![]() ![]() Yolen, who has been called the Hans Christian Andersen of America and the Aesop of the twentieth century, also taught writing and literature and served on the Board of Directors of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). ![]() From under its hide, we can see all the shimmering, shadowy uncertainties of the world.” Folklore, according to Yolen, is the universal human language, a “perfect second skin. While they include children’s books, fantasy, science fiction, realistic fiction, mysteries, animal tales, historical fiction, humorous stories, songs, poetry, and even informational books on such subjects as kites, Shakers, the Quakers, and the environment, Yolen is particularly well known for her command of fantasy, folklore, and myth. She has produced approximately four hundred books addressed to a wide audience, from preschool to adults. Author Jane Yolen’s sense of wonder and love of folk culture imbue all her work with magic. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() This new installment in the Folk of the Air series is a return to the heart-racing romance, danger, humor, and drama that enchanted readers everywhere. This tale includes delicious details of life before The Cruel Prince, an adventure beyond The Queen of Nothing, and familiar moments from The Folk of the Air trilogy, told wholly from Cardan's perspective. #1 New York Times bestselling author, Holly Black reveals a deeper look into the dramatic life of Elfhame's enigmatic high king, Cardan. ![]() Once upon a time, there was a boy with a wicked tongue.īefore he was a cruel prince or a wicked king, he was a faerie child with a heart of stone. Return to the captivating world of Elfhame with this illustrated addition to the New York Times bestselling Folk of Air trilogy that began with The Cruel Prince, from award-winning author Holly Black. ![]() ![]() Jay: As the son of Jafar, Jay is a boy of many talents: stealing and lying to name a few. But she's a quick study, especially after she falls for one too many of Mal's little tricks. And when she hears about the dragon's eye, Mal thinks this could be her chance to prove herself as the cruelest of them all.Įvie: Having been castle-schooled for years, Evil Queen's daughter, Evie, doesn't know the ins and outs of Dragon Hall. Mal: At sixteen, Maleficent's daughter is the most talented student at Dragon Hall, best known for her evil schemes. Her only concern is getting off the Isle of the Lost. ![]() She has little time for her subjects, who have still not mastered life without magic. Maleficent, Mistress of the Dark: As the self-proclaimed ruler of the isle, Maleficent has no tolerance for anything less than pure evil. Only the cleverest, evilest, nastiest little villain can find it.who will it be? ![]() It is a dirty, decrepit place that's been left to rot and forgotten by the world.īut hidden in the mysterious Forbidden Fortress is a dragon's eye: the key to true darkness and the villains' only hope of escape. ![]() The island is surrounded by a magical force field that keeps the villains and their descendants safely locked up and away from the mainland. Twenty years ago, all the evil villains were banished from the kingdom of Auradon and made to live in virtual imprisonment on the Isle of the Lost. ![]() ![]() Although I continued to adjunct, part of the deal in academia is that everything you write is academic research. So part of it was not having a stable job. I had short-term contract positions and never landed that secure, full-time position, which is increasingly rare in academia. Raechel Anne Jolie: Why the pivot: One reason is that many people with PhDs were pushed out of academia in any sustainable way. Why the pivot? What drew you to writing a memoir after working in academia for so long? Had you written personal essays or creative nonfiction-or just journaled-before? This interview has been edited for brevity and clarity.īrianna Di Monda: You wrote your memoir after getting your PhD from the University of Minnesota. ![]() Jolie kindly agreed to an interview about her memoir, and together we discussed witchcraft, male care, code-switching, and common perceptions of so-called “white trash.” She navigates permanently altered relationships with her parents, grandparents, friend, and boyfriends, and finally finds a home in queer pop culture and the local punk scene. Her story covers her experience growing up in poverty with her single mother after her father is hit by a car. ![]() The book was a winner of the Independent Publisher Book Award in LGBTQ Nonfiction and an NPR Favorite Book of 2020. ![]() Raechel Anne Jolie grew up in northeast Ohio with her mom before receiving her PhD from the University of Minnesota and going on to publish her memoir, Rust Belt Femme. ![]() ![]() He was promoted to First Lieutenant in August 1938. In January 1938, he joined the Marine Detachment at the American Embassy in Peiping. Embarking with the brigade for China in September 1937, he served for a short time with the 2nd Battalion in Shanghai. ![]() On July 9, 1935, following graduation from Texas A&M College, he accepted his commission as a Marine Second Lieutenant.Īfter completing Basic School at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in March 1936, Lieutenant Murray joined the 2nd Marine Brigade in San Diego, California. During the Korean War, he was twice again cited for extraordinary heroism, earning the Army Distinguished Service Cross during the period of November 29 to December 4, 1950, and a second Navy Cross on December 6 and 7, 1950, as commander of the 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division (Reinforced). He retired from active duty, August 1, 1968.