#Tiana S. Clark

[thebookinheritance]

My Origin Story

The "why" behind this blog.

Preface: One of the elective courses of the Kellogg-Schulich Executive MBA is “Selling Yourself and Your Ideas”. I expected it to be a class on Sales, with a heavy emphasis on communication. Instead, it turned out to be a weeklong study in the art of storytelling. On our last day (February 23, 2024), each student was called to give a 3-minute story presentation. This was mine. I chose my…

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Disclaimer: this will always get updated And when I reblog it, it Means that it Got updated again.

The muppets Show: Life in the boarding home

Characters list:

The muppets:

The muppets (they appear in almost EVERY EPISODE, but not every episode is about them, they just help the Main supporting muppets that have most attention in each episodes) - Kermit, fozzie, miss piggy gonzo, Rizzo, Pepe, rowlf, yolanda, scooter

Main supporting muppets (they appear a Lot just like the Main ones And they are VERY important to the series And episodes, And im adding more) - sam eagle, Skeeter, dr teeth, Janice, Lips, Floyd, animal, Zoot, Vicki, Clifford, digit, Waldo C Graphic, bean Bunny, Lindbergh, Leon lizard, Flash, solid foam drummer (aka Kimberly), beard, zondra, Ubu, chip, Constantine, swedish chef, Wayne And Wanda, Mildred huxetetter, miss mousey, afghan hound, baskerville hound, Camilla chicken, Walter, Crazy Harry, Lew Zealand, uncle deadly, Bobo bear, dr Phil van neuter, waldorf And statler, beauregard, link hogthrob, dr Julius strangepork, Marvin suggs, the newsman, Robin the frog, sweetums, thog, timmy Monster, the mutations, Annie sue, Denise pig, 80s robot, behemoth, big mean Carl, doglion, Fletcher Bird, Betsy Bird, George the janitor, foo-foo, gaffer the pirate Cat, Johnny fiama, Sal minella, mahna mahna, the snowths, Mr poodlepants, Seymour, spamela Hamderson, mulch, Bubba the rat, gorgon heap,

Reccuring/minor/additional characters (they sometimes or rarely appear in some episodes, but they even dont live with The muppets in the boarding home) - Hilda, Gladys, trumpet girl (Dolores), cliffy hatzis, cliffster Hatzis, Nigel, Mary Louise, selena the brunette haired whatnot, Tammy the red haired whatnot, Isabella the dirty-blonde haired whatnot, violette the brunette haired whatnot, merice the blue whatnot, Lauren the light Purple whatnot, flower eating Monster, Katherine Seahorsse Atlantic, Clara Hatzis, green muck Monster, angelco And devilzo, Angelica And demonica, kermgel And devmit, Jeremy the light blue whatnot, Mikey the orange whatnot,

Guest characters (these are the characters that appear in each episodes And sometimes have attention on them, or theyre from other muppets media And appear only a little bit) - wocka agent bear, Cosmo bopper, ghost of Christmas past, ghost of Christmas present, And ghost of Christmas future, green muck Monster,

Main supporting whatnot Show gang characters (and they appear in each episode to help the muppets with some problems, And yes theyre important to the story too, And im still editing this) - dermot the dog, miss tiggy, Ozzy woodchuck, Gustavo the King ladybug, Pierce the chinchilla, paisley the persian Cat, bonzo the amazing Monkey, Sid the British bulldog, dr tounge, ibeeria, Sgt Easton Oliver, yakim, vegetable, Mateo, auncle heavenly, ceco the andean bear, Leo the axolotl, raiden the semi radio person, Max Gerbils, una, Frederick the toucan, Jagger the Fox, Iggy D digital, dr quill Owens, zuri the chinchilla, snooper, Victor, kameron Gibson, Tristan Nelson Koala, crazed Gael, Maxwell Armstrong, Sammy the dog, Aleksandr the dog, tiana the fairy, dr Aristotle un wonders, kiyoshi, Napoleon Thibault, tarrasque, weather man, bi-bi, Sneeker, Remington the hippo, miss Batty, carina flamingo, italian culinarian, Mr. Parrotyno, Willa, Maverick the yeti, Clark the computer designer, Bartha the Ragdoll Cat, christoper the Ragdoll Cat, sea ocean witch man, O' Theodore Purple, the telephaty Brothers, 60's telephone, Miroslav Agovich, the trolls (bluan, huang And pinkery), yuna flowerwoman, chirping lovebird, ignorant Alfred, rude Oscar, naive lester, Cody the chihuahua, Garrett the pug, micah the Pitbull, Kathy And Kevin, Fred the janitor, adolpha the jungle parrot,

Main supporting teppums characters (the same like whatnot Show gang, they always help the muppets in any problems or trouble, And im still editing this) - timrek the sheep, madame camela, Evan the Elephant, Hector the brilliant, quade the fennec Fox, litvik the King cobra, arlo, dr linnaeus un shingems, Shane the american bison, Travis, Zane, lavi the King lion, stephany, dr Lips, Sgt Gideon Quinn, wilds Benner, Nicolas, Werner, Elias the Alligator, Abram the semi laptop Guy, Cassie, George E flyer, Liam the miniature horse, berengar the gecko, ben the otter, belladonna, Gunner the kapre, Arthur the game designer, tiana, madame gerbilsy, insane Axel, Asher the lamb, madame Li-Li, journalist man, gem the genie, tough Draco, glemsom Sebastian, monsieur gerbilso, Lionel the King lion II, Alfred And Chester, Diana the mermaid, Victoria the fennec Fox, sindy the verdin Bird, Raphael abadie, Federico agosti, rodan the Diamond Giant, Master Vincent, french has slinger, Daniil the dall sheep, Henrietta sunflowera

Main supporting parodies show characters - coming soon.... (Theyre not created yet, but soon will)

Main villains/antagonists - kermoot the frog, foozie bear, miss poogy, roowlf the dog, Bonzor the fantastic, paloma the flying shrimp, cici the mouse, dr dentist, janooce, flora, zotts, Lipst, animool, Camillo the rooster, soom the hawk, aunt goatella (she is a Nice Lady :3), Boryslav the frog, Tanya the red-brown haired whatnot, dr Vanessa van michigen, beba the Polar bear (she is a Nice Lady too), Jennifer Ferguson, schi-schi the red panda, Scarlett the black-haired whatnot, boombox catfish "Benjamin", Ruby the semi computery girl, Darren, Petunia parrot, Martha the Chameleon, Beeny the digital bee, pinks the news reporter Bird, dr Barbara, geekera, Mad Blake, Andrea zingler, Xavier, Ray the bigfoot, ash the Graphic designer, booper, British cooker, Wendy, Edward the antarctic fox, Thomas and Tristan, arabella And Frances, stormer, busher, solid cotton guitarist "sarah", yacoub the mouse, maria Santana, Beepera, Sebastian the Rhino, elids the garden witch troll, Rosalie the frog, miss persian Lady, reporter man, Hannah And Anna pig, miss mi-mi, Henry the mouse, maddison pig, Gabrielle Pig, golem rose witch, hadria MacAfee, fantastic Day green witch, Crystal snowe the snowy owl, galatea the janitor, the telekinesis Sisters, miss Theodora Huang, forgetfull Mirabella, mean penny, arrogant Mahira, 70s computer, Gavin frog, caleb frog, glothcher the frog, Giant rude Alexandro And Miranda gonzales

Muppets Monsters quintet (theyre the antagonists too, but they dont appear a lot) - ker-monster, ghoulfriend, wocka wocka bear, noseferatu and muck monster

And this is for all my besties/Sisters And brothers/pen pals who really love my Work, And that love me just the way I am And that always make me feel loved, And i would never let any of the besties And auntie that i lost make me feel more anxious And stressed out for what I fucking did to my blue haired auntie. And i will always care And love my besties/Sisters And brothers/pen pals no matter what. 💗

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[sir-adamus]

The Justice League and RWBY are teaming up, with the DC heroes and and Rooster Teeth characters joining forces for an animated movie.

Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen, Part One arrives on digital, 4k and blu-ray in the spring. Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Cyborg, Green Lantern and Vixen are transported to the strange world of Remnant, and find themselves turned into teenagers. Meanwhile, Remnant heroes Ruby, Weiss, Blake and Yang must combine forces with the Justice League to uncover why their planet has been mysteriously altered before a superpowered Grimm destroys everything. 

The film voice stars Natalie Alyn Lind as Wonder Woman/Diana Prince, Chandler Riggs as Superman/Clark Kent and Nat Wolff as Batman/Bruce Wayne. RWBY mainstays reprising there roles are Lindsay Jones as Ruby, Kara Eberle as Weiss, Arryn Zech as Blake and Barbara Dunkelman as Yang.

The film hails from Rooster Teeth Animation, Warner Bros. Animation, DC and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment with Kimberly S. Moreau, Ethan Spaulding and Jim Krieg producing, Laura Yates serving as supervising producer, Sam Register and Michael Uslan executive producing.

Meghan Fitzmartin penned the script, with RWBY‘s Kerry Shawcross directing.

Other actors include Ozioma Akagha as Vixen, Jen Brown as Pyrrha, Tiana Camacho as Glynda, Aaron Dismuke as Oscar, Jason Douglas as Jacques, David Errigo Jr. as The Flash/Barry Allen and Rolf, Samantha Ireland as Nora, Miles Luna as Jaune, Shannon McCormick as Professor Ozpin, Neath Oum as Lie Ren, Tara Platt as Kali, Jeannie Tirado as Green Lantern and Tru Valentino as Cyborg.

RWBY was created by the late Monty Oum and is the first western-produced Anime series disributed in Japan. It has a ninth season currently in the works, with the franchise amassing 271 million views online and generating $20 million in consumer product sales.

This is not the first time the franchise has had a brush with DC, with the comic book series RWBY x Justice League published from 2021-22.

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[bookaddict24-7]

(New Young Adult Releases Coming Out Today! (July 26th, 2022)

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Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know!

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New Standalones/First in a Series:

Boys I Know by Anna Gracia

Long Story Short by Serena Kaylor

A Girl’s Guide to Love & Magic by Debbie Rigaud

Beating Heart Baby by Lio Min

Into the Sublime by Kate A. Boorman

The Witchery by S. Isabelle 

Forest Hills Bootleg Society by Dave Baker & Nicole Goux

Violet Made of Thorns by Gina Chen

Accomplished by Amanda Quain 

Love Times Infinity by Lane Clarke

Lucas on the Line by Suyi Davies 

A Furry Faux Paw by Jessica Kara 

Padawan by Kiersten White 

The Valkyrie’s Daughter by Tiana Warner

Twice As Perfect by Louisa Onomé

New Sequels: 

Master if Iron (Bladesmith #2) by Tricia Levenseller

Beasts of Ruin (Beasts of Prey #2) by Ayana Gray

The Man or the Monster (The Marghazar Trials #2) by Aamna Qureshi

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Happy reading!

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Dreamcasting Broadway: WICKED

“And if I’m flying solo, at least I’m flying free! To those who ground me: take a message back from me.”

Dreamcasting Broadway: Wicked

Ciara Renée as Elphaba

Ashley Park as Glinda

Jelani Alladin as Fiyero

Danielle Wade as Nessarose

Alex Thomas Smith as Boq

André De Shields as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Ellen Harvey as Madame Morrible

Nathaniel Stampley as Doctor Dillamond (Wizard u/s)

Abbi Hodgson as Ensemble

Aisha Jackson as Ensemble (Glinda u/s)

Alex Gibson as Ensemble

Cailen Fu as Witch’s Mother/Ensemble (Nessarose u/s)

Cameron Amandus as Ensemble

Cooper Howell as Ensemble (Fiyero u/s, Witch’s Father/Ozian Offical u/s)

Daryl Tofa as Ensemble (Boq u/s)

David Wright, Jr. as Ensemble (Chistery u/s)

Elliott Mattox as Ensemble (Boq u/s)

Fernell Hogan as Ensemble

Gregory Liles as Ensemble/Onstage Swing

Hannah Clarke Levine as Ensemble (Madame Morrible u/s)

Imani Pearl Williams as Ensemble

Jennifer Caldwell as Ensemble (Witch’s Mother u/s, Midwife u/s)

L. Morgan Lee as Midwife/Ensemble (Madame Morrible u/s)

Matt Rossell as Ensemble (Fiyero u/s)

L’ogan J’ones as Chistery/Ensemble

Samantha Pollino as Ensemble (Glinda u/s)

Scott Stangland as Ozian Official/Ensemble (Wizard u/s, Doctor Dillamond u/s)

Sydney Mei Ruf-Wong as Ensemble/Onstage Swing

Tiana Okoye as Ensemble (Elphaba u/s)

Eliza Ohman as Swing (Witch’s Mother u/s, Midwife u/s)

Joomin Hwang as Swing (Chistery u/s)

Rory Donovan as Swing (Witch’s Father/Ozian Official u/s)

Shekinah McFarlane as Swing (Midwife u/s)

Talia Robinson as Swing (Nessarose u/s, Witch’s Mother u/s)

Vishal Vaidya as Swing (Wizard u/s, Doctor Dillamond u/s, Witch’s Father/Ozian Official u/s)

Ashley De La Rosa as Standby (Elphaba)

Cathryn Wake as Standby (Glinda)

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Ghost Bug Ghosts Version 2.0

An update of the update, cause I’ve made a few changes and added some people. If you guys want, I’ll make a separate list for my completely fanon heroes 

Marinette- Consort Yu/Piao Chong, Eru Iluvatar, Bahiti/Oracle of Khepri, Queen Hippolyta, Mudekudeku, Adora, Bo Rua, Joan of Arc, Princess Rapunzel/Sunbug, Cyrus/Sunbug, Micazoyolin, Tentomushi, Mudangbeolle, Elizabeth Schuyler-Hamilton/Lady Luck, Captain Marie Dupain/La Coccinelle, Maria/La Mariquita

Adrien- Hei Mao, Melkor/Morgoth, Mairon/Sauron, Isildur, Sméagol Stoor/Gollum, Bilbo Baggins, Frodo Baggins, Bastet, Antiope, Phantom Lion, Catra, Namaari, Meo Den, Prince Consort Aladdin, Jean d'Aulon, Hector/Gato Noir, Lady Cassandra/Madame Noir, Jericho/Sir Noir, Mistontli, Kuro Neko, General Alexander Hamilton/General Cat, Felix Agreste/Le Chat Noir, El Gato Negro, Selena Kyle/Catwoman

