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NEW FROM FINISHING LINE PRESS: Ambrosia: Love Poems by Mark D. Bennion

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Ambrosia: #Love Poems chronicles one man’s devotion to his wife over the course of decades of #marriage, children, birthdays, stories, tests, promises, foibles, delights, treks, and sacraments. In #poems effusive and spare, sacred and mundane, formal and free, this collection does what the poet Richard Hugo once suggested #poetry should do: run the risk of sentimentality without becoming overly sentimental. These poems devote themselves to that line of feeling, knowing when to veer away from it, when to hold it in check, and when to explore it in every way.

Mark D. Bennion teaches writing and literature classes at Brigham Young University-Idaho. A Pushcart Prize nominee, Mark’s poems have appeared in Aethlon, Dappled Things, Sijo, Spiritus, Windhover, and other journals. He is the author of three previous collections of poetry: Psalm & Selah: a poetic journey through the Book of Mormon, Forsythia, and Beneath the Falls. He and his wife, Kristine, are raising their children in the Upper Snake River Valley.

PRAISE FOR Ambrosia: Love Poems by Mark D. Bennion

Mark Bennion writes a tribute to his wife, Kristine. Along the trail of his words, it isn’t long until The Song of Solomon comes to mind. “Come my beloved, let us go forth into the fields”—SS 7:11. But Bennion’s words are from a contemporary world. Finding her was “better / than a sideline pick-six / in the last two minutes of a title game.” Ambrosia is full of life and humor and travel to places with descriptive names— Great Falls, Cut Bank, Deer Lodge— and much fun and the importance of responsibility and the relief that such a life was found. Just listen to these words from the title poem— “But today I saw it, / raw and untutored, / purling and unrushed, // like the river steady / in its waves and offerings—” Yes, Bennion’s work cuts through the riverbanks with the steady life-stream of family and faith.

–Diane Glancy, Author of Island of the Innocent, a Consideration of the Book of Job, & Psalm to Whom(e)

“How can a poet write another love poem, much less a set of poems that chronicles love across decades? Mark Bennion’s answer is to give readers high-resolution moments from his journey with his wife—rafting, holding hands, reading to one another, massaging a charley horse in the night. In these poems we glimpse the complexity, confusion, and wonder of mutual love and commitment, each poem reminding us that love is stronger than death.”

–Nathaniel Lee Hansen, Editor of The Windhover

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Trailer for Becoming Cary Grant (2017)

Trailer for the documentary Becoming Cary Grant, which will premiere on the premium network Showtime. Using words from his unpublished autobiography along with newly-discovered personal footage shot with a film-maker’s eye, Cary Grant — one of Hollywood’s greatest stars —...

#Barbara Jaynes #Biography #David Thomson #Documentary #Judy Balaban #Mark Glancy #Mark Kidel #Nick Ware #Showtime #Trailers #Video

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todaysdocument · 3 years

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Roll Call Tally on the Expulsion of Preston Brooks, 7/14/1856

After Preston Brooks beat Charles Sumner nearly to death with a cane in the Senate chamber, the House voted on whether to expel him from Congress. They failed to reach the two-thirds majority needed.

Series: General Records, 1791 - 2010

Record Group 233: Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1789 - 2015

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July 14. 1856

On LD Campbells 1st Resn from Sel Com

THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

335

[column one]

YEA | NAMES. | NAY.

