![]() ![]() Later, in the sixteenth century, Sir Thomas Wyatt introduced the form to English poetry with sonnets like “Whoso list to hunt, I know where there is a hind” and “The long love that in my heart doth harbor.” The 154 sonnets Shakespeare composed throughout his career, largely addressed to the anonymous Dark Lady or Fair Youth, would go on to solidify the form’s place in English literary history. ![]() In the early 1300s, Petrarch composed his Italian Rime Sparse, a series of 366 poems devoted to his love for Laura, a married woman who continually rejected his romantic overtures. Turbulent desires, love’s joys and frustrations, and erotic encounters characterized the sonnet throughout its history. ![]() Shelley’s reaction to Wordsworth’s shifting political attitudes through the sonnet isn’t just an allusion to a form favored by the older poet: it’s a clever use of a genre defined by the element of change. ![]()
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![]() Anna and Quan have to fight for their chance at love, but to do that, they also have to fight for themselves. ![]() Their first attempt at a one-night stand fails, as does their second, and their third, because being with Quan is more than sex-he accepts Anna on an unconditional level that she has just started to understand herself. However, when tragedy strikes Anna’s family she takes on a role that she is ill-suited for, until the burden of expectations threatens to destroy her. That’s where tattooed, motorcycle-riding Quan Diep comes in. The more unacceptable the men, the better. Translation: She’s going to embark on a string of one-night stands. After years of striving, classical violinist Anna Sun accidentally went viral on social media, but her professional and personal life has been a mess ever since. And when her longtime boyfriend announces he wants an open relationship before making a final commitment, a hurt and angry Anna decides that if he wants an open relationship, then she does, too. Helen Hoang’s The Heart Principle has everything we want in a romantic comedy: complex characters, an emphasis on diversity, tons of compassion, and a great storyline. When violinist Anna Sun accidentally achieves career success with a viral YouTube video, she finds herself incapacitated and burned out from her attempts to replicate that moment. ![]() ![]() ![]() In fact, it’s Coleridge’s greatest poem that caused a sea change in English verse. ![]() ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ is one of the most significant and celebrated poems of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’: Introduction Some FAQs about ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ 1. Major Themes in ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ Critical Analysis of ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ Detailed Summary of ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’: Part I-VII ![]() Short Summary of ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ What is ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ about? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Music, art, and technology are forever intertwined in Larry Marder's Beanworld. NOTE: "A deceptively simple title but thoroughly enjoyable, Beanworld regularly broaches themes of religion, environmentalism, industry, sociology, and even the inherent nature of art as part of the ongoing struggles of the beans and how they come to understand the world around them and each other." - New York Journal of Books ![]() Collects the complete run of Larry's Marder's twenty-one Beanworld comics! Marder's deceptively simple artwork illustrates a self-contained ecological fantasy realm with its own unique rules, truths, and lingo. Spook, Professor Garbanzo, Beanish, and many others as they experience adventures in their world that prove, whether friends or adversaries, they are all ultimately dependent on each other for survival. The iconic inhabitants of Larry Marder's unique Beanworld universe are introduced in this complete collection of the Beanworld comic-book run! Join Mr. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available. ![]() ![]() ![]() Florian's last-minute change to the book. The poem I read most often from the book was "Pluto," Mr. ![]() Most of the book is about the solar system, and I can tell you from first-hand experience dealing with school children over the past three days, the solar system is a Very Popular Subject. Florian is back in my good graces, and then some, for his lovely new book about space. I happen to have had a rather lukewarm reaction to Handsprings, last year's book - the poems didn't feel fresh, and I didn't care for the art that accompanied it. I happen to love-love-love Autumnblings, which was full of word play and fall imagery. KellyrfinemanDuring my poetry-buying frenzy a few weeks back, I bought myself a copy of the latest poetry collection from Douglas Florian, called Comets, Stars, the Moon and Mars: Space Poems and Paintings. ![]() ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() “Our real enemy is not social institutions but the devil within us.” This is a lie. “Projects of reform must begin and end with the human heart,” wrote Russell Kirk. ![]() Conservative intellectuals say the fault isn’t in our institutions but in our individual characters. ![]() In this way, conspiracy theories have a lot in common with conservatism (or what we call “conservatism” anyway). It promises that what you were taught in eighth-grade government was true: that history has ended, that we have the ideal institutions and the freest possible society. “It’s not that our institutions are bad,” a conspiracy theory promises, “It’s that they have been infiltrated by bad actors or that bad actors, outside and above them, are pulling the strings in order to harm us.” Conspiracy theories promise that nothing needs to change, only that we get rid of these bad actors. Conspiracy theories are the last refuge of the status quo-its last line of ideological defense. ![]() ![]() Drawing from his own childhood experiences and employing sympathetically rendered characters (protagonists read as white), Stamper keeps the accessible story hopeful with a clear-eyed message of acceptance, inclusion, and bighearted community. But village politics and red tape threaten to derail the festival, forcing Jake and his cohort to work toward changing the system for the better. ![]() Fearing that he’ll never be fully accepted, but inspired by queer inclusion in a farming simulation game in which he feels at home, Jake decides to throw Barton Springs’ first Pride festival, envisioning “something huge and full of joy that for once didn’t have to do with a basketball game.” He has the support of his parents and his academically ambitious best friend, Jenna, and finds an unexpected ally in his crush, mayor’s son Brett Miller. From acclaimed author Phil Stamper (The Gravity of Us and As Far as You’ll Take Me) comes a poignant coming-of-age, contemporary middle grade debut novel about finding your place, using your voice, and the true meaning of pride. After Jake Moore comes out to his parents, his father installs a large Pride flag in the family’s front yard, spurring uncomfortable reactions from more conservative members of their rural Ohio village-led by Jake’s neighbor mayor, who actively silences discourse around the topic. ![]() In a heartfelt middle grade debut, Stamper ( Golden Boys) traces a gay 13-year-old’s arc toward authenticity and queer community in Midwestern America. ![]() ![]() ![]() Mythago Wood is mentioned here because it strikes me as a good place for a lot of WoD plots. It is also callow, sexist, and utterly a product of its time and the man who wrote it. The plot is interesting, if routine, and the prose it pretty good. It is not nearly as good as a lot of the reviews suggest. The forest is also larger on the inside than the outside. The book is about the fictional Ryhope Forest in 1984 – bits of imagination from individual’s unconscious and the collective unconscious of Britain manifest as reality (as people, places and things) inside the forest. Mythago Wood is a novel by late English author Robert Holdstock. ![]() ![]() ![]() But some years later, having traveled the wide world, they do in fact return. They leave Lankhmar, swearing never to return. ![]() ![]() “The Circle Curse” picks up after the death of our heroes’ first true loves. (But keeping space open for yet more stories if he thought of them.) In the late 1960s, he began rearranging the stories in order of internal chronology for paperback publication, creating new tales to fill in gaps. This volume is the second set of their tales.įritz Leiber began writing the tales of Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser in 1940, bouncing around their timeline as he came up with ideas for stories. They’re best friends, seeking treasure and adventure both in the fabled city of Lankhmar and the greater world of Nehwon. Book Review: Swords Against Death by Fritz Leiberįafhrd is a tall barbarian from the Northern lands the Grey Mouser is a relatively short and sneaky fellow who doesn’t know exactly where he was born, but has always lived in cities. ![]() |