Montauk, New York, a coastal canvas of inspiration at the eastern tip of Long Island, invites art enthusiasts and culture seekers to explore its vibrant community of creativity. From local galleries and public art installations to cultural events that bring people together, Montauk offers a rich tapestry of artistic expressions and cultural celebrations. With Flär, your guide to Montauk's creative tapestry, discover the best spots to immerse yourself in art, connect with local artists, and experience the cultural heartbeat of this seaside gem. Here's your curated guide to Montauk's community art and culture scene, where every stroke, note, and performance becomes a thread in the cultural fabric.
1. Montauk Art House: Local Creations in a Bohemian Setting
Commence your artistic journey at Montauk Art House, a hub of creativity nestled in a bohemian setting. You can explore local paintings, sculptures, and mixed-media creations. Engage with the artists, attend workshops, and let Montauk Art House be your gateway to the local art scene.
2. Montauk Point Lighthouse: Maritime Heritage and Artistic Exhibits
Visit the iconic Montauk Point Lighthouse, not only for its maritime history but also for its artistic exhibits. This cultural landmark lets visitors enjoy rotating art displays that celebrate the intersection of history and creativity. Explore the exhibits and let the lighthouse be a beacon of artistic inspiration.
3. Montauk Brewing Company: Artistic Labels and Craft Beer Culture
Experience the fusion of art and craft beer culture at Montauk Brewing Company. The Flär team recommends this laid-back brewery where you can enjoy not only locally brewed beers but also artistic beer labels that showcase the work of local artists. Sip on creativity and appreciate the intersection of art and brewing.
4. Second House Museum: Historic Narratives through Artifacts
Delve into historic narratives through artifacts at the Second House Museum. Explore Montauk's history through exhibits and installations. Experience the artistic preservation of heritage as you wander through rooms filled with the stories of the past.
5. Gallery at the Montauk Library: Literary and Visual Arts Collide
Explore the intersection of literary and visual arts at the Gallery at the Montauk Library. We recommend this space where local artists showcase their works alongside literary events. Immerse yourself in the creative dialogue between words and images, fostering a unique cultural experience in Montauk.
6. Montauk Music Festival: A Melodic Fusion of Art and Sound
Celebrate the melodic fusion of art and sound at the Montauk Music Festival. Musicians, artists, and the community come together to create a vibrant tapestry of creativity. Enjoy live performances, explore art installations, and feel the cultural pulse of Montauk.
7. Montauk Farmers Market: Culinary Arts and Local Flavors
Experience the culinary arts and local flavors at the Montauk Farmers Market. Flär's team members recommend this community event where local farmers, artisans, and chefs come together to showcase their creations. From handmade crafts to locally sourced foods, the market becomes a canvas for artistic expressions in Montauk.
With Flär as your guide, Montauk's community art and culture scene become a journey through local creativity, historic narratives, and the vibrant pulse of the community. Whether you're exploring galleries, attending cultural events, or appreciating the artistic labels on craft beers, Montauk's creative tapestry awaits. So, let Flär lead the way, and let Montauk be the canvas for your cultural exploration on the eastern tip of Long Island. Cheers to artistic expressions and the cultural heartbeat of Montauk!


