Jungian elementsĪdding to the metafiction elements of the story are Leiber's frequent references to Jung's descriptions of the Anima (female self) and Shadow (hidden self). These allusions add an element of metafiction to the story, making it almost as much an examination and description of horror and the imagination. James' ghost stories, and to the work of fantasy/horror writers such as H.P. The title is taken from Thomas De Quincey's Suspiria de Profundis, and references are also made to M. The novel mentions authors like Jack London and the baroque poet Clark Ashton Smith, who lived part of their lives in San Francisco. Several of the other characters are thinly disguised versions of people active in Bay Area fandom in the mid-1970s. As late as 2012, fantasy fans could take a walking tour of the city that included all the novel's main locations. The novel is set in actual San Francisco locations, including Corona Heights and the Sutro TV Tower behind it. Like the author, Westen is an amateur astronomer who is looking for ways to re-engage with the life around him, and who lives at the address (811 Geary St) where Leiber lived at the time. Like the protagonist Franz Westen, Leiber was recovering from his wife's death a number of years previously and descending into alcoholism.
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He was an author when his debut novel was published. Slade turned into a writer when he decided to make the jump to doing it full time. He spent a few years working in radio but as a copy writer for a Saskatoon radio station. He did this for several months, ultimately getting another job this time in radio. The author would also spend some time working at a hotel as an auditor at night. He did have some early publication success, however, with a short story that was published and came out in 1989. That of course would translate and help contribute to his career later as an author of fiction. He graduated from the University of Saskatchewan located in Saskatoon in 1989 with his degree in the field of English with honors. Slade would go on to attend higher education. While he polished his creative expression during the high school years, he would end up working on the craft further when he went to college. Like many other authors, he began writing in his teen years. The Hunchback Assignments is in development.Īrthur Gregory Slade currently resides in Canada in Saskatoon, located in Saskatchewan. Arthur Slade is a published Canadian author of fiction. You could think there is hardly any place for compromise. Originally the term “NoSQL” was understood simply as “no-SQL” or “no-relational”.
It was this easy-to-read, pared down style in her debut book milk and honey that catapulted her to early fame. The new collection follows Kaur’s now familiar brand of poetry-deeply personal verses written in a distinct lowercase style (like the Gurmukhi script), and steeped in themes of love, loss, healing, femininity and empowerment. If my future self had told me this, I would’ve never believed it,” says Kaur, over a phone call from Toronto. Now I’m writing poetry full-time, performing, and travelling the world. “This time three years ago, I was designing the cover of milk and honey and getting ready to self-publish it. According to recent reports, milk and honey, her first collection of poetry, has sold enough copies to put her ahead of ‘the next-best-selling work of poetry-Homer’s The Odyssey- by a factor of ten’. Today, Kaur is a New York Times bestselling poet and a spoken-word performer. Her father had fled to Canada as a refugee a month after she was born, joining numerous Sikhs who left their home state fearing persecution after the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. In the mid 90s, the then-three-year-old, along with her family, left her small village in Hoshiarpur to reunite with her father in Montreal. THE POEM, FROM Rupi Kaur’s new book the sun and her flowers (Simon & Schuster pages 256 Rs499) is a fitting depiction of her own journey as an immigrant from Punjab. Some of us just happen to leave entire countries Returns may be rejected if the product has been damaged during shipment. Include a copy of your invoice and RMA number with the returned package.Ĩ. Please do not write anywhere on the item or original manufacturers label or packaging.ħ. Your returned kits MUST contain ALL original material.Ħ. Products MUST be returned in original condition.ĥ. Please have your invoice number available, (located on the top right corner).Ĥ. 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When Crick's knack for volatile decisions lands him far away from home, Deacon is left, shell-shocked and alone, struggling to reforge his heart in a world where love with Crick is a promise, but by no means a certainty. But after a career-shattering decision to go down fighting, Shane comes home from the hospital to four empty walls, a pile of money, and a burning desire for someone to miss him the next time he gets hurt in the line of duty. Book 1 Keeping Promise Rock by Amy Lane 4. It nearly destroys Deacon when he discovers Crick has been waiting for him to push him away, just like Crick's family did in the past. By Amy Lane Keeping Promise Rock: Book Two All Shane Perkins ever wanted to be was a hero. But after two years of growing feelings and temptation, the painfully shy Deacon finally succumbs to Crick's determined advances and admits he sees himself as part of Crick's life. So when Deacon's father dies, Crick puts his college plans on hold to help Deacon as Deacon has helped him.