![]() Kendi resolved to invert the trend by "bringing together a community of writers" and encouraging them to both write history and make history, creating an artifact capturing what Black Americans were thinking during that anniversary year. Kendi contemplated how to commemorate the "symbolic birthday of Black America" and the whole 400-year period. As the 400th anniversary of Black Africans' arrival in British North America approached, Ibram X. ![]() A winner or finalist of multiple awards in its print and audiobook editions, Four Hundred Souls has been widely praised by reviewers for its prose and historical content.įrom 1841 to 2019, the vast majority of books telling a history of African America were written by individuals, also almost always male. Conceived and created to commemorate the four hundred years that had passed since the arrival of the first Africans in Virginia, the book concerns African-American history and collects works written by ninety Black writers. ![]() ![]() Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–2019 is a 2021 anthology of essays, commentaries, personal reflections, short stories, and poetry, compiled and edited by Ibram X. ![]()
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![]() ![]() After a while, it kinda felt like SJM just wanted to introduce new things and didn't know how so she threw them into Danika's bag of secrets and called it a day.īut, whatever. Danika had a whole secret life, filled with so many secrets and people that Bryce never knew about. And honestly, it's because half the time most of those twists were coming entirely out of left field and it was all Danika's fault! I was getting second-hand embarrassment for Bryce every time something new was revealed about her supposed 'best friend'. ![]() While I did predict the outcome to several plot twists, like the identity of agent Daybright, there were a billion other twists that I didn't see coming, like that ending for which nothing could have prepared me for!!!!. Every time I thought I knew where the story was going, a whole other layer of complications and magic and worldbuilding was added to the mix. ![]() I can't even count the number of times I had to put it down and walk away for a minute because I was scared to read what happened next. I'll try to write a review but bear with me.įirst, let me just say that if anything happens to Ruhn and Hunt I am going to riot. ![]() ![]() (This is the communicative principle of relevance.) It further claims that this mandates the relevance-theoretic comprehension heuristic: a fast and frugal procedure dedicated to processing utterances. Relevance theory claims that this raises a defeasible expectation that the utterance will be “optimally relevant” that is, that it is both relevant enough to be worth processing and as relevant as the speaker is willing and able to make it. Speakers want to be understood, and they therefore tailor their utterances to their audience. Although on this view we have a tendency to seek the greatest possible payoff for the least possible effort, there is no general guarantee that an input to a cognitive process will be relevant. ![]() The former is the cognitive principle of relevance: cognition tends to seek maximal relevance, where an input to a cognitive process is more relevant the more positive effects it has on the mind’s representations of the world, and less relevant the greater the effort required to derive them. It makes foundational claims about both cognition in general and utterances and how they are processed in particular. ![]() Relevance theory attempts to provide a psychologically realistic, explicit account of communication. ![]() ![]() ![]() SmartLess: On the Road, premiere (2023): Docuseries.It's set during the height of the Cold War and covers a week in the life of fictional character Victor Godeanu, the right-hand man and closest adviser to Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu. Spy/Master, season 1 premiere (2023- ): Drama.It follows a sociopathic genius scientist who drags his inherently timid grandson on insanely dangerous adventures across the universe. Rick and Morty, season 6 (2013- ): Adult animated comedy.The first season follows adult siblings whose lives are completely upended when their 13-year-old brother becomes incredibly famous overnight. The Other Two, season 3 premiere (2019- ): Comedy.It imagines the behind-the-scenes story of how President Richard Nixon's political saboteurs accidentally toppled the presidency they were zealously trying to protect. White House Plumbers, miniseries premiere (2023): Political drama starring Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux. ![]() ![]() That is, until Harper and David find out that the Ephors want to recruit him-and in order to continue as David’s protector, Harper must pass a series of tests that will either kill her or make her more powerful than ever. Bee has returned after her mysterious disappearance, and the Ephors are silent…so the only drama in Harper’s life is the boy drama surrounding her and her friends. Things have calmed down in Harper’s world, but now she’s waiting for the other shoe to drop. WARNING! This is the second book in the Rebel Belle series, and therefore will have spoilers for the first. I love the trophy with the sword-so cute! So subversive! ![]() This is another cover where it certainly won’t be mistaken for an adult book, and it is extremely girly (like Harper herself) but it’s truth in advertising. I’m stealing Savannah’s delightful pun for this, because it’s too perfect. BOOK REPORT for Miss Mayhem (Rebel Belle #2) by Rachel Hawkins ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As Ben-Hur’s life intersects with that of the Biblical Jesus, compassion overrides Ben-Hur’s thirst for revenge against the merciless Romans who left his life in ruins. Sent to the galleys as punishment, his mother and sister, Tirzah, are caught up in his