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LORENE CARY _____________________________________________________________________________ [email protected] lorenecary.com Play: My General Tubman, Arden Theatre (January 16-March 1; extended twice through March 13). During her temporal lobe epilepsy “spells,” Harriet Tubman travels through time to a Philadelphia prison and brings men back to the Civil War as her Combahee River Raid spies; one falls in love and figures out how to go back in time separately to marry her. Books: Ladysitting: My Year with Nana at the End of Her Century (W. W. Norton & Co, 2019; paperback due June 2020). Everything changed when my grandmother moved in and our loving, funny, and complicated family shared life and faced death with her. I had to write the story to understand the loss and let it go, from free landowning progenitors in the South to my own spiritual challenge of forgiveness. If Sons, Then Heirs (Paperback: Atria Books/Simon and Schuster, 2012) Deeded to his ex-slave ancestors by General Sherman, Rayne Needham’s “heir property” has been held together, barely, for 50 years by his Nana Selma, now holed up in a tiny trailer on the old family farm. Rayne travels from Philadelphia to accept his inheritance: savage American story of black land ownership, family diaspora, and tragic loss. Free! Great Escapes from Slavery on the Underground Railroad (New City Community Press/Third World Press, 2005; Kindle, 2013). Based on the records of Pennsylvania abolitionist William Still, Free’s true stories of escapes—on foot, trains, horses, boats, in mail trunks— exhibit brazenness, stealth, and courage. (YA) Pride (Nan A. -
Covering Joel with Perfect Pitch
Covering Joel with perfect pitch SUSAN DEEFHOLTS (Mar 23, 2007) One of the remarkable things about Billy Joel's music is that his writing has evolved with the times, while still retaining a sound that makes it distinctly his own. His work is uniquely contemporary, capturing a wide diversity of moods, from wry humour and sophisticated contemplation, through psychological angst and frenetic stress. An Innocent Man: The Music of Billy Joel marks the most recent in the Electric Thursdays series of concerts, a collaboration between the KWS and the Jeans 'n Classics band. Who better to lead us on this tribute to Joel's musical career than Jim Witter, himself an accomplished singer, pianist and songwriter? Witter is the creator of the hit show The Piano Men, a tribute to the 1970's hits of both Billy Joel and Elton John. His vibrant performance on Wednesday night potently demonstrated his strong affinity for Joel's work. At times, he sounded uncannily like the Piano Man himself, evoking both his timbre and enunciation. And yet, Witter also brought a presence that was uniquely his own to the performance. The evening began with such favourites as Only the Good Die Young and Uptown Girl --both songs about love between the kind of boy your mother warned you about and the girl who's got it all. The upbeat opening set the mood for a stellar performance of Joel classics. From the very first notes played, the audience sat up and took notice. Peter Brennan's orchestral arrangements, with Daniel Warren conducting, complemented the original songs, adding depth and resonance to the diverse range of songs covered throughout the evening. -
Spotlight on Learning Adelia M
Spotlight on Learning Adelia M. Russell Library & Mamie’s Place Newsletter 318 Church Street, Alexander City, AL 35010 Hours: 8:30-5:00 Monday-Friday; 9:00-1:00 Saturday Telephone: 256-329-6796 (Adelia M. Russell) 256-234-4644 (Mamie’s Place) — Website: www.alexandercityal.gov/library Director: Amy Huff MARCH 2020 Edited by John M. Taylor From the Director: The Alexander City Chamber of Commerce presented the annual State of the City event at Central Alabama Com- munity College’s Betty Carol Graham Technology Center on February 26, 2020. John Taylor, Assistant Library Director, and Robert Bradford, Library Assistant, represented both Adelia Russell and Mamie’s Place at the event along with library board member Sheralyn Belyeu. Mayor Tommy Spraggins and other city officials enlightened the audience on the