|William Aiken...S.C. | 1

1 | Charles J. Albright...Ohio. |

| James C. Allen...Ill. | 2

2| John Allison...Penn. |

3 | Edward Ball...Ohio |

4 | Lucian Barbour...Ind. |

|David Barclay [struck through] |

| William Barksdale...Miss. | 3

| P.H. Bell...Texas. | 4

5 | Henry Bennett...N.Y. |

| Hendley S. Bennett...Miss. | 5

6 | Samuel P. Benson...Me. |

7 | Charles Billinghurst...Wis |

8 | John A. Bingham...Ohio |

9 | James Bishop...N.J. |

10 | Philemon Bliss...Ohio |

| Thomas S. Bocock...Va. | 6

| Thomas F. Bowie...Md. | 7

| William W. Boyce...S.C. | 8

11 | Samuel C. Bradshaw...Penn. |

| Lawrence O'B. Braneh...N.C. | 9

12 | Samuel Brenton...Ind. |

| Preston S. Brooks [struck through]...S.C. |

13 | Jacob Broom...Penn. |

14 | James Buffinton...Mass. |

15 | Anson Burlingame...Mass. |

| Henry C. Burnett...Ky. | 10

| John Cadwalader...Penn. | 11

16 | James H. Campbell...Penn. |

|John P. Campbell [struck through]...Ky. |

17 | Lewis D. Campbell...Ohio |

| John S. Carlile...Va. | 12

| Samuel Caruthers [struck through]...Mo. |

| John S. Caskie...Va. | 13

18 | Calvin C. Chaffee...Mass. |

| Thomas Child, jr [struck through] ...N.Y. |

19 | Bayard Clarke...N.Y. |

20 | Ezra Clark, jr...Conn. |

21 | Isaiah D. Clawson...N.J. |

| Thomas L. Clingman...N.C. | 14

| Howell Cobb...Ga. | 15

| Williamson R.W. Cobb...Ala. | 16

22 | Schuyler Colfax...Ind. |

23 | Linus B. Comins...Mass. |

24 | John Covode...Penn. |

| Leander M. Cox...Ky. | 17

25 | Aaron H. Cragin...N.H. |

| Burton Craige...N.C. | 18

| Martin J. Crawford...Ga. | 19

| Elisha D. Cullen [struck through]...Del. |

26 | William Cumback...Ind. |

27 | William S. Damrell...Mass. |

| Thomas G. Davidson...La. | 20

| H. Winter Davis...Md. | 21

28 | Timothy Davis...Mass. |

29 | Timothy C. Day...Ohio. |

30 | Sidney Dean...Conn. |

| James W. Denver...Cal. | 22

31| Ale["xander" struck through] De Witt...Mass. |

[Column Two]

YEA. | NAMES. | NAY.

32 | John Dick...Penn. |

33 | Samuel Dickson...N.Y. |

34 | Edward Dodd...N.Y. |

| James F. Dowdell...Ala. | 23

35 | George G. Dunn...Ind. |

36 | Nathaniel B. Durfee...R.I. |

37 | John R. Edie...Penn. |

| Henry A. Edmundson [struck through] ...Va. | 1

38 | Francis S. Edwards...N.Y. |

| John M. Elliott...Ky. | 24

39 | J Reece Emrie...Ohio. |

| William H. English...Ind. | 25

| Emerson Etheridge...Tenn. | 26

| George Eustis, jr...La. | 27

| Lemuel D. Evans...Texas. | 28

| Charles J. Faulkner...Va. | 29

| Thomas T. Flagler [struck through]...N.Y. |

| Thomas B. Florence...Penn. | 30

| Nathaniel G. Foster...Ga. | - 31

| Henry M. Fuller [struck through] ...Penn. |

| Thomas J. D. Fuller [struck through] ...Me. |

40 | Samuel Galloway...Ohio. |

41 | Joshua R. Giddings...Ohio. |

42 | William A. Gilbert...N.Y. |

| William O. Goode...Va. | 32

43 | Amos P. Granger...N.Y. |

| Alfred B. Greenwood...Ark. | 33

44 | Galusha A. Grow...Penn. |

| Augustus Hall...Iowa. | 34

45 | Robert B. Hall...Mass |

46 | Aaron Harlan...Ohio. |

| J. Morrison Harris...Md. | 35

| Sampson W. Harris...Ala. | 36

| Thomas L. Harris...Ill. | 37

| John Scott Harrison...Ohio. | 38

47 | Solomon G. Haven...N.Y. |

| Philemon T. Herbert...Cal. |

48 | John Hickman...Penn. |

49 | Henry W. Hoffman...Md. |

50 | David P. Holloway...Ind. |

51 | Thomas R. Horton...N.Y. |

52 | Valentine B. Horton...Ohio. |

| George S. Houston...Ala. | 39

53 | William A. Howard...Mich. |

54 | Jonas A. Hughston...N.Y. |

| Joshua H. Jewett...Ky. | 40

| George W. Jones...Tenn. | 41

| J. Glancy Jones...Penn. | 42

| Lawrence M. Keitt...S.C. | 43

| John Kelly...N.Y. | 44

55 | William H. Kelsey...N.Y. |

| Luther M. Kennett...Mo. | 45

| Zedekiah Kidwell...Va. | 46

56 | Rufus H. King...N.Y. |

57 | Chauncey L. Knapp...Mass. |

58 | Jonathan Knight...Penn. |

59 | Ebenezer Knowlton...Me. |

60 | James Knox...Ill. |

61 | John C. Kunkel...Penn. |

[Column Three]

