![]() ![]() If Today Be Sweet was a Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle selection, while her other books have been Community Reads selections. The Space Between Us was a finalist for the PEN/Beyond Margins award, while her memoir was a finalist for the Society of Midland Authors award. Her most recent novel, Honor, was published in January 2022. The sequel to The Space Between Us, is titled The Secrets Between Us, and was published in June 2018. ![]() Her books have been translated into several languages and published in over fifteen countries. She is also the author of the memoir, First Darling of the Morning, as well as children’s books Sugar In Milk and Binny’s Diwali. ![]() Thrity Umrigar is the best-selling author of the novels Bombay Time, The Space Between Us, If Today Be Sweet, The Weight of Heaven, The World We Found and The Story Hour. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The beginning of an exciting fiction career, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is a bold and insightful novel of now. And all eyes are on April to figure out not just what the Carls are, but what they want from us.Ĭompulsively entertaining and powerfully relevant, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing grapples with big themes, including how the social internet is changing fame, rhetoric, and radicalization how our culture deals with fear and uncertainty and how vilification and adoration spring for the same dehumanization that follows a life in the public eye. Seizing the opportunity to make her mark on the world, April now has to deal with the consequences her new particular brand of fame has on her relationships, her safety, and her own identity. News quickly spreads that there are Carls in dozens of cities around the world–from Beijing to Buenos Aires–and April, as their first documentarian, finds herself at the center of an intense international media spotlight. The next day, April wakes up to a viral video and a new life. Delighted by its appearance and craftsmanship–like a ten-foot-tall Transformer wearing a suit of samurai armor–April and her best friend, Andy, make a video with it, which Andy uploads to YouTube. Roaming through New York City at three a.m., twenty-three-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. ![]() ![]() ![]() Workhorse Queen (2021) is Tara’s pick this week. While waiting the three months to learn his test results, various aspects of his life, his future and his past are challenged. It's about a young gay man finally getting out of high school and into the wider world, only to find out he might have been exposed to HIV. This week, Kris brings us the film Three Months (2022). ![]() Official Recommendations From Kris: Three Months And despite being an avowed non-spoiler person, Kris runs us through the movie 65, which is about future soldiers… in the past… fighting dinosaurs… and there’s an asteroid. Tara gives us her thoughts on the wrap up of this bumpy season of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Kris answers a listener’s question about Tara. It’s a MERS (Monday Evening Recording Sesh), people. ![]() The show is doing important work and more people need to hear it! From there, things devolve pretty rapidly. This week, we start off by celebrating the Peabody Award nomination for our fave reality documentary show, We’re Here (HBO Max). ![]() ![]() ![]() In fact, it was full of a lot of my personal turn-offs. ![]() There are specific tropes and character dynamics that I find satisfying in my romance novels, and this book featured none of those. This lackluster reading experience is partly due to my extreme pickiness as a reader. I found the entire journey to the HEA underwhelming. This book did not leave me with warm and fuzzy feelings after the HEA. ![]() In retrospect, I was being overly optimistic since I am not typically a paranormal romance reader and rarely feel such adoration for the subgenre. I wanted to write a review that was filled with lots of squee and happy rainbow unicorn gifs because that would have been fun to write. Dare he bring Annie along on his quest to fight shadow spirits? Putting his faith in someone outside his tribe, especially one who pulled at his tightly controlled desires, could prove just as dangerous as his mission… The accompanying message of a traitor in their midst meant Tombi could trust no one. Her ability to hear auras had allowed her to discover Tombi’s friend mystically trapped by forces that could destroy them all. HOT, SULTRY, DEADLY… THESE ARE THE SECRETS THAT LURK IN THE BAYOU.īent on revenge, Native American Shadow Hunter Tombi Silver could turn to only one woman, the “witch” Annie Matthews, for help. ![]() ![]() "I think some of it's a little bit less well-intentioned, like 'Everyone else slow down, so I can speed up,'' Hoffman said. ![]() On CNBC's "Squawk Box" last month, Hoffman said he disliked the idea of pressing pause on AI and criticized Musk over his stance on AI development. Hoffman has addressed the open letter before. ![]() The Financial Times also recently reported that Musk was fielding interest from Tesla and SpaceX investors for a planned AI startup. Insider's Kali Hays reported last month that Musk is moving forward with an artificial intelligence project at Twitter. Musk cofounded OpenAI in 2015 alongside CEO Sam Altman and others but stepped down from its board in 2018. Musk told Fox News last month that he wanted to build a "maximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe," which he called "TruthGPT," in an apparent riff on OpenAI's ChatGPT. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Jirel of Joiry is a fiery red-haired warrior who lives in a fantasy version of Middle Ages France. Her most famous creation is Jirel of Joiry, one of the first female fantasy protagonists and arguably the first true swords & sorcery heroine. Lovecraft, both of whom she corresponded with. One of the first female pulp fantasy authors, Moore wrote prolifically as a contemporary of figures like Robert E. Moore" as her authornym to hide the fact that she was a woman, but because she didn't want her employers at her day job to know she was moonlighting as a writer.) (According to Wikipedia, she didn't adopt "C.L. Moore was Catherine Lucille Moore, but most readers of her stories didn't know this when she began her career in the 1930s. Moore's Jirel is a rival to Conan the Barbarian and Elric of Melnibone, making Black God's Kiss an essential addition to any fantasy library.