Alya- Bai Qian/Húlí, Nessa, Curumo/Saurman, Bofur, Sir Meriadoc Brandybuck, Set, Moses, Ulysses, Dolos, Tyrion Lannister, Double Trouble, Vixen, Tromus, Loki, Robin Hood/Swiper, Esmeralda, Prince Horace “Eugene” Fitzherbert/Flynn Rider/Reynard Rouge, Elianna/Reynarda Rouge,  Kitsune, Pied Piper of Hamelin, Conrad Dupain/Filou Fennec, La Zorra, Frederick Douglass, Clyde Barrow/Swiper, Edward Nigma/Riddler

Chloe- Jing Ze/Mifeng, Tian Ming/Mifeng, Aulë, Aiwendil/Radagast, Balin, Dwalin, Boromir, Apis, Artemisia, Boudica, Arya Stark, Scorpia, Ong Chúa, Demanitus, Sigyn, Will Scarlet, Addie/HoneyBee, Captain Quaid, Sir Varian/Sir Bumble Squeak, Luna/Honey Bumble, Grace O’Malley, Hachi, Angelica Schuyler/Lady Stinger, Peggy Schuyler/Miss Buzz, Amalie Bourgeois/Reine des Abeilles, La Abeja Reina, Dr. Pamela Isley/Poison Ivy

Nino- Yu Gui, Li Shang, Vana, Uinen, King Thorin Oakenshield, Samwise Gamgee, Ha, Moana, Athena, Jon Snow, Sir Leon, Netossa, Ngọc rùa, Baldur, Little John, Gilles de Rais, Adira/Hardshell, Thomas, Kame, Lieutenant Colonel John Laurens/Lieutenant Turtle, Frances Laurens, Alexandra “Lex” Beaufort/Snapper, La Tortuga, Kristoff Bjorgman

Nathalie- Kǒngquè, Yavanna, Alatar, Galadriel, Isis, Pharoah Rameses II, Hera, Queen Margaery Tyrell-Baratheon, Morgan le Fay, Gothel, Con công, Frigga, Sultana Jasmine, Queen Arianna/Bluebird, Atlas/Juno, Chiyome Mochizuki/Pīmosu, Aida Agreste/Paon Royale, Pavo real

Gabriel- É wáng, Melkor/Morgoth, Eonwë, Luthien, Ori, Alrabu Aleutha, Aaron, Psyche, Merlin, Chúa tể, King Odin, Friar Tuck, King Edmund/Monarch, Princess Nuru/Painted Lady, Ronnie/Grayling, Chiyome Mochizuki/Pīmosu, General George Washington/General Moth, Absolon Agreste/Le Papillon, Polilla, Ulysses S. Grant, Anastasia Romanov/Monarch

Mylene- Shǔ, Mandos, Nori, Belladonna Baggins, Bilbo Baggins, Seth, Hecate, Entrapta, Noi, Con chuột, Midge, Sir Varian/Sir Bumble Squeak, Kiera/Pack Rat, Carina/Reginault, Nezumi, Captain Jacquotte Delahaye/Bilge Rat, Cinderella, Clementine Haprele/La Rat Gris, La Rata Gris, Mary Bowser/Anonymouse, Billy the Kid/Pack Rat, Jane Porter, Bonnie Parker/Minnie Mouse

Ivan- Lu Bu/Niu, Tulkas, Pallanto, Gloin, Gimli, Apis, Hephaestus, Hercules, Hodor, Sir Percival, Frosta, Tong, Sửu, Magni, Quasimodo, Lance Strongbow/Strongbow, Ushi, Hercules Mulligan/Mighty Ox, Dureau Bruel/Puissant Beouf, Buey Poderoso, Tiana/Blue Babe, Bane, Clark Kent/Superman, Kara Danvers/Supergirl

Juleka- Mǔ lǎohǔ, Oromë, Tilion, Princess Tauriel, Princess Mili, Montu, Ares, Lady Sansa Stark, Con Hổ, Queen Freyja, Queen Brunnhilde, Tomoe Gozen, Catalina/Tigerin, Amber/Shadowcat, Tora, Anna Strong/Agent 355/Tiger Phantom, Amber Couffaine/La Tigress, La Tigresa,  Harriet Tubman/Shadowcat, Helena Bertinelli/Huntress

Alix- Ā lìkè s Kudbel/Tùzǐ, Vairë, Aliks/Huh, Princess Cassandra of Troy, Alix Kubdel/Con thỏ, Kanin Kubdel, Usagi, Alice Kubdel/Lapin Blanc, Alexander Kubdel/Lapin Blanc, Alessandra Kubdel/El Conejo Blanco, Mary Poppins/Miss Hopp, Alim Kubdel/Bunnyx

Kagami- Fa Mulan/Mother Dragon, Ulmo, Arien, Tefnut, King Zeus, King Aegon Targaryen, Queen Daenerys Targaryen, King Arthur Pendragon, Spinnerella, Raya, Nữ Hoàng, Prince Thor, Chieftain Hiccup Haddock, Chieftess Zephyr and Chieftain Nuffink Haddock, Maid Marian, Maleficent, Quirin/Zmey, Cassandra/Shadowscale, Doragonesu, Aria Sanceour-Agreste/Dragon Rouge, La Dragoness, Queen Elsa/Dragon Empress, Queen Anna/Dragon Empress, Kida

Luka- Bai Suzhen/Shé Nǚshì, Varda, Salmar, Beren, Bifur, King Aragorn, Wadjet, Medusa, Perseus, Oberyn Martell, Queen Guinevere, Mermista, Con Rắn, Jormungandr, Alan a Dale, Hugo/Schlange, Hebi, Lieutenant Colonel Aaron Burr/Colonel Serpent, Adam Couffaine/Le Serpent, La Serpiente, William Sherman

Max- Ma, Manwë, King Theoden, Princess Eowyn, Astarte, Pegasus, Khal Drogo, Glimmer, Con Ngựa, Heimdall, Sleipnir, Gilbert Whitehand, Stalyan/Lady Mare, Juliet/Equine, Uma, Sybil Ludington/Madame Mare, Le Chevalier, El Caballo

Marc- Gao ChangGong/Shānyáng, Irmo, Ilmare, Dori, Khnum, Silene, Sir Elyan, Dê đực, Aurora, Evie, Niorun, Yagi, Miram Anciel/Madame Bouc, La Cabra Billy

Nathaniel- Gōngjī, Estë, Oin, Lord Bard, Prince Legolas, Ra, Artemis, Apollo, Jaime Lannister, Sir Lancelot, Bow, Princess Merida, Chim Trời, Eir, Captain Caspar/Lord Dawn, Helene/Lady Dawn, Ondori, Dawn Kurtzberg/Poulet Rouge, El Pájaro del Sol, Clara Barton

Kim- Sun Wukong, Ossë, Prince Kili, Pippin Took, Babi, Icarus, Sir Gwain, Sea Hawk, Boun, Co Khi, Freyr, Diana/Singette, Monkī, Sasuke Sarutobi, Jack Overland Frost/Monkey Boy, Mary “Flee” Overland/Monkey Girl, La Singe, El Mono, George Custer

Sabrina- Gǒu, Faramir, Anubis, Hades and Persephone, Brienne of Tarth, Cú Chulainn, Chó, Hel, Yong/Xiǎo gǒu, Romeo/Weredog, Inu, Private Deborah Sampson/Private Hound, Leala Raincomprix/Chien de Guarde, El Perro Guardián

Rose- Zhu Bajie, Nienna, Melian, Bombur, Hathor, Aphrodite, Eros, Perfuma, Heo Con, Sif, Grenelda/Porcina, Ingrid/Porcina, Artemis, Snow White/Princess Schwein, Buta, Belle/Cochonette, Violet Lavillant/Petite Cochon, El Pequeño Cerdito, Charlotte/Princess Piggy