YEA. | NAMES. | NAY.

| William A. Lake...Miss. | 47

62 | Benjamin F. Leiter...Ohio. |

| John Letcher...Va. | 48

| James J. Lindley...Mo. | 49

| John H. Lumpkin...Ga. | 50

| Daniel Mace [struck through] ...Ind. |

| Alexander K. Marshall...Ky. | 51

| Humphrey Marshall...Ky. | 52

| Samuel S Marshall...Ill. | 53

63 | Orsamus B. Matteson...N.Y. |

| Augustus E. Maxwell...Fla. | 54

64 | Andrew Z. McCarty...N.Y. |

| Fayette McMullin...Va. | 55

| John McQueen...S.C. | 56

65 | James Meacham...Vt. |

66 | Killian Miller...N.Y. |

| Smith Miller...Ind. | 57

| John S. Millson...Va. | 58

67 | William Millward...Penn. |

68 | Oscar F. Moore...Ohio. |

69 | Edwin B. Morgan...N.Y. |

70 | Justin S. Morrill...Vt. |

71 | Richard Mott...i o |

72 | Ambrose S. Murray...N.Y. |

73 | Matthias H. Nichols...Ohio |

74 | Jesse O. Norton...Ill. |

75 | Andrew Oliver...N.Y. |

| Mordecai Oliver...Mo. | 59

| James L. Orr...S.C. | 60

76 | Asa Packer...Penn. |

| Robert T. Paine [struck through] ...N.C. |

77 | John M. Parker...N.Y. |

78 | John J. Pearce...Penn. |

79 | George W. Peek...Mich. |

80 | Guy R. Pelton...N.Y. |

81 | Alexander C.M. Pennington. N.J. |

82 | John J. Perry...Me. |

83 | John U. Pettit...Ind. |

| John S. Phelps...Mo. | 61

84 | James Pike...N.H. |

| Gilchrist Porter...Mo. | 62

| Paulus Powell...Va. | 63

85 | Benjamin Pringle...N.Y. |

86 | Samuel A. Purviance...Penn. |

| Richard C. Puryear...N.C. | 64

| John A. Quitman...Miss. | 65

| Edwin G. Reade...N.C. | 66

| Charles Ready...Tenn. | 67

| James B. Ricaud...Md. | 68

| William A. Richardson [struck through] ...Ill. |

87 | David Ritchie...Penn. |

| Thomas Rivers...Tenn. | 69

88 | George R. Robbins...N.J. |

89 | Anthony E. Roberts...Penn |

90 | David F. Robison...Penn. |

| Thomas Ruffin...N.C. | 70

| Albert Rust...Ark. | 71

[Column Four]

YEA. | NAMES. | NAY.

91 | Alvah Sabin...Vt. |

92 | Russell Sage...N.Y. |

| John M. Sandidge...La. | 72

93 | William R. Sapp...Ohio. |

| John H. Savage...Tenn. | 73

94 | Harvey D. Scott...Ind. |

| James L. Seward...Ga. | 74

95 | John Sherman...Ohio. |

| Eli S Shorter...Ala. | 75

96 | George A. Simmons...N.Y. |

| Samuel A. Smith...Tenn. | 76

| William Smith...Va. | 77

| William R. Smith...Ala. | 78

| William H. Sneed...Tenn. | 79

97 | Francis E. Spinner...N.Y. |

98 | Benjamin Stanton...Ohio. |

| Alexander H. Stephens...Ga. | 80

| James A. Stewart...Md. | 81

99 | James S.T. Stranahan...N.Y. |

| Samuel F. Swope...Ky. | 82

| Albert G. TAlbott...Ky. | 83

100 | Mason W. Tappan...N.H. |

| Miles Taylor...La. | 84

101 | James Thorington...Iowa. |

102 | Benjamin B. Thurston...R.I. |

103 | Lemuel Todd...Penn. |

104 | Mark Trafton...Mass |

| Robert P. Trippe...Ga. | 85

105 | Job R. Tyson...Penn. |

| Warner L. Underwood...Ky. | 86

106 | George Vail...N.J. |

| William W. Valk [struck through] ...N.Y. |

107 | Edward Wade...Ohio. |

108 | Abram Wakeman...N.Y.

