![]() ![]() Not the celebrated memoir on my nightstand written by a poet who’d famously dined with a tyrant, not the favorite novel I’d turned to during a farewell Zoom conference, where my colleagues all brought parting words of joy from their own favorite works, where I compared New York, the town I’d called home for two decades, to the imaginary one called Gilead: “This whole town does look like whatever hope becomes after it begins to weary a little, then weary a little more. ![]() A note I took in the middle of one spring night said, “WHY NOT WRITING?” I answered myself in my notebook in the morning: “I DON'T WANT ANY OF THESE IDEAS.” I had also not been able to read, not before bed, not on the plane west. Since March, I’d felt certain of my capacities diminished. Buying a pre-owned Subaru in Portland, Oregon, a few weeks later, I explained to the salesman that the move had been long planned, by which I meant that we weren’t part of the exodus from the city prompted by the plague, something I’d also explained to the handyman repairing the wall we’d waterlogged by drilling into pipes above the toilet while hanging a medicine cabinet in our new apartment. ![]()
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![]() Of course, Pastis’s second strip could trigger thermo-nuclear war. Article content No caption, leave this text or replace image This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Pastis has drawn two Pearls Before Swine strips – to appear on Monday and Wednesday in our paper and worldwide – not only extolling the merits of our bagels, smoked meat, poutine et al but also this declaration from his Pig character: “I AM MOVING TO MONTREAL!!” He is providing Montreal a showcase that will leave tourism officials here drooling. Pastis’s professed love for our city is not just idle talk, either. ![]() He has an estimated 17.6 million readers a day. Pearls Before Swine runs in more than 750 newspapers, including the Montreal Gazette. Pastis is, unarguably, one of the most successful cartoonists on the planet. ![]() “So maybe I’ll live in Montreal only during the warm months,” says Pastis, clearly unaware that the warm months generally constitute less than half a year here. The thermometer has hit a punishing minus 29 Celsius – not even factoring in wind-chill factor – during our telephone chat. Please try again Article contentįast-forward three months. ![]() ![]() The next issue of Montreal Gazette Headline News will soon be in your inbox. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. Manage Print Subscription / Tax ReceiptĪ welcome email is on its way. ![]() ![]() ![]() "I shuttled between teaching the epics of Homer and the tragedies of Aeschylus. ![]() The great job of this work was to discover that there is in fact a great number of very intelligent, hardworking readers out there."Īs a comparative literature professor at Princeton University for more than forty years, Fagles was always involved with the classics. "Because I'm an academic, a lot of hand wringing goes on in the academy about the illiteracy of the public. "I was very surprised," he said in a recent New York Times interview. Now, he has tackled the Roman epic, Virgil's Aeneid his translation of Virgil has just been published.įagles found the success of these works unexpected. ![]() His translations of The Iliad and The Odyssey were both bestsellers. I wanted it to be in my voice, for better or worse."įagles's translations are known for their emphasis on contemporary English phrasing while being faithful to the original. "I very much hope my translation sounds like me. Each has a distinctive badge, each comes with its own vocal DNA," he says. "It has to do with the tone of voice of the translator. "Every translation is different," says classicist Robert Fagles. ![]() ![]() ![]() It is this latter experience that always has a strange effect on me.īecause, when I read The 5th Wave, I enjoyed it immensely. Sometimes these books get read by a few people and disappear, and sometimes they take off and become huge, gaining ever more praise and criticism. ![]() I am an emotional reader and an emotional rater afterall. Sometimes I give them 4 or 5 star reviews, rated purely based on the emotional high I experienced. I haven't read any reviews before, so the first experience is entirely my own, as I find it.Īnd sometimes I love these books. Sometimes, I am lucky enough to get my hands on an ARC of a book and go into it with as close to no expectations as possible. ![]() “If aliens ever visit us, I think the outcome would be much as when Christopher Columbus first landed in America, which didn't turn out very well for the Native Americans.” - Stephen Hawking ![]() ![]() And, in the true spirit of collaboration, I’ve invited some friends to join me (well, not just my friends, but my co-authors.) The writer’s room tends to be a mythical place, typically reserved for TV show scribes, but I’m here to make a case for exactly that type of banding-together approach across all types of fiction. The very words “group project” can strike fear in the hearts of your students, but their teachers know better, right? Group Projects: They’re Not Just For Your Students ![]() Jen’s joining us today to talk about how that all works! ![]() Her next project is a book written with friends, in multiple points of view. Jen’s titles include AT YOUR SERVICE, YOU’RE INVITED, and THE SLEEPOVER. We also have guest author Jen Malone joining us. Good morning! Who’s feeling brave this week? It’s Friday, which means it’s time to check in with Gae on her blog and get some feedback on your work-in-progress if you’d like. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The 'Yucky Worms' book pairs well with our wormery's, as it includes lots of interesting details about what worms like, don't like and how they will make your garden and crops bloom. From recycling our waste to make rich compost for your garden which your crops will love, what they eat, how they aerate and improve the soil, how they move around as well as explaining the anatomy of those 'underground farmers!'Ĭhildren and even adults can learn the true science and facts behind these little magnificent creatures such as what they can do, create and what roles they play in our gardens!įilled with lots of fun facts, beautiful illustrations and story about those yucky, wiggly, but incredible worms! This book explores the nature of humble worms and what job roles they have. ![]() Who would have thought those little wrigglers we call worms would be such a high importance in our environment?! ![]() ![]() ![]() Following the success of the re-release of their debut single 'The Sound of Silence', Simon & Garfunkel regrouped after a time apart. Produced by Bob Johnston, the album was released on October 24, 1966, in the United States by Columbia Records. ![]() Her novels include the famous Abaloc series, set in the magical landscape of the Ohio Valley and surrounding regions in contemporary, medieval, and prehistoric times. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thymeis the third studio album by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel. ![]() Jane Louise Curry, born September 24, 1932, in East Liverpool, Ohio, is a prolific author of adventure, fantasy, mystery, time travel, and American Indian tales for older children and teenagers. ![]() ![]() ![]() In this book, we are introduced to many characters along the way and with each of them, I felt I knew them.īack to Kate, she was a unique voice in YA that I usually don’t read about. I for one, love a good story of revenge and this book definitely gave me that. Though I am not usually a fan of this genre, Erin wrote it in such a way, that kept me turning the page. Erin’s writing style really captured for me what the Wild West was like. In a time where women are not seen as tough, she disguises herself as a boy to find out what happened to her father, her only living relative. After finishing it, I honestly want to go back and read it again! What made this book so great was Kate as a character. My Thoughts: After seeing the summary, I new I had to read this book. ![]() But as Kate gets closer to the secrets about her family, she gets closer to the truth about herself and must decide if there’s room for love in a heart so full of hate. ![]() What she finds are devious strangers, dust storms, and a pair of brothers who refuse to quit riding in her shadow. Summary: When Kate Thompson’s father is killed by the notorious Rose Riders for a mysterious journal that reveals the secret location of a gold mine, the eighteen-year-old disguises herself as a boy and takes to the gritty plains looking for answers and justice. Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers–Released: September 1, 2015 ![]() ![]() ![]() I can say I am furious that someone B10’s age can become a victim in a unholy battle. I cannot say I am ashamed, because I don’t take on the guilt of what happened simply because of my skin colour. ![]() I am quite sure that my emotions are naught compared to the thoughts of a 15 year old girl who watched her church – the only safe haven she had – become a battlefield. ![]() McKinstry meant for the reader to have anger or sadness when reading the book. Which is why she lived when the bomb set by the Ku Klux Klan exploded at 10:22 am. She realized as she stood in the doorway of the Girl’s Restroom, chatting with her best friends, that she would be late to the office if she didn’t hurry off. Carolyn Maull McKinstry was in charge of collecting the Sunday School reports and writing the Sunday School Summary to be announced during church. In 1963, at Sixteenth Street Baptist Church – it was Youth Sunday. ![]() ![]() ![]() It can be made in any form in any manner with any possible content and change. In his theory of Protestant Ethics and Spirit of capitalism Weber intends to advocate that may be the history of capitalism or it is the history of democracy or even it is the history of religion all of them are just like clean sheets of paper in which the human actions necessarily its imprint meaning history is not predetermined. He never feels at home with the observation of any of his predecessors thus makes an attempt to study the structural essence of different world religions- Hinduism, Judaism, Confucianism, Buddhism, Catholicism and Calvinism. Weber makes an attempt to study religion and its role in modern society. Scientific Method in Sociological Research.Sociological Perspectives on Health and Illness.India's Development Report Card vis-a-vis MDG.HIV/AIDS and Mobility in South Asia- UNDP Report 2010.UN Summit on Non- UN Report on Domestic Violence. ![]() |