![]() ![]() Five years later, the conquered confederacy of traitors would unite to form the Ku Klux Klan, an “institution of chivalry, humanity, mercy and patriotism … noble in sentiment, generous in manhood and patriotic in purpose.”Īlabama governor George Wallace defended segregation as a matter of patriotism. In his 1861 Cornerstone Speech describing the “revolution” that still stands as the bloodiest war in the history of this continent, Confederate States of America vice-president Alexander H Stephens crowed that he had never met “an abler, wiser, a more conservative, deliberate, determined, resolute and patriotic body of men” than those who would rather rip their nation in half than discontinue their for-profit human trafficking enterprise. Nationalism is not the same as patriotism. But fanaticism does not prove one’s devotion. To be clear, there is a difference between loving one’s country and the vainglorious virtue-signaling that defines America’s most self-righteously toxic misnomer. ![]() ![]() Throughout the course of American history, whenever this country has found itself standing on the unthinkable precipice of ruin, there has always been a horde pledging their allegiance to the flag while clamoring to push the country into the abyss. ![]()
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![]() In recent years my iPad has come in handy. I use scrap paper or anything that I can find to make notes. It is not unusual for me to jot down an idea or even just one sentence that I want to use in the future. ![]() Story ideas will come to me at any time and any place you can't schedule for them. ![]() I write in blocks of time when I am ready to write and prefer mornings. I am rarely looking at a blank page, although, I do leave parts of the story blank – those that I haven't figured out yet – and return to them at a later date. Stories live inside my head for a long time before I sit down to write. It is the themes themselves that inspire me to write. ![]() I start with the meaning of the story and then work backwards to see how I can achieve my goal. Friendship, fairness, compassion, peace and non-violence are themes I focus on in my writing. I write about topics that I am passionate about.Īll my books are about a moral, a lesson learned, or a deeper meaning. ![]() I feel compelled to write about certain issues. Mary’s background in psychology, work with children and passionate interest in the human condition, which stems back as far as she can remember, are all evident in her writing. She attended UTM where she studied psychology and still lives in Mississauga, Ontario. Mary is a Canadian author, independent publisher and a former elementary school teacher. ![]() ![]() ![]() The book begins from a simple premise: the history of American psychiatry is a history of ignorance. ![]() My recent book, On the Heels of Ignorance: Psychiatry and the Politics of Not Knowing (University of Chicago Press, 2019), draws on extensive archival research and contemporary interviews to reconstruct the history of American psychiatry from 1844 to today. Primarily, my research focuses on medical professionals, specifically the history of professionalization in the United States, the nature of professional politics, and the influence of abstract knowledge on clinical practice. Medicine offers a fertile site for the exploration of questions related to knowledge and power. The old saw that “knowledge is power” raises important research questions. Knowledge is a basic fault line upon which power disparities are constructed. ![]() My research interests are in medical sociology and the sociology of knowledge. I am an associate professor of sociology at the University of New Mexico (PhD from New York University, 2010). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Wards spend the next several years trying to figure things out (Oliver even tries to start a cement business), but Oliver is eventually forced to take another mine job in Leadville, Colorado. Susan actually digs it there, but Oliver eventually gets into a beef with his boss, which leads him to abruptly resign from his position. They move to a small mining camp called New Almaden. In about five years, they're married, and Susan moves out west to join Oliver, who works as a mine engineer. Susan and Oliver meet randomly one New Year's Eve and start exchanging letters soon afterward. Susan comes from Milton, New York, where she was heavily involved in the literary scene with her best friends, Augusta and Thomas Hudson. His grandparents are Susan and Oliver Ward. In order to do that, he plans on holing up in their old home-dubbed the Zodiac Cottage-and writing all day, every day. Lyman Ward is a wheelchair-bound ex-historian who's diving into the most ambitious project of his life: writing a partially fictionalized account of his grandparents' lives. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This book took the story to new levels and it felt incredibly fresh. The story within this series is brilliant, and Winter’s story is no different from the past books because it’s equally amazing. It took me a long time to finally read the books, but when I did I couldn’t stop and ended up binge-reading the whole series before Winter’s release. ![]() The Lunar Chronicles is one of my favorite book series. Together with the cyborg mechanic, Cinder, and her allies, Winter might even have the power to launch a revolution and win a war that’s been raging for far too long.