109 | David S. Walbridge...Mich. |

110 | Henry Waldron...Mich |

| Percy Walker...Ala. | 87

| Hiram Warner...Ga. | 88

111 | Cadwalader C. Washburne, Wis. |

112 | Ellihu B. Washburne...Ill. |

113 | Israel Washburn, jr...Me. |

| Albert G. Watkins...Tenn. | 89

114 | Cooper K. Watson...Ohio.|

115 | William W. Welch...Conn. |

116 | Daniel Wells, jr...Wis. |

| John Wheeler...N.Y. | 90

117 | Thomas R. Whitney...N.Y. |

118 | John Williams...N.Y. |

| Warren Winslow...N.C. | 91

119 | John M. Wood...Me. |

120 | John Woodruff...Conn. |

121 | James H. Woodworth...Ill. |

| Daniel B. Wright...Miss. | 92

| John V. Wright...Tenn. | 93

| Felix K. Zollicoffer...Tenn. | 94

[end columns]

MAY 21, 1856

NATHANIEL P. BANKS, JR., of Massachusetts, Speaker.

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N 95

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settledthingsstrange · 3 years

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Recommended Reads for 2022

Novels:

Paul Kingsnorth, The Wake, Beast, and Alexandria

Evelyn Waugh, Helena

Katy Carl, As Earth without Water

George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin, The Princess and Curdie, Phantastes, and Lilith

Poetry:

Martin Shaw and Tony Hoagland, Cinderbiter: Celtic Poems

Amit Majmudar, What He Did in Solitary

Thomas Merton, Selected Poems

Anya Silver, I Watched You Disappear

Simon Armitage, trans., Pearl

Simon Armitage, trans., Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Rhina P. Espaillat, Her Place in These Designs

Ephraim the Syrian, Select Poems (Brock and Kiraz, eds.)

Eavan Boland, Outside History: Selected Poems, 1980-1990

Diane Glancy, A Line of Driftwood: the Ada Blackjack Story and Island of the Innocent: A Consideration of the Book of Job

Nonfiction:

Arthur Brooks, Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt

Jeffrey Bilbro, Reading the Times: A Literary and Theological Inquiry into the News

Laura Mooneyham White, Jane Austen’s Anglicanism

Mark Boyle, The Way Home: Tales from a Life without Technology

Paul Kingsnorth, Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist

Simone Weil, The Need for Roots

Michael Brendan Dougherty, My Father Left Me Ireland

Robert Nisbet, The Quest for Community

Dom Rembert Sorg, Holy Work: Towards a Benedictine Theology of Manual Labor

John G. Neihardt and Black Elk, Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux

Michael F. Steltenkamp, Black Elk: Holy Man of the Oglala

David Treuer, Native American Fiction: A User’s Manual

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rppr-podcast · 5 years

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Delta Green: Black Bag Job

In 1970, a group of Delta Green veterans band together to steal documents from their own government. Delta Green has been shut down as an official agency, but to the veterans, the war goes on. They have resorted to using the weapons of the enemy, in the form of a hyperdimensional gate, but will it be enough?

Recorded at Gen Con 2019

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#aaron #adam scott glancy #arthur #brownie #gencon #jason #maddy #ross

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nanowrimo · 6 years

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30 Covers, 30 Days 2018: Wrap-Up!

That’s a wrap on another NaNoWriMo, which means it’s the end of another year’s 30 Covers, 30 Days series! Whether you wrote fifty words or fifty thousand, you got your stories onto the page! So pat yourself on the back. I’ll wait here.

Excellent! I want to talk a little bit about this project; as this was my second year coordinating the series, I got to read all of your nearly three thousand synopses, and every one of them brought something unique to the table. I’m seriously blown away by how amazing your novels -- and the covers they inspired -- have turned out to be.

Before I get to the fast facts about this year’s series, I need to extend a few words of thanks.

First, immense thanks as always to the amazing Debbie Millman, for facilitating this project every year, gathering all these fantastic designers in one place, and for designing a cover herself! Thanks for all your help getting this project off the ground, and answering all my questions along the way.

This wouldn’t be possible without all the designers who volunteered to make covers this year (and in years past). You made some stunning covers, on a short deadline, for free, frequently ahead of schedule, and with enthusiasm every day. Thanks for your patience and quick responses to all of my emails, and for making covers that thirty authors will cherish, and that amazed, thrilled, puzzled, and inspired writers on the blog, forums, and beyond all month long.

