![]() ![]() ![]() John Keene, Counternarratives and SEISMOSIS ![]() Her long poem calls upon the ancestors, upon myth, upon the natural world itself, as its lyric speakers convey the depth and richness of their exploration and the immensities of the worlds they move through, stating towards the collection’s end that “I have learned the language of the winds and to hear what’s whispered below / Learned the light offered me / To this vastness I submit.” Vena’s poetry in x/she: stardraped represents an impressive new contribution to the ever-expanding body of contemporary American poetry and ecopoetics. Laura Vena’s x/she: stardraped consists of a series of overlapping journeys-spiritual, cultural, linguistic, cartographic, geographical, psychic-mapping onto what was and has become the landscapes we know as Los Angeles and Southern California. ![]()
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![]() ![]() In a nightmare-inducing vision that's likely spawned years of intense psychological therapy, children at the Michelle Obama Public Library in Venice Beach, California were forced to endure being read kids’ books by a five-horned drag queen in the most terrifying clown makeup known to man. The right-wing Media Research Center wrote: All to read to children for LGBTQ History Month. ![]() And Satanist-approved, with the character’s red-tipped, demon-like horns. It was when Xochi Mochi arrived for a visit. The Michelle Obama public library in Long Beach, California, has presented to children who are part of its young readers program a huge array of diversity and “inclusion” agendas. ![]() In their headline, Conservative Fighters falsely claimed that Xochi Mochi had read a "sexually explicit" book to the children. ![]() In October 2017, right-wing web sites reported with a significant degree of alarm that a drag queen in a "Satan-inspired costume" had read to children at a California public library associated with former First Lady Michelle Obama. Xochi Mochi read Todd Parr's children's book "It's Okay to be Different" to the children. The event did not involve "demonic teachings" or anything sexually explicit. ![]() ![]() When a small child is found wandering alone, the local shopkeepers call the authorities immediately. Full of twists, turns and atmosphere, make sure you don't accidentally stay up all night devouring it' Crime Monthly 'The most original book you'll read this year. Powerful imagery and captivating characters, this a grabbing book' Magic Radio Book Club 'Sewing together the many threads of the case, there is the added folklore that seeps into an atmospheric, mysterious and horror-struck storyline. the twists are lovely dark and deep' The Times 'A modern spin on a folk tale where the improbable can happen. 'Golding folds together a folklore-inspired plot with the modern twists and tension of a police procedural novel to create a bitingly unnerving story' Adele Parks, Platinum ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Summer had moved to Germany before returning to the US, launching a recording career that would place her in rarefied air in terms of her chart-topping legacy. Elton John discusses the effect of hearing her amped-up disco numbers like “I Feel Love” at a club, with its electronic sound courtesy of composer/producer Giorgio Moroder and raw sexuality, as being intoxicating, saying, “It sounded like no other record.” “Love to Love You” opens with Summer as most remember her, crooning the hit used for the title. And with extensive access to home movies and interviews with Summer’s children and exes, the deeply personal aspect is evident when Sudano – who shares directing credit with Roger Ross Williams – notes that she’s “trying to figure out the many pieces of who mom was.” Even in a boom time for musical profiles, this HBO presentation shines brighter than most.įeaturing bountiful clips of Summer performing that take viewers back to the ’70s, garish disco outfits and all, the overall effect is almost immersive. “Intimate” is an overused word in biographical documentaries, but with her daughter, Brooklyn Sudano, serving as co-director “Love to Love You, Donna Summer” more than fits that description, providing an up-close look at the disco diva’s life and astonishing talent, without sugarcoating its thornier aspects. ![]() ![]() ![]() Arvin endured many years of health struggles and passed away on December 12, 2016. The two had met for the first time in person one year earlier at the 2012 GayRomLit Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In 2013, Klune proposed to author Eric Arvin at the GayRomLit Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. The historical absence of these communities in fiction has motivated choices in Klune's character development. ![]() Klune has been open about his lived experiences with asexuality, queerness and neurodiversity, and how they influence his writing. ![]() Klune's writing influences include Stephen King, Wilson Rawls, Patricia Nell Warren, Robert McCammon, and Terry Pratchett. His young work in poetry and short stories were the first to be published. ![]() He was eight years old when he first began to write fiction. His novel Into This River I Drown won the Lambda Literary Award for Best Gay Romance in 2014. Klune has spoken about how his asexuality influences his writing. His fantasy novel The House in the Cerulean Sea is a New York Times best seller and winner of the 2021 Alex and Mythopoeic Awards. Travis John Klune (born May 20, 1982) is an American author of fantasy and romantic fiction featuring gay and LGBTQ+ characters. ![]() ![]() ![]() Older kids Tyler and Kinsey aren't much better. Their mother, Nina, is too trapped in her grief-and a wine bottle-to notice that all in Keyhouse is not what it seems: too many locked doors, too many unanswered questions. Acclaimed suspense novelist and New York Times-bestselling author Joe Hill (The Fireman, Heart-Shaped Box, NOS4A2) has created a gripping story of dark fantasy and wonder-with astounding artwork from Gabriel Rodriguez-that, like the doors of Keyhouse, will transform all who open it.