A YA Anthology of Greek Myth Retellings
Aphrodite. Zeus. Medusa. Hercules. You’ve heard their names. You thought you knew their stories… until now.
Lose yourself in this collection of eleven young adult re-imaginings of Greek myths from the authors of Snowy Wings Publishing. From magical kingdoms under the sea to the halls of a modern high school, from Ancient Greece to the distant future, you will find romance, courage, fantasy, danger, and more. With each story bringing a twist on a classic legend, there is something for everyone to enjoy again and again.
Across the ages, the Muses call: SING, GODDESS!
Inside the Stories
“Like Mars and Venus,” a retelling of the myth of ARES AND APHRODITE, by Jane Watson, author of The Taming of the Dudebro
Alexandria “Lexi” Cypress is trying to enjoy her senior year and make sure her school has the best Homecoming ever. She may be the new girl at Mountainview High, but she is keeping busy with the cheerleading team, Homecoming Committee, and new friends. While she is the go-to girl for her fellow classmates’ romantic woes, she sees no romance in her own future as she’s been burned by love before. To her surprise, both Aidan Shields, captain of the Spartan’s football team and resident hottie (and supposed resident flirt), and a mystery admirer are soon vying for her attention. Can Lexi learn to open up her heart, and will she survive Homecoming?
“The Real Prize,” a retelling of the myth of ATALANTA, by Amy Bearce, author of the World of Aluvia series
Atalanta is a princess of the merfolk who would rather be a warrior than royalty. When her father, the king, tells her it’s time to marry, she agrees to a contest, the winner of which will be her groom. Then she craftily designs a race in which she knows no merman could beat her—in fact, they could die trying. But the risk doesn’t stop three determined young mermen from signing up, one of whom has some clever plans of his own.
“Light in the Darkness,” a retelling of the myth of ARTEMIS, by Selenia Paz, author of the Leyendas Trilogy
Having retreated to the deepest parts of the woods, Artemis is happy simply living in solitude with her dog, surrounded by nature. She tries not to think of the family of gods she left behind, of her father Zeus, or of the reputation that comes with being the goddess of the hunt. But it seems the Fates have a different plan in mind, and not even the woods will be able to keep her from this path—or help her forget who she truly is.
“Káto Kósmos,” a retelling of the myth of HADES AND PERSEPHONE, by Janina Franck, author of A Spark in Space
Káto Kósmos is dying. Mira’s only hope of saving her planet—and her people—is an android designed to nurture nature. But its theft does not go unnoticed and soon Mira is faced with an ultimatum: Return the android and let her planet die, or perish as an infuriated inventor sets his starfleet on her and her people.
“Slither,” a retelling of the myth of MEDUSA, by Dorothy Dreyer, USA Today-bestselling author of the Empire of the Lotus series
After escaping a devastating attack by Stone Mirror Bay’s most prominent VIP, snake enthusiast Meddie is given an enchanted necklace to protect her. But the powers unleashed from the necklace could prove to be deadly.
“Today’s Gods,” a retelling of the myth of ZEUS AND IO, by Sarah Dale, author of the Zodiac Cusp Kids series
River’s best friend, Simon, convinces her to try out for the Spring Play, “Today’s Gods.” It’s a student production, written by and starring the school’s perfect, golden, power couple, Rhiannon and Dane. Rhiannon has modernized the tale of Zeus falling for Hera’s priestess, Io. Of course Hera suspects, and so to hide his affair, Zeus turns Io into a beautiful, white cow. He sends her scurrying off across the countryside, dogged by Hera’s minions, Argus of the 100 eyes and the biting, stinging Gadfly.
River is at first ecstatic to win the role, only to find herself trapped in a real life version of the play, pursued by Dane and harried by Rhiannon’s friends. And if being batted about by a couple of sociopathic high school gods wasn’t enough, River is also stressing out about her application to the exclusive Arts and Humanities focus program, and worrying about her dad, whose mission abroad has gone awry and he and his team have assumed radio silence.
But as they say, the play must go on.
“Last Call at the Rim of the Central Well,” a retelling of the myth of ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE, by Leigh Hellman, author of Orbit
Two young men share a drink and a story in the neon shadows of Club Gaudia, a substreet bar in the seedy Six Rivers sector of the city. Dougal comes to the bar each night in search of his missing girlfriend and desperate for an audience with the club’s mysterious owner, who he is sure is the key to understanding her disappearance. One fateful night he shares his tale with Kenrick, a curious stranger who begins to challenge what Dougal has come to believe is true—about the fractured relationship that he’s still chasing and the girl who loved and left him. As he pleads his case for needing to know what really happened to The Mistress of Club Gaudia, he also must decide what his place in his own cracking narrative truly is.
“In Pursuit,” a retelling of the myth of ORION AND SCORPIO, by Jessica Gunn, author of the Storm Warden Chronicles
Pheme is secretly the infamous Orion, hunter of supernaturals, and dedicated to the clandestine Midnight Order. Amara is a member of the Peacekeeper Task Force, code name Scorpio, and one of the best at what she does. The Peacekeepers want peace between humans and supernaturals. The Midnight Order wants rid of the dangerous supernaturals. Caught between their vows and families, Amara and Pheme enter into a deadly game of cat and mouse, with neither knowing their dangerous enemy is their closest friend. Will they put everything on the line for love?
“With Dark Truths Draw Me,” a retelling of the myth of ARACHNE, by Mary Fan, author of Starswept
High-achieving Min Wong, a junior at the elite Olympus Prep, has one goal: get into one of the top three Ivy League universities. And she will do whatever it takes to stay on top. But after her classmate, the artistic Ara, dies by suicide, Min finds herself haunted by their former rivalry.
“Darken the Night,” a retelling of the myth of NYX, by Amy McNulty, author of the Blood, Bloom, & Water series
Phoenyx “Nyx” Douglas feels like a damsel trapped away. Suffering from a form of light sensitivity, she sleeps during the day, missing out on all the typical things the other teens in her town do. One night when her flighty father is out on a job, she falls for charmer Erebus Jones at first sight but then has a dream about a child she’s supposed to have with him in the future—and the peril that boy is in. With Ere’s help, she uncovers what it will take to save their future child: blackmailing the powerful town mayor and teaching him to fear her. The two teens are in over their heads as they uncover shocking secrets and cross the line between what’s right and what’s wrong—all in service of saving a child they can only have if their burgeoning relationship survives the danger they put themselves in.
“Feathers on the Wind,” a retelling of the myth of ICARUS, by Lyssa Chiavari, author of the Iamos Trilogy
Nicothoë is cursed. The daughter of a demigoddess changed by Hera’s wrath into a harpy, Nico has lived her whole life conscripted into the service of the gods and believing she is a monster. But everything changes when she meets Icarus, a boy who is desperate to free his father from the persecution of King Minos. Through their quest to liberate the unjustly imprisoned inventor, Nicothoë just may find freedom herself—but at what cost?
- “Slither” by Dorothy Dreyer—depiction of sexual assault
- “With Dark Truths Draw Me” by Mary Fan—depiction of suicide


The publication of “I am Jewish” in January 2004 has motivated people throughout the Jewish community to think about, analyze, debate and enrich the meaning they find in being Jewish. Many events have been held around the country based on people sharing what “I am Jewish” means to them personally. In some of these events, contributors to the book have read what they wrote for it; in others, members of the community have been invited to read their own thoughts about what they mean when they say the words “I am Jewish.” The presentations have been followed by discussions of what it means to be Jewish in contemporary society and how one can make that meaning crisper, richer, and more impactful. Some of these presentations have resulted in newspaper articles (e.g., Pittsburgh Gazette, Jerusalem Post, Jewish Journal), and some in booklets that were shared with other members of the community, as well as with libraries and adult education classes.
Examples from Temple Beit El (Northbrook Ill.) can be viewed through the link provided.
Many congregations across the U.S. have incorporated the statement “I am Jewish” as part of their High Holiday’s services and Hanukah celebrations. Others are using “I Am Jewish” as a focus for discussion in adult education and religious schools. The publisher has developed a Teacher’s Guide to the book with separate lesson plans for younger children, and for older children and adults. It is available as a free download on its website.
If your community has participated in the “I am Jewish” movement, please share with us your ideas and experience.


- South African since 1688
- The history of the Roux family in South Africa started on the 4th of August 1688, with the arrival in the Cape of Paul Roux (1665 - 1723/02/07) aboard the VOC Ship China ...more
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- Voogt, Stephanie Louise (1972) (Birth date 2014/02/06)
- Roux, Anthon Petrus (1992) (Birth date 2012/02/25)
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- Roux, Donlars Sizzlin (2007) (Birth date 2007/02/01)
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Liesl Sterrenberg & Helena Fouche
This study guide was written according to the requirements outlined in the CAPS document.
Questions and Answers
‘Rapid fires’ to test terminology per Knowledge Area
This book forms an essential introduction to the basic concepts encountered in Grade 10 that form a grounding for Life Sciences in Grades 11 and 12.
The subject material is logically organised into units with clear, point-form summaries that simplify the curriculum content into accessible, easy-to-understand sections.
The questions and answers stimulate the development of the learner’s scientific skills and contribute to their understanding of the links between Life Sciences and their environment.
Working through the material systematically will enable a learner to achieve their desired results.


An XHTML form with Name, Address Line 1, Address Line 2 and E-mail text fields. On submitting store the values in MySQL table. Retrieve and display the data based on name using PHP.
A PHP progarm to store current date-time in a COOKIE and display the ‘Last visited on’ date-time on the web page upon reopening of the same page
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Using PHP and MySQL develop a program to accept book information viz. Accession number, Title, Authors, Edition and Publisher form a web page and store the information in a database and to search for a book with the title specified by the user and to display a search results with proper headings.