If you received a cover, or just felt inspired by one, please take a moment to let these designers know how cool they are; the complete list of designers, including links to their websites and social media, is available at the end of the post.

If you want to leave some feedback, there’s a form available! This helps us tweak and tune up the project each year.

Finally, thank you to all of you who took on the challenge, submitted synopses throughout October and November, and for keeping up with the blog and forum posts every day.

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As with every year, of course, November only has thirty short days -- and with them, only thirty lucky writers selected for each edition of the project via our proprietary, time-bending, squirrel-powered synopsis algorithm.

This year, we had winners from all around the world, including from Iceland, Nigeria, and Peru. And, as novels from Young Writers made up about a quarter of submissions, there were set to be seven YWP covers. Alas, a couple of them fell through a hole in time and space and there ended up being only five; next year will have the complete set. There was also a wide range of genres represented:

We also used the keywords and tags from thousands of submissions to create a word tree!

Please give another round of applause to the designers who contributed their time and effort to this awesome project!

John Hamilton designed Enemy Music

Katie Manos designed The Ghosts of Miller Manor

Jesse Hernandez designed Apologize

Michelle Hobbs designed Autumn’s Blessing

Michael Braley designed The White Darkness

Kelly Knaga designed No Results Found

Alberto Rigau designed Shadow of Twilight

Kevin Perry designed Red Riding, P.I.

Henry Sene Yee designed The Killing Thing

Cookie Redding designed Sunsets and Tea

David Hisaya Asari designed We Could Be Heroes

Mark Pagano designed Dragon Kingdom & The Wishing Stone

Don Hollis designed Perspicuus

Richard Ljoenes designed The Girl and the Guardians

Alexandra Alcantara designed The Island

Josh Ege designed Trapped

Val Head designed Cracking Up

Traci Larson designed Monroe & Patsy: A Few Times Too Many

Eva Crawford designed Nursing Holmes

Frances Yllana designed Albion Grove

Courtney Glancy designed To Stand Tall Amongst the Stars

Christopher Simmons designed Unprompted

Tan Le designed Windycrest

Debbie Millman designed The Circle

Roshanak Keyghobadi designed Balaton

Nick Fierro designed Emu

Wesley Sueker designed Combat Mind

Ksenya Samarskaya designed The Author

Adriane Stark designed Bianca, It's Complicated!

Jina Anne designed The Sorcerer’s Maid

It’s been a blast helping coordinate 30 Covers, 30 Days once more. I’m looking forward to seeing next year’s covers!

-Nick Fierro, Editorial & Programs Intern

#nanowrimo #writing #30 covers 30 days #design #book covers #30c30d #by nano staff #nick fierro

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thehiddenedge-blog · 2 years

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Pure White - (Tanka Tuesday #272)

Pure White – (Tanka Tuesday #272)

Associated with perfection, It symbolises; chastity, Honesty, cleanliness, good. Personified by the Unicorn and lamb; All religions Adopt it Such is White! (Nonet) Photo by mark glancy: Poem prompted by Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday Challenge #272. This week, the challenge is to use the theme Taste the Rainbow . If you, too, would like to join in, please follow the link for the rules.

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stirlo · 3 years

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The inside story of Nick Clegg at Facebook — and how much power he really wields — The Sunday Times

He was brought in to salvage Facebook’s reputation. Has Nick Clegg changed anything or is he just there to make Mark Zuckerberg look good? Josh Glancy reports – the Sunday Times ( News+ or The Times subscription may be required ) Nick Clegg is said to have impressed Mark Zuckerberg very quickly when they met

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#2016 Election #bad people #campaign #Design #donald trump #election #Human Rights #investigative journalism #politics #Software #Surveillance #Technology #UK Politics

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danielmardsblog · 3 years

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Morning folks ! Are You unicorn~ish today ? 🦄 #unicorn #dogmodel #dogs #dogoftheday #puppies #pets #bff #frenchie #shitzu #dogsofinstagram Credit Photo by mark glancy (på/i USA) https://www.instagram.com/p/COSSZHQjLRs/?igshid=1ffhfjh5oyt3c

