the Armed Forces to offer support. Slowly making friends among his squadron, Frankie realizes he may not be as alone or as abnormal as he thinks. Then he receives word that he’s been granted a position flying the plane he loves, the P-51 Mustang.īut as Frankie finds his wings in the sky, feelings of isolation may keep him grounded. But having passed basic training, he’s not going to risk an undesirable discharge or any of his fellow recruits finding out. en - ISBN 10: 1632168839 - ISBN 13: 9781632168832 - Dreamspinner Press LLC - 2015 - Tapa blanda. Braving intimidating drill sergeants and unending marches, Frankie struggles to hide his secret-he’s queer. Determined to help the war effort, Frankie Norris joins the US Air Force in 1943. ![]() ![]() ![]() Through a series of exquisitely observed autobiographical sketches, Adrian Tomine explores his life in comics - from an early moment on the playground being bullied, to a more recent experience, lying on a gurney in the hospital, and having the nurse say 'Hey! Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. As he mines his conflicted relationship with comics and comics culture, and people at large, he once again animates the absurdities of modern life and how we choose to live it. Tomine illustrates the amusing absurdities of how we choose to spend our. Through a series of exquisitely observed autobiographical sketches, Adrian Tomine explores his life in comics - from an early moment on the playground being bullied, to a more recent experience, lying on a gurney in the hospital, and having the nurse say 'Hey! You're that cartoonist!', it's self-deprecating, honest, and above all else, humorous. The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist, Adrian Tomines funniest and. ![]() ![]() ![]() I save the photo to my phone so I can look at it on the train. His face in the mirror, stern with quiet scrutiny. The dirty tile and the soft recession of steam. His profile pictures are candid and loose-a grainy photo of him asleep in the sand, a photo of him shaving, taken from behind. In his first message, he points out a few typos in my online profile and tells me he has an open marriage. The idea that someone in the office, with that sweet, post-lunch-break optimism, might come across the thread and see how tenderly Eric and I have built this private world. ![]() The thrill of a third pair of unseen eyes. Of course I worry about IT remoting into my computer, or my internet history warranting yet another disciplinary meeting with HR. The empty text field is full of possibilities. He is fond of words like taste and spread. His messages come with impeccable punctuation. He tells me what he ate for lunch and asks if I can manage to take off my underwear in my cubicle without anyone noticing. He is uptown processing a new bundle of microfiche and I am downtown handling corrections for a new Labrador detective manuscript. The first time we have sex, we are both fully clothed, at our desks during working hours, bathed in blue computer light. ![]() |