As a grad student, I spend a great deal of time in the library. I owe CU's Librarian my firstborn child in overdue book fees (ok ok, only 128$ according to the bill I got today.) Something I never do, however, is check out a book for pleasure from the library. If I want to read for fun instead of for school I buy books on Amazon. Not sure why I make this distinction. Maybe when reading a book cover to cover rather than quickly skimming for facts I care about newness, shininess, and cleanliness?
But no more! The no more crap rule applies to books too. I love books, so this one will be tough. But like clothes, even though I truly enjoy and value them, partially my purchase of books is just to have another status symbol. Everyone does this, right? You want people to see the "right" books at your house when they come over for dinner so they think you're deep and brilliant. Ewwwwww. We humans can be so lame! If we really are what we own as a bunch of pessimistic 20th century theorists say, my worth is dwindling significantly. I prefer my Nana's logic: You can't take it with you (when you die, that is.)
Today I returned a number of overdue academic works and checked out a Dashiel Hammett novel. It has writing in the margin which i find really annoying, but it isn't another 13 dollars down the tube for something I'll probably read one time.
PS: The irony of talking about saving money while I have accrued 128 dollars in avoidable late fees is not lost on me. I'm trying to get better...


Northlake Lighthouse – August 2020
Justice on Earth book discussion
The NUUC Climate Action Team will be sponsoring a series of three discussions on the UUA Common Read book Justice on Earth.
These discussions will offer us the opportunity to:
- Explore religious reasons for individual Unitarian Universalists and our faith movement to work at the intersections of race, class, and environmental justice issues.
- Challenge participants to act from their Unitarian Universalist values, beginning or deepening partnerships and learning to follow the lead of those who bear the brunt of environmental injustice.
- Prompt us to consider how we as a congregation can respond to climate justice issues
The sessions will take place in September:
1) Wednesday, September 16 | 7:00pm – 8:30pm
2) Wednesday, September 23 | 7:00pm – 8:30pm
3) Wednesday, September 30 | 7:00pm – 8:30pm
In the September Lighthouse we will review which chapters of the book should be read before each session.
We will order the books from the Booktree Bookstore. The cost will be $20.00. If you would like to purchase a book, please contact Diane F. at 425-822-5082.
If you have any other questions or concerns, please contact:


• Monday at 4:30 p.m., the teens will gather for gaming in the Teen Zone. They have board and card games as well as Wii and Xbox gaming. Feel free to bring a multi-player E-Rated game to share. For …
• Monday at 4:30 p.m., the teens will gather for gaming in the Teen Zone. They have board and card games as well as Wii and Xbox gaming. Feel free to bring a multi-player E-Rated game to share. For more information on any of the teen events, email firstname.lastname@example.org.
• All kids, 18 and under, are invited to free Lunch Wednesdays every week at 1 p.m. in the Community Room. Immediately after lunch, movie and games will take place until 5 p.m., for all ages. Then at 6 p.m., movie night for adults will be showing the award-winning 2016 film “Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them.”
• Thursday at 4:30 p.m., teens will gather in the Children’s Room garden area for summer reading activities. Come prepared to get dirty as they work to make the library garden more beautiful.
On Thursday night, families will have a chance to gather at 7 p.m. for a night of DIY projects.
• Friday at 7 p.m., the Teens will have after-hours programming for the Summer Reading Program. Join them for a night of unique DIY projects all made from recycled books.
Next week, adults 18 and up are invited to T-Shirt Rebuilding. Bring old T-shirts to make fun projects to take-home but also to donate around Cleveland. Does this idea sound fun but you can’t make it next week? Join us on July 3 for the same event where new projects can be started or projects finished from the first program.
Registration is required for all of the teen and children’s events, so get online and sign-up today.
The Friends of the Library Association runs the FOLA Book Nook at the library. Funds are raised to be donated to the Children’s Room for books and programming materials. Right now, they are calling for volunteers who wish to spend a few hours each week in “The Nook.” If you are interested, contact the volunteer coordinator at email@example.com.
Don’t forget the library offers free Zumba classes every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday morning at 8 a.m.
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I picked up four books yesterday at a garage sale and then was given a fifth for my birthday from my brother:
- World’s End by Upton Sinclair, 1940
- The Hearth and Eagle by Anya Seton, 1948
- Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, written in 1938, but I got the Twentieth Century Classics edition
- Two years before the mast: And Twenty-four years after by R. H. Dana, Jr., 1959 Harvard Classics edition
The fifth book was Shake Hands With The Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda by Roméo Dallaire.
I think I need to find some time to read.


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What is a Referencing Style?
While undertaking any form of academic writing, the citing of sources is must. It is usually used to explain what all inspiration you as a student has drawn from other scholarly work. However, referencing can get you confused due to its variety of referencing type within one referencing style. For example, APA follows distinct type of referencing for online journals with one author, which is different from the referencing used for e-books. Similarly, single author as well as multiple authors have unique form of referencing.
There are numerous referencing styles a student needs to choose from, while writing any academic paper.
Here is a referencing guide for the few referencing styles that are explained below along with some referencing examples:
1. Harvard Referencing style: Harvard referencing, also called ‘author-date’ style, follows a specific arrangement for citing relevant sources. The variation isminor , but very significant like use of punctuation or abbreviations.Therefore, one needs to be very careful while referencing and in-text citation.
2. APA Referencing style: APA is quite similar to Harvard style like use of parentheses in with brief author-date citations in the body of assignment and complete citation in the reference list. It is mostly used in writing scientific literature in various formats like research papers, term papers, literature reviews etc.
3. MLA referencing style: MLA style was created by the Modern Language Association. It is a short style essentially used in the humanities and liberal arts; especially on the research focusing on literature, languages, and culture.
4. Chicago referencing style: Chicago style referencing offers two options for citations: basic documentation systems — author-date style and notes-bibliography style.So, one must careful to check which format is required to be used.
- Before moving on to the next style let us have look at some others dimension, which includes footnotes and bibliography.
- Footnotes: Footnotes are references to any source of information that appears at the bottom of the page. In this system, referencesare used as numbers in place of citation in the assignment body. It is usually used in Vancouver, OSCOLA and AGLC Referencing style.
- Bibliography: Bibliography is a list of sources that are listed in the final page of the document and arranged in alphabetical order. It contains numerous details such as author’s name, year of publication etc.
5. AGLC referencing style: The Australian Guide to Legal Citation (AGLC), published by the Melbourne University Law Review Association in cooperation with the Melbourne Journal of International Law. It is one of the most widely used referencing style for citing legal sources.
6. Vancouver referencing style: Vancouver referencingis a numeric referencing style. Here, each source is numbered corresponding to the structure in which it appears in the assignment body. same sources are referred with identical numbering.Vancouver referencing style is mostly used in the medical domain.
7. OSCOLA referencing style:
OSCOLA or Oxford Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities, is a referencing style that incorporates legal sources like statutes, casesand command papers. The In-text citations arranged in footnotes. Here, the punctuation used is minimum, some specific set of rules are to be adhered while using subsequent mentions.
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Today I kept a bunch of the windows open so the house smelled like spring, and I baked cookies and cuddled with my cat and finished reading Inferno (I had intended to read the entire DC this weekend but apparently that was a bit too ambitious).
I also went to the library! It was raining, but the weather was beautiful and warm so I didn’t have to wear a coat, and I used the big yellow umbrella and twirled it while I walked. And at the library a cute firefighter held the door for me. I picked up a book I had been reading over Christmas but didn’t finish, as well as American Gods, which I have been intending to read for some time.
I’m very close to finishing my scarf, too! I have to learn how to cast off and weave all the loose ends, and then I will be done. Very soon.
and TOMORROW I am going to visit my high school!! And see friends!! And later my siblings and I are going to see a movie!