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babakziai · 7 years

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I. We hang clothes on the line. His wide trousers and shirt, wind-beat, roar small thunder from one prairie cloud. The same rapple of flag on its pole. Half in fear, half in jest, we laugh. He calls us crow women. Our black hair shines in the sun and in the light from school windows. He drives his car to town, upsets the dust on buckboard hills. We sit on the fence when he is gone. Does he know we speak of thunder in his shirts? We cannot do well in his school. He reads from west to east, The sun we follow moves the other way. Crowbar. Our eyes come loose from words on the page in narrow rooms of the reservation school. He perceives and deciphers at once. For us written letters will not stay on the page, but fall like crows from the sky and hit against the glass windows of the school. Our day is night when we sit in rows of the classroom. Leaves in a whirlwind from sumac groves. Flock of crows are black starts on a white night. II. On the porch of the reservation school the blackbirds walk around our feet, fly into our head. They call our secret name. Dark corridors linger in our mind We whisper the plains to one another. We do not talk of what we cannot understand. Black and white fleckered dresses. Our face like our fathers. The sun is no enemy to the eye looking west. The brush thin as hair of old ones. It blinds the eye, makes fire on fields, flashes against windows like silver ribbons on burial robes. Hot late into the fall, windy, ready for cold to sweep in. The heat seems solid, but totters on the brink of winter. We laugh to ourselves when he returns to the reservation school for girls. Take his clothes from the line. Set the table with salt and pepper, spoon, knives. Cattails and milk-pods in a jar. We get lard from the basement, rub a place in the dusty window like a moon in the ancient sky. III. One hill larger than the others: an old buffalo with heavy head and whiskers nods at the ground, grazes in my dreams, one blade at a time. We stay in our stiff white-sheeted beds in the dormitory room. Buffalo wander in our dreams. White night-dresses. Black pods suspended in sumac groves like crows. In the sweat lodge of sleep we make our vision quest, black as pitch in crevice between crow feathers. We hang his thunder clothes in sleep, arms reach above our beds like willows blowing slowly by the creek. Quietly we choke, hold our wounded arms like papooses. Clothes beat on lines. Sumac groves and whirl of leaves: a shadow of our fathers at council fires. Red leaves, waxy as hay on fields. We dream of schoolrooms. Written letters on the wind. He reads crow-marks on the page but does not know crow. “Reservation School for Girls” from Offering: aliscolidoi by Diane Glancy. Reprinted by permission of Holy Cow! Press (Duluth, Minnesota). © 1986 by Diane Glancy. All rights reserved. Source: Offering: Poetry & Prose(Holy Cow! Press, 1988) Diane Glancy BiographyMore poems by this author Poem of the Day: Reservation School for Girls Poem of the Day: Reservation School for Girls Poem of The Day {$excerpt:n} Source: Poem of The Day

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Hi Lydia, can you tell me anything about the way Jesus felt towards slavery, which was pretty commonplace during his time?

It’s hard for me to explain anything Jesus truly “felt” because what is said in the Bible is distorted by each author's motives and biases (not to mention that each gospel was written decades after Jesus’ death).

From an article about slavery in the New Testament:

“…Jesus refers to slaves often in his parables. Slaves in the parable of the prodigal son perform routine work in the background of the estate (Luke 15:22, Luke 15:26). Other parables depict cruel treatment of slaves, such as the parable of the wicked tenants. Slaves are disposable: they suffer beatings and death at the hands of tenants (Matt 21:33-44, Mark 12:1-12, Luke 20:9-18). Some New Testament writers accepted violence against slaves as normal as seen in these parables (see Matt 18:23-35, Luke 19:11-27).

The New Testament does contain several passages that demonstrate resistance to slavery. Slave traders are included in a list of those who are lawless, probably because many acquired slaves illegally (1Tim 1:10). Another passage condemns the immoral trade of luxury goods in the Roman Empire, concluding with “bodies,” a common euphemism for slaves (Rev 18:13). These indictments of the slave trade are unusual but welcome voices in the New Testament.”

If we take Jesus’ underlying theme (that’s pretty prevalent in several Christian texts) of upholding the weakest among us, I’d like to assume that he was no fan of slavery. However, I don’t think it is a question that we can actually answer.

Here is an overview of Slavery in Early Christianity by Jennifer A Glancy which looks like a good read for you if you are interested in this sort of stuff.