įollowing their father's gruesome murder in a violent home invasion, the Locke children return to his childhood home of Keyhouse in secluded Lovecraft, Massachusetts. ![]() Club, Locke & Key tells a sprawling tale of magic and family, legacy and grief, good and evil. This edition collects all six volumes of the critically acclaimed series by Joe Hill into one massive compendium of 976 pages. ![]() ![]() ![]() (Director), AnnaLynne McCord at arrivals for EXCISION Premiere at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, The Egyptian Theatre, Park City, UT January 21, 2012. Photo by: Michael Germana/Everett Collection Traci Lords, Richard Bates Jr. Photo by: Michael Germana/Everett Collection Traci Lords at arrivals for ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO Premiere, Grauman''s Chinese Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, October 20, 2008. Photo by: Dee Cercone/Everett Collection Traci Lords at arrivals for ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO Premiere, Grauman''s Chinese Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, October 20, 2008. Photo by: Dee Cercone/Everett Collection Traci Lords at arrivals for Premiere of ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO, Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, October 20, 2008. Photo by: Dee Cercone/Everett Collection Traci Lords at arrivals for Premiere of ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO, Grauman''s Chinese Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, October 20, 2008. Photo By: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection Traci Lords at arrivals for Premiere of ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO, Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, October 20, 2008. Photo By: James Atoa/Everett Collection Traci Lords at arrivals for ELVIRA: MISTRESS OF THE DARK Book Release Party, Rooftop at the Roosevelt Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA October 18, 2016. I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell Photos Roger Bart, Traci Lords at arrivals for EXCISION Premiere at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, The Egyptian Theatre, Park City, UT January 21, 2012. ![]() ![]() ![]() Now, however, she is weary of the situation and determined to do her very best both to explain everything to her husband and then to achieve a reconciliation. Claire, in the meantime, accepted her banishment and put Westcliffe’s neglected lands in order. Westcliffe beat Stephen up, banished Claire to his country seat, and spent the last years having sex with as many women as he could before devoting himself to a single mistress who is as cold and self-centered as she is greedy. They were married three years earlier, at the age of 17 and 25 respectively, and the marriage went disastrously wrong when Westcliffe found Claire in bed with his younger brother Stephen on their wedding night. Secretly, Claire is also determined to mend the breach between herself and Westcliffe. She wants to spend the Season in London to introduce her younger sister Beth to society, so that Beth will be spared the anguish of an arranged match. When he gets home, he is surprised to discover that his estranged wife Claire has come for a visit. ![]() ![]() The novel begins with Morgan Lyons, the Earl of Westcliffe, having sex with his mistress. The book started in a rather aggravating way, developed some sterling qualities in the middle, and ended in a downward spiral of melodrama. Lorraine Heath is a new author for me, and my impressions are mixed after finishing Passions of a Wicked Earl. ![]() ![]() ![]() And, you know, I always had a passion for writing so I went back to university, you know, did a lot of creative writing stuff, some media studies. And – because you know, I was just going through a series of dead end jobs. So, I went back to university, so in my mid thirties. Dylan Watkins: And I'd love to like first find out just a bit about, like, how did you accidentally stumble into writing about an inter-dimensional kung fu wizard? You have a unique knack of somehow continuing to produce content online with this web series. So, great job on the series and great job on continuing to kick out the content, man. You know, those like books that you listen as you fall asleep and you just kind of let it quietly go in your subconscious? I am so excited to have you on the podcast, man. And so without any delay I'd like to welcome, Travis. Under the pen name, Shirtaloon, he is releasing several books in the ongoing He Who Fights With Monster Series. He's now quietly getting on with it while hoping that no one notices the entire thing is ridiculous. He started to discover that writing an internet story about an inter-dimensional kung fu wizard had somehow become a marketable skill when he accidentally found himself to be a successful author. And on today's podcast, I have Travis Deverell a.k.a. ![]() Dylan Watkins: Welcome young adventurer, Dylan here. Let's jump in with our host Dylan Watkins as he introduces today's guest. Intro: Heroes of Reality Podcast, a podcast about the game of life and the hero's journey we all experience. ![]() ![]() ![]() He admits that he’s some sort of government experiment, a genetic mutant with super strength. They have sex, and it’s explosive, but she realizes that he’s not like a regular man. There’s something strange about him, but he’s handsome and kind. She has a hard life as a waitress in a diner. Carmen names their son after him.Ĭarmen eventually recovers from the loss. ![]() ![]() A few weeks later, he’s killed in a suspicious accident. When she gets pregnant, he promises to marry her and take her away from Santa Olivia. She falls in love with a soldier-boxer named Tom. The beginning of this book is unique in that the main character, Loup, isn’t introduced right away. So far, the townsmen have lost every match. The prize for winners is two tickets out. Each year, a citizen of Santa Olivia challenges the military champion. The general who runs the town enjoys a good boxing match. Now it’s a military zone, patrolled by armed soldiers. ![]() Due to war, famine, and civil unrest, it was cordoned off. Santa Olivia is a small town on the border of the US and Mexico. The author delivers strong characters, a sweet romance, and a fascinating dystopian world. When I saw it at my local library, I snatched it up. This was recommended multiple times in a thread at Smart Bitches. Jill Sorenson is back with another review! ![]() |