![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Pageboy is the story of a life pushed to the brink. As he navigated criticism and abuse from some of the most powerful people in Hollywood, a past that snapped at his heels and a society dead set on forcing him into a binary, Elliot often stayed silent, unsure of what to do. The one thing that had been an escape from his complicated childhood was making him feel increasingly trapped. Now he was forced to play the part of the glossy young starlet, a role that made his skin crawl on and off set. With Juno's phenomenal success, Elliot became one of the world's most beloved actors - but at what cost? But for Elliot two steps forward always came with one step back. Getting closer to his desires, his dreams, himself. Here he was on the precipice of discovering himself as a queer person. The hot summer air hung heavy around him as he looked at her. 'Can I kiss you?' It was two months before the world premiere of Juno, and Elliot Page was in his first-ever queer bar. The Oscar-nominated star who captivated the world with his performance in Juno finally shares his truth. ![]()
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![]() The stallion whinnied softly and lipped her hair. The girl’s body trembled and she sucked in a gasping breath. “Thank you,” Mari said as she took the water skin and poured a little on a strip of fabric she ripped from her tunic, dabbing Dove’s pale face with the wet cloth. She’d deal with Clayton and his treachery as soon as Dove and her newly bonded Tulpar were settled. Grimly, River crammed it back into the saddlebag. ![]() I’ll get it.” River hurried to yank free the water skin, causing the blanket with Clayton’s rolled-up, deadly lasso to fall free. “Does anyone have water?” Mari asked as she dropped to her knees beside Dove. She had a big canine by her side, though he hesitated, remaining respectfully clear of the stallion’s hooves, while his eyes never left Mari. ![]() Instantly, the big golden stallion stopped nickering in distress, though he did continue to nuzzle Dove. “Anjo! Steady Gho-I mean, Tulpar,” said River. “Of course!” April kneed Deinos around to face the horses galloping up. “Stop!” River held up her hand and her sister pulled Deinos to a halt. “River! What’s happening?” On Deinos, April thundered up, followed by a wide-eyed group of Riders, including a few haggard and sweat-covered stallions and their Riders-though a quick look confirmed to River that neither Clayton and Bard or Skye and her Scout were among the group. Tulpar was nickering in distress while he craned his neck around and tried to nuzzle Dove. ![]() She rushed to catch the eyeless girl as she began to topple from the stallion’s back. Dove collapsed, falling limp against Tulpar’s neck. ![]() ![]() Her voice here is fully developed: She writes with an inimitable mix of force, lyricism and internet-honed humor. ![]() Now a staff writer at The New Yorker, Tolentino has made her own foray into self-study in her absorbing first book, “Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion.” The book is a collection of nine original essays, some of which have their roots in writing she’s done for The New Yorker each is a mix of reporting, research and personal history. “I loved watching people try to figure out if they had something to say.” “I am moved by the negotiation of vulnerability,” she wrote. Still, Tolentino, who once edited this kind of writing for The Hairpin and Jezebel, found herself occasionally nostalgic for the authorial voices that developed during the personal essay’s heyday. ![]() But after the 2016 presidential election, such pieces started to seem petty, self-indulgent, naïve. Five years ago, readers salivated over “it happened to me” essays posted daily on women’s websites. “The personal is no longer political in quite the same way that it was,” she wrote in an essay for The New Yorker’s website. In May 2017, Jia Tolentino declared the personal essay dead. TRICK MIRROR Reflections on Self-Delusion By Jia Tolentino ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Jeffrey Eugenides evokes the emotions of youth with haunting sensitivity and dark humor and creates a coming-of-age story unlike any of our time. As the boys observe them from afar, transfixed, they piece together the mystery of the family’s fatal melancholy, in this hypnotic and unforgettable novel of adolescent love, disquiet, and death. In a quiet suburb of Detroit, the five Lisbon sisters–beautiful, eccentric, and obsessively watched by the neighborhood boys–commit suicide one by one over the course of a single year. All you have to do is Zoom in and join the discussion! Our next book will be Jeffrey Eugenides’ The Virgin Suicides.įirst published in 1993, The Virgin Suicides announced the arrival of a major new American novelist. Join us for Tuesday Night Book Club! Hosted by Monmouth University’s Ken Womack and Michael Thomas, each month we’ll explore a different novel. ![]() ![]() ![]() In their checkered progress across invaded France, he takes under his wing other children, - the niece of a matron at the Inn, a French child whose parents were killed by a dive bomber before his eyes, a Dutch urchin, and finally - as the price of his own freedom, a German child, whose Jewish blood condemns her to perpetual escape. He is caught by rumors of German invasion, while on holiday in the Jura mountains, and is asked to take two English children to safety in England. ![]() This is the story of a conservative, tradition-bound old Englishman, faced with the need to be needed, meeting it with quiet courage and no bombast. Shute has the faculty for seizing upon contemporary drama