5/29/2023 0 Comments Jenkins textual poachersJenkins uses this idea to introduce his own term "textual poachers," which he uses to describe how some fans go through texts like favorite television shows and engage with the parts that they are interested in, unlike audiences who watch the show more passively and move on to the next thing. Jenkins builds from a definition of "poaching" originally introduced by Michel de Certeau in his book The Practice of Everyday Life, where de Certeau differentiates between individuals who are "consumers" and others who are "poachers," depending on how they use resources put out by producers. Textual Poachers explores fan culture and examines fans' social and cultural impacts. Textual Poachers: Television Fans & Participatory Culture is a nonfiction book of academic scholarship written in 1992 by television and media studies scholar Henry Jenkins.
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5/29/2023 0 Comments First date by krista mcgeeWhile in the scientists’ Pod, Thalli and Berk form a dangerous alliance, one strictly forbidden by the constant surveillance in the pods.Īs her life ticks away, she hears rumors of someone called the Designer-someone even more powerful than The Ten. She is quickly scheduled for annihilation, but her childhood friend, Berk, convinces The Ten to postpone her death and study her instead. But Thalli’s secret is discovered when she is overwhelmed by the emotion in an ancient piece of music. She has survived so far thanks to her ability to hide those differences. Since then, they have genetically engineered humans to be free from emotions in the hopes that war won’t threaten their lives again.īut Thalli was born with the ability to feel emotions and a sense of curiosity she can barely contain. But life went on deep underground, thanks to a handful of scientists known as The Ten. But she is not afraid.ĭecades before Thalli’s birth, the world ended in a nuclear war. The toxic gas that will complete her annihilation is invading her bloodstream. Thalli has fifteen minutes and twenty-three seconds left to live. Genre: Young Adult, Dystopian, Post-apocalyptic 5/29/2023 0 Comments The voyages of doctor dolittleNOTE: This book contains some offensive language and stereotypes. The stories about Doctor Dolittle began as letters to his children while overseas in England during World War I, where Lofting served with the British Army. Tommy begins his studies with Dolittle, or rather with Polynesia, who teaches Tommy the language of animals. Polynesia the parrot, who arrives in Puddleby from Africa, informs the Doctor that Bumpo is studying in Bullford. Table of Contents for The voyages of Doctor Dolittle / retold from the Hugh Lofting original abridged by Kathleen Olmstead illustrated by Lucy Corvino. Tommy is introduced to some of the strange animals in Dolittle's care, such as the Wiff-Waff fish, and those who care for his household, such as Dab-Dab the duck, and Jip the dog. The Doctor is away on a voyage, but when he returns, he attends the squirrel. Matthew Mugg, the Cat's-Meat Man, suggests he gets help from Doctor Dolittle, who can speak to animals. when she is arrested for assisting a black doctor with illegal. The novel begins when narrator Tommy Stubbins, finds a squirrel injured by a hawk. The novel's scope is vast it is nearly five times as long as its predecessor and is divided into six parts. Published in 1922, the writing style is aimed at a more mature audience and features more sophisticated illustrations than its predecessor. The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle is the second of Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle books. He was also the first coloured person in South Africa to receive a doctorate (in philosophy), which he achieved at the University of Cape Town. He was the first black vice-chancellor of the University of the Western Cape. In 19, he completed his MA in Philosophy and BEd at the University of Cape Town. Van der Ross initially trained as a teacher at the University of Cape Town, then completed a BA degree through the University of South Africa in 1943. Professor Richard van der Ross, also known as Dicky or Dickie, was an author, teacher, anti-apartheid activist, and a Freeman of the City of Cape Town. See also works published as Dick van der Ross Thus the slave narrative argued the readiness of the freedman and freedwoman for full participation in the post-Civil War social and economic order. He was also the first coloured person in South Africa to receive a doctorate (in philosophy), which he achieved at the University of Cape Town. In most post-Emancipation slave narratives slavery is depicted as a kind of crucible in which the resilience, industry, and ingenuity of the slave was tested and ultimately validated. See also works published as Dick van der Ross Professor Richard van der Ross, also known as Dicky or Dickie, was an author, teacher, anti-apartheid activist, and a Freeman of the City of Cape Town. 5/29/2023 0 Comments Ball run john lewisOther activists tried to focus on poverty across racial lines. The Vietnam War and its disparate impact on minority communities, especially poor minority communities, and global solidarity with colonized communities around the world became the focus of some activists. Post-1965, the Civil Rights movement had less clear objectives. Pre-1965, the Civil Rights movement was largely focused on legal segregation and voting rights. Post-1965 the narrative is much more nuanced and complicated. There was a righteous cause and while there was not universal agreement (civil disobedience was very controversial), once it was completed, the history has a clear narrative story of right and wrong. In some ways, the history of the early years of the Civil Rights movement, Brown v Board in 1954 until Selma in 1965 is a simpler narrative. There is a reason that the March Trilogy was the first graphic novel to win a Pulitzer. It is one thing to read a narrative history about Civil Rights era marches, it is something else to see images of those marches with a mix of dialogue and narrative. The graphic novel format I think is particularly suited to the Civil Rights era history because the era’s evocativeness is part of its importance. I am a huge fan of the March Trilogy, a graphic novel trilogy that tells the early years of John Lewis’ life, framed as him remembering his early life at Obama’s Inauguration. Summary: A follow-up to the March Trilogy, taking up John Lewis’ story from 1964 until 1967. 