Jess- Yīng, Varda, Olorin/Gandalf, Miriam, Sucracha, Vedrfolnir, William Wallace, Chim ưng, Willow/Freebird, Orion, Pocahontas, Queen Elena/Aguila, Washi, Marquis de Lafayette/Aiglon

Lady Lion- Shīzi, Prince Fili, Hercules, Sư tử, Raion, León

[heartmagician]

ok here’s a list of every book I read in 2020

Her Body & Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

Hard Damage by Aria Aber

Bluets by Maggie Nelson 

The Lifting Dress by Lauren Berry

Reconstructions by Bradley Trumpfheller

The Tradition by Jericho Brown^

Space Struck by Paige Lewis

The Burgermeister’s Daughter: Scandal in a Sixteenth Century German Town by Steven E. Ozment^

Blood Dazzler by Patricia Smith^

Aeneid Book VI by Virgil, translated by Seamus Heaney^

Engine Empire by Cathy Park Hong^

Holy the Firm by Annie Dillard^

Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips

The Descent of Alette by Alice Notley^

Idaho by Emily Ruskovich*

The Maid and The Queen: The Secret History of Joan of Arc by Nancy Goldstone^

Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson^

Bright Dead Things by Ada Limón*^

Homie by Danez Smith

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

Drift by Caroline Bergvall^

There There by Tommy Orange

Nox by Anne Carson^

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro*^

A Bestiary by Lily Hoang^

The Fact of a Body by Alex Marzano-Lesnevich

Odes to Lithium by Shira Erlichman

The Roxy Letters by Mary Pauline Lowry

Good Boys by Megan Fernandes

Don’t Be Afraid, Gringo by Elvia Alvarado, translated by Medea Benjamin^

Testimony: Death of a Guatemalan Village by Victor Montejo^

One Day of Life by Manlio Argueta, translated by Bill Brow^

Bandit by Molly Brodak

The Tattooed Soldier by Héctor Tobar^

An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

Thief in the Interior by Phillip B. Williams

Eyes Bottle Dark With a Mouthful of Flowers by Jake Skeets

Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer

The Light of the World by Elizabeth Alexander

A Burning by Megha Majumdar

When Death Takes Something From You Give it Back: Carl’s Book by Naja Marie Aidt, translated by Denise Newman

Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett

I Can’t Talk About the Trees Without the Blood by Tiana Clark

A Nail the Evening Hangs On by Monica Sok

Without Protection by Gala Mukomolova

Birthright by George Abraham

monster house. by Mia S. Willis

Stay, Illusion by Lucie Brock-Broido

The Book of Delights by Ross Gay

Luster by Raven Leilani

Guillotine by Eduardo C. Corral

Sana Sana by Ariana Brown

The Crying Book by Heather Christle

Crown Noble by Bianca Phipps

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Dispatch by Cameron Awkward-Rich

Cold Alchemy by Amrita Chakraborty

You Ask Me to Talk About the Interior by Carolina Ebeid

The Carrying by Ada Limón

Runaway by Alice Munro

My Year of Rest & Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

Cut Woman by Dena Igusti

Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin

Trash by Dorothy Allison

Fuck Your Darlings by Devin Devine

Set to Music a Wildfire by Ruth Awad

Daddy by Emma Cline

The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Portrait of the Alcoholic by Kaveh Akbar

Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee

The Isle of Youth by Laura van den Berg

The Art of Memoir by Mary Karr^

Take Me Apart by Sara Sligar

Heavier Than Wait by Ilyus Evander

The Best American Essays 2019, edited by Rebecca Solnit^

Look by Solmaz Sharif

The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans

Anodyne by Khadijah Queen

Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart * = reread ^ = read for a class

[thediaryofatheatrekid]

Casting Goals: Wicked

Renée Lamb as Elphaba

Ashley Park as Glinda

Corbin Bleu as Fiyero

Jon Jon Briones as The Wizard

Donna Murphy as Madame Morrible

Rachel Zegler as Nessarose (Glinda u/s)

Ethan Slater as Boq

Chip Zien as Dr. Dillamond (The Wizard u/s)

Cailen Fu as Elphaba (s/b)

Samantha Hill as Glinda (s/b)

Marcus Choi as Witch's Father/Ozian Official/Ensemble (The Wizard u/s, Dr. Dillamond u/s)

Sharone Sayegh as Witch's Mother/Ensemble

Cicily Daniels as Midwife/Ensemble (Madame Morrible u/s)

Thayne Jasperson as Chistery/Ensemble (Boq u/s)

Blaine Alden Krauss as Ensemble (Fiyero u/s)

Cait Fairbanks as Ensemble (Elphaba u/s, Nessarose u/s)

Cajai Fellows Johnson as Ensemble

Daryl Tofa as Ensemble

Giuseppe Bausilio as Ensemble

Jacob Gutierrez as Ensemble

Jessica Lee as Ensemble (Nessarose u/s)

Josh Drake as Ensemble

Kimberly-Ann Truong as Ensemble

Kyle E. Baird as Ensemble

Michael Graceffa as Ensemble (Boq u/s)

Nikisha Williams as Ensemble

Reilly Wilmit as Ensemble (Glinda u/s)

Tara Tagliaferro as Ensemble (Witch’s Mother u/s, Midwife u/s)

Tiana Okoye as Ensemble (Elphaba u/s)

Ahmad Maksoud as Swing (Fiyero u/s)

Ashley Elizabeth Hale as Swing (Witch’s Mother u/s, Midwife u/s)

Charlie Williams as Swing (Witch’s Father u/s)

Gabriella Sorrentino as Swing

Gabrielle Reid as Swing

Jennifer Sánchez as Swing (Witch’s Mother u/s, Midwife u/s)

Mike Baerga as Swing (Chistery u/s)

Spencer Clark as Swing (Chistery u/s)

Travis Patton as Swing (Dr. Dillamond u/s, Witch’s Father u/s)

Honorable Mentions: Ashley Blanchett as Ensemble (Elphaba u/s) Jacob Smith as Witch's Father/Ozian Official/Ensemble (The Wizard u/s, Dr. Dillamond u/s) Jessica Keenan Wynn as Elphaba Jordan Donica as Fiyero Lea DeLaria as Madame Morrible

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OK, September 7

Cover Story -- Cher’s dream wedding at 74 

Page 1: Big Pic -- Katy Perry got dolled up in an array of funky ensembles to promote her song What Makes a Woman

Page 2: Contents 

Page 3: Contents 

Page 4: Melissa McCarthy thriving at 50 -- after her milestone birthday Melissa’s opening up about how she overcame hardships to come out on top 

Page 5: For years Prince William and wife Duchess Kate Middleton have watched from the sidelines as Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have dominated headlines but the couple are finally ready to tell their side of the story in a sit-down TV interview -- it won’t be a scandalous interview but it will certainly right a few wrongs and misconceptions 

Page 6: As Drew Barrymore gears up for her talk show premiere she’s counting on her famous friends to bring in more viewers, as Kim Kardashian and Kanye West struggle to keep their marriage afloat Caitlyn Jenner has been sending them well-wishes but Kim would rather Caitlyn just keep her lips zipped -- Kim’s told everyone to keep their opinions to themselves while she works through this crisis one-on-one with Kanye but Cait’s been sounding off and telling anyone who’ll listen how she believes he’s gotten a raw deal, Chrishell Stause is out to destroy ex Justin Hartley’s reputation and his new romance with Sofia Pernas -- Chrishell is bitter and is calling out Justin as a liar and a cheater and telling friends that his new girlfriend should be careful