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virginiaprelawland · 4 years

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Meghan Markle And Invasion Of The Right To Privacy

By Kayla Blevins, Liberty University, Class of 2020

May 11, 2020

According to Yahoo! News, Meghan Markle is suing Associated Newspapers because she believes they violated her privacy when they published a letter she wrote to her father. David Sherborne, Markle’s attorney argues that Associated Newspapers attempted to manipulate its readers and participated in an “intrusive” campaign against Markle. (1) Sherborne claimed that Associated Newspapers also “deliberately misled the public by presenting a false picture of the letter.” (2)Markle’s lawyers claim that it is the tabloid’s fault that Markle and her father have had a falling out because they received so much harassment and humiliation from the tabloids. As a result, Markle is seeking damages.

Prince Harry released a statement where he stressed that he and Meghan passionately believe in “media freedom and objective, truthful reporting” as a “cornerstone of democracy…. [however,] There is a human cost to this relentless propaganda, specifically when it is knowingly false and malicious….”(3)

Associated Newspapers denies all allegations, saying that the claims of dishonesty and malicious intent do not form part of any cause of action advanced against it. (4)

History of Invasion of the Right to Privacy

The right to privacy is also known as “the right to be let alone.” (5)In 1890, Samuel Warren and Lewis Brandeis wrote an article in theHarvard Law Review where they suggested creating a new tort called “Invasion of the Right to Privacy.” (6) Brandeis had a “deep-seated abhorrence of the invasions of social privacy” because the media would pry into theprivate lives of people in the society columns of newspapers. (7) An example of this is when a woman was denied recovery from the New York Court of Appeals because her picture was used to advertise flour.(8) The woman did not give the flour company permission to publish her picture;but nonetheless,the New York Court of Appeals denied her recovery. Afterward, the public became truly angry at the court – causing the New York legislature to pass a statute that permitted plaintiffs, like the woman, to recover.

Hence, Warren and Brandis strongly believed American citizens needed legal protection from the media. Neither American courts nor the English courts had anything to offer. Therefore, Warren and Brandis proposed “Invasion of the Right to Privacy” tort. It was greatly contested, but it was eventually accepted as a legitimate form of recovery.

Invasion of the Right to Privacy Defined

Invasion of the right to privacy is a tort that legally establishes that a person has the right to conduct his or her life devoid of any unwarranted and undesired publicity, such as wiretapping and/or reading someone else’s mail. (9) Invasion of privacy consists of four distinct torts: appropriation, unreasonable intrusion, public disclosure of private facts, and false light. (10)The only aspect they have in common with each other is that they all offer protection from unreasonable interference.

False light lawsuits are brought only if the plaintiff can show the defendant deliberately portrayed the plaintiff in a false light or that she acted recklessly. (11) An interesting example of a false light case is when the National Enquirer described Clint Eastwood’s relationship with country music singer Tanya Tucker. The National Enquirer did not deny the false-light claim and the court held that the Enquirer did exploit Eastwood's name so it could “generate maximum curiosity and the necessary motivation to purchase the newspaper.” (12)In contrast, Markle is suing Associated Newspapers because they revealed her private letter to her father, so she is, therefore, suing a claim of public disclosure of private facts.

On May 1, 2020, the judge for Markle’s case threw out part of the privacy lawsuit. (13)The judge partially ruled against Markle’s arguments that Associated Newspapers endeavored to generate tension between Meghan and her father and reported dishonestly. However, Markle’s attorneys said they believe the judge will find a valid claim for breach of privacy and copyright, “[W]e respect the Judge's decision as the strong case against Associated will continue to focus on the issue of a private, intimate and hand-written letter from a daughter to her father…. This gross violation of any person's right to privacy is obvious and unlawful.”(14)

Unreasonable Intrusion

According to the Restatement of Torts § 652B, a defendant who inadvertently infringes upon the privacy of someone else is legally responsible for the invasion of privacy if his actions are deemed as “highly offensive to a reasonable person.” (15)An example is when Ralph Nader prepared to publish “Unsafe at Any Speed,” a book about General Motors (GM). Nader’s book claimed that GM was hesitant to spend extra money updating the safety features of their automobiles. Afterward, GM harassed Nader by making threatening phone calls, interviewing his acquaintances, tapping his phones, eavesdropping on him using electronic equipment, using women to make illicit proposals to him, and conducting surveillance on him in public places.(16) Nader sued GM for an invasion of privacy and the court ruled in Nader’s favor because of the wiretapping and electronic eavesdropping. Amazingly, the court did not consider the other activities as an invasion of privacy because they were not deemed as unreasonably intrusive.