Ĭan Cinder, Scarlet, Cress, and Winter defeat Levana and find their happily ever afters? But Winter isn’t as weak as Levana believes her to be and she’s been undermining her stepmother’s wishes for years. Winter despises her stepmother, and knows Levana won’t approve of her feelings for her childhood friend – the handsome palace guard, Jacin. Princess Winter is admired by the Lunar people for her grace and kindness, and despite the scars that mar her face, her beauty is said to be even more breathtaking than that of her stepmother, Queen Levana. The revolution has begun, and this book will take readers on a thrilling ride! It is everything fans have waited for and more. Winter is the epic conclusion in The Lunar Chronicles. ![]() ![]() Even long recovered, the disordered mean-girl voices bicker with each other in my head, wagging a finger at me when I’m up a few pounds, giddy when my jeans are a little loose. ![]() I don’t consciously diet to be thinner, but I am preoccupied with eating "right," and often feel like I've screwed up when I don’t follow my own rules. Still, food was always a thing I have had to be careful with, the way some are vigilant around alcohol. My weight has been stable and mid-range for decades. With therapy and practice, I figured out healthier ways of managing my emotions than binging, purging, and obsessively dieting. And if you’ve ever dieted to lose weight, restricting certain foods or trying to blot out hunger until your intermittent fasting window opens at precisely noon makes it really hard not to overeat on the rebound.Īs for me, I had a serious eating disorder in my teens and early 20s ( bulimia, if you’re curious). ![]() There are a zillion reasons humans eat beyond capacity - we’re bored, tired, distracted, starved for kindness, feel that leaving food behind is wasteful, or were once food insecure and do it instinctively, to name just a few. ![]() ![]() His marriage to Elizabeth of York ends the Wars of the Roses and starts the Tudor dynasty. When their armies meet, Richard is defeated and killed. Rebellious nobles rally to Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond. ![]() He also disposes of Anne, his wife, in order to court his niece, Elizabeth of York. Richard then stages events that yield him the crown.After Richard’s coronation, he has the boys secretly killed. Richard houses the Prince and his younger brother in the Tower. Meanwhile, Richard succeeds in marrying Lady Anne, even though he killed her father-in-law, Henry VI, and her husband.When the ailing King Edward dies, Prince Edward, the older of his two young sons, is next in line for the throne. He manipulates Edward into imprisoning their brother, Clarence, and then has Clarence murdered in the Tower. ![]() Richard is eager to clear his way to the crown. Entire Play As Richard III opens, Richard is Duke of Gloucester and his brother, Edward IV, is king. ![]() ![]() ![]() Tailor-made, so to speak, for the Etsy generation of DIY enthusiasts. Ashburn's (Over at the Castle) prose is shot through with loose internal rhymes ("And my new cool-for-school skirt looked just right with my favorite tights! I wore it one Friday and it felt just right"), giving the story a buoyancy to match its heroine. 26 likes, 1 comments - Wardrobe Stylist Vanessa Valiente (vstyleblog) on Instagram on May 18, 2023: 'Who is attending a bunch of events and weddings this summer. ![]() ![]() Readers should enjoy the beloved dress's transitions (including incarnations as a scarf and a pair of socks), which are vibrantly conveyed through Denos's (Dotty) mixed-media collages composed of hip colors, jazzy patterns, and delicate pencilwork. New shirt, hello!" When the sleeves get too tight, Mama turns it into a tank top and later a skirt, which the girl wears every Friday, her new favorite day%E2%80%94for the moment. ![]() But one day, the dress is too short, so Mama, dressed in her own boho-stylish clothes, works some refashioning magic, "And snip, snip, sew, sew. In a spunky story about adjusting to change with creativity and style, a young fashionista loves her salmon-pink dress with its striped bodice and ruffles, wearing it every Tuesday, her favorite day of the week. ![]() ![]() ![]() It s a desperate quest if the Azazel should die, the Tapestry of Creation will fail, and all life with it.ĭiscover Dreamdark an exotic world of secrets and spice, fortune tellers, hobgoblins, mercenaries, and devils. And in their wake follows Magpie Windwitch, the Djinn King s champion, intent on finding Whisper before the devils do. Whisper finds herself drawn to Hirik, a mysterious mercenary with an ancient sword and a dangerous secret of his own. That ember her secret and her burden is none other than the Azazel, one of the seven Djinn who made the world, and it is her sacred duty to keep him safe.īut others seek the Azazel as well. The last surviving member of her clan, relentlessly pursued by devils, she flees with nothing but a copper teakettle and the ember that smolders inside it. Whisper Silksinger is no warrior she’s a weaver of flying carpets. ![]() Grade Level: 4 6 Age Level: 9 11 Listening Level: 4 6 ![]() ![]() ![]() While Barker is critical of organized religion, he has stated that he is a believer in both God and the afterlife, and that the Bible influences his work.įans have noticed of late that Barker's voice has become gravelly and coarse. This award is presented "to an openly lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender individual who has made a significant difference in promoting equal rights for any of those communities". ![]() In 2003, Clive Barker received The Davidson/Valentini Award at the 15th GLAAD Media Awards. Barker's second long-term relationship, with photographer David Armstrong, ended in 2009. It was in Liverpool in 1975 that he met his first partner, John Gregson, with whom he lived until 1986. Educated at Dovedale Primary School and Quarry Bank High School, he studied English and Philosophy at Liverpool University and his picture now hangs in the entrance hallway to the Philosophy Department. Clive Barker was born in Liverpool, England, the son of Joan Rubie (née Revill), a painter and school welfare officer, and Leonard Barker, a personnel director for an industrial relations firm. ![]() |