Page 10: Red Hot on the Red Carpet -- stars sparkle in champagne hues -- Elizabeth Chambers, Angela Bassett, Kim Kardashian West 

Page 11: Jennifer Lopez, Scarlett Johansson 

Page 12: Who Wore It Better? Thandie Newton vs. Georgia May Jagger 

Page 16 -- News in Photos -- Cara Santana celebrated her birthday on the beach in Malibu 

Page 18: Rita Ora vacationing in Corfu in Greece, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and his daughters Jasmine and Tiana, Pete Wentz plays tennis 

Page 20: Nick Barrotta got in a workout while shooting scenes for The Oval, Ireland Baldwin spent the day at the beach with her uncle Stephen Baldwin 

Page 21: Sofia Richie paddleboarding, Alessandra Ambrosio playing volleyball, Gavin Rossdale takes a shirtless stroll on the beach 

Page 23: RHOBH star Brandi Glanville helping wash a friend’s car, Adam Sandler shooting hoops on the street 

Page 24: Inside My Home -- Brittany Snow’s selling her home in Studio City for $2.7 million 

Page 26: The Property Brothers double baby joy -- Drew Scott and his wife Linda Phan are finally expecting and his twin Jonathan Scott’s girlfriend Zooey Deschanel is also pregnant 

Page 27: Ben Affleck is being kept on a tight leash by girlfriend Ana de Armas as she wants to know where Ben goes and who he’s with at all times and she gave him a 9 p.m. sharp curfew, Rachael Ray and husband John Cusimano have found a silver lining in the wake of their devastating house fire as it made them appreciate what really matters most is each other so for their 15th anniversary they’re going to renew their vows with a few added words inspired by what they’ve learned in the aftermath of this tragedy, Bindi Irwin and husband Chandler Powell already have themselves a cash cow in their unborn child because the demand for an interview with Bindi and Chandler about their pregnancy news is huge right now and they’ve learned from her mom Terri Irwin that cashing in at the right time is key plus they could really use some extra money right now since the family business Australia Zoo isn’t doing so well 

Page 28: Ever since Melanie Griffith got word that ex Antonio Banderas had tested positive for Covid-19 she has made it her mission to help nurse him back to health by calling at all hours and texting him with tons of advice to keep his strength up and although Antonio appreciates her acts of kindness his girlfriend Nicole Kimpel feels the two are getting too close for comfort especially since she’s been at his side throughout the ordeal, while the rest of the world is in chaos Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden are keeping cool calm and collected as they dote on daughter Raddix and Cameron is looking for answers about how to raise a child in these crazy times and she’s found crystals and psychics to be so helpful, Love Bites -- Chrissy Teigen and John Legend are expecting baby no. 3, Miley Cyrus and Cody Simpson split, Jesse Metcalfe and Corin Jamie Lee Clark are dating 

Page 29: Meg Ryan and John Mellencamp ended their on-off romance last October and John moved on with Jamie Sherrill but lately Meg has been blowing up John’s phone and he’s happily answering -- Meg’s recent move to Montecito in California brought her closer to John who’s been in L.A. a lot more since that’s where Jamie’s skincare business is -- John thinks Jamie is a lovely lady but he and Meg are soulmates and it’s a matter of when not if they’ll get back together 

Page 30: Cover Story -- Cher is getting married -- the legendary star is set to stay I Do to her 27-year-old rocker beau 

Page 34: Lifestyles of the Young and Famous -- the plush and pampered lives of billion-dollar celebrity kids -- North West, Emme Muniz 

Page 35: Blue Ivy Carter, Harper Beckham, Princess Charlotte 

Page 36: Louis Bullock, Penelope Disick, Shiloh Jolie-Pitt 

Page 37: Moroccan and Monroe Cannon, Apple Martin, Mom Knows Best -- a few of the best mommas in Hollywood -- Jennifer Garner, Reese Witherspoon, Gwen Stefani 

Page 38: Interview -- Selena Gomez dishes it out 

Page 40: How Cindy Crawford stays in tip-top shape 

Page 41: Like Mother, Like Daughter -- Kaia Gerber is a chip off the old block in the health and wellness department 

Page 44: Style Week -- Megan Thee Stallion is Revlon’s new face 

Page 46: Run errands in style with a superchic totally sleek tiny phone purse -- Zoey Deutch 

Page 47: 5 minutes with Tiffani Thiessen 

Page 48: Fashion -- the classic post earring gets a bold and stylish upgrade -- Margot Robbie 

Page 50: Beauty -- beauty booty from around the world 

Page 52: Entertainment 

Page 53: Fall TV preview, Q&A with Mister E 

Page 58: Buzz -- in living color -- these stars recently transformed their dresses -- Jesse Williams goes blue, Lady Gaga in green called Ocean Blonde, Jim Parsons goes blond 

Page 59: Emily Ratajkowski goes blonde, Sarah Hyland goes red, Faith Hill goes pink, Joe Jonas goes platinum, Ariel Winter goes blonde, Gigi Hadid goes darker, Kaia Gerber goes pink 

Page 60: Sound Bites -- Olivia Colman on portraying Queen Elizabeth II on The Crown, Andy Cohen on which Real Housewives he’d trust to babysit his son Ben, Angelina Jolie on quarantining with her six kids, Luke Bryan roasting pal Blake Shelton 

Page 61: Adele responding to a fan who asked when she’d be releasing her next album, Jennifer Aniston on playing a celebrity news anchor on The Morning Show, David Arquette on teaming up with ex Courteney Cox for Scream 5, Kelly Ripa to daughter Lola on her habit of stealing her mom’s crop tops 

Page 62: Horoscope -- Virgo Zendaya turned 24 on September 1 

Page 64: By the Numbers -- Olivia Culpo

[lifeinpoetry]

can you recommend poets that are women of color to support pls!

I had to physically tell myself no! after this started turning epically long. A few women of color poets to consider and some of their poems and books that I’ve enjoyed or wish I had right now.

Women of color poets that will be published in 2019

Morgan Parker —Magical Negro (Tin House Books) is forthchoming and There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyonce (Tin House Books) is a favorite

Franny Choi —  Soft Science is forthcoming but she also published Death by Sex Machine (Sibling Rivalry Press) in 2017

Sally Wen Mao —Oculus and I’ve been eager to read her earlier Mad Honey Symposium (Alice James Books)

Omotara James —Mama Wata (Siren Songs / Civil Coping Mechanisms) is forthcoming and 2018′s Daughter Tongue (New-Generation African Poets) (Akashic Books) was one of the main reasons I bought the chapbook box set

Eve L. Ewing —1919 (Haymarket Books) is forthcoming and Electric Arches (Haymarket Books) is a favorite.

Camonghne Felix — Build Yourself a Boat (Haymarket Books) and I loved her set of poems in Winter Tangerine’s Lineage of Mirrors.