Public Disclosure of Private Facts

Publishing aspects of someone else’s personal life can also be tantamount to invasion of privacy. Similar to unreasonable intrusion doctrine, the publicized issue must be considered as highly offensive to any reasonable person and must not "be of a legitimate concern for the public." (16)However, if the details were already availableon the public record, then an invasion of privacy does not exist.

In Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn, Cox Broadcasting reported the name of a rape and murder victim, without the knowledge of her family. The victim’s father brought a lawsuit for invasion of privacy. The Georgia court ruled that it is unconstitutional to ban releasing the name of a rape victim or to allow a private right of action against the press for doing so because of the First Amendment. The information was already made public; therefore, the father of the victim could not reasonably argue that her name should be deemed as private. The court ruled, “Since the state already had evinced its belief that the information was of public interest by including it in the indictments, the press had the right to disclose the victim's identity.” (17)

The Supreme Court defined a public figure as someone who has achieved universal fame or notoriety. (18) The Court also stated that “someone who voluntarily injects himself or is drawn into a particular public controversy” is also considered a public figure. (19) Therefore, both Markle and her father are considered as public figures. Unreasonable intrusion arises when a defendant deliberately encroaches upon another person’s privacy. Such as Markle claiming that the Associated Newspapers intentionally intruded upon her private relationship with her father. But unreasonable intrusion also requires the defendant to interfere in a manner that a reasonable person considers highly offensive. That seems to be a difficult task for Markle to prove because (a reasonable person considers) both Markle and her father as public figures, plus, the newspapers willlook for anything and everything they can use in their articles. What constitutes public disclosure is when a publisher exposes the details of the plaintiff's private life in a way that reasonable people would find highly intrusive and would not be of concern for the public. (20) That too seems hard for Markle's attorneys to prove because her relationship with her father is of no concern for the public, other than juicy gossip.

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(1) Suliman, Adela. “Meghan Markle says father 'exploited' by press as privacy lawsuit gets underway.” Yahoo! News. 24 April 2020. 3 May 2020. https://news.yahoo.com/meghan-markle-privacy-lawsuit-gets-100509770.html.

(2) Ibid.

(3) Waterson, Jim. “Meghan sues Mail on Sunday as Prince Harry launches attack on tabloid press.” The Guardian. 2 Oct. 2019. 3 May 2020. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/oct/01/meghan-sues-mail-on-sunday-for-publishing-letter-to-her-father.

(4) ByLine Investigates. “ROYAL LAWSUIT: Meghan vs The Mail – What to Expect Today as Tabloid Moves to Strike Out Dishonesty and Malice Claims Brought by Duchess of Sussex.” ByLine Investigates: Not Afraid to Tell You the Truth.24 April 2020. 3 May 2020. https://www.bylineinvestigates.com/mail/2020/4/24/royal-lawsuit-meghan-vs-the-mail-what-to-expect-today-in-court-as-tabloid-moves-over-dishonesty-and-malice-claims-brought-by-duchess-of-sussex.

(5) Edwards, Stanley, J. (2016). Tort Law. Cengage Learning, p. 369.

(6) Ibid.

(7) See Glancy, 1979, p. 6, referencing A. Mason, Brandeis: A Free Man's Life, p. 70 (1956).

(8) Edwards, Stanley, J. (2016). Tort Law. Cengage Learning, p. 369.

(9) Ibid.

(10) Ibid.

(11) Time, Inc. v. Hill, 385 U.S. 374 [1967].

(12) Eastwood v. National Enquirer, 198 Cal. Rptr. 342 (Ct. App. 1983).

(13) Roberto, Melissa. “Meghan Markle's lawyers 'surprised' judge struck arguments from privacy lawsuit, says case ‘to move forward.’” Fox News. 1 May 2020. 3 May 2020. https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/meghan-markle-lawyers-surprised-judge-strikes-arguments-privacy-lawsuit.

(14) Ibid.

(15) Edwards, Stanley, J. (2016). Tort Law. Cengage Learning, p. 377.

(16) Ibid.

(17) Restatement of Torts § 652D.

(18) Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn, 420 U.S. 469 [1975].

(19) Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc., 418 U.S. 323 [1974].

(20) Ibid.

(21) Edwards, Stanley, J. (2016). Tort Law. Cengage Learning, p. 381.

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