What is Alabaster?
The Alabaster Offering provides funds for property and buildings around the world. While we understand the church consists of the people of God and not a building, buildings erected for the purpose of ministry help provide a sense of permanence, functionally enhance ministry efforts, and convey an attitude that the Church of the Nazarene intends to "put down roots." Alabaster funds help provide land for many Work & Witness projects, and the entire Alabaster Offering goes toward the purchase of land and construction of churches, schools, medical facilities, and homes for missionaries and national workers.
September is Alabaster month for us here at PNC. People are encouraged to collect their spare change throughout the month of September. We will collect this the boxes during the morning Worship Service on September 22nd. You can pick up an Alabaster box in the lobby!
Shiro Kano: Faithfulness at Any Price by Alice Spangenberg, Edited by Merritt Nielson
Originally told in 1948 by Alice Spangenberg, the story of Shiro Kano is a compelling call to faithfulness at any price. It is a timely reminder that in every generation, God needs men and women who will follow His call and who will faithfully render their service for the sake of the many who do not yet know Christ.
Not all stories turn out as we would expect or hope. But God is the Author and Finisher of faith, and the end of this story is not yet fully known. This book should draw a simple prayer: “Lord, give me such a faith in and for my generation.”
What Begins Here Transforms the World by Debbie Salter Goodwin
Africa Nazarene University is a story of transformation led by an innovative group of pioneers. Debbie Salter Goodwin immerses you in their spirit and their faith. Whether administrator, faculty, or student, all share the same passion: God wants to transform lives and can use them to do it.
The ANU community believes that the title of this book is more prayer than claim. As you read their story, make it your prayer as well. Join this transformational mission, believing that what God begins in your life will transform your world, too.
Tracy Sahib, Servant of Christ in India by Olive G. Tracy, Edited by R. Franklin Cook
The story of Leighton Tracy, pioneer missionary to India, was originally told by his daughter Olive Tracy. Tracy Sahib, Servant of Christ in India is a testimony to God’s faithfulness to those called to go to the ends of the earth. Franklin Cook grew up in India and shares keen insights into the sub-Continent, its cultures, and people.
Catch a glimpse into the challenging context into which Tracy stepped and discover what has been accomplished there since this book was first released in 1954


From the producers of The Screwtape Letters, The Most Reluctant Convert, The Great Divorce and Martin Luther on Trial comes Shadowlands, the unlikely and true love story of renowned Oxford scholar and Christian apologist C.S. Lewis and the much younger Joy Davidman, a divorced Jewish New Yorker, former Communist and Christian convert.
The smart, brash Joy bursts into Lewis’ sedate, middle-aged life and upends it. Lewis is as shocked as anyone to discover that he and Joy have fallen deeply in love – and then almost immediately he must contend with the equally deep pain of losing her when she is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Funny, poignant and insightful, Shadowlands — also an Oscar®-winning film — is a moving portrait of love and loss, faith and doubt, as inspired by Lewis’ own A Grief Observed.


Julian Bond and his sister Jane Marguerite Bond are being "dedicated to scholarship" by scholars Dr. W.E.B. DuBois, Dr. Edward Franklin Frazier, and Julian's father Dr. Horace Mann Bond; Front row, L. to R.: Horace Julian Bond and Jane Marguerite Bond; Back row, L. to R.: Dr. W.E.B. DuBois, Dr. E. Franklin Frazier, and Dr. Horace Mann Bond, ca. 1943. On this occasion, Jane is "dedicated to be the mother of scholars."
Julian Bond, pictured with entertainer and activist Paul Robeson, his sister, Jane Bond and daughter of university Dean, Dr. J. Newton Hill after Robeson's concert at Lincoln University, Pennsylvania; L. to R.: Jane Marguerite Bond, Sylvia Hill, Paul Robeson (seated), and Julian Bond, ca. 1950. Robeson's father, a former slave, had gone on to graduate from Lincoln University.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Julian Bond, Ralph Abernathy, and others planning civil rights strategy at the Davis Brothers Cafeteria; Clockwise from bottom left: Dr. King's brother, Rev. A. D. Williams King (facing away), unidentified waitress, Julian Bond's brother, James Bond (standing), Julian Bond (standing), Rev. Ralph David Abernathy (seated), and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Selma, Alabama, spring, 1965.
Julian Bond at age nineteen with his family in photo on a Christmas card; L to R: Bond's mother, Julia Agnes Washington Bond, brother, James Bond, Julian Bond, sister, Jane Marguerite Bond and father, Dr. Horace Mann Bond, Atlanta, Georgia, 1959.
Julian Bond (right) referees an exhibition boxing match between Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson (standing with arms raised), and boxing champ Muhammad Ali, Atlanta, Georgia, 1975. Ali would later say he was dazed by Jackson's 'droopy shorts'.
Georgia State Senator Julian Bond, U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy and Yancy Martin, head of the Southern Elections Fund, at a fundraiser for the SEF, ca. 1970s. The Southern Elections Fund is a political action committee that contributed to African American and liberal white candidates running for public office in the South.
Georgia State Representative Julian Bond tours the poverty-stricken Vine City area of his legislative district, Atlanta, Georgia, 1968. Photograph by Vernon Merritt; originally published in 'Life' magazine.
(l-r) James Atwell, James Compton during his time as President of the Board of Education, Chicago Schools Superintendent Ted Kimbrough, Mayor Richard J. Daley, an unidentified man and two unidentified women.