ĭeacon's greatest wish is to see Crick escape his memories and the town they grew up in so Crick can enjoy a shining future. Deacon was Crick's sanity and salvation during a miserable, abusive childhood, and Crick would do anything to stay with him forever. The only thing saving him from prison or worse is his absolute devotion to Deacon Winters. Carrick Francis has spent most of his life jumping into trouble with both feet. The Reestablishment can’t tolerate a rebellion, and they’ll do anything to crush the resistance. On the battlefield, it seems like the odds are in their favor-but taking down Warner, Adam’s newly discovered half brother, won’t be that easy. And just as Adam begins to wonder if this life is really for him, the alarms sound. He’s reeling from his breakup with Juliette, scared for his best friend’s life, and as concerned as ever for his brother James’s safety. Set during and soon after the final moments of Unravel Me, Fracture Me is told from Adam’s perspective.Īs Omega Point prepares to launch an all-out assault on The Reestablishment soldiers stationed in Sector 45, Adam’s focus couldn’t be further from the upcoming battle. In this electrifying sixty-page companion novella to the New York Times bestselling Shatter Me series, discover the fate of the Omega Point rebels as they go up against The Reestablishment. Alma finds Prudence to be less intelligent and does not spend much time in sisterly behaviors. Alma resents her new sister, Prudence, because she is beautiful. As Alma grows, she becomes highly educated, developing a love in botany that will shape her entire life.Īlma has a quiet childhood that is altered when her parents adopt the young girl of a gardener and his promiscuous wife. Alma’s father, an uneducated botanist who built his wealth with pharmaceutical plants, is an adventurous man who teaches Alma that there are no limits to life with the right amount of ambition. The Signature of All Things is a novel of self-discovery that takes the main character and the reader on a journey that will leave their lives forever altered.Īlma Whittaker is the only biological child of Henry and Beatrix Whittaker. In time, Alma has an epiphany about the fight for survival seen in all things, from mosses to human beings but, she misses her chance for fame when another scientist publishes the same theories before her. However, after a brief, unsatisfying marriage to a gifted artist, Alma sets out into the world in an attempt to understand her husband. Alma spends most of her life in seclusion on the family estate, unmarried and alone. Alma has inherited her father’s love of botany, but lacks his sense of adventure. In this novel, Alma Whittaker is the unattractive daughter of an adventurous botanist who had set out to be better than his father before him. The Signature of All Things is a sweeping generational novel by writer Elizabeth Gilbert. She would marry Elmer Imes, the second African American to earn a PhD in psychics, in 1919 which-in addition to the couple's move to Harlem-introduced her to the Black professional class however still, Larsen's near-European ancestry and lack of a formal degree alienated her from Black contemporaries of the times such as Langston Hughes, W. In 1914, Larsen would enroll at a nursing school that was heavily segregated and while working as a nurse two years later was employed in mostly white neighborhoods. First after the death of her biological father, where she would see her mother be remarried to a white man, have a white half-sibling and move to a mostly white neighborhood next when she would seek a higher education at Fisk University, a historically Black college where she was unable to relate to the experience of her Black peers, and finally in her adult life in New York where she faced difficulties both professionally and socially. Too Black for white spaces and not quite Black enough for Black spaces, Larsen would find herself constantly at odds in terms of her identity and belonging. Born to a Danish mother and Afro-Caribbean father in South Chicago, Larsen's life would be seemingly marked by her mixed-race heritage. Nella Larsen (1891-1964) was an author, nurse, and librarian best known for her contributions to the Harlem Renaissance. WOW!! Full of solid storytelling & emotions But Jonathan is desperate to make amends, and at the top of his list is the woman who gave up everything for him and the little girl he hasn't yet met. Now, years later, the only thing they share is a daughter - one who has no idea her father plays her favorite superhero. But dreams, sometimes, turn into nightmares. With stars in his eyes, and her heart on her sleeve, the pair ran away together to follow their dreams. When Kennedy Garfield met Jonathan Cunningham back in high school, she knew he had all the makings of a tragic hero. Once, they were just a boy and a girl who bonded over comic books and fell in love unexpectedly. Every day when she goes to work, lurid tabloids surround her, the face of a notorious bad boy haunting her from their covers.Ī man and a woman, living vastly different lives, but that wasn't always the case. She's a single mother, assistant manager at a grocery store, existing in monotony with her five-year-old daughter. Through scandal after scandal, addiction on top of addiction, a flurry of paparazzi hunt him as he fights to conquer his demons. He's a troubled young actor, Hollywood's newest heartthrob, struggling with fame as the star of the latest superhero franchise. |