positive aspects of the city. The renovation of the old Russell Main Office building and the progress of the new City Complex was one of the popu- lar topics shared. It is great to see historical places restored and progress being made for our City so that our City Government can run smoother and more effectively. Alexander City is a wonderful community with aspirations of progress. Its small town demeanor and welcoming charm make it a great place to live and work. We appreciate all the effort, research and elbow grease that helps produce good outcomes for this community. Robert’s Take: From the pen of Robert Bradford The American Standard version of the Bible in Ecclesiastes 3: 1-2 reads in part, “For Everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: a time to be born; And a time to die…,” Authors seemingly live on for- ever through their works, but they too eventually pass from this life. -
I Am an Innocent Man
Kunapipi Volume 15 Issue 2 Article 3 1993 I Am an Innocent Man Jean Arasanayagam Follow this and additional works at: https://ro.uow.edu.au/kunapipi Part of the Arts and Humanities Commons Recommended Citation Arasanayagam, Jean, I Am an Innocent Man, Kunapipi, 15(2), 1993. Available at:https://ro.uow.edu.au/kunapipi/vol15/iss2/3 Research Online is the open access institutional repository for the University of Wollongong. For further information contact the UOW Library: [email protected] I Am an Innocent Man Abstract I often cycled past the prawn farms with a friend on the way to school in the village where I was teaching. There were great ponds on acres and acres of land in the coastal village in this Eastern part of the island. On these lonely roads in their deep silence my awareness grew of the life that was evolving in these ponds as the crustacea emerged from the spawn, creating concentric ripples as they swam beneath the water's surface. A subtle movement seemed to stir the expanse of water, breaking fragmented slivers of light, scattering them on the ponds. I was not able to observe these forms of life minutely but there was this feeling that the ponds were seething, alive, and that the prawns were trapped in their aquatic prisons from which they could not escape until they grew large enough to be caught, netted, packed and sent away to titillate the appetites of the wealthy gourmets who could afford them. This journal article is available in Kunapipi: https://ro.uow.edu.au/kunapipi/vol15/iss2/3 /tan Arasanayagam 1 JEAN ARASANAYAGAM I Am an Innocent Man I often cycled past the prawn farms with a friend on the way to school in the village where I was teaching. -
The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Honors a Distinguished Work of Fiction by an American Author, Preferably Dealing with American Life
Pulitzer Prize Winners Named after Hungarian newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer, the Pulitzer Prize for fiction honors a distinguished work of fiction by an American author, preferably dealing with American life. Chosen from a selection of 800 titles by five letter juries since 1918, the award has become one of the most prestigious awards in America for fiction. Holdings found in the library are featured in red. 2017 The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead 2016 The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen 2015 All the Light we Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 2014 The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 2013: The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson 2012: No prize (no majority vote reached) 2011: A visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan 2010:Tinkers by Paul Harding 2009:Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout 2008:The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz 2007:The Road by Cormac McCarthy 2006:March by Geraldine Brooks 2005 Gilead: A Novel, by Marilynne Robinson 2004 The Known World by Edward Jones 2003 Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides 2002 Empire Falls by Richard Russo 2001 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon 2000 Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri 1999 The Hours by Michael Cunningham 1998 American Pastoral by Philip Roth 1997 Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer by Stephan Milhauser 1996 Independence Day by Richard Ford 1995 The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields 1994 The Shipping News by E. Anne Proulx 1993 A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler 1992 A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley -
Senior Summer Reading List 2021 -2022
SENIOR SUMMER READING LIST 2021 The lists below contain suggested titles for students taking English 4. Over the summer, read one book of your choice. You will be tasked with creating a Book Love presentation, analysis, and review of each text when you return to school in September. Directions to follow! Autobiography / Memoir/ Biography Goodwin, Doris Kearns. Wait Till Next Year. (Pulitzer author about childhood and baseball) McCourt, Frank. Angela’s Ashes. (Poverty, starvation, and exuberance in depression Ireland) Ashe, Arthur. Days of Grace. (Ashe’s personal struggles with prejudice and AIDS) Rodriguez, Richard. Hunger of Memory. (Social assimilation / education with alienation) Karr, Mary. The Liar’s Club. (Poetic insight into one of the ugliest places on earth) Wolff, Tobias. This Boy’s Life. (Somber, dark funny story of growing up in the ‘50’s) Drakulic, Slavenka. Café Europa. (Idiosyncratic look at westernized ex-communist countries) Wideman, John Edgar. Brothers and Keepers. (One a professor, the other an inmate) Cheng, Nien. Life and Death in Shanghai. (Imprisonment, resistance, justice) Mathabane, Mark. Kaffir Boy. (Civil rights in South Africa) Orwell, George. Down and Out in Paris and London. (Life as a tramp in Europe) Hurston, Zora Neale. Dust Tracks on a Road. (Account of her rise from poverty to prominence) Dawson, George. Life is So Good. (101 year old recounts life in context of 20th century) Armstrong, Lance. It’s Not About the Bike. (Honest, open, smart autobiography) Lynch, Thomas. The Undertaking. (Essays by a small town undertaker) Conover, Ted. Newjack. (Chronicles a year as a prison guard at Sing-Sing) Gawande, Atul. -
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Uif!Ofx!Zpsl!Ujnft!Cftu!Tfmmfs!Mjtu This February 15 , 1953 Last Weeks Week Fiction Week On List 1 THE SILVER CHALICE, by Thomas B. Costain. (Doubleday and Company, Inc.) 1 29 2 EAST OF EDEN, by John Steinbeck. (Viking Press.) 2 20 3 STEAMBOAT GOTHIC, by Frances Parkinson Keyes. (Julian Messner, Inc.) 3 12 4 DESIREE, by Annemarie Selinko. (William Morrow.) 7 3 5 GIANT, by Edna Ferber. (Doubleday and Co Inc.) 4 19 6 THE CAINE MUTINY, by Herman Wouk. (Doubleday.) 6 96 7 THE SOJOURNER, by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. (Charles Scribner's Sons.) 5 5 8 THE VELVET DOUBLET, by James Street. (Doubleday.) 8 4 9 THE WONDERFUL COUNTRY, by Tom Lea. (Little, Brown and Company.) 9 12 10 EXECUTIVE SUITE, by Cameron Hawley. (Houghton Miffin Company.) 14 7 11 THE GALILEANS, by Frank G. Slaughter. (Doubleday and Co.) 15 3 12 THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA, by Ernest Hemingway. (Charles Scribner's Sons.) 10 23 13 DON CAMILLO AND HIS FLOCK, by Giovannino Guareschi. (Amereon Limited.) 16 25 14 THE SECOND HAPPIEST DAY, by John Phillips. (Harper and Brothers.) -- 1 15 THE MAGIC LANTERN, by Robert Carson. (Henry Holt and Company.) 13 6 16 TO THE MOMENT OF TRIUMPH, by Pamela Frankau. (Harper and Brothers.) -- 1 Hawes Publications www.hawes.com Uif!Ofx!Zpsl!Ujnft!Cftu!Tfmmfs!Mjtu This February 15 , 1953 Last Weeks Week Non-Fiction Week On List 1 HOLY BIBLE: REVISED STANDARD VERSION. (Thomas Nelson.) 2 18 2 TALLULAH, by Tallulah Bankhead. (Harper and Borthers.) 1 18 THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING, by Norman Vincent Peale. -
Summer Staff Recommendations 2017