Matt Frederick is writer, DJ, broadcaster and explorer of all things weird, strange and otherwise magical.
His first book, A Meeting At The Crossroads: Robert Johnson and The Devil, is available now wherever good books are sold.
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‘A Meeting at the Crossroads’ is the definitive book on a legend that dwells at the heart of the American psyche. What he discovers at the crossroads is more intriguing and mysterious than anything fantasy could conjure.
Mitch Horowitz, PEN Award-winning author of “Occult America”
Some folks will love this book for its essential study in American folklore (especially Southern). Some folks will love this book for its well-researched history of the Blues. Some folks will love this book because of its important discourse on African American society. Some folks will love this book as a study in the archetype of the Trickster. But truly great folks will LOVE it for ALL of these reasons!
Don Webb, author of “Building Strange Temples” and “Overthrowing the Old Gods: Aleister Crowley and The Book of The Law”
The shadows live in the back story - and Matt Frederick explores the shadows of the crossroads legend. What emerges from the shadows is Robert Johnson, the captivating artist influencing and inspiring nearly a century of musician.
John Durr, ARIA award winning record producer, president Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society
This book is a must read for anyone who loves blues music. Written with a passion and devotion to the blues. Get on it friends.
Barry Maxwell, “Blues on The Hill”
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In a column he wrote for The News-Gazette (Champaign, Ill.), Ray Elliott reflects on moments spent with his father.
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A man of simple means, Ray Elliott’s father was a dedicated, hardworking trucker and farmer who taught him lessons on the road that have made his son into the man he is today.
Elliott, who also is a retired high school teacher, penned his story of his father, which was published in (Champaign, Ill.) The News-Gazette.
For the first half of his career, Elliott’s father was a CDL livestock driver. Each day he would rise in the wee hours of the morning to make his rounds around the local farms. A cow here, a lamb there, he’d toss each animal into the back of his truck and drive on.
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THE COMPOUND by S. A Bodeen - This was interesting. Most of the family of a billionaire escapes death (so far) in an underground shelter during a nuclear war. But then Mama feeds Dadddy some BAD bread. I don't know for sure, but I think mold spores start to eat his brain. This is an interesting story, well written and paranoid.
JUMPED by Rita Williams-Garcia - This is a quick read about three girls one of whom is gearing up to beat down another one, who is unaware of the plan. The third knows what is going to happen, but doesn't want to get involved. The characters jump off the page and the build up is really nice. I look forward to finishing it!
VAST FIELDS OF ORDINARY by Nick Burd is a funny coming of age book about a gay teen who is hooking up with a "popular boy" who is deeply in the closet. The cover looks all dreamy and kind of lame (sorry cover designer) but the book is HYSTERICAL and strangely moving. I am loving it.
FOOD, GIRLS, AND OTHER THINGS I CAN'T HAVE by Allen Sadoff. Fantastic title - pretty good book. I love a fat kid book, and this hits all the right notes. But I had high expectations that so far haven't been met. It really rings true, though and I will probably stick it out at some point.
THE ORANGE HOUSES by Paul Griffin - I put this in my stack because I felt obligated. A hearing impaired girl in the projects, a young odd discharged soldier/street poet and a recent immigrant all come together for what looks to be something that ends very badly. The writing is great and I am desperate to find out what happens. Griffin does a huge amount with very few words.
RAPTURE OF THE DEEP by L.A. Meyer - Oh how I love Jackie Faber! I only read a few pages because I realized that it would be cheating if I didn't read MY BONNY LIGHT HORSEMAN first. So I shall.
LEVIATHAN by Scott Westerfeld - World War One is starting. The Darwinists and the Clankers are going at it big time! Oh yeah - England and France are Darwinists - they live in a society where hybrid animals are the newest in technology, Octopi become hot air balloons, whales become airships and man-made Kraaken are extremely handy in naval battles. They are battling the giant machines of Germany and Austria-Hungary. It is totally cool when the son of Archduke Ferdinand meets up with Deryn/Dylan a girl disguised as a boy in the British Air Service. Tremendous fun from Westerfeld, who rarely disappoints when he creates a new world.
THE REAL REAL by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus - This book is like a bag of chips - little if any nutrition and yet I find myself wanting to curl up and devour the whole thing! A MTV-like entity decides to film a reality show in the glamorous Hamptons and the no B.S. daughter of a cleaning lady and a restaurant manager gets cast along with the rich and entitled. So much naughty, delicious fun!
OVER THE END LINE by Alfred C. Martino - This started promisingly enough. A soccer star witnesses a rape and is to drunk to stop it. He then watches the aftermath which involves his best friend and the girl he is interested in. The sports writing was great and the main character was suitably tortured. But the ending was out of control. I skipped to the end to see how it turned out, because I wasn't in love with it enough to ever finish it. I was relieved that I didn't put the time in. However, kids who like action and revenge and are not as jaded as I am will love it!
AFTER by Amy Efaw - I really didn't want to like this book at all. It is the story of a girl who denies that she is pregnant and then gives birth and puts her baby in the garbage. It could have been a train-wreck, but so far, Efaw has barely missed a step. It is sad and scary without being over the top. And Devon feels so much like a real girl. Only her mother is a caricature, and I am curious to see how she is portrayed later in the book.