Hala Alyan— The Twenty-Ninth Year (Mariner Books)

Women of color poets that have been or will be published in 2018

Fatimah Asghar —If They Come for Us (One World) is one of my favorites of 2018

Kristin Chang — Past Lives, Future Bodies (Black Lawrence Press) was an instant preorder

Leila Chatti — Tunsiya/Amrikiya (Bull City Press) and Ebb (New-Generation African Poets) (Akashic Books) are both some of my favorites of 2018

Shauna Barbosa —Cape Verdean Blues (University of Pittsburgh)

Tiana Clark — I Can’t Talk about the Trees Without the Blood (University of Pittsburgh)

Simone Person —her book of short stories Dislocate is forthcoming from Honeysuckle Press but she’s also written poetry, especially loved this set of poems in Menacing Hedge)

Jody Chan —haunt (Damaged Goods Press) was an instant preorder, her haunting poem unpacking was in BOAAT Press’ May/June issue)

Raquel Salas Rivera —Lo terciario / The Tertiary (Timeless, Infinite Light)

Joan Naviyuk Kane —  Sublingual (Finishing Line Press)

Kanika Lawton — both Loneliness, and Other Ways to Split a Body (Ghost City Press) and Wildfire Heart (The Poetry Annals) are wonderful (and free!), you can choose to tip on the former.

Adeeba Shahid Talukder — What Is Not Beautiful (Glass Poetry Press) 

Nichole Perkins — Lilith, but Dark (Publishing Genius Press) got a 5/5 from Roxane Gay so that has piqued my interest

Joshua Jennifer Espinoza —Outside Of The Body There Is Something Like Hope (Big Lucks) is a limited run chapbook that I’ve set multiple reminders for (the 22nd!) though if you want the accompanying shirt it’s only on sale through the 21st.

Jerika Marchan — SWOLE (Futurepoem) has me intrigued because it’s from Futurepoem and because it was on SPD’s bestsellers list.

Sneha Subramanian Kanta — synecdoche (The Poetry Annals) and Prosopopoeia (Ghost City Press) are free (!), you can choose to tip on the latter.

Talin Tahajian —the smallest thing on earth (Bloom Books)

Britteney Black Rose Kapri — Black Queer Hoe (Haymarket Books). The buzz around this book has been pretty high so I preordered.

Zaina Alsous — Lemon Effigies (Anhinga Press)

Aimee Nezhukumatathil — Oceanic (Copper Canyon Press)

Jenny Xie — Eye Level (Graywolf Press)

Ada Limón — The Carrying (Milkweed Editions) was so beautiful I bought the audiobook after reading the ebook on Scribd.

Analicia Sotelo — Virgin (Milkweed Editions)

Jennifer Givhan—Girl with Death Mask (Indiana University Press)

Emily Jungmin Yoon — A Cruelty Special to Our Species (Ecco)

Jennifer S. Cheng —Moon: Letters, Maps, Poems (Tarpaulin Sky Press)

Gwen Benaway — Holy Wild (Bookth*g). I’ve been reading her recent essays, her forthcoming poetry collection will be my introduction to her poetry.

Carmen Giménez Smith — Cruel Futures (City Lights Publishers)

Tarfia Faizullah — Registers of Illuminated Villages (Graywolf Press)

Nabila Lovelace — Sons of Achilles (YesYes Books)

Noor Hindi —  Diary of a Filthy Woman (Porkbelly Press)

Women of color poets that were published in 2017 or earlier

Mahogany L. Browne — Kissing Caskets (YesYes Books) and I loved her poem    ^^^Crownedin BOAAT Press.

Victoria Chang — Barbie Chang (Copper Canyon Press) but what I’ve really been enjoying is her recent OBIT series.

Eunsong Kim —Gospel of Regicide (Noemi Press)

Erika L. Sánchez —Lessons on Expulsion (Graywolf Press) is a favorite. 

Natalie Wee — Our Bodies & Other Fine Machines (Words Dance Publishing) is a favorite.

Vanessa Angélica Villarreal — Beast Meridian (Noemi Press)

Rachel McKibbens —  blud (Copper Canyon Press)

Leila Ortiz — Girl Life (Recreation League) & A Mouth Is Not a Place (dancing girl press). Loved her poem “I’m an Apocalyptic Puta” in The Felt.

Sennah Yee — How Do I Look? (Metatron)

Jennifer Maritza McCauley — Scar on/Scar Off (Stalking Horse Press)

Natalie Diaz —When My Brother Was an Aztec (Copper Canyon Press) is a favorite but I also really loved “Skin Light” and her collaboration with Ada Limón. She’s also been curating a poetry series New Poetry by Indigenous Women over at Literary Hub.

Melissa Lozada-Oliva —  peluda (Button Poetry)

Darshana Suresh —Howling at the Moon (Platypus Press)

Venetta Octavia — Prelude to Light (Platypus Press), The Alchemy of Smallness, and Sky-Doctrine

Jennifer Chang — Some Say the Lark (Alice James Books)

Layli Long Soldier — WHEREAS (Graywolf Press)

Other Women of Color Poets

Jessica Abughattas —  12 Palestinian Writers Respond to the Ongoing Nakba

[booksociety]

Dear followers, we would like to thank you for all of your support in the past year. We are grateful to every single one of you who gave us a follow, shared our content, or joined our events! We hope you have a wonderful 2019, full of great books and accomplished reading goals. Happy New Year!!

Now without further ado, we would like to present our January reading event! This month, the members chose Let the Sea Set you Free to be the theme, and To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo to be the optional book of the month. We invite you to dive with us under water, swim with mermaids, or explore the seas on board a pirate ship. Join us and pick up a story that features seas, oceans, mermaids, ships, or pirates! This event is open to everyone, not just our members.

✧ how to participate:

optional: reblog this post; check out our network and members

read (or reread) either To Kill a Kingdom (young adult, fantasy, romance; 352 pages; The Little Mermaid retelling) or a book that fits this month’s theme

share what book you’ve chosen, thoughts, creations, etc.

use the tag #booksociety in your posts, and include “@booksociety’s Let the Sea Set You Free: [insert book title here]” in the description of your creations

the event ends on 31 January

✧ reading recommendations (under the cut):

Blackhearts by Nicole Castroman (young adult, historical, retelling, romance; 384 pages; pirates)

Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller (young adult, fantasy, romance; 311 pages; pirates)

Ice Massacre by Tiana Warner (young adult, fantasy, lgbt; 375 pages; mermaids)

Isle of Blood and Stone by Makiia Lucier (young adult, fantasy; 400 pages)

Of Poseidon by Anna Banks (young adult, fantasy, romance; 324 pages; mermaids)

Life of Pi by Yann Martel (fantasy, adventure, classic; 460 pages)

Passenger by Alexandra Bracken (young adult, fantasy, historical; 496 pages)

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys (young adult, historical; 391 pages)

Sea Witch by Sarah Henning (young adult, fantasy; 368 pages; The Little Mermaid retelling)

Seafire by Natalie C. Parker (young adult, fantasy, adventure; 374 pages)

Siege and Storm (The Grisha Trilogy #2) by Leigh Bardugo (young adult, fantasy; 435 pages)

Song of the Current by Sarah Tolcser (young adult, fantasy, romance; 373 pages; pirates)

The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily Skrutskie (young adult, scifi, lgbt; 273 pages)

The Assassin and the Pirate Lord (Throne of Glass #0.1) by Sarah J. Maas (young adult, fantasy, novella; 70 pages; pirates)

The Assassin's Curse by Cassandra Rose Clarke (young adult, fantasy, romance; 298 pages; pirates)

The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee (young adult, historical, lgbt; 450 pages; pirates)

The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen (fairy tale, children, classics; 48 pages; mermaids)

The Mermaid by Christina Henry (fantasy, historical; 325 pages; mermaids)