Ĭ.L. Howard, the six classic stories included in this volume prove that C. ![]() Published alongside landmark stories by H. Moore's Jirel of Joiry is fantasy's first true strong female protagonist, as well as one of the most striking and memorable characters to come out of the golden age of science fiction and fantasy. Originally published in the legendary magazine Weird Tales in 1934, C. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Debtor was unable to secure replacement counsel and appeared pro se at trial. ![]() Grace's request was granted by this Court's order of August 2, 1989.ģ. Grace, Debtor's counsel, requested permission to withdraw as counsel due to Debtor's inability to pay attorney's fees. After two extensions of time in which to plead, an answer was filed on October 25, 1988. The Complaint objecting to Debtor's discharge was filed on August 22, 1988. On May 5, 1988, she voluntarily converted her Chapter 11 case to a proceeding under Chapter 7.Ģ. Zell ("Debtor") filed a voluntary petition for relief pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code on December 7, 1987. ![]() The following opinion constitutes the Court's findings of fact and conclusions of law pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule ("Rule") 7052.ġ. This is a core proceeding arising under 28 U.S.C. § 1334(b) and the General Order of Reference entered in this district. ![]() The Court has jurisdiction over this proceeding pursuant to 28 U.S.C. A trial was held on October 25, 1989, after which the matter was taken under advisement. The debtor's entitlement to a discharge in bankruptcy has been challenged by G & J Investments, whose complaint requests denial of debtor's discharge pursuant to 11 U.S.C. Presently under consideration by the Court is an adversary proceeding to determine the debtor's eligibility to receive a discharge in her Chapter 7 bankruptcy case. Appleby, Emens, Hurd, Kegler & Ritter, Columbus, Ohio, for G & J Investments, Inc.Ĭharles M. ![]() ![]() ![]() The policemen's casual laugh when they spotted the pig's head on the rug. Several chapters are written exclusively in the voice of an elderly Somali cafe owner. "I thought, 'you are just going to have to see this one through.'" I have bitten off more than I can chew.' But there was no going back because I loved these people," she said with a laugh. "Every so often, well quite often, I thought, 'Now I have done it. ![]() ![]() She made contacts in the community and spent seven years talking, learning and writing. Strout began reading everything she could about Somalia and Somali migration to the United States. ![]() "Because if I didn't," she said, "It seemed to me that the Somali community would remain 'the other' in the book and that I would not have told the story I wanted to tell, which is that everybody's there and everybody is living in this community." It presented her a huge challenge: telling parts of the story from the viewpoint of Somali characters. Strout wanted to explore the inevitable conflicts inherent in a changing community. Like Minnesota, Maine has gained a significant Somali population in recent years. In the novel, the teenage character Zach throws a pig's head into a storefront mosque during Ramadan, for reasons even he doesn't understand. ![]() ![]() While Turing’s achievements remain relevant decades after his death, the story of his life in post-war Europe continues to fascinate audiences today.Īward-winning duo Jim Ottaviani (the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Feynman and Primates) and artist Leland Purvis (an Eisner and Ignatz Award nominee and occasional reviewer for the Comics Journal) present a factually detailed account of Turing’s life and groundbreaking research-as an unconventional genius who was arrested, tried, convicted, and punished for being openly gay, and whose innovative work still fuels the computing and communication systems that define our modern world. His code breaking efforts led to the cracking of the German Enigma during World War II, work that saved countless lives and accelerated the Allied defeat of the Nazis. The Imitation Game presents a historically accurate graphic novel biography of Turing’s life, including his groundbreaking work on the fundamentals of cryptography and artificial intelligence. ![]() Selected as a 2017 ALA/YALSA Great Graphic Novel for Teens: NonfictionĪward winning authors Jim Ottaviani and Leland Purvis present a historically accurate graphic novel biography of English mathematician and scientist Alan Turing in The Imitation Game.Įnglish mathematician and scientist Alan Turing (1912–1954) is credited with many of the foundational principles of contemporary computer science. ![]() ![]() ![]() I must have read Octavia Butler’s work for the first time in the early 2000s, when I was living in New York City as a young twenty-something, working as a publishing assistant. I found sustenance in literary writers and in science fiction and fantasy writers, too, needing the escapism of that kind of storytelling, which I had been drawn to since I was a small child and first read Tamora Pierce and Robin McKinley-but the only science fiction and fantasy I could find in my school library were by Frank Herbert, J. I spent those years wandering through my school library stacks, finding books by Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Ntozake Shange, Richard Wright, Gabriel García Márquez, and Margaret Atwood. I lived in my grandmother’s four-bedroom house with fourteen other relatives and watched my extended family bear the brunt of poverty and racism through my childhood and adolescence. I had grown up in a poor/working-class family in rural Mississippi, where I spent years eating government cheese, red beans, and rice, and drinking powdered milk. I never encountered her in my coursework, as my required reading looked nothing like the books I found in my personal reading: I read The Last of the Mohicans, Catch-22, and The Catcher in the Rye and little there resonated with the world I knew. I can’t remember when I first read Octavia Butler’s work. ![]() |