![]() ![]() ![]() Lean In urged women to overcome all obstacles to climb their way up the corporate ladder with hopes of achieving more equitable rosters of CEOs and corporate boards. Just a few years ago, Sheryl Sandberg’s book Lean In rose to the top ranks of the New York Times Bestseller List for over a year, selling millions of copies. In this brief manifesto, the three authors Cinzia Arruzza, Tithi Bhattacharya, and Nancy Fraser present eleven theses for a class-based feminism for the 99%, focused on the needs of working-class women and not the wealthy few. ![]() Published in a time of rising women’s movements around the globe, the recently released book Feminism for the 99% will draw the attention of many who are eager to fight back against increased attacks on women’s rights and seek to win genuine liberation. By Cinzia Arruzza, Tithi Bhattacharya, & Nancy Fraser ![]()
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![]() ![]() Perfect for: Writers struggling with showing emotion instead of telling. It sheds light on how editors acquire books, what constitutes a strong author-editor relationship, and the editor’s vital role at each stage of the publishing process-a role that extends far beyond marking up the author’s text. ![]() This book will serve as a compendium of professional advice and will be a resource both for those entering the profession (or already in it) and for those outside publishing who seek an understanding of it. Ironically for an industry built on words, there has been a scarcity of written guidance on how to actually approach the work of editing. Representing both large houses and small, and encompassing trade, textbook, academic, and children’s publishing, the contributors make the case for why editing remains a vital function to writers-and readers-everywhere. In What Editors Do, Peter Ginna gathers essays from twenty-seven leading figures in book publishing about their work. This one has been highly recommended so many times. Perfect for: Rookie editors trying to understand how editing and publishing work. ![]() ![]() ![]() Another goal is to coax students into writing beyond themselves. “The occasion to write” helps me link two different course goals in my Introduction to the Nonfiction Essay: one goal is to expose students to contemporary trends in nonfiction. ![]() Indicating the wall in the photograph, Orduña said: “this is my occasion to write.” He showed us a photograph of the U.S.-Mexico wall and pointed out that while certain prominent political voices are calling to “build the wall,” the wall already exists. The concept Orduña shared was this: one must have an occasion to write. But this is exactly what happened when José Orduña, essayist, professor of English at the University of Nevada, and author of The Weight of Shadows visited. Rarely does a visiting writer sit down for the Friday morning craft talk and introduce a concept that I go on to use every day – every day – after. A favorite example comes from the semester I taught lessons in ekphrasis in a creative writing workshop. Research and teaching often cross-pollinate. ![]() ![]() and our favorite space boy, Hilo, take a DANGEROUS trip to Hilo's home planet to find out! But everything Hilo thinks he knows about his past is about to be turned inside out and UPSIDE DOWN! Hilo was supposed to save everyone.but what happens if it's Hilo that needs saving?! Is ANYONE who we think they are? Can Hilo and his friends figure out how all the pieces fit.before it's too late?! What REALLY happened in Hilo's world before he came to Earth? D.J. HILO-the hilarious, action-packed New York Times BESTSELLING GRAPHIC NOVEL SERIES that kids love! JUDD'S BOOK - HILO 5: THEN EVERYTHING WENT WRONG Judd has scripted issues of bestselling comic series, including Batman, Green Lantern, Green Arrow, Justice League, and Star Wars. Judd also appeared as a cast member of MTV's The Real World: San Francisco and is the author of the highly acclaimed graphic novel Pedro and Me, about his Real World roommate and friend, AIDS activist Pedro Zamora. ![]() JUDD WINICK lives in San Francisco with his wife, their two kids, and their cat. ![]() ![]() ![]() One premise of the argument at hand, the major premise, finds its expression in the paragraph’s first sentence: Hence one of these sciences and arts must be the mistress of all the others, and this one rightly lays claim to the name of wisdom for it is the office of the wise man to direct others.*ġ. Now all the sciences and arts are ordained to a single thing, namely, to man’s perfection, which is happiness. The same thing is also true of the soul’s powers, for the concupiscible and irascible appetites are ruled in the natural order by reason. This is evident in the union of soul and body, for the soul naturally commands and the body obeys. ![]() ![]() When several things are ordained to a single thing, one of them must rule or govern and the rest be ruled or governed, as the Philosopher teaches in the Politics. ![]() So, the first paragraph of Aquinas’s “Prologue” to the Commentary reads as follows: In this post, then, I will set out and assess the argument, offering my treatment of it as an at least partial illustration of the approach that I will be taking in the course of the series. In my immediately previous post, I stated that this post would be focused upon the one of the several arguments present in the opening paragraph of Aquinas’s “Prologue” to his Commentary that I find to be the most explicitly expressed and easily understood. This post is the second in a series dedicated to a sustained reading of and commentary upon Aquinas’s Commentary on the Metaphysics of Aristotle. ![]() ![]() ![]() But do we talk about education as a practice of freedom? We say we want critical thinking and active learners, but as teachers do we realize it’s not our role to empower learners, but to learn with them. Many of us in the learning and development field talk about challenging the “banking system of education” as Freire calls it (put rote knowledge in, then take it out in tests) as if the participants were empty vessels to be filled. Reading her words I felt I’d come home again. Teaching, says bell hooks, is in part a sacred vocation and education is a practice of freedom. But it was her principles that reminded me why I stayed in adult education all these years. I was so surprised to learn that her early “teachers” or inspirations included Paulo Freire and Thich Nhat Hanh. After bell hooks, feminist and critical theorist on race, gender, and cultural politics passed away in December of 2021, I began to read one of her early books: Teaching to Transgress. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “Deserves a place on the same shelf with The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank.” - USA TodayĭON’T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK’S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF. In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak, author of I Am the Messenger, has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement. Harry Potter 20Th Anniversary Edition: Inspired by the iconic masterter collection, this book thief collection is a must-have item for. ![]() Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. When Death has a story to tell, you listen. This anniversary edition of the extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller features pages of bonus content, including marked-up manuscript pages, original sketches, and pages from the author's writing notebook. ![]() ![]() Her stories during this period were written in the mode of prominent science fiction at the time, with classic white male characters and simple premises. During her college years, Butler continued to write prolifically but saw little success, working a variety of side jobs to keep herself afloat while maintaining a rigorous writing schedule. She started writing her own stories and convinced her mother to buy her a typewriter at the age of 10. To compensate, Butler spent much of her free time in a local public library reading novels and magazines, and it was during this time that she fell in love with writing and storytelling. As a child, Butler suffered from dyslexia and a crippling level of social anxiety, making her childhood both lonely and fraught with teasing. ![]() Her mother was a housemaid and her father a shoeshine man, though he died when she was 7. Octavia Butler was the only child in a modest African-American family. ![]() ![]() ![]() Confused and troubled, Gordianus walks through Rome toward the house of his former friend and mentor, the poet Cicero. ![]() By doing so, he ensures that Gordianus's involvement in the coming conflict will be a very personal one. To force his loyalty, Pompey seizes the detective's son-in-law, and makes him join his household army. But Pompey has reason to distrust Gordianus, who may have an allegiance with Caesar. To top it all off, one of Pompey's favorite cousins has been garroted to death.īefore Pompey flees the city, he asks Rome's greatest detective, Gordianus the Finder, to solve the murder. Rome is on the verge of another civil war, and the forces of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony have crossed the Rubicon River and are marching toward the capital. And indeed, the head of the Roman Senate is mightily pissed. Steven Saylor's seventh installment in his Roma Sub Rosa series begins with a character saying, "Pompey will be mightily pissed." 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