Summer Staff Recommendations 2017 Ralph (Reference) Michelle (Circulation) 1) Saga by Brian Vaughan 1) Wonder by R.J. Palacio 2) Rat Queens by Kurtis Wiebe 2) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 3) The Woods by James Tynion 3) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 4) Manifest Destiny by Chris Dingess 4) The Help by Kathryn Stockett 5) The Fuse by Anthony Johnston 5) Longburn by Jo Baker 6) Paper Girls by Brian Vaughan 6) The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier 7) Manhattan Projects by Jonathan Hickman 7) Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys 8) Lazarus by Greg Rucka 8) The Green Boat by Mary Pipher 9) Fatale by Ed Brubaker 9) Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko 10)The Wicked & the Divine by Kieron Gillen 10)The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley Lorraine (Reference) Kirtley (Circulation) 1) War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk 1) A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole 2) The Jackdaws by Ken Follett 2) Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo by Ntozake Shange 3) Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis 3) Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins 4) Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand 4) The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin 5) Shogun by James Clavell 5) MaddAdam Trilogy by Margaret Atwood 6) Captain Horatio Hornblower by C.S. Forester 6) The Once and Future King by T.H. White 7) The African Queen by C.S. Forester 7) A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle 8) The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy 8) Farewell, Dorothy Parker by Ellen Meister 9) The Burning Shore by Wilbur Smith 9) Life of PI by Yann Martel 10)Cry Wolf by Wilbur Smith 10)City of Beasts by Isabel Allende Carolyn (Circulation) Elizabeth (Reference) 1) Beloved by Toni Morrison 1) No Ordinary Time by Doris Kearns Goodwin 2) The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass 2) Snow Falling on Cedars by Dave Guterson 3) Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood 3) A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle 4) 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff 4) Charlotte’s Web by E.B. -
Book List-Final.Xlsx
Hard Paper Book Title Author Category 10,000 Garden Questions answered by 20 X experts Gardening 101 things to do before you grow up (or before X you get too old to enjoy them) Children X 1942 The Year that Made Hitler Peter Ross Range Non-Fiction X 206 Bones Kathy Reichs Novel X 365 Easy One-Dish Meals Natalie Haughton Cookbook X 4th edition of Every Woman's Health Health X 4th of July James Patterson Novel X 50 Fabulous Knitted Lace Stiches Rita Weiss Crafts X 500 things to eat before it's too late Jane and Michael Stern Informational X 5th Horseman James Patterson Novel X 61 hours Lee Child Novel X 6th Target James Patterson Novel X A Blaze of Glory Jeff Shaara Novel X A Gate at the Stairs Lorrie Moore Novel X A Grief Observed C. S. Lewis Biography A guide for management accounting Non-Fiction X A Handbook of Annuals Brooklyn botanic garden Gardening X A History of God Karen Armstrong History X A lesson for Martin Luther King Jr X A Second Treasury of Kahlil Gibran Kahlil Gibran Philosophy X A Separate Peace John Knowles Novel X A Wild and Lonely Marcia Muller Novel X About that man Sherryl Woods Novel Accounting for dummies Non-Fiction Afghanistan to Zimbabwe -Country facts that X helped me win the National Geographic Bee Andrew Wojtanik Non-Fiction X After Tex Sherryl Woods Novel X against medical advice James Patterson Novel X Agent in Place Mark Greaney Novel 2 Alert James Patterson Novel X Alex cross's trial James Patterson Novel All I really need to know I learned in kindergarten Robert Fulghum Non-Fiction All the Gallant Men -
AP READING LIST the Lists Below Contain Suggested Titles for a Students Taking AP Language. However, the Texts Are Written at Va
