![]() ![]() ![]() The artist’s great achievement was to revive woodcut printing in Europe. Yet his signature contributions to modern art eschewed the riotous chromatic wallpaper of Bonnard and Vuillard-and even color in general. Bonnard and Vuillard took this approach indoors, turning bourgeois interiors into hallucinatory scenes.Īs demonstrated by the paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s retrospective of Vallotton’s work, “Painter of Disquiet,” the artist was a fine colorist, on par with his better-known peers. ![]() They preached spiritual renewal and, more productively, a jettisoning of the canvas’s illusionistic space in favor of stylization, lurid color, and an overt use of ornament. He soon fell in with the Nabis (Hebrew for “prophets”), a group united in their esteem for Gauguin and Cézanne that included Bonnard and Vuillard. What, aside from double-entry bookkeeping, lurked in the heart of the bourgeoisie, and how to represent its likeness?Įnter Félix Vallotton, striver son in a Swiss bourgeois family who came to Paris in 1882 and enrolled at the Académie Julian, a freewheeling alternative to the École des Beaux-Arts. In little more than a century, this newish class had gone from being comedic fast-talking Figaros to planet-altering overlords striding across the globe in search of a soul, status, and an appropriate self-image. The bourgeoisie: now there’s a subject for a nineteenth-century artist. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The Allies wanted to clear their way before the soldiers poured onto the beaches.īut if Paul didn’t get out of here now, those Allied battleships were going to crush him, too. The I SURVIVED Series Lauren Tarshis The I SURVIVED Series Each book in my series tells a terrifying and thrilling story from history, through the eyes of a kid who lived to tell the tale. They must be trying to crush the Nazi defenses on the cliffs. Read reviews and buy I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944 - (I Survived) by Lauren Tarshis (Paperback) at Target. The Allies were firing from their battleships, Paul realized. Paul’s joy turned to dread as thunder roared again. The bright orange flashes through the fog. He still had no idea what was happening, but this was his chance to get away from here. Both Paul and the Nazi fell to the ground. Paul coughed, and tears poured from his eyes. 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Who to cut, who to include?… Sumitranandan was a lovely man - extremely soft, extremely sweet - feminine. ![]() Sumitranandan Pant closed his eyes and slipped into thought…. The great Hindi poet, Sumitranandan Pant, once asked me: who in the vast sky of Indian religion are the twelve people, who in my opinion are the brightest shining stars? I gave him this list: Krishna, Patanjali, Buddha, Mahavira, Nagarjuna, Shankara, Gorakh, Kabir, Nanak, Meera, Ramakrishna and Krishnamurti. ![]() ![]() Ann and Miriam’s storylines mainly take place in 1947 while we follow Heather’s journey in 2016 to uncover the mystery behind her grandmother’s untold life before Canada. The Gown is told from the perspectives of Ann, Miriam and Heather. ![]() The novel then takes readers to Toronto 2016, as Heather Mackenzie seeks to unravel the mystery of a set of embroidered flowers from her late grandmother, who never spoke of her old life in Britain. We follow Ann Hughes and Miriam Dassin, embroiderers at the famed Mayfair fashion house of Norman Hartnell. The story begins in London 1947 where the announcement of a royal wedding is a much welcomed distraction from a city still suffering post-war. ![]() ![]() These are the hardworking people that make all the beauty and glamour of the royals look so effortless. While the story centers around the making of Queen Elizabeth’s wedding gown, it follows the people behind the scenes making her gown. ![]() ![]() ![]() Melody is based in Los Angeles, CA, where she lives with her husband Aaron and three kids, Stella, Violet and Theodore. These poems became the foundation for Self Love Poetry: For Thinkers & Feelers, and her latest, The ABCs of Self Love, a guided journal and self love workbook. On Instagram, she began writing poems daily to inspire moments of self awareness, love and care among her community. These poems became the foundation for Self Love Poetry: For Thinkers & Feelers, and her latest, The ABCs of Self Love, a guided journal and self love workbook. ![]() It was through her work as the founder of self love movement Fred and Far that Melody reconnected with her lifelong passion for writing poetry. Today, women in 40+ countries have joined her self love movement. The company quickly went viral, achieving hundreds of organic press placements around the world. After transforming the careers of hundreds of women, Melody created the Self Love Pinky Ring and launched Fred and Far to empower women to practice self love and self care. She started her career as a litigation attorney, and soon after founded Write In Color, a full-service resume and career development company that specializes in developing compelling personal narratives and brands. Melody Godfred is an entrepreneur, author, and poet who leverages the power of self to inspire transformative growth in people around the world. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I would crumble down and lift you up so you could see all of my secret places, where the rivers flow and the animals run wild, so you might know freedom. ![]() I would turn my leaves to gold and scatter them toward the sky so they would circle about your head and fall in piles at your feet, so you might wonder. It was like she was always there whispering for me to write something, but every time I tried, the story went nowhere.