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BOOK REVIEW: A Daughter Struggles To Escape Her Mother’s Shadow In ‘Libertie’
Libertie, a new novel by Kaitlyn Greenidge, is inspired by the life of Dr. Susan Smith McKinney-Steward, the third African American woman to earn a medical degree in this country. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: A Daughter Struggles To Escape Her Mother’s Shadow In ‘Libertie’
Northwest Native Brandi Carlile Talks Ambition, Avoidance And Finally Finding Her Place
Growing up poor in Washington state, singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile learned about harmony and rhythm while performing as a backup singer for a friend’s dad, who worked as an Elvis impersonator. Continue Reading Northwest Native Brandi Carlile Talks Ambition, Avoidance And Finally Finding Her Place
A Poem On How The Human Spirit Survives Overlapping Crises
In Dr. Fady Joudah’s poem “House of Mercury,” a severe summer storm has blown over Houston. The storm’s destructive winds woke up the narrator’s father, who hears the “snaps and creaks” of the two oaks in the front yard. But it was a “nearly uprooted fig tree,” the poem notes, that brought the father to tears. Continue Reading A Poem On How The Human Spirit Survives Overlapping Crises
Camping Is An Adventure For All Americans In ‘Fatima’s Great Outdoors’
Ambreen Tariq’s new children’s book, Fatima’s Great Outdoors is a story about an Indian immigrant family’s first time exploring the outdoors, and it’s as much a story about curiosity and adventure as it is about trying to assimilate as an immigrant in this country. Tariq says Fatima’s story is her own story. “Every moment in that book is real. Every snippet, every story.” Continue Reading Camping Is An Adventure For All Americans In ‘Fatima’s Great Outdoors’
We Swoon, We Faint — ‘Bridgerton’ Will Return For Season 2 Without Its Hunky Duke
Season two of the hit TV series Bridgerton will roll out for fans without its hunky star, Regé-Jean Page, who played Simon Basset, the Duke of Hastings. Set during the Regency era in 1813 London, the show’s first season was a steamy love story between Simon and Daphne Bridgerton. Continue Reading We Swoon, We Faint — ‘Bridgerton’ Will Return For Season 2 Without Its Hunky Duke
Washington State Names Its First Native American Poet Laureate
The author of two poetry books and a member of the Lhaq’temish (Lummi) Nation, Priest is the sixth poet and first Native person to be selected for the two-year term, a program of the Washington State Arts Commission and Humanities Washington. Continue Reading Washington State Names Its First Native American Poet Laureate
Filmmakers Call Out PBS For A Lack Of Diversity, Over-Reliance On Ken Burns
Nearly 140 documentary filmmakers have signed onto a letter given to PBS executives, suggesting the service may provide an unfair level of support to white creators, facing a “systemic failure to fulfill (its) mandate for a diversity of voices.” Continue Reading Filmmakers Call Out PBS For A Lack Of Diversity, Over-Reliance On Ken Burns
Tina Turner’s Life Explored In New Documentary
Near the end of HBO’s new documentary, Tina, the movie implies the legendary singer has made a decision: after this film rolls out, Tina Turner just might be done appearing in public and talking about her life. It’s an odd message, coming from a woman whose life story and experiences have inspired at least four books, an Oscar-nominated biopic, a Broadway musical and, now, this new film. Continue Reading Tina Turner’s Life Explored In New Documentary
Comedian Eddie Izzard Switches To Screenwriting And Acting For ‘Six Minutes To Midnight’
Eddie Izzard, the wildly-admired and inventive comic, was in a museum in the British resort town of Bexhill-on-Sea, where she spent much time as a child, when historians showed her an old badge from the Augusta Victoria school for girls in the 1930’s. There was a Union Jack on the crest — and a Nazi swastika. Continue Reading Comedian Eddie Izzard Switches To Screenwriting And Acting For ‘Six Minutes To Midnight’
Farcical ‘Life Of The Mind’ Skewers Academic Life And Adjunct ‘Hell’
The Life of the Mind is about endings that dribble to a close, the inexorable erosion of dreams, the slow leak of youthful buoyancy. It’s about being young-ish at a time in history when it feels like many things might be fading away, including the natural world. The great accomplishment of Smallwood’s taut novel is that while it is, indeed, about all those grim subjects, it’s also one of the wittiest, most deliciously farcical novels I’ve read in a long time. Continue Reading Farcical ‘Life Of The Mind’ Skewers Academic Life And Adjunct ‘Hell’
Children’s Author Beverly Cleary, Creator Of Ramona Quimby, Dies At 104
Children’s author Beverly Cleary died Thursday in Carmel, Calif., her publisher HarperCollins said. She was 104 years old. Cleary was the creator of some of the most authentic characters in children’s literature — Henry Huggins, Ralph S. Mouse and the irascible Ramona Quimby. Continue Reading Children’s Author Beverly Cleary, Creator Of Ramona Quimby, Dies At 104
Illustrators Build A Bridge For Young Readers, Says Artist James Ransome
Artist James Ransome is a huge Parliament-Funkadelic fan. So much so, that one of their tunes provided the soundtrack when Ransome accepted the Society of Illustrators’ Gold Award during a virtual ceremony on Thursday. Continue Reading Illustrators Build A Bridge For Young Readers, Says Artist James Ransome