AP READING LIST The lists below contain suggested titles for a students taking AP Language. However, the texts are written at various reading levels, from 9th grade on up so they are good choices for all high school students. Most of these are nonfiction texts and there is a brief explanation of each. Note: Fiction titles are provided at the bottom of the list for students who like to read for enjoyment. However, students may not choose fiction titles for our independent book studies. Autobiography / Memoir/ Biography Goodwin, Doris Kearns. Wait Till Next Year. (Pulitzer author about childhood and baseball) Albom, Mitch. Tuesdays With Morrie. (Dying teacher and life-long student) McCourt, Frank. Angela’s Ashes. (Poverty, starvation, and exuberance in depression Ireland) McCourt, Frank. Tis’ (Continuation of McCourt’s story in NY) McCourt, Malachy. Swimming with Monks. (Frank’s brother tells his side of the story) Ashe, Arthur. Days of Grace. (Ashe’s personal struggles with prejudice and AIDS) Wright, Richard. Black Boy. (Life to age 19 in the deep south) Griffin, John Howard. Black Like Me. (Eyewitness history by white man who becomes black) Rodriguez, Richard. Hunger of Memory. (Social assimilation / education with alienation) Karr, Mary. The Liar’s Club. (Poetic insight into one of the ugliest places on earth) Wolff, Tobias. This Boy’s Life. (Somber, dark funny story of growing up in the ‘50’s) Drakulic, Slavenka. Café Europa. (Idiosyncratic look at westernized ex-communist countries) Wideman, John Edgar. Brothers and Keepers. (One a professor, the other an inmate) Cheng, Nien. Life and Death in Shanghai. -
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Connecticut Daily Campus Serving$ArUl'nn Storrs Cfnrrr Since Ofaaoo 1896«OOC " STORRS. CONNECTICUT THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1965 Cohen ,Talmadge Turtles Win For years the cry of "Wait till Trophies were presented to Dr. next year" was limited to Brook- Cohen and Talmadge House, and lyn. After the Dodgers moved to another is waiting to be award- Los Angeles, the cry again came ed to the house owning the tur- to New York, only this time it tle in whose name the most was heard in Flushing Meadows money is contributed to the WH US with the Mets. Now, the cry, Marathon. A trophy was also "Wait till next year" has found awarded by C.C.C. Chairman a permanent home in Storrs, Dick Bernstein to McMahon in and McMahon Hall's North East- recognition of the great boost ern Invitational Turtle Tour- that the N.E.I.T.T. gave the C. nament is the reason. C.C. in general. Yesterday at the Union Mall According to Al Lehrer and Skip one hundred turtles, one rabbit, weeks, Co-chairmen of the e- IN CONCERT THURSDAY AND SUNDAY will be the University and one human gave their all In vents, the turtle tourney earned Dr. S. Ezban Joins Band. The 75 piece Concert Band will present its Annual Spring front of an estimated crowd of $420 for the Campus Community Concert tonight at 8:15 p.m. in the Jorgensen Auditorium. Sunday's one thousand enthusiastic stu- Carnival. Lehrer added, "The dents, newspaper reporters, ra- Advisory Board Of Concert will be at 3:30 p.m. -
Billy Joel's Turn and Return to Classical Music Jie Fang Goh, MM
ABSTRACT Fantasies and Delusions: Billy Joel’s Turn and Return to Classical Music Jie Fang Goh, M.M. Mentor: Jean A. Boyd, Ph.D. In 2001, the release of Fantasies and Delusions officially announced Billy Joel’s remarkable career transition from popular songwriting to classical instrumental music composition. Representing Joel’s eclectic aesthetic that transcends genre, this album features a series of ten solo piano pieces that evoke a variety of musical styles, especially those coming from the Romantic tradition. A collaborative effort with classical pianist Hyung-ki Joo, Joel has mentioned that Fantasies and Delusions is the album closest to his heart and spirit. However, compared to Joel’s popular works, it has barely received any scholarly attention. Given this gap in musicological work on the album, this thesis focuses on the album’s content, creative process, and connection with Billy Joel’s life, career, and artistic identity. Through this thesis, I argue that Fantasies and Delusions is reflective of Joel’s artistic identity as an eclectic composer, a melodist, a Romantic, and a Piano Man. Fantasies and Delusions: Billy Joel's Turn and Return to Classical Music by Jie Fang Goh, B.M. A Thesis Approved by the School of Music Gary C. Mortenson, D.M.A., Dean Laurel E. Zeiss, Ph.D., Graduate Program Director Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Baylor University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Music Approved by the Thesis Committee Jean A. Boyd, Ph.D., Chairperson Alfredo Colman, Ph.D. Horace J. Maxile, Jr., Ph.D.