The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar (historical, magical realism; 496 pages; mermaids)

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (classics; 132 pages)

When Water Sang Fire (The Language of Thorns) by Leigh Bardugo (short story, fantasy; mermaids)

[sirenmouths]

writing roundup:

POETRY:

ON THE SEVENTH DAY GOD SAYS: WHAT YOU’VE GOT IS VIRGIN CHARM & A KNIFE IN YOUR POCKET by Katie Condon

Nashville by Tiana Clark

Chrome by Paul Tran

Ghazal for White Hen Pantry by Jamila Woods

Bigly, Two Headed Slake and the mulatto is a serpent palindrome by Xandria Phillips

Poem in Which the Writer Sees Himself in an Old Textbook, 1943 and Ode to the Belt by sam sax

From the Desire Field by Natalie Diaz

The Body of García Lorca by p.e. garcia 

Ode to Hushpuppy & Peripatetic by Joy Priest 

Not Because You Have To by Emily O’Neill Black, Poured Directly into the Wound by Patricia Smith

Notes on the Below by Ada Limón

Brothers by Omar Sakr

Women’s Work by Natalie Scenters-Zapico

Love Song to the Man Announcing Powwows and Rodeos by Kenzie Allen

How To Get Over by t’ai freedom ford

After My Mother Calls by Jeremy Clark

Afield by Rita Dove

Cattails by Nikky Finney

enough food and a mom by francine j. harris 

In the Language by Shane McCrae

Barbie Change Gets Her Hair Done by Victoria Chang

Black Woods by Kevin Prufer

untitled by Brenna Twohy

Saguaros by Javier Zamora

What Was Left of the Sestina after Looking at a Photo Album of My Father’s Squadron by Brad Trumpfheller

Night Shift by Jericho Brown

Dark Devotional by Rebecca Bratten Weiss

Father Fragments (Or, Yellow Ochre) by Analicia Soleto 

Two Poems by Aricka Foreman 

Club 2718 & This is a review for Blue in Green by Miles Davis by Taylor Johnson

Coverage by Julian Randall

Ars Moriendi and Some Boys Aren’t Born At All by Logan February

XV by Julio Serrano Echeverría, translated by José García Escobar

Febrile by Gabrielle Octavia Rucker

St. Francis Disrobes by Paige M. Lewis

Redacted from a Know-Your-Rights Training Agenda— by Cynthia Dewi Oka

you’ve always been a border simulator by Gabriel Dozal

Chirality by Vanessa Angelica Villarreal

Cardi B Tells Me About Myself by Eboni Hogan

Ode to Lithium #6: Barometer by Shira Erlichman

On Glorification by Siaara Freeman

(Persephone’s Husband Is Not Important And He Says) and After the Curse Was Lifted, Midas by C. Bain

The Dawn and Snow White’s Mother by Khaya “Khalypso” Osbourne

Nomenclature by Kristin Chang

Al Quds (Jerusalem) by Khalid Abu Dawas

The Pieces We Are Not by Sarah Kay

With my hands around the throats of my mother’s marigolds by Hafizah Geter

Ji Haushi by Chekwube O. Danladi

Cuba, 1962 by Ai

A Memorable Fancy by Sina Queyras

A Memory by Saeed Jones

How Can Black People Write About Flowers at a Time Like This by Hanif Abdurraqib 

Incantation by Chris Abani

Feet by Ross Gay

There’s No Wrong Way to Eat a Reese’s by Jeremy Radin

FICTION:

Bespoke by Zachary Doss

The Quantum Theory of Suffering or Why I Look at the Moon by Natalie Diaz

Girlies by Cara Dempsey 

Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers by Alyssa Wong

Who is Like God and Welcome by Akwaeke Emezi

Night Wind by Eloghosa Osunde

Domestic Violence by Madeline Ashby

NONFICTION:

A Letter to My Mother That She Will Never Read by Ocean Vuong

Hikikomori: Salt Constellations by Jennifer S. Chang 

Why Your Mother Can’t Drive by Cinelle Barnes

My True South by Jesmyn Ward

CRITICISM/OTHER:

Looking for Surprises in Senegal: photos by Jake Michaels; text by Kerri McDonald

Women and Femmes Unite: A Structural and Political Analysis of Femininity by B.B. Buchanan

A Refuge for Jae-In Doe: Fugues in the Key of English Major by Seo-Young Chu tw: rape

A Discussion Re: Courage by Ashley C. Ford

The Unlikely Hiker by Emily Prado with advice from Jenny Bruso

You’re Not Overreacting by Imani Shanté

Archiving While Black by Ashley Farmer

Lil Wayne rhymes with suicide tw: death

[publishedtoday]

July 26, 2022 Roundup

Into the Sublime - Kate A. Boorman

Violet Made of Thorns - Gina Chen (Violet Made of Thorns #1) ①

Love Times Infinity - Lane Clarke ① ✊🏾

After Life - Melissa de la Cruz 

Boys I Knew - Anna Gracia ①✊🏾

Beasts of Ruin - Ayana Gray (Beasts of Prey #2) ✊🏾

The Witchery - S. Isabelle ✊🏾 🏳️‍🌈 ①

A Furry Faux Paw - Jessica Kara ①

Long Story Short - Serena Kaylor ① ✊🏾

Master of Iron - Tricia Levenseller (Bladesmith #2)

The Book of Gothel - Mary McMyne ① 🍷

A Strange and Stubborn Endurance - Foz Meadows 🍷 🏳️‍🌈

Beating Heart Baby - Lio Min 🏳️‍🌈✊🏾①

Twice as Perfect - Louisa Onomé ✊🏾

Accomplished - Amanda Quain 

The Valkyrie’s Daughter - Tiana Warner (The Helheim Prophecy #1) 🏳️‍🌈

🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQ ✊🏾 POC ① Debut Author 🍷 Adult Novel

[mantis777]

THE E LIST

Earlier this month I asked my FB friends what African American writers did they feel should be more widely read. Below are the names they mentioned. This information can be used to help prepare a good summer reading list, or provide suggestions for book clubs. It would be great if these writers were taught in our high schools and colleges. Biographies of many of these writers need to be written. Let's get to work. Please share the list.

Allison Joseph

Octavia Butler

Sekou Sundiata

Richard Wright

Charles Johnson

James Baldwin

Stephen Carter

Toni Morrison

Henry Dumas

Toni Cade Bambara

Gayl Jones

John O.Killens

Sherley Anne Williams

Pat Parker

Robert Hayden

Randall Kenan

Naomi Long Madgett

Gloria Naylor

Ytasha L. Womack

Ernest Gaines

Louis Edwards

Jess Mowry

Maxine Claire

Lucille Clifton

Gwendolyn Brooks

Audre Lorde

Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Keith S. Wilson

Ted Joans

Daniel Webster Davis

Arna Bontemps

Langston Hughes

Margaret Walker

Jean Toomer

June Jordan

Gregory Williams

Walter Moseley

Toi Derricotte

A. Van Jordan

Vievee Francis

Isabel Wilkerson

Ed Roberson

Cyrus Colter

Sandra Opoku-Jackson

Leon Forrest

Clarence Major

Albert Murray

David Bradley

Gerald Early

Rudolph Fisher

Jesse Redmon Fauset

Martha Southgate

E. Ethelbert Miller

Cliff Thompson

Destiny Birdson

Nate Marshall

Tiana Clark

Donika Kelly

Edward P. Jones

Rita Dove

Frederick Douglass

Zora Neale Hurston

Yusef Komunyakaa

James McBride

Russell Atkins

James Hannaham

Bernice McFadden

Jeffery Allen

Wendy Walters

John A. Williams

Bianca Lynn Spriggs

Ernest Hardy

Tressie McMillan Cottom

Samuel R. Delany

[shaizstern]

Article from NYT: How to Network From Home

While team meetings and industry conventions have moved online, the pandemic has opened as many doors as it has closed.

