![]() ![]() A singularity opens up in my chest cavity if I go too long without it. I’m pretty sure I still don’t want to be a writer. It’s truly an honor.ġ) When was the moment you knew you wanted to be a writer? ![]() Thanks for showcasing my novel for this first issue of FIYAH. You can subscribe to DaVaun’s newsletter on his website at. ![]() A segment of the first book in his WORLD BREACH series, THE SEEDBEARING PRINCE can be found in the REBIRTH issue of FIYAH. Our first spotlight feature interview is with DaVaun Sanders. Our Indie Spotlight feature seeks to amplify self-published Black writers with features of their work in our magazine and interviews featured here on the website. So we wish to acknowledge those black indie SFF writers out there working hard and dropping a good product. We salute them because they have decided to embark on a journey by themselves that in traditional circumstances would involve a team. But the resiliency of black folks always finds a way and for many black SFF writers that way was in the form of self-publishing.Īt FIYAH, we do not snub our noses at those writers who chose this path. For black writers, these challenges are multiplied and because of institutional issues, the path seems almost impossible. The road to publication is not easy for anyone and comes with a number of hurdles. ![]()
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The shop can do a quick repair and a full Benny's repair in exchange for GNE sticks. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Z is the irresistibly rich, romantic and tumultuous story of Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald, set in seductive settings and featuring larger-than-life characters including Ernest Hemingway, Sara and Gerald Murphy and Gertrude Stein.įrom Manhattan to the French Riviera, Paris, Baltimore, Hollywood and points in between, through his alcohol addition and her schizophrenia diagnosis, Z traces the evolution of this iconic woman as she fights for her own potential while trying to ensure that Scott achieves his. She was vibrant, headstrong, complicated and misunderstood. Zelda was the embodiment of the Jazz Age and the Roaring Twenties. The life he and Zelda would lead together in New York, Long Island, Paris, Hollywood and the French Riviera made them legends, even in their own time. ![]() Scott Fitzgerald was a literary darling, before he'd even begun to imagine THE GREAT GATSBY or Benjamin Button, he was a young WWI army lieutenant who fell hard for a spirited Southern belle named Zelda Sayre. 'Sometimes', said Scott, 'I don't know whether Zelda and I are real or whether we are characters from one of my own novels.'īefore F. Entertainment Weekly A richly imagined novelHere Zeldas touching story is also fascinating and funny, it animates an entire era. ![]() ![]() ![]() His books and sleazy magazines - many of which he created all by himself - are still in demand, fetching big prices for collectors. But even that sleaze had Wood's iconic and unique touch and value. The tragedy of Wood's life is that he was a drunk after the mid 1960s most of his written work - and all of his film work - was in porn. And Wood was a damn good writer, Imagine Elmore Leonard writing without an editor and submitting a first draft. What the average Ed Wood fan doesn't know is that Wood wrote a heck of a lot of novels, short stories and news articles 80 novels, several hundred short stories and a few hundred non-fiction articles. Hayes, 2009 update, Ramble House Press, Reviewer received a review copy.ĭepending on your point of view, Ed Wood was either a famous, or infamous filmmaker. ![]() Muddled Mind: The Complete Works of Edward D. ![]() ![]() Here is a God who is not essentially lonely, but who has been loving for all eternity as the Father has loved the Son in the Spirit. ![]() In contract, “Everything changes when it comes to the Father, Son and Spirit. Reeves says that “Absolutely singular supreme beings do not like creation.” Reeves quotes Karl Barth, who once said, “The triunity of God is the secret of His beauty.” Reeves contrasts the Triune God with a singular conception of God (like the Islamic understanding of God), who has a very different relationship with creation. Who is God? Michael Reeves asserts that the essence of the fullest answer to that question is “a Trinity.” Reeves believes that while the Trinity is something many Christians shove to the back corners of their minds when it comes to relating to God, or perhaps explore with a sort of mechanical interest, with clumsy charts and worse analogies, reflecting on the Trinity is something that should stir delight in us. ![]() ![]() Wyoming librarians under fire for books about sex, LGBTQ. ![]() Wyoming librarians under fire for books about sex, LGBTQ issues. Sources:Ĭampbell County officials abet bullies in battle of radicals v. The Friends of the Library have since purchased several of the titles objected to and they are available on the library shelves. ![]() The police sided with the parent and the titles are now on trial in a Wyoming court. ![]() Enraged parents took This Book is Gay, along with the other offending titles to the local police and filed an obscenity report. From Goodreads Locations Banned or Challenged:Ĭheyenne, Wyoming 2021 – Conservative parents discovered the book along with several others on a Pride Month display at the Campbell County Public Library. But most importantly, you will know that however, you identify (or don’t) and whomever you love, you are exceptional. This candid, funny, and uncensored exploration of sexuality and what it’s like to grow up LGBT also include real stories from people across the gender and sexual spectrums, not to mention hilarious illustrations. Inside you’ll find the answers to all the questions you ever wanted to ask: from sex to politics, hooking up to stereotypes, coming out, and more. There’s a long-running joke that, after “coming out,” a lesbian, gay guy, bisexual, or trans person should receive a membership card and instruction manual. This book is for anyone who’s ever dared to wonder. This book is for everyone, regardless of gender or sexual preference. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Splendid watercolors set in the lush countryside bring the drama to life in this hardcover picture book. With keen emotion and fresh vision, the acclaimed artist captures the essence of the tale's timeless appeal: The journey of the awkward little bird-marching bravely through hecklers, hunters, and cruel seasons-is an unforgettable survival story this blooming into a graceful swan is a reminder of the patience often necessary to discover true happiness. A gorgeous, Caldecott Honor-winning version of the classic storyįor over one hundred years The Ugly Duckling has been a childhood favorite, and Jerry Pinkney's spectacular adaptation brings it triumphantly to new generations of readers. ![]() ![]() ![]() Reworking the “Alamo” narrative, she shows that enslaved Blacks-in addition to Native Americans, Anglos, and Tejanos-formed the state’s makeup from the 1500s, well before Africans arrived in Jamestown. Gordon-Reed presents the saga of a frontier defined as much by the slave plantation owner as the mythic cowboy, rancher, or oilman. ON JUNETEENTH takes us beyond the stories of Gordon-Reed’s childhood, providing a Texan’s view of the long, non-traditional road to a national recognition of the holiday. ![]() In ON JUNETEENTH, Gordon-Reed combines her own scholarship with a personal and intimate reflection of an overlooked holiday that has suddenly taken on new significance in a post-George Floyd world.Īs Gordon-Reed writes, “It is staggering that there is no date commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.” Yet, Texas-the last state to free its slaves-has long acknowledged the moment on June 19, 1865, when US Major General Gordon Granger proclaimed from his headquarters in Galveston that slavery was no longer the law of the land. Lewis Museum.Īnnette Gordon-Reed is in conversation with Lawrence Jackson about her new book, On Juneteenth. Presented in partnership with the Reginald F. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This superb novel is the first of many Harry Stephen Keeler novels that I will read. de Mexico, and even Ernest Vincent Wright’s 1939 novel Gadsby, a book written absent the letter e. The Riddle of the Traveling Skull is from another era and is not an attempt at realism, but a wild, engaging and brilliantly implausible crazy mystery told by an exceptionally distinct craftsman who has no known peers. They’ve also brought back forgotten works by such authors as Philip Jose Farmer, Anthony Boucher, N.R. To date, they have made available to Keeler’s small but growing group of devoted readers dozens of his novels, including several that were never published during his lifetime, and a collection of Keeler’s nonfiction. However, it galls me to read a statement like this one: “It’s the first Keeler to see print in more than 50 years.” With no doubt, this reprint is major news, both for Keeler fanatics and for mystery enthusiasts alike, but Marr’s blithe claim slights the successful efforts of the invaluable Ramble House (a private publishing house in Louisiana devoted to the reprinting of the totality of Keeler’s works. I share Marr’s hope that Keeler’s “time may have finally come.” It was delightful to read the review of the McSweeney’s reprint of Harry Stephen Keeler’s novel The Riddle of the Traveling Skull, and it was doubly delightful to see it reviewed by as perceptive and appreciative a gentleman as John Marr. Best of Chicago 2022: Sports & Recreation.Best of Chicago 2022: Music & Nightlife. ![]() Get your Best of Chicago tickets! Line-Up Announced > Close ![]() ![]() ![]() Kathi lives in the beautiful alpine community of Lake Tahoe with her husband Ken and dog Echo. ![]() Facing an investigation more explosive than the annual fireworks show, Tj enlists the help of her best friends to unravel the mystery, all the while navigating a new romance and the thought her father may never wake up.Īuthor of the Zoe Donovan cozy Mystery Series, Tj Jensen Paradise Lake Mystery series, Whales and Tails Cozy Mystery Series, Sand and Sea Hawaiian Mysteries, and Seacliff High Teen Cozy Mystery Series.Ĭome for the murder, stay for the romance. To make matters worse, her friend and police contact, Deputy Roy Fisher, is working with a new partner who has no intention of letting Tj anywhere near the case. Back home in Paradise Lake, Tj learns the accident that killed family friend Judge Harper and left her father clinging to life wasn’t an accident at all-someone cut their brake lines. ![]() While on vacation in South Carolina, Tj Jensen receives a call that her father has been left in a coma after a devastating car crash. Fireworks in Paradise (A Tj Jensen Mystery) ![]() |