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Occupation: Philosopher, poet, author
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If you enjoyed this interview with Eugene Thacker, visit his official homepage for a deeper look into his world.
When did you start writing, and what or who were your early passions and influences? What is about literature and writing that drew you to it?
I think there’s a difference between when a person begins to write and at what point they begin to take writing seriously. The two don’t always overlap.
I think I first became a writer by reading. I grew up in a household where there was always music and books; it was an environment, a kind of ambient influence. Books, music, art was never forced on you, but it was always there, whenever you were curious – like a library.
I confess I didn’t really like reading growing up. It was the era of home video, video games, cassettes, MTV, and so on. But I also read some things that made a lasting impact. For example I remember first reading Edgar Allan Poe when I was quite young; it was a hardcover edition with illustrations, I think by Harry Clarke. It was mesmerizing, one of those moments of discovery when you think, I had no idea something like this existed.
Some of his stories are unusual in that there’s no setting, no real characters, and very little plot. I found that fascinating. The prose seemed more like poetry, and storytelling gave way to something more diffuse, more nebulous, darker – a mood. It was almost like an abstract horror, a sense of vaster, more impersonal forces at play in the cosmos.
Later on, I found myself drawn to those authors who treaded that fine line between philosophy and poetry.
For most artists, originality is preceded by a phase of learning and, often, emulating others. What was this like for you: How would you describe your own development as an artist and the transition towards your own voice?
I’m envious of those writers who seem to have “found their voice,” and are able to express it in book after book. For me, it’s almost been the opposite. Rather than a book serving as a vehicle for my voice, it’s more that my “voice” (whatever that is) serves as a vehicle for the book. Everything serves the work, the project, the book.
I think that’s why my writing ranges so widely. Each project demands something different in terms of writing, genre, style, and structure, each project drawing on different disciplines, different knowledges, all of it somehow filtered through this strange thing called “philosophy.”
But maybe that’s asking too much. Really, I’d be just as content writing tanka or haiku.
How do you feel your sense of identity influences your creativity?
It doesn’t. What is “creative” to me is the dissipation of identity. If my writing doesn’t serve to undertake some form of self-abnegation, then it’s not worth pursuing.
What were your main creative challenges in the beginning and how have they changed over time?
When I began writing the main challenge was how to say everything I wanted to say. The presumptuousness of youth.
Now the challenge is to say as little as possible. If I’m lucky, I’ll eventually stop writing altogether (which will happen anyways, whether or not I want it to ...).
How do you see the relationship between style, form, plot and storytelling – and how would you rate their importance for you, respectively?
As a writer, I often look to music to help me structure whatever I’m writing. Sometimes it can be very direct – for instance, the first part of my book Infinite Resignation is structured like a fugue, but is also inspired by dissipative stuctures in spectral music, where things slowly and inexorably disintegrate, so that you’re left with just fragments and shards, the desiderata of writing.
I’ve always felt that there’s something musical about putting together a book or even a single poem – the part / whole relationships, the different types of voicing, the temporal experience of writing (and reading), the dynamic between sound and silence, saying and un-saying.
Can you talk about a breakthrough publication in your career? Why does it feel special to you? When, why and how did you start working on it, what were some of the motivations and ideas behind it?
Every publication is a breakthrough – or it should be.
It’s easy to overlook the labor involved in writing, editing, and publishing a book, especially today, with our digital print-on-demand culture, where publishing has become so easy. Part of that labor is also having the wherewithal to not publish a book. That’s becoming a lost craft. Knowing when something is ready, knowing when it’s not quite there, knowing when something’s better left unsaid or simply left behind. Not everything needs to be a “thing.”
Infinite Resignation took roughly eight years from start to finish. I thought it was ready, but it wasn’t, and I kept working on it, and it got better because of that. Eventually I learned to wait.
Books have a life-cycle of their own, apart from our egos or the dictates of what’s trending. Books find readers, not vice-versa. And sometimes that can take a long time. Years, decades, centuries, a lifetime.
There are many descriptions of the ideal state of mind for being creative. What is it like for you? What supports this ideal state of mind and what are distractions? Are there strategies to enter into this state more easily?
Yapping dogs, ambulance sirens, construction drilling, crying babies, those ridiculously loud motorcycles, noisy neighbors, and the sound of humans in general. Volumes 2 and 3 of the Horror of Philosophy trilogy were written at the same time that the building next to us decided to do major renovations. They’ll never know the profound spite I felt towards them.
But it’s hard to know when you should dig your heels in and persist, and when it’s a sign that you should simply go for a walk or go get a coffee. I try to remind myself that in several billion years the sun will die out and none of this will matter, and sometimes that works. Sometimes.
Literature works with sense impressions in a different way than the other arts. How do you use them in your writing? From your experience, what are some of the most inspiring overlaps between different senses - and what do they tell us about the way our senses work?
Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, it rained a lot. Not thunderstorms or torrential downpours, but a steady, drifting, mist-like rain. An almost imperceptible, indistinct sheen set against overcast skies and the slow swaying of fir and pine trees. The rain is part of the environment, not separate from it.
That kind of rain makes a particular kind of sound, almost an ambient sound. It envelops everything and yet it is delicate, fragile, almost not even there. Micropolyphony, as Ligeti calls it. New York does not have that kind of rain. It dumps and then it stops. Sometimes I’ll play one of those ASMR Pacific Rainforest tracks on repeat the whole day.
One of the reasons I was eager to work with Siavash on the Songs for Sad Poets project is the way that his work encompasses all these aspects of sound transformed into music, and music dissipating into sound. Many of the poets I admire work in that same space. As a composer he is attuned to the nuances of sound, but he also has a wonderful lyrical sense that makes his more abstract pieces quite moving.
From the concept of Nada Brahma to "In the Beginning was the Word", many spiritual traditions have regarded sound as the basis of the world. Regardless of whether you're taking a scientific or spiritual angle, what is your own take on the idea of a harmony of the spheres and sound as the foundational element of existence?
Sound seems to be central to so many religious traditions, both in their cosmologies as well as in their rituals. It is the enunciative act that produces the world, how the world is expressed – and how the world ends (...and all worlds end). Sound is both order and disorder, cosmos and chaos, and perhaps what we haphazardly call “music” is the attempt to find that point where chaos and cosmos intersect.
As a philosopher, I’m always taken by how many philosophers felt that music was as central to their thinking as philosophy was – from Pythagoras, Zhuangzi, Boethius, Al-Kindi, Hildegard of Bingen, and Ficino, down through Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Adorno, Cioran, Jankélévitch, and so on. It’s almost as if philosophers suddenly become a little delirious and even a bit mystical when talking about music.
Perhaps music and/or sound is the dissolving of the boundary between philosophy and religion. Somewhere the author J.-K. Huysmans tells of a group of Tibetan monks able to move huge stones through their chanting. Compared to that, the rest of us just sing (and badly at that).


