![]() ![]() Nothing about her latest objective suggests the secret it conceals will turn her life- not to mention the entire galaxy-upside down. But she seeks only the freedom of space and has made a fortune by reading the patterns in the chaos to discover the hidden wonders of the stars. ![]() Earth struggles to retain authority over far-flung planets and free-wheeling corporations while an uneasy armistice with a breakaway federation hangs by a thread as the former rebels rise in wealth and power.Īlexis Solovy is Earth Alliance royalty, her father a fallen war hero and her mother an influential military leader. Though thriving as never before, they have discovered neither alien life nor the key to utopia. Humanity has expanded into the stars, inhabiting over 100 worlds across a third of the galaxy. N ow two individuals from opposite ends of settled space are on a collision course with the darkest of those secrets, even as the world threatens to explode around them. Space is vast and untamed, and it holds many secrets. ![]()
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![]() Nochlin’s message could not be more urgent: as she herself put it in 2015, ‘there is still a long way to go’. ![]() ‘Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?’ has become a rallying cry that resonates across culture and society. With reference to Louise Bourgeois, Cindy Sherman and many more, Nochlin diagnoses the state of women and art with unmatched passion and precision. Written in an era of thriving feminist theory, as well as queer theory, race and postcolonial studies, ‘Thirty Years After’ is a striking reflection on the emergence of a whole new canon. In this stand-alone anniversary edition, Nochlin’s influential essay is published alongside its reappraisal, ‘Thirty Years After’. ![]() ![]() With unparalleled insight, Nochlin lays bare the acceptance of a white male viewpoint in art historical thought as not merely a moral failure, but an intellectual one. In her revolutionary essay, Nochlin refused to answer the question of why there had been no great women artists on its own corrupted terms, and instead, she dismantled the very concept of. Instead, she dismantles the very concept of greatness, unravelling the basic assumptions that created the male-centric genius in art. ![]() Nochlin refuses to handle the question of why there have been no ‘great women artists’ on its own, corrupted, terms. At once challenging and enlightening, it is never less than fully engaging, enticing the reader to question their own assumptions and to set off in new directions. It remains fundamental to any appreciation of art today. Linda Nochlin’s landmark essay heralded the dawn of a feminist history of art. ![]() ![]() The Southern trip’s purpose, like its itinerary, was vague: “There was no reportorial imperative to any of the places I went … no celebrated murders, trials, integration orders, confrontations, not even any celebrated acts of God.” The second, “California Notes,” only a handful of pages, originated in a story assignment by Jann Wenner, then the editor of Rolling Stone, about the San Francisco trial of kidnapped American heiress turned gun-wielding radical Patty Hearst. “The idea,” she explains, “was to start in New Orleans and from there we had no plan.” ![]() The first and more extensive is “Notes on the South,” an impressionistic record of a meandering, month-long driving trip in 1970 with her late husband (the writer John Gregory Dunne) through Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. What we have here is two excerpts from notebooks the writer kept in the 1970s - intended as raw material for articles that were assigned or contemplated. ![]() Of course, the contents aren’t exactly new. Imagine the joy, then, of a new volume of Didion, even one as slender as this. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menuīy Margaret Sullivan, The Washington PostĪmong Joan Didion’s admirers, there is a subset so smitten that they (all right, we) would willingly read her collected grocery lists. ![]() ![]() ![]() What’s there lingers a little more than it should, and it seems far more appraising than it once was.Īs Marty shows every sign of taking the lead, Martin is faced with the tough choices most parents never see: lose his son by being a father, or try to balance what’s best for their relationship by being something… more.īut with another trip to Quillon’s Covert on the horizon, has the point of no return already begun? Since before those long days of learning to play ball, Marty has loved his dad, but as Marty matures, Martin starts to see something else settle in his son’s uncertain gaze. Once a year for two weeks, Martin takes his son, Marty, to Quillon’s Covert, a rustic family cabin secluded in the beautiful California mountains. Martin is a guy’s guy, one who enjoys the simple things in life: baseball games with his son, family days, barbecues, and date nights with his lovely wife. I will be the first to admit that I love taboo reads, so when I discovered that this author and found out that he wrote some taboo stories, I jumped at the chance to buy the book. You can find it on Amazon and the authors website still. I had purchased the book on ARe, but it has since been removed from that site. Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 1 edition (December 1, 2015). ![]() Wendy reviews Quillon’s Covert by Joseph Lance Tonelt. ![]() ![]() Obsessed on bringing his brother back, Alfie finds a way even if it means fiddling with forbidden magic.īut after Finn and Alfie’s paths collide, they accidentally unlock an ancient dark power imprisoned for centuries, which if not contained, will devour the world. But Alfie can’t help but feel that he will never live up to his brother’s legacy. Meet Prince Alfehr: a young prince full of grief since the murder of his older brother, he is first in line for the Castallan throne. But after caught by a mobster, Finn is forced into stealing a legendary treasure hidden away in the royal palace’s vault, or else be stripped of her power forever. ![]() ![]() As a talented faceshifter, Finn has not seen her own face for many years and she enjoys it. Meet Finn Voy: a thief who can hold a knife under your chin faster than she can change her disguise. ![]() Set in a Latinx-inspired world, a face-changing thief and a risk taking prince must team up to stop the most powerful evil they accidentally unleashed. ![]() |