5/29/2023 0 Comments Ten little rubber ducks eric carleBut as the sun sets, the 10th little rubber duck is left all alone, bobbing helplessly on the big wide sea.įollowing the little ducks as they float to all parts of the globe, young explorers can see for themselves the meanings of directional words and learn simple math concepts, such as counting and the use of cardinal and ordinal numbers. One drifts west, where a friendly dolphin jumps over it. "Ducks overboard!" shouts the captain, as a giant wave washes a box of 10 little rubber ducks off his cargo ship and into the sea. In Eric Carle’s poignant and funny story, illustrated with strikingly designed collages, readers are taken on an exciting voyage of discovery. This classic picture book from the New York Times bestselling author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar and The Grouchy Ladybug stars 10 little rubber ducks and their globe-trotting adventures. 5/28/2023 0 Comments Colton heaven“Not even Sonja had seen me in that little room having my meltdown with God. “And the way we knew he wasn’t making it up was that he was able to tell us what we were doing in another part of the hospital: ‘You were in a little room by yourself praying, and Mommy was in a different room and she was praying and talking on the phone’,” Todd writes. He also talks about meeting his miscarried sister, something his parents claim they had never told him about. “We know where the nails were driven when Jesus was crucified, but you don’t spend a lot of time going over those gruesome facts with toddlers and preschoolers,” he writes in the book, Heaven is for Real.įour months after the emergency operation, and Colton’s miraculous escape from death, his father began to hear of his son’s trip to heaven.ĭriving through North Platte, the town where he had been operated, Colton, who had just turned four, described going out of his body. A 14-year-old Colton Burpo describes Heaven to interviewer Megyn Kelly. He described Jesus as having “red markers” on the palms of his hand, on the tops of his feet. Son of a Wesleyan pastor, Colton had grown up on a diet of bedtime bible stories, but the details he revealed were not things he would have known from his upbringing, according to his father, Todd Burpo. Greg Kinnear (Todd Burpo) and Connor Corum (Colton) in Heaven is for Real. 5/28/2023 0 Comments Katy tur book“I had to familiarize myself,” she explains. She’s talking about being an open book because we’re here to talk about her book, Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History, a copy of which she pulls out of her pocket. “Confess? Attest? There’s the word I’m looking for!”Ĭandid, folksy, a little bit scrappy, a little bit cocky, and occasionally tongue-tied-this is peak Katy Tur. I’m a bit of an open book, as anyone who knows me would contest.” She tries again. Later, she admits: “I don’t hold a lot to the vest. “Do you ever wake up feeling like you’re hungover even though you haven’t had anything to drink?” she wonders, moments after sliding into the seat across from me at a restaurant on Rockefeller Center’s subterranean lower concourse, where we meet for breakfast one sunny late August morning, post- Harvey and pre- Irma, post- Charlottesville and pre- DACA. Within 10 minutes or so of my meeting MSNBC anchor Katy Tur, she’s divulged her current weight, recent digestive woes, a lifelong history of high cholesterol, and her special talent for handling men with strong personalities whom other people find off-putting. Although marriage was legal in California, they were refused a marriage license. He was a clerk in the US army during World War II, the army still segregated at the time. Mosley himself was born in California and his mother Ella was Jewish and a personnel clerk while his father Leroy was an African American originally from Louisiana who was a custodian at a Los Angeles public school. His best-selling historical mysteries feature the hard-boiled detective Easy Rawlins, who is a black private investigator as well as World War II veteran currently living in the Watts neighborhood located in Los Angeles, California. He is an American author and novelist who is widely recognized for his works of crime fiction. Walter Ellis Mosley was born on Januin Los Angeles, California. Writers on Writing: Collected Essays from The New York TimesĬalifornia Schemin': The 2020 Bouchercon AnthologyĬrime Hits Home of Stories from Crime Fiction's Top Authors Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora 5/28/2023 0 Comments Rage woodward reviewThe book includes sixteen pages of photographs that give a face to many of the individuals involved in this story. The quotes used in the narrative of the book are verbatim and backed up by recorded audio interviews with Trump, others or “dark sources” (not named sources) who have also been recorded or sourced as factual accounts. It is based on seventeen recorded interviews done over a seven-month period (in person and on the phone) with the subject of the book, President Donald Trump. Woodward is able to create a form of visual actuality with his format and writing.īob Woodward’s new book “Rage” is a journalistic nonfiction book but it fits the criteria of documentary work in all the best ways. This journalistic documentary style of reporting also has its roots in work by Edward R Murrow and Fred Friendly. Primary initiated a form of documentary actuality that became known as “direct cinema” a style that brought the viewer in as an observer. Journalistic film and television documentaries have a long history beginning in 1960 with Primary, directed by Robert Drew and Richard Leacock. Bob Woodward’s new book “Rage,” brings the reader in to the story as an observer to what I call a direct documentary on paper. |