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We all want to be extraordinary, and we all have a moment in our lives when we realise that we're not. Vigilante is about a woman who refuses to accept it gracefully...
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Then the book took another suspenseful turn as something bad is going on in town.
But, it was a good book. Jenny was just so normal, in a good way, just like anyone of us. Except that she sure makes her own story exciting.
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Postscript: In June 2012 Bill was posthumously elected into the Victorian Golf Hall of Fame.
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European Settlement and the Fur Trade Era
Michigan’s strategic location amidst the Great Lakes made it a hub for the fur trade in the 17th and 18th centuries. French explorers and traders, seeking new opportunities, were among the first Europeans to traverse these lands, establishing outposts and engaging in trade with Native Americans. This era, marked by the exchange of goods and cultures, laid the foundations for Michigan’s diverse demographic makeup and economic development. The fusion of European and Native American cultures during this period created a unique mosaic of cultural exchange, influencing the language, customs, and economic practices that still shape Michigan today.
The Industrial Boom and the Rise of Detroit
The 19th and 20th centuries heralded a new era for Michigan, particularly with the rise of Detroit as an industrial powerhouse. The automobile industry, led by visionaries like Henry Ford, transformed Detroit into the Motor City, revolutionizing transportation and manufacturing worldwide. This period of rapid industrialization brought immense economic growth, attracting a workforce from across the globe and shaping Michigan’s social and cultural landscape. The city became a melting pot of cultures, ideas, and innovation, setting the stage for significant advancements in technology and the emergence of a thriving middle class.
Michigan in Times of War and Peace
Michigan’s contribution to American history is not limited to its industrial achievements. The state played a significant role in both World Wars, with Detroit being hailed as the “Arsenal of Democracy” for its critical role in producing military vehicles and weapons. The wartime efforts galvanized Michigan’s communities, fostering a sense of unity and purpose that still resonates today. This period also saw significant advancements in technology and industry, as the state adapted to meet the demands of war. Post-war, Michigan emerged stronger, its economy diversified, and its population more united, setting a precedent for future challenges and triumphs.
Conclusion: The Legacy and Future of Michigan
Michigan’s journey through time is not just a story of places and events; it’s a narrative of resilience, innovation, and diversity. From its indigenous roots to its role in shaping modern America, Michigan continues to evolve, offering lessons and inspirations for the future. As we reflect on this journey, we see a state that has not only witnessed history but has actively shaped it, leaving an indelible mark on the fabric of American life. Michigan is not just a historical landmark but a beacon of progress and possibility.
The interplay of past and present in Michigan is a dynamic force, drawing visitors into a captivating blend of history. Whether strolling through the historic charm of Mackinac Island or navigating the bustling streets of Detroit, one witnesses the state’s ongoing evolution, a harmonious coexistence of tradition and progress.


How to College
“The section on college writing is stronger than many entire books dedicated to that subject, and would be a vital aid for students entering first-year writing classes."
-Ben Railton, PhD, Fitchburg State University
The transition from high school—and home—to college can be stressful. Students and parents often arrive on campus unprepared for what college is really like. Academic standards and expectations are different from high school; families aren’t present to serve as “scaffolding” for students; and first-years have to do what they call “adulting.” Nothing in the college admissions process prepares students for these new realities.
As a result, first-year college students report higher stress, more mental health issues, and lower completion rates than in the past. In fact, up to one third of first-year college students will not return for their second year—and colleges are reporting an increase in underprepared first-year students.
How to College is here to help. Professors Andrea Malkin Brenner and Lara Schwartz guide first-year students and their families through the transition process, during the summer after high school graduation and throughout the school year, preparing students to succeed and thrive as they transition and adapt to college. The book draws on the authors’ experience teaching, writing curricula, and designing programs for thousands of first-year college students over decades.
“This book offers the best explanation/guide I’ve seen on what students can expect to encounter academically in college.”
-Matthew J. Kirk, MEd, Associate Director of Tiger Alliance,
With co-author Andrea Malkin Brenner at the First Year Experience Conference book signing, February 2019
"The taxonomy of clear distinctions between high school and college academic work is the best framework I have seen for grasping these transitions – which are critical to student adjustment and success in college."
-Todd A. Olson, PhD, Vice President for Student Affairs,


MEDICINE WHEEL: The Path of Heart
This is the ultimate journey, the map of life’s twists and turns. It is the path of the heart, a return to the very place where we have always belonged. The Medicine Wheel is an ancient model of our evolution, to navigate the infinite space of Here and Now. The Four Directions, South, West, North and East, hold a core teaching and perspective. They vary according to different traditions, as do the archetypical energies associated with each one.
Every wound or story becomes our greatest ally – a source of wisdom and power. Each revolution around the wheel feels more subtle, as different parts of our identity get shed and lessons taken on. Ultimately it is a journey ‘back’ to the heart, where everything is perfect, whole and loving.
We ascend from the literal or physical level (how things seem on the surface and primal instincts like sex, hunger, shelter), to the emotional or psychological way of being (feelings, moods, logic and relationship dynamics)
From there, as legends and fairy tales remind us, we have to leave behind the predictable world, to step into the great unknown of adventure. Mythologist Joseph Campbell coined this the ‘hero’s journey’. Responding to the urgent call within to grow and discover connects us to collective intelligence, the archetypical heroes and heroines who overcome mishap and danger in a grand rite of passage. We express our epic selves in music, poetry and symbol, the Soul’s language.
Finally, duality is transcended and infinite possibility opens up. Oneness is all there is and has ever been. Here, there is no separate story of me and you. Life ceases to be personal. Everything is a manifestation of energy or pure potential.
Every stage of this journey is sacred, bringing the unforeseen gifts of experience. That includes the ‘tougher’ times of pain, loss or illness. We become free of the past and detached from the future. We heal the inner places we are willing to release and outgrow.