Īs a Lieutenant Colonel on Saipan during World War II, General Murray was awarded his first Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism under fire, June 15, 1944, while commanding the 2nd Battalion 6th Marines, 2nd Marine Division. Major General Raymond Leroy Murray (Janu– November 11, 2004) was a highly decorated United States Marine Corps officer, who earned two Navy Crosses, one during World War II, and a second during the Korean War. ![]() ![]() A #1 Amazon bestseller series in multiple categories continues with a new twist. Potter 4.45 262 Ratings 20 Reviews 1 edition Once, she did what seemed impossible. Potter starts with a new page to prove that Lilian is strong enough to fight for her place in the world and her happiness no matter what. Potter 4.39 396 Ratings 36 Reviews 1 edition A Medieval Tale of Lilian Earton is coming to its Want to Read Rate it: Book 9 A New World by Lina J. *** A new page in the struggle that is the life of Lilian Earton begins with A Medieval Tale book 9: A New World. Caught in the middle of royal conspiracies, takeovers, and intrigues, she has earned her right to proudly stand next to kings, be happy, and never be afraid of anyone. Lilian Earton has traveled a long way from a modern medic who found herself in the body of a medieval countess, lost and powerless, to a strong, independent, and powerful woman. She has to start from the very beginning. A new place, new people, and a new world - and nothing in her hands. A new fight for her life, freedom, and happiness has already begun. Still, her happily ever after is yet to come, as a new struggle arises. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Prince Aedan of the Isles believes in no such nonsense-until he awakens on Kell itself and meets the sensuous siren who rescued him from the sea.ġ721: Ronan MacMhuirich, Earl of Kell, is the target of an unlikely assassin: Leila, a mysterious woman from an exotic land. Now the author of The Secret Swan delivers a gift from the sea: three hauntingly beautiful tales connected by a legend, a locket, and a love beyond time.ĥ31 a.d.: The tiny island of Kell is said to be enchanted, inhabited by an extraordinary creature who comforts shipwrecked sailors passing into the next world. Shana Abé has entranced countless readers with her passion-filled novels of adventure, intrigue, and romance. ![]() ![]() Liz isn't sure she believes it, but she does know the service gives her mother comfort - something no one else can seem to do at all.Īs Liz and Nathan become closer, and the summer draws nearer to its bitter end, questions of faith, mortality, and spirituality come to the forefront of their intimate friendship. Ever since Liz's grandmother Bunny died, Liz's mother hasn't been the same she's even started attending a spiritualist church that claims it can contact Bunny on the Other Side. Liz has been coping with tough questions like this all summer. What do you say to someone whose mother is dying? Liz just isn't sure she's the right person. Nathan and his adorable little sister just moved in across the street from Liz Scattergood, and both of them could use a friend. She has leukemia and she came here to die." ![]() "I might as well tell you before you hear it someplace else. ![]() ![]() She desperately wants Konstantin to feel better, yet when Sorin suggests (in Act 3) that she gives him some money, she refuses, though she undoubtedly has money to her name. She is entirely self-obsessed, and yet worries about Konstantin after his aborted play, and particularly, after his first attempt at suicide (between Acts 2 and 3). Like many things in the play, Arkadina is extremely contradictory. Still, she is successful and a member of the highest class. Once upon a time, Arkadina may have been famous and beautiful, but she now seems more shrewish and selfish than anything else. She is having a love affair with Trigorin, the famous writer, much to the displeasure of her son Konstantin. A famous actress, extremely neurotic and self-obsessed, Arkadina is one of the principal protagonists of the play. ![]() ![]() ![]() Traveling faster than humans can on foot, they cover more ground and can see more than one person can in a lifetime. For hundreds of years, horses have been mounted by men to go off to war, following the orders of far-away kings, dictators, and generals. But horses also symbolize the complex, constantly shifting relationships and connections between individuals and society. Horses are thus similar in some ways to men: as John Grady is told at one point, their souls are more similar to men’s souls than many think. John Grady feels a special kinship to horses, which in this way come to stand in for the kind of companionship he finds more fleetingly in friends, lovers, and in certain physical places. ![]() But horses are more than the characters’ friends or elements of Western life in the book: they are the connective tissue of the novel, drawing lines among characters, from characters to culture and society, and between the present and the past. ![]() They can also be humans’ friends: Redbo recognizes John Grady by whinnying when he comes to retrieve the horse in Encantada, for instance. Each has its own character-John Grady’s is powerful and loyal, while Blevins’ is jumpier and more finicky. Three horses in All the Pretty Horses are significant enough that they can almost be thought of as characters themselves: John Grady’s horse Redbo, Rawlins’ horse Junior, and Blevins’ nameless big bay horse. ![]() |