![]() It was, in its own toxic way, a perfect introduction for HBO’s new 1950s sci-fi/horror series, “Lovecraft Country.” The pilot, which debuted last Sunday, is built around a dream and an awakening. Placing three Black characters at the center of a new TV series yields fresh, unexpected turns. Martin also had trouble pronouncing the names of other award recipients who were people of color. Martin and other older white men rambled endlessly in praise of the two without remarking on their problematic histories. Campbell, both major figures in 20th-century science fiction whose work was at times deeply racist, xenophobic, anti-Semitic and terrible to women.ĭuring the awards, host George R. Lovecraft and the longtime editor of Astounding Science Fiction magazine, John W. ![]() The organization gave posthumous awards to the horror writer H. Earlier this month, at its annual celebration of science fiction writing and editing, the Hugo Awards created an uproar. ![]()
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![]() ![]() McGuinness's photos show the artist in many settings on the Maine island he now calls home. Bryan brought elements of African art to award-winning collages and woodcuts on his own time, he made (and continues to make) other treasures. ![]() While the text forms a single narrative thread, the busy pages are laid out scrapbook-style on bright, overlapping rectangles of color, old family photos next to artwork next to call-outs of Bryan's words in large type. Bryan honed his skills, overcame racism and discouragement, and thrived throughout 20th-century tumult. Drawing every day, as a soldier during WWII he kept his art supplies in his gas mask (“There would have been a tumble of materials if I were ever in need of that mask!” he says). His Antiguan-born parents sang, kept birds and sheltered orphans they showed him how to resist convention and survive defeat. ![]() Well-loved illustrator Bryan's pictures and recollections tell of his lifelong devotion to making and sharing art. ![]() ![]() In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: 1) collection of the facts to determine whether injustices are alive 2) negotiation 3) self-purification and 4) direct action. ![]() We have some 85 affiliate organizations all across the South … Several months ago our local affiliate here in Birmingham invited us to be on call to engage in a nonviolent direct action program if such were deemed necessary. ![]() I think I should give the reason for my being in Birmingham, since you have been influenced by the argument of “outsiders coming in.” I have the honor of serving as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization operating in every Southern state with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. While confined here in the Birmingham City Jail, I came across your recent statement calling our present activities “unwise and untimely.” Seldom, if ever, do I pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas … But since I feel that you are men of genuine good will and your criticisms are sincerely set forth, I would like to answer your statement in what I hope will be patient and reasonable terms. ![]() ![]() I think I was just worried I wasn’t going to like it and that point I really wanted to! So, I took it back and got it again about a month later. Kelly: Well, the first time I brought it home from the library I couldn’t get beyond the first chapter. I read a few enthusiastic reviews of it, though, including yours Marg, and I thought maybe I should ‘think outside the box.’ It just didn’t seem to be my sort of book. Kelly: I have to admit that my first reaction to this book was that I probably wouldn’t like it. It had lots of elements that I love - some gothic elements, set in Scotland, time travel! Kelly and Alex, what prompted you to want to read it? When I finally had read it, I regretted not having done so earlier. Marg: When I first read a review of The Winter Sea, I added it to my list thinking I would read it one day. ![]() ![]() But it isn\'t long before he reveals the truth: Wendy is a changeling who was switched at birth―and he\'s come to take her home. ![]() Every encounter leaves her deeply shaken…though it has more to do with her fierce attraction to him than she\'d ever admit. She\'s not the person she\'s always believed herself to be, and her whole life begins to unravel―all because of Finn Holmes.Finn is a mysterious guy who always seems to be watching her. ![]() Eleven years later, Wendy discovers her mother might have been right. Prepare to be enchanted…When Wendy Everly was six years old, her mother was convinced she was a monster and tried to kill her. Amanda Hocking is an indie publishing sensation whose self-published novels have sold millions of copies all over the world, and Switched is the book that started the phenomenon. ![]() ![]() With courage, grace and powerful insight, bestselling author Kristin Hannah captures the epic panorama of WWII and illuminates an intimate part of history seldom seen: the women’s war. But when he betrays her, Isabelle joins the Resistance and never looks back, risking her life time and again to save others. While thousands of Parisians march into the unknown terrors of war, she meets Gäetan, a partisan who believes the French can fight the Nazis from within France, and she falls in love as only the young can…completely. Vianne’s sister, Isabelle, is a rebellious eighteen-year-old girl, searching for purpose with all the reckless passion of youth. Without food or money or hope, as danger escalates all around them, she is forced to make one impossible choice after another to keep her family alive. When a German captain requisitions Vianne’s home, she and her daughter must live with the enemy or lose everything. She doesn’t believe that the Nazis will invade France…but invade they do, in droves of marching soldiers, in caravans of trucks and tanks, in planes that fill the skies and drop bombs upon the innocent. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the quiet village of Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac says goodbye to her husband, Antoine, as he heads for the Front. Best Literature & Fiction Book Blurb: Audie Award, Fiction, 2016 ![]() ![]() ![]() What sites your reviews are posted on (B&N, Amazon, etc.) and whether you send digital (eBook, PDF, Word, etc.) or hard copies of your books to each other for review is up to you. Simply put, you agree to provide an honest review an author's book in exchange for the author doing the same for you. ![]() This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Book Review Exchange Program, which is open to all authors and is completely free. To begin, click the purple email icon to send this author a private email. You and the author will discuss what sites you will post your review to and what kind of copy of the book you would like to receive (eBook, PDF, Word, paperback, etc.). The author will provide you with a free copy of their book in exchange for an honest review. This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Free Book Program, which is open to all readers and is completely free. ![]() ![]() ![]() He received his doctorate from Brandeis University in 1978. Miller High School in Brewton as class valedictorian.įollowing high school, McDowell pursued a college education at Harvard University as an English major and graduated in 1972. He attended kindergarten in Geneva before transferring to Brewton Elementary School. In his childhood, McDowell lived and was educated in the small south Alabama towns of Geneva and Brewton, Escambia County. As many of his Southern Gothic novels demonstrate, McDowell had extensive knowledge of southern culture and geography. His experiences in Alabama helped shape his literary career. Michael was their first son, followed by a daughter and a second son. McDowell was born on June 1, 1950, in Enterprise, Coffee County, to Thomas Eugene McDowell and Marion Mulkey McDowell both of Geneva, Geneva County. McDowell’s niche centered on Southern Gothic literature and horror in general. But with more than 30 novels, McDowell was a prolific novelist in his own right and gained popularity across the country, even earning the high praises of acclaimed author Stephen King. Alabama-born author Michael McEachern McDowell (1950-1999) is perhaps best known for his role in writing the screenplays for the popular films The Nightmare Before Christmas and the cult hit Beetlejuice. ![]() ![]() Later on, Coel also speaks of being sexually assaulted, and while she doesn’t go into too much detail, this part is particularly brutal. Coel also discusses how racist, sexist, and toxic the filming industry is. She describes a few specific episodes that highlight her love for theatre and creativity. Coel recounts growing up Black in London, from the racism she experienced at school (from both the students and the staff) to her time at drama school. ![]() Honest and incisive, this talk is definitely a must-listen/read. That talk, transcribed here in Misfits, is powerful indeed. I would recommend Misfits to those who haven’t watched Coel's MacTaggart Lecture. If you haven’t watched it, do yourself a favour, and do it ASAP. It made me cry, it made me laugh, it gave me friggin goosebumps. While I liked Chewing Gum well enough, I May Destroy You blew my mind. ![]() Our words-even when spoken from a position so powerless that all that’s produced is a moth-like squeak-can be loud enough to wake the house: a house that is often sleeping peacefully and does not want to be disturbed a house in which perhaps you’ve found a home. ![]() ❀ blog ❀ thestorygraph ❀ letterboxd ❀ tumblr ❀ ko-fi ❀ ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And as autonomous vehicles share our streets, we are increasingly putting our lives in their hands. We can no longer assume that our mortgage application, or even our medical tests, will be seen by human eyes. Algorithms decide bail and parole-and appear to assess Black and White defendants differently. Systems cull résumés until, years later, we discover that they have inherent gender biases. Researchers call this the alignment problem. When the systems we attempt to teach will not, in the end, do what we want or what we expect, ethical and potentially existential risks emerge. Recent years have seen an eruption of concern as the field of machine learning advances. Today’s “machine-learning” systems, trained by data, are so effective that we’ve invited them to see and hear for us-and to make decisions on our behalf. A jaw-dropping exploration of everything that goes wrong when we build AI systems and the movement to fix them. ![]() |