fate, jailed, contract leprosy, and are stripped of their family’s wealth and possessions. The story traces the life of the fictional main character Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish nobleman from Jerusalem whose future is upended when he is falsely accused of attempting to assassinate Roman governor, Valerius Gratus. From Roman tax collectors and charioteers, to lepers, fishermen, Pharisees, shepherds, John the Baptist, and Pontius Pilate, Ben-Hur offers a narrative arc of redemption through piety. A classic story of redemption and forgiveness, Lew Wallace’s Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ is one of the most influential Christian novels of the 19th century, as it tells the stories of many peripheral Biblical figures in addition to that of Jesus himself. ![]() ![]() I loved the page where the animals are hiding, which becomes a Where's Wally? type of finding game - not only is it great fun, but the atmosphere of the town is captured wonderfully. ![]() ![]() At times, the animals can be a bit too cutesy for my tastes. To a degree it suits the tone of the book, but I found myself leaning towards the more realistic parts of the drawings. Kids'll laugh at bears riding penny farthings, imagine going swimming with an elephant, and wishing they could curl up for a picnic with a tiger.Ĭhris Van Dusen's illustrations are very cartoony, with the people having a hint of Disney about them. The core tale is one of real animals and people, but there is a healthy smattering of flights of fancy, which keeps everything amusing and upbeat. Children will love seeing the exotic animals finding their place in a run of the mill town. The Circus Ship is a jolly and lyrical tale, with a nice sense of rhyme and rhythm throughout. ![]() Very loosely based on the sinking of the Royal Tar in 1836, The Circus Ship is a fun picture book that animal-lovers will enjoy. ![]() They soon enchant the locals, who in turn decide to protect the animals from the greedy circus-owner. When a circus ship sinks off the coast of Maine, the animals escape and make their home in a nearby town. The cutesy illustrations might not be to all tastes, but it's an engaging tale with a strong sense of rhyme. Summary: A fun look at circus animals making their home in a 19th century town in Maine. ![]() ![]() ![]() How and when Jabberwocky was writtenĭodgson made up the poem long before he published it in “Through the Looking-Glass and what Alice found there”. ![]() In 1868 he wrote to his publisher: “Have you any means, or can you find any, for printing a page or two in the next volume of Alice in reverse?”, and Macmillan responded that it would cost a great deal more to do so. Carroll may have considered printing it mirrorred in full, but abandoned the idea because it would become too costly. In the book, the first stanza of the poem is actually printed in mirrored font, but the whole poem is printed in normal font on the next page. The poem makes a lot of use of ‘portmanteaus’: a word that is made up of other words. One, two! One, two! And through and through The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! ![]() One of the most famous poems from the Alice books is “Jabberwocky”: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() MORE: Teams announced for 2023 NCAA Division I women’s tennis championshipĪutomatic qualification into the Division I singles championship is awarded to any conference with one or more eligible singles players ranked in the ITA Top 125 for eligible/entered singles players. In doubles, a 10-point match tiebreaker will be played in lieu of a third set. ![]() No-ad scoring and a seven-point tiebreaker (first to seven points, must win by two points) at six-games-all will be used for all matches. This year’s event will be conducted jointly with the NCAA Divisions II and III Men’s and Women’s Tennis Championships and hosted by the University of Central Florida and the Greater Orlando Sports Commission.Īll matches shall be the best-of-three sets. The singles and doubles competition will be conducted May 22-27 at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida, after the conclusion of the team championship, which runs from May 17-20. INDIANAPOLIS - The NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Subcommittee has selected the 64 singles players and 32 doubles teams that will compete in the 2023 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When I finished this book, I thought it was such a good story and I immediately gave it four stars, but then I thought about it more as I was writing this. Kentucky-born native, Kim Michele Richardson, lives with her family in the Bluegrass State and is the founder of Shy Rabbit, a writer's residency scholarship. ![]() Her fifth novel, The Book Woman’s Daughter, an instant NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY and INDIE NATIONAL bestseller, is both a stand-alone and sequel to The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek. ![]() The novel is taught widely in high schools and college classrooms. It was inspired by the remarkable "blue people" of Kentucky, and the fierce, brave Packhorse Librarians who used the power of literacy to overcome bigotry, hate and fear during the Great Depression. Her critically acclaimed novel, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek is a DOLLY PARTON RECOMMENDED READ, a Goodreads Choice award nominee, and has earned the 2020 PBS Readers Choice, 2019 LibraryReads Best Book, Indie Next, SIBA, Forbes Best Historical Novel, Book-A-Million Best Fiction, and is an Oprah's Buzziest Books pick and a Women’s National Book Association Great Group Reads selection. The NEW YORK TIMES, LOS ANGELES TIMES and USA TODAY bestselling author, Kim Michele Richardson is a multiple-award winning author and has written five works of historical fiction, and a bestselling memoir. ![]() |
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