![]() ![]() She left the South for New York, where she married a black preacher and converted to Chrisitianity. Jordan had never revealed her past to her children, and it was only in the course of being interviewed by her son that she shared memories of her background as a Polish Jewish immigrant who settled with her family in rural Virginia, where she witnessed both racism and antisemitism. ![]() Lashon Daley will lead a discussion of James McBride’s "The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother." In this classic memoir, published in 1995, journalist McBride intersperses recollections of his own past with the recollections of his mother, Ruth McBride Jordan. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Clarke said, “Ron Miller is unfairly talented.” He has also designed postage stamps and worked on motion pictures as a production designer and special effects artist. In addition to providing artwork for many magazine and book publishers, he is the author, co-author or editor of some 50-odd books, some odder than others, including several novels. Ron Miller is an illustrator/author specialising in science, astronomy, science fiction and fantasy. He welcomes full audience participation which will direct the course of the discussion. Ron Miller, one of the foremost Space artists in the USA and the world, working with both traditional art materials and modern digital techniques, will discuss his life’s work. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Chapter One argues that while women were active in creating spaces, which could speak publicly about their accomplishments and ambitions, they were also confined within those spaces. This paper is divided into two chapters, covering the general history of feminine space and then moving on to specific cases of women's patronage of personal spaces. It synthesizes recent theories concerning the gendering of space, as well as scholarship concerning women's patronage to argue that women formed networks with their friends and relatives in order to navigate patriarchal patronage structures. This qualifying paper examines the ways in which concepts of women's chastity and virtue influenced their ability to commission architectural spaces and artworks within the courts of Renaissance Italy. ![]() ![]() ![]() It wasĭuring this period of searching that I decided to lock my hair. As a child I had short hair and one of my dreams was to one day have the opposite. This was finally realized when I embarked on a quest to find myself and to ‘connect’ with God. In some cultures this beauty is measured by the length of one’s hair. It is often said that a woman’s hair is her beauty. Today, I share the story of Apostle Racquel Jones. Each individual’s story is unique and I have found that many have gone through similar experiences. In a recent blog post, I expressed that God told me to cut my sisterlocks and highlighted the level of spiritual growth I experienced afterwards. ![]() ![]() “Why would God ever tell you to cut your locks?” I believe that there are spiritual attachments that are formed from the root desires and reasons why we do things. When I share with others that “God told me to cut my locks”, the majority of the responses reflect disbelief. I have been wanting to share the stories of Christian women who had locks (locks, dreadlocks, sisterlocks) and cut them since I went through the experience of cutting my own sisterlocks. ![]() ![]() ![]() To him, readers are readers and he caters to both seamlessly.įortunately, the Milk…is a children’s book, heavily and beautifully illustrated by Chris Riddell, which tells the whimsical tale of a father’s journey around the world. It’s also lovely because it demonstrates how well Neil Gaiman is able to adapt his ideas to an audience of children rather than adults. This is a real flexing of this writer-artist pair’s imagination muscles. This is still a lovely Neil Gaiman book, in part because Chris Riddell’s illustrations are utterly gorgeous. ![]() I also read this book at the age of 23, knowing that the target demographic is very young children. It feels a little mean putting this at the bottom but, honestly, Neil Gaiman has never written a flat-out bad book. We’re starting with his worst and moving down to his best. So, if you’re wondering where to start reading Neil Gaiman, or you’re simply looking for the very best Neil Gaiman books, here is my own ranking. If it’s good Neil Gaiman prose, it’s on this list. This list of the best Neil Gaiman books includes his novels for children, his novels for adults, and his short story collections all ranked from worst to best. ![]() ![]() You won’t find Sandman or any of his work for Marvel and DC here. What you’ll find here is my ranking of the best Neil Gaiman books. The Best Neil Gaiman Books, Ranked: Worst to Best The Best Neil Gaiman Books, Ranked: Worst to Best. ![]() ![]() We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. The Firebrand is written from the point of view of Kassandra, the prophet daughter of King Priam of Troy, and also features other prominent characters from. ![]() Set in the ancient city of Troy, the novel is a re-telling of Homer 's epic poem, the Iliad. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. The Firebrand is a 1987 historical fantasy novel by American author Marion Zimmer Bradley. Franklin is written from Briseis point of view with a substantial pre-history before the events of the Illiad unfold 1. ![]() Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. In The Firebrand by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Briseis fell in love with Achilles and chose to leave Troy to be with him. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. ![]() This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. ![]() ![]() ![]() But suppose that the experimental versions all yield sensible results strikingly different from the actual history of life? What could we then say about the predictability of self-conscious intelligence? or of mammals?” (Gould,1989, p. If each replay strongly resembles life’s actual pathway, then we must conclude that what really happened pretty much had to occur. Then let the tape run again and see if the repetition looks at all like the original. ![]() “You press the rewind button and, making sure you thoroughly erase everything that actually happened, go back to any time and place in the past–say, to the seas of the Burgess Shale. ![]() 45)Īccording to Gould himself, the Gedankenexperiment of ‘replaying life’s tape’ addresses “the most important question we can ask about the history of life” (p. Wind back the tape of life to the early days of the Burgess Shale let it play again from an identical starting point, and the chance becomes vanishingly small that anything like human intelligence would grace the replay.” (Gould, 1989, p. “a staggeringly improbable series of events, sensible enough in retrospect and subject to rigorous explanation, but utterly unpredictable and quite unrepeatable. ![]() In his highly influential book ‘Wonderful Life’, Harvard paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould proposed that evolution is an unpredictable process that can be characterized as ![]() ![]() His book, Early Color (2006), revealed Leiter as a pioneer of the color photography starting as far back as the late 1940s. In the late 1950s through the 1960s, his fashion work appeared regularly in leading magazines such as Harper’s Bazaar. ![]() The American photographer and painter Saul Leiter (1923-2013) was born in Pittsburgh but lived most of his life in New York City, capturing the streets of his downtown neighborhoods in color and black and white. Seating is limited, so to be fair to others, please only register if you plan to attend. We will be holding this screening at School of Visual Arts. The documentary film In No Great Hurry: 13 Lessons in Life with Saul Leiter (2013), directed by Tomas Leach, brings viewers into Leiter’s East Village studio, offering an inside glimpse of the artist discussing his background and his work, adding insightful and clever thoughts on a host of topics. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Margit Erb and Michael Parillo, the director and associate director of the Saul Leiter Foundation. APA-NY is proud to be able to screen this acclaimed documentary about legendary photographer Saul Leiter to our photography community. ![]() ![]() ![]() Benedetta was an only child in her middle-class Italian family Giuliano provided in his will that after his own and his wife's death, his house should be turned into an oratory dedicated to the Mother of God. Her mother was Midea Carlini (born Midea d'Antonio Pieri), a sister of the parish priest. Her father was Giuliano, a rich and devout man who owned his house and several other properties in Vellano and a small farm nearby. ![]() ![]() Sebastian night), in the remote mountain village of Vellano, located in the Apennines, 45 miles (72 km) northwest of Florence. Benedetta was stripped of her rank and imprisoned.īenedetta Carlini was born on 20 January 1590 ( St. Bartolomea gave testimony that Benedetta engaged in frottage with her while possessed by the spirit of a male demon known as Splenditello. Although they paid three to four visits to the nunnery, it was not until they interrogated Sister Bartolomea that they found that Benedetta and Bartolemea had engaged in sexual relations. These came to the attention of the Counter-Reformation papacy, determined to subordinate potentially troublesome mystics if they showed any signs of heretical spirituality. As abbess of the Convent of the Mother of God, at Pescia, she had a sexual relationship with one of her nuns, Sister Bartolomea. Benedetta Carlini (20 January 1590 – 7 August 1661) was an Italian Catholic nun who claimed to experience mystic visions. ![]() ![]() Geologist Ned Mamula has over 30 years of experience researching critical minerals, energy, and resource policy issues. Josh is also a six-year Army Infantry veteran and Purple Heart recipient who earned his bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University following extensive rehabilitation from injuries sustained during military service in Afghanistan. Recent accomplishments include securing billions in new federal investment for public-private partnerships in support of natural resource and outdoor recreation management as well as crafting practical solutions around national workforce needs in a de-carbonizing American economy. He has worked on an array of topics including natural resource and public lands management, workforce development, disaster response and recovery, and military veteran issues. Josh previously managed a diverse legislative portfolio for an environmentally focused NGO where he developed policy and appropriations strategies on behalf of industry stakeholders. ![]() Josh is a skilled professional with a demonstrated aptitude for building bridges between government, non-governmental organizations, communities, and businesses. ![]() |
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