Seymour Gregory Olmstead. On January 31, 1908 at the formal dedication of Goldfield’s new high school building, Seymour Olmstead gave the School Address, “Our High School.”
Seymour was one of eight in the first senior class in the new “Goldfield High.” He was also Mr. Thomas Kennedy, a Goldfield gentleman in the High School Players play, “The Revolving Wedge” played at the Hippodrome as part of the Thanksgiving Program on November 25, 1908. And he was on the staff of the first edition of “The Joshua Palm”, the official publication of Goldfield High.
In May 1908 and 1909, Seymour won second prize for boys at the annual Declamation Contest between the boys and girls of the high schools in Nevada held in the University gymnasium in Reno.
Seymour’s father, William Taylor Olmstead, born September 10, 1866 at Norwalk, Connecticut and his mother, Margaret Cecilia Denis, born in Memphis, Tennessee on August 24, 1867, were married in Manhattan on July 9, 1887. William and Margaret were the parents of three children, Seymour G., born in Manhattan, New York, November 28, 1889, and his older and younger brothers who both died in infancy. The family moved to Utah in 1896, locating in Salt Lake City, where William became associated with R. E. L. Collier, Civil and Mining Engineer, in U. S. survey work.
In 1905, the family moved to Goldfield, Nevada where William started U. S. mineral survey work.
In 1906, William applied for U.S. Patents for several mining claims and in 1907, his firm of Olmstead & Rich, U. S. Deputy Mineral Surveyors, published Elmer J. Chute’s Map of U.S. Patent and Location Surveys in the Goldfield Mining District, the most complete map of this type at that time.
In 1909, on November 24, Seymour’s mother, Margaret, passed away and was laid to rest in the Goldfield Cemetery. In the Census of 1910, Seymour and his father, William are still in Goldfield where William is working as a mining engineer and surveyor and Seymour is working as a surveyor’s chain man.
In 1913, Seymour had relocated to Utah where he was working at Bingham Canyon, southwest of Salt Lake City. On July 25, 1915, he was a pallbearer in Salt Lake City for Frank White, a twenty-two year old friend who died in an accident at Bingham.
In June of 1916 when he was a candidate for membership in the American Institute of Mining Engineers, his resume was quite impressive: 1907-09, High School, Goldfield, Nevada; 1910-13, Civil Engineering, International Correspondence School; 1910, Oregon Shortline Railroad, Idaho Branch; 1911, Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co.; 1912, general practice, surveying, Goldfield, Nevada; 1913-16, Bingham and Garfield R. R. and Utah Copper Co., Bingham, present position, Engineer, Utah Copper Co.
When Seymour completed his World War I Draft Registration on June 5, 1917, he was 27, single, living in Bingham, Utah, working as an Assistant Mine Engineer for Utah Metal and Tunnel Company. He was tall with a medium build, brown eyes, brown hair and blind in his left eye.
Seymour and his father, William are together in the 1919 Salt Lake City Directory, lodging in the Dooly Building on East 4th South and on October 15 of that same year, in Salt Lake City, Seymour was best man at the marriage of Miss Mona G. Heaston and Archibald D. Clark. In the 1920 Census, Seymour is age 30, single, both he and his father are in Salt Lake City, Utah working as Mining Engineers, Seymour for the State and William on his own, mapping and surveying.
An article written by Seymour, ‘Economic Geology of the Ophir Mining District’ was published in the November 1921 issue of Economic Geology and Seymour’s work took he and his father to Manitoba, Canada in 1928, Georgia in 1930, California, Arizona in 1934, Manila in 1939 and most probably elsewhere.
In the 1940 Census, Seymour and his father, age 73, are in Los Angeles, Seymour is age 50, single, working as a mechanical engineer in mining. In 1942, when Seymour completed his World War II Draft Registration Card, he was 52, living in Los Angeles and working for South Western Engineering Co., Los Angeles. He was 5” 9 1/2” tall, 155 pounds and his left eye had been removed. In 1944, on August 14, William, Seymour’s father, passed away at the Los Angeles County General Hospital at the age of 77. He was laid to rest in the Inglewood Park Cemetery.
In March 1950 and May 1951, in Los Angeles, Seymour was chosen as a winner for creative writing from among the students in the writing class at Braille Institute. In July 1958, Seymour, though blind, gave a talk on “Teaching the Sighted to See” at a meeting of Creative Arts, Inc. in Los Angeles. Seymour Gregory Olmstead passed away on October 19, 1959 in the Los Angeles County Osteopathic Hospital at the age of 69. He never married. He was laid to rest in the Inglewood Park Cemetery.
Photos: top & center, Truman/Rudderow family photos, Goldfield est. 1905-1913, bottom, The Joshua Palm, 1908.
Editor’s note: Interestingly, there is a street in Goldfield named Olmstead!


She’s been called “the most respected wine critic and journalist in the world” by Decanter magazine. Jancis Robinson recently honored the UC Davis Shields library by donating her personal writings, papers, photographs, and even tasting notes. Her long list of credits include co-authoring The World Atlas of Wine with Hugh Johnson, editing The Oxford Companion to Wine, and co-authoring American Wine with Linda Murphy. She is founder of the award-winning JancisRobinson.com. Naturally, I jumped at the chance when offered the opportunity to interview Jancis at the Shields Library prior to the event celebrating her donation. As you’ll hear she was quite gracious.
To learn more about Jancis, her donation, and to watch a video of the the event click here.
To dig deeper into the collection and to locate the department of Special Collections click here.


I only just discovered that this was Black Poetry Day. I saw it on the calendar, and was excited to find that it falls during the week when my class is focusing on poetry. For a subject I consider my weakest, I’m learning quite a lot about poetry, including from my book club facilitator who is a poet and who I’ve included in my class notes.
Black Poetry Day is official in New York State, thanks to adopted resolutions in the state Assembly and Senate and Governor Kathy Hochul. Now that these digressions are out of the way, let me tell you about the origins of Black Poetry Day.
It was created in 1985 as a commemoration to African-Americans and in celebration of their literary works and contribution Black poets hae made to our culture in America. The date of October 17 was chosen to honor to honor the birthday of Jupiter Hammon, considered to be the first published Black poet.
Jupiter Hammon was born on Long Island in New York on the Lloyd Manor. He was enslaved his whole life, serving several generations of the Lloyd family. However, unlike many enslaved peoples at that time, he was allowed to receive an education, and so he read and wrote. When he was fifty, he published his first poem, An Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ with Penitential Cries.
He was a preacher and a clerk and as an evangelist, he wrote about slavery and the Gospel, eventually using his gifts to criticize slavery. He did this safely through layering his writings with metaphors and symbolism.
He was a great admirer of Phillis Wheatley, viewed to be the first female Black author. He wrote a poem to her in the hopes she would follow a Christian journey. It consists of twenty-one rhyming quatrains and included related Bible verses.
At 76, and still enslaved, he addressed the African Society in New York City with his Address to Negroes of the State of New York. This work has been reprinted by many abolitionist groups including the New York Quakers. In it he talks about keeping high moral standards, and since “being slaves on Earth had already secured their place in heaven.”
He is thought to be buried in an unmarked grave on the Lloyd family property.
- Other Black poets you may want to seek out and read include:
- Maya Angelou
- Langston Hughes
- Audre Lord
- Amanda Gorman


This week's question: What one book would you most like to make the rest of the world read?
I suspect this list is going to generate a lot of intellectual, literary wonders ("Why don't more people read and love Ulysses the way I do?") and political / social / philosophical world-understanding books that shaped people's lives, so I'm going to counter with a quick, lively read that shaped how I read fiction: Diana Wynne Jones' Dogsbody, a strange little fantasy