and weaving it into a story with very human elements. A compact, realistic story, achieving somewhat the effect Nathan strived for in his last novel, They Went on Together. ![]() ![]() ![]() It set a new standard for what it means to be a dissident intellectual. It made the author a world-famous intellectual. It was singularly responsible for launching an important debate on the relationship between political and economic freedom. This spell-binding book is a classic in the history of liberal ideas. For this reason, the publisher decided to call this "the definitive edition." It truly is. Caldwell has added helpful explanatory notes and citation corrections, among other improvements. It contains a foreword by the editor of the Hayek Collected Works, Bruce Caldwell. ![]() The description below is written for the Definitive Edition of Road to Serfdom which is sold in the Mises Store and can be previewed here: Google Preview.įinally, here is an edition of Road to Serfdom that does justice to its monumental status in the history of liberty. ![]() ![]() “I was not prey any longer, I decided as I eased up to that door. ![]() So you’ll understand me, Feyre, when I say that I know what you feel, and I know what they tried to do to you, and that with enough courage, you can say to hell with a reputation. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Harry Potter) Hardcover Novemby J. “I once lived in a place where the opinion of others mattered. So I would venture out, even if it was an agony…” ![]() “But I wouldn’t sit in my room, couldn’t allow myself to mourn and mope and weep and sleep. But I know you – more than you realise, I think – and I don’t believe for one damn minute that you’re remotely fine with being a pretty trophy for someone who sat on his ass for nearly fifty years then sat on his ass while you were shredded apart.” ![]() If you want to pick that road, then fine. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Newt Scamanders classic compendium of magical creatures, has delighted generations of wizarding readers. You can be a pawn, be someone’s reward, and spend the rest of your immortal life bowing and scraping and pretending you’re less than him, than Ianthe, than any of us. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ben was gracious enough to agree to a Zoom interview with me late last year, which resulted in a fantastic conversation. Kane has been consistently releasing fantastic historical fiction on a yearly basis for over a decade now, and his attention to detail and historical accuracy are boons to his craft, which help make his riveting action sequences all the more engaging while also giving his readers a real sense of the time period. ![]() He finished releasing a duology set during the Roman invasion of Greece, beginning with Clash of Empires, in 2019. His previous works include the indelible Hannibal trilogy, two novels regarding Spartacus’ slave revolt, as well as the Forgotten Legion and Eagles of Rome trilogies. The second book of the trilogy, Crusader, was released on April 29 th. His fourteenth novel, Lionheart, was released last year and is the first of his novels set outside of Rome, kicking off a trilogy detailing the life of English king Richard the Lionheart during the late 12 th century. Without further ado, here’s Kyle’s interview with Ben Kane!īen Kane is a seasoned author of historical fiction novels primarily set in Ancient Rome. This awesome interview is a bit long, but it’s filled with many interesting information and answers regarding histories, TV adaptations, and writing. We’re so honored to have Kyle’s enthusiasm to post his interview with Ben Kane on Novel Notions. Today we have our first ever Guest Interview done by Kyle Erikson. ![]() ![]() Hi everyone, Petrik from Novel Notions here. ![]() ![]() This special holiday installation, part of the Museum’s “Distinguished Illustrator Series,” will feature more than 60 original illustrations for classic and original stories, including Sanderson’s personal favorite- The Twelve Dancing Princesses (originally published in 1997 by Little, Brown, and Co, Crocodile Books). Norman Rockwell Museum will present Dancing Princesses: The Picture Book Art of Ruth Sanderson from Decemthrough March 9, 2014. ![]() A renowned fantasy artist and illustrator of children’s literature, Ruth Sanderson has created imagery for more than 75 picture books, many of which bring such classic tales to life. Stockbridge, MA, November 14, 2013- Stories about princes and princesses, and quests and bravery in the face of extraordinary odds, have remained an essential part of our culture’s foundation, shared by parents and children for many generations- they have also inspired countless artists along the way. ![]() ![]() Exhibition To Showcase Over 60 Original Illustration From The Award-Winning Fantasy Artist and Children’s Book Illustrator ![]() ![]() There are ideas and themes connecting them all, and they are suffused with Okorafor’s concept of Africanfuturism. So as far as time and generations go, she wrote them in reverse order. And before those three books, she wrote the Binti series, in which Africans go to the stars in a far future. ![]() Remote Control is the closest to our own time, set a few decades from now. First, she wrote Who Fears Death, then to explore the origins of that world, wrote The Book of Phoenix. She says that this is a prequel to a prequel, and that the three books were written backwards in time. ![]() I was completely captivated by this short novel from that masterful opening to its last sentence, but, as Okorafor describes Remote Control, there is a much broader context to this and most of her other books. ![]() |