Ī Photo Story by Mio Cade Stung Meanchey Garbage Dump Sopeap’s Book: Love Forever Poem by Joni Buehner That said, I also struggled with how to put her character on paper-and so she, Sang Ly the character, became a burden. In truth, after watching my son’s footage, I couldn’t get her out of my head. I first began building the story in my head after my son, a film major, spent time at the Stung Meanchey dump in Cambodia, filming a documentary that followed Sang Ly on her journey.Īs a character, I find Sang Ly to be mesmerizing. Camron Wright, what inspired you to write about people who live in a dump in Cambodia? ![]() ![]() Underneath its fun trope-y beginning, it becomes a drama that addresses queer sexuality on a more thoughtful level. I really enjoyed Red, White, and Royal Blue. After a PR nightmare, Alex and Henry are forced by their respective handlers to play nice, or else. This is where the novel begins: a rivalry come to a head at the royal wedding of Henry’s older brother, Phillip. Henry is only two years older than Alex, but while they play similar roles in life, and occasionally collide at international events, Henry is cold and aloof, never stooping to befriend his American counterpart. ![]() Alex likes politics, but he can’t stand the fakeness of it all - and his frustrations come to be centralized around one man, Prince Henry of Wales. And his mother just happens to be the President of the United States. Red, White, and Royal Blue is the story of Alex Claremont-Diaz, a 21 year old student with political dreams: to climb the rungs as intern, staffer, and finally Senator by 30. ![]() Trigger warnings: Sex under the influence of alcohol (not in a predatory context, but still), forced outing, attempted rape (talked about, not in scene), drug abuse (not in scene), parent death, rare instances of homophobia, racism, xenophobia. ![]() Note: Characters have explicit sex this is not YA and definitely not appropriate for younger teens ![]() Mexican American/Mixed race main character ![]() ![]() But all the youthful optimism of my twenties couldn’t get me the book deal that would launch my career, so I continued to work as an attorney and pursued my writing discreetly by attending classes at UCLA and working on my novel on the weekends. It was during this time that I wrote the first drafts of what would eventually become my debut The Taste of Ginger. In 2009, I began writing the book that was burning inside of me. With each passing year, the desire to share my culture’s complexity and nuance began to boil beneath the surface. But as I worked in corporate America, building a successful career as an entertainment attorney in Hollywood, I was surrounded by stories-but none I could truly relate to. While I’d always been a voracious reader and dabbled in writing, pursuing a legal career was the obvious choice for a young girl seeking stability both for herself and her family. As an immigrant who was born in Toronto, Canada to parents from Gujarat, India, and raised in various states throughout the American Midwest, financial security became the bedrock of my life plan. ![]() When I was a young girl, there were only two things I wanted to be when I grew up: a writer and a lawyer. We’d love for you to start by introducing yourself. ![]() ![]() Today we’d like to introduce you to Mansi Shah. ![]() ![]() When they are there they hear, “ FIGHT !” Then they see two people wrestling on the ground. Stargirl said ,“Are you there?” Dootsie said ,“Yes.” So they were friends.ĥ Plot continued The middle is about when Stargirl goes to a festival with Dootsie. The girl said, “I am Dootsie!” A lady came running at her and said, “Sorry my daughter gets away sometimes.” Then Stargirl said, “Are you magic?” Then Dootsie said, "Yes I am, right mommy?” Her mom said, “ Yes, she is like a little Houdini.” Then Dootsie started to disappear. ![]() The beginning is about when Stargirl sat on a bench then looked up and saw a girl sitting there. She wrote it because she moved to Pennsylvania. ![]() Cinnamon: Cinnamon is a rat and is Stargirl and Dootsie’s pet.ģ Settings Stargirl’s house Calendar hill Dootsie’s houseĤ Plot The whole book is a letter that Stargirl writes. Betty Lou: Betty Lou agoraphobic and is 16 and is Stargirl and Dootsie’s friend. Margie Margie is Perry’s mom and is the owner of the doughnut shop. Alvina: Alvina is a girl that is 11 and delivers Betty Lou’s doughnuts. Perry: Perry is a boy that Stargirl meets on her roof. Dootsie: Dootsie is a girl that Stargirl babysits and I only 6. Stargirl: Stargirl is a girl that babysits Dootsie and is 16. ![]() ![]() The Rich family hired the detective who had been recommended, Rod Wheeler, a former D.C. ![]() ![]() Seth Rich, the DNC Staffer who was murdered in July of 2016. Butowsky offered to cover the fees and connect them with an investigator, according to Brad Bauman, a spokesman for the family. The Dallas-based financial adviser, Ed Butowsky, a Fox News regular who has written articles for Breitbart News, contacted the parents of Seth Rich and urged them to hire a private investigator to look into the death of their 27-year-old son, who was shot and killed last July in what police say was a robbery gone wrong. Someone was carrying utensils to the ground floor dining. As I reached the first floor, I heard movement in the kitchen below, on the mezzanine level. A spokesman for the family of a young Democratic National Committee staffer who was murdered last year said Tuesday that a conservative businessman had paid for a private investigation into the unsolved slaying that has ignited right-wing conspiracy theories. I had worn cushioned sneakers and they made little noise as I tiptoed down. ![]() |