White Rage develops a pragmatic, yet hopeful look at specific efforts by white supremacists to roll back, mitigate, or otherwise nullify gains made during Reconstruction, the Civil Rights Movement, with a postscript on voting rights.Īnderson begins with a dressing down of Reconstruction: Lincoln’s lukewarm attitude toward African Americans, Johnson’s repeal of land grants and welcoming policy toward confederates are just some of the gems she includes. Rather than follow the standard line that “African Americans, angered by the police killing of an unarmed black teen, were taking out their frustration in unproductive and predictable ways-rampaging, burning, and looting,” she instead developed an argument that identifies white rage as a focal point for inquiry. For coursework, 2018… in a sentence: Anderson’s main argument is that paying attention only to the more overt and popularized forms of racism is troublesome making sure we look at more subtle forms is key.Ĭarol Anderson, White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Divide (New York: Bloomsbury USA, 2017).Īnderson’s book developed from an op-ed piece she wrote after Darren Wilson murdered Michael Brown in a hail of bullets in Ferguson, Missouri.
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Other users shared a similar claim, with a slight difference in the details. Another post claims that the prediction can be seen on page 333, not on pages 353 to 354. The user who shared the post did not respond to USA TODAY for comment. “The book written by Dean Koontz in 1981, ‘The Eyes of Darkness,’ wrote on pages 353 to 354 that China has developed a virus known as Corona Virus in a lab in the city of Wuhan, to be used in the future as weapon in future wars or to disturb future economic imbalance amongst the world powers or control its population,” the post reads. The post shows an image of the cover of the book along with a page from the novel featuring dialogue describing a fictional virus called “Wuhan-400.” prepared for a coronavirus pandemic? The Claim: Dean Koontz predicted the coronavirus outbreak in his 1981 novel "The Eyes of Darkness"Ī Facebook post that has been widely shared claims a 1981 novel written by Dean Koontz predicted the coronavirus outbreak. But he isn’t happy with this decision he doesn’t understand it. It follows a classic quest structure: Golan Trevize has decided, somehow, that the planetary networked consciousness that is Gaia will one day be allowed to expand and form a galactic consciousness called Galaxia. Trigger warnings for this book, by the way: in addition to the massive amounts of Asimovian sexism/womanizing you would expect, add a hefty dose of highly inappropriate, medicalized portrayal of an intersex person, including the use of the h-slur.įoundation and Earth picks up exactly where Foundation’s Edge ended. Yeah, this review is going to be … interesting. Moreover, when we look at this novel in the context of the Foundation series and Asimov’s other works, it’s possible to read this as Asimov giving up on Foundation. Asimov does as amazing a job of ratcheting up the tension surrounding the search for Earth as he does a terrible job of avoiding the objectification of women. I know I called Foundation’s Edge the best, but this one surpasses it in terms of plot. This might be the best Foundation novel yet also the worst. I simultaneously enjoyed and loathed reading Foundation and Earth. After securing a job in a new sleepy town and striving to prove an alternative method of making his next relationship work without meddling, he tries to find his happily ever after. Ready to prove that he is a different man, Joe tries to court her without his usual obsessive acts. When he meets the lovely Mary Kay DiMarco, Joe intensely falls for her. Synopsis įollowing a major upheaval in his life, Joe Goldberg leaves Los Angeles for new pastures in the Pacific Northwest. Kepnes published another sequel, For You and You Only, in 2023. The novel debuted at number fifteen on The New York Times fiction best-seller list for the week ending April 10, 2021. It is the sequel to her 2016 novel, Hidden Bodies, and third installment of the You series. You Love Me is a thriller novel by Caroline Kepnes, published in April 2021. 2021 thriller novel by Caroline Kepnes You Love Me Walpurga’s Eve, Caldella’s Witch Queen lures a boy back to her palace. Young adult fantasy romanc e paranormal lgbtĮvery year on St. With her world splintering around her, Ashley, along with the rest of LA, is left to question who is the us? And who is the them? Even as her best friends help spread a rumor that could completely derail the future of her classmate and fellow black kid, LaShawn Johnson. Even as the model black family façade her wealthy and prominent parents have built starts to crumble. Even as her self-destructive sister gets dangerously involved in the riots. She’s one of the black kids.Īs violent protests engulf LA and the city burns, Ashley tries to continue on as if life were normal. Suddenly, Ashley’s not just one of the girls. They can already feel the sunny days and endless possibilities of summer.