Joohee Yoon

By Julie Weed

Maybe you were never comfortable networking at the office or striking up a conversation over a boxed lunch at a convention, but after half a year working inside your own four walls, oh, the chance to meet new people!

Pandemic or no, for people who want to accelerate learning about new subjects, strengthen career prospects or meet social goals, “networking is at the heart of finding opportunities and exploring them,” according to Miranda Kalinowski, head of global recruiting for Facebook. Fortunately, while team meetings and industry conventions have moved online, the new normal has opened as many doors as it has closed.

Expand Your Network

Connections can and should come from every facet of your life, including your civic, school and social groups, Ms. Kalinowski said. They can also be discovered in new settings, perhaps on the neighborhood walks you take to break up the work-from-home day. People you reach out to may be more open to connecting now, Ms. Kalinowski said, because they are no longer commuting or taking business trips, and have more time to talk.

If the people already in your network are much like you in their education, race, geography and industry, focus on diversifying, said Amy Waninger, author of “Network Beyond Bias.” It’s also OK to join groups that “are not ‘for you,’” she said. “Say you are there to listen and learn — then do that.” Women, for example, may want men at their conferences to hear about the problems they are facing, “not to tell us what to do,” she said, but so they can help fix the office environment.

Ms. Kalinowski said you could also diversify your network by aiming for more “cognitive friction” — connecting with people who have different ways of approaching problems and getting things done or have different priorities or values.

Go Beyond Geography

The pandemic has leveled the playing field in some ways, said Tiana S. Clark, who has worked as an Air Force intelligence analyst, public-school teacher and now in Chicago as a sales director for Microsoft. People aren’t bound by location, personal obligations or financial circumstance that had prevented them from being able to attend conferences or join after-work events.

Networking from home can even offer higher-quality interactions, she said, because “you are reaching out to someone intentionally, someone you’ve done a little research on in advance, not just striking up a conversation with whoever you run into at a conference.”

There are a plethora of professional and interest-based organizations online to join. A few Ms. Kalinowski recommends are Fairy Godboss and Power to Fly, which connect women with job openings and career advice, and Stack Overflow for software developers to learn and share programming knowledge, and check out job openings. LinkedIn suggests groups and newsletters that might be of interest based on your profile and recently began displaying suggestions of “Black voices to follow and amplify” in the app’s My Network page. Many colleges have local alumni clubs now holding online meet-ups and lectures.

“Research some options, try one out and see if it’s helpful,” Ms. Kalinowski said. If it’s not, try another.

Introductions

The easiest and best way to meet someone is for a mutual connection to give you a warm introduction and highlight what you have in common. If you do need to reach out to someone you’ve never met, Ms. Kalinowski recommends engaging that person through some content, like a blog post that he or she has written, to start a conversation, rather than showing up with a request.

How can we help you lead a better, more fulfilling life at home during the pandemic?Ask us a question or tell us what’s on your mind.

When you do ask for something, for example information about a person’s job or industry, do some research on the topic and ask for the person’s opinion on what you’ve learned, rather than asking him or her to explain it all to you. “Don’t make them do the heavy lift,” Ms. Kalinowski said. And, of course, don’t ask for information that is readily available on the internet.

First (Online) Impressions Count

The way you present yourself can make the difference between receiving a response and being ignored, Ms. Clark said, so when she reaches out to someone new, she sends along what she calls a “brand narrative,” a one-slide summary of who she is, her background, her personal attributes and her proudest achievements. It’s a quicker and more holistic view than a résumé that focuses mainly on career, she said.

The goal is to share what you are proud of and “inspire the person to want to meet with you and get to know you better,” she said. Including more aspects of yourself makes it more likely you will find something in common.

Think About What You Can Offer

The power dynamic can feel awkward if a higher-up is providing advice or a connection — what can you offer of value? Beyond a simple thank-you, circle back and say how the advice helped you, Ms. Waninger said. If the person recommended a book, say what you learned from it. If you had a terrific conversation with someone that person put you in touch with, let him or her know. Move beyond the transactional interaction to an ongoing dialogue, she added.

Always include people whom you can be of help to in your network, Ms. Waninger said. You might connect two friends with a shared interest, or scan your company’s job openings for positions you can recommend to people you know might be a good fit.

Beyond One-on-One Interactions

Mentors don’t have to be people you meet with individually. “You can choose your mentor across time and space through a book or a podcast,” and adapt that person’s advice and outlook to your own circumstances, Ms. Waninger said.

Go Ahead Now

Start perhaps with a goal of reaching out to one new person each week, even if you feel satisfied with your existing contacts. In fact, the time to invest in your network is when you least need it, so by the time you do require assistance, you have created a strong support system.

“It’s like building up your credit score so when you need a loan, you’ll be able to get one,” Ms. Waninger said.

Even those who are well established in their fields should take stock. Networks can grow stale, Ms. Kalinowski said, and a “fresh take” can be invigorating.

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Empire Episode 4.05 'The Fool' Press Release. THE SECRET IS OUT ON AN ALL-NEW "EMPIRE" WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, ON FOX Forest Whitaker ("Lee Daniels' The Butler"), Demi Moore ("Indecent Proposal") and Teyonah Parris ("Dear White People") Guest-Star When the secret about Lucious' memory is exposed, Cookie attempts to convince the board that he is fine by inviting the press to watch him produce the first 20 for 20 album. Eddie Barker (guest star Forest Whitaker) jumps in to help Lucious get back in his groove and make music in the studio. Just as Andre's feelings for Detective Pamela Rose (guest star Teyonah Parris) intensify, she reveals information that's been uncovered regarding the explosion. Meanwhile, Hakeem worries about his secret involvement with the DuBois family and Claudia (guest star Demi Moore) helps Lucious with a breakthrough in the all-new "The Fool" episode of EMPIRE airing Wednesday, Nov. 1 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (EMP-405) (TV-14 D, L, S, V) Cast: Terrence Howard as Lucious Lyon, Taraji P. Henson as Cookie Lyon, Jussie Smollett as Jamal Lyon, Bryshere 'Yazz' Gray as Hakeem Lyon, Trai Byers as Andre Lyon, Grace Byers as Anika, Gabourey Sidibe as Becky, Ta'Rhonda Jones as Porsha, Serayah McNeill as Tiana, Xzibit as Shine Johnson, Andre Royo as Thurston "Thirsty" Rawlings, Rumer Willis as Tory Ash and Terrell Carter as Warren Hall. Guest Cast: Forest Whitaker as Eddie Barker, Taye Diggs as Angelo DuBois, Phylicia Rashad as Diana DuBois, Demi Moore as Claudia, Marcell Johnson as Marcel, Ashley Livingston as Chicken, Teyonah Parris as Pamela Rose, Veronika Bozeman as Veronica, Sara Sevigny as Edna, Will Kinnear as Leonard Bernstein, Ira Amyx as Skip Shepherd, Harvey Levin as Himself, Charles G. Latibeaudiere as Himself, Bryan Terrell Clark as Tony, Raj Bond as Calvin Moore Source: FOX