Įverything changes one afternoon in April, when four LAPD officers are acquitted after beating a black man named Rodney King half to death. It’s the end of senior year and they’re spending more time at the beach than in the classroom. Ashley Bennett and her friends are living the charmed life. The characters’ banter and observations are often cheeky and funny but sometimes fall flat, as when they are based on gender stereotypes. Though the pacing is inconsistent, exciting action scenes abound, and the villain is intriguing and delightfully vicious. The book provides enough information for patient newcomers to the Buffyverse to enjoy the story, but it will be most appealing to those with at least some background knowledge who will appreciate the references. Frankie may be new to the gig, but she has to learn quickly because there’s a new Big Bad in Sunnydale who is out for blood. A slayer needs her crew of Scoobies, and under the guidance of Watcher Spike, Frankie is assisted by Hailey, half sister of missing slayer Vi werewolf lacrosse player Jake and Sigmund, a Sage demon. Frankie’s own minimal powers are mostly used for ecological purposes until there’s an explosion at a slayers’ meeting, leading Frankie to become the first ever slayer-witch. Frankie Rosenberg’s mom is the powerful witch Willow, friend to famed slayer Buffy. Set in the world of TV’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer, this first installment in a new series focuses on a new generation. She moves her attention to another painting and I look away before she catches me staring at her. And I already know I'll call the painting More Than One. I have a feeling I may attempt it again after tonight. I tried to paint her once, but I couldn't remember enough about her to finish it. Not because of her unassuming beauty, but because it's exactly how I imagined she would look up close. Now that I'm seeing her up close, I have to force myself not to stare too hard. And even though I felt like I knew her back then, I never really got a good look at her face. I remember the sound of her laughter, her voice, her hair, even though her hair used to be a lot shorter. How could she when we never even exchanged words? I want to ask her if she remembers me, but I know she doesn't. I was so convinced that the likelihood of our paths ever crossing was minimal, I can't even remember the last time I thought about her.īut here she is, standing right in front of me. Right here, standing in my studio, staring at my art. Greg has provided art for Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft, contributed lead character designs for the award-winning HBO animated Spawn series, was the cover artist for many popular musical groups including Korn and Disturbed, and worked behind the scenes on many projects ranging from toy design to video games for TME. He is also the creator of The Creech, a sci-fi/horror comic published by Image Comics. Written by Scott Snyder Artwork by Danny Miki, Greg Capullo Cover by Greg Capullo The bestselling Batman epic from the team behind Dark Nights: Metal. Other popular comics work includes Marvel Comics' X-Force and Quasar (as well as a slew of one-shot titles). Prior to that, he was best known for his 80-issue run on Image Comics' Spawn, created by Todd McFarlane. Greg Capullo is a self-taught illustrator and artist on the bestselling and highly acclaimed Batman series for DC Comics. He teaches at Columbia University and Sarah Lawrence University and lives in New York with his wife, Jeanie, and his son, Jack Presley. He has also been published in Zoetrope, Tin House, One-Story, Epoch, Small Spiral Notebook and other journals, and has a short-story collection, Voodoo Heart, which was published by Dial Press. His works include Dark Nights- Metal, All Star Batman, Batman, Batman- Eternal, Superman Unchainced, American Vampire and Swamp Thing. Scott Snyder is a #1 New York Times best-selling writer and one of the most critically acclaimed scribes in all of comics. In the Untamed book, speaker, author, and activist Glennon Doyle explores how she freed herself from the strictures of society and embraced her true identity by rejecting the expectations and limitations society imposes on women. Read our overview of Glennon Doyle’s Untamed to find out Doyle’s advice for changing your life and living according to your own rules. The Untamed book offers insight on the issues of parenting, spirituality, empowering women, rejecting patriarchy and oppression, feminism, and sexuality. Glennon Doyle’s Untamed shows how the author freed herself from the captivity of society’s expectations. Īre women conditioned to suppress their true identities? How does society feed into this problem? How can we make a change? Like this article? Sign up for a free trial here. Shortform has the world's best summaries and analyses of books you should be reading. This article is an excerpt from the Shortform book guide to "Untamed" by Glennon Doyle. I am still stunned by what happened on page 6. It’s a lovely story, but I have to admit, my heart is still broken. She breaks rules, she escapes Ocax, she crosses a river on her own, makes an unlikely friend, and fights a desperate battle to prove that her family can move to the forbidden farm on the other side of the forest. At least in her little corner of it.Ĭharacters familiar to readers of Ragweed (the prequel to this book) make their appearances, but essentially this is Poppy’s story, and the deep sorrow that comes into her life, and what she risks to save her family that is caught between starvation and the deadly talons of Mr. A determined and brave little sweetheart faces the cold, brutal nature of the world, and does something to make it a better world. Nevertheless, this first book in the Tales from Dimwood Forest is an exciting, moving, and winsome adventure of a small creature - in this case, a female deer mouse who lives on the edge of Dimwood Forest - going up against a mighty predator, in this case an owl. Other than to say, I would have saved myself a lot of pain by reading this book first, instead of Ragweed. I’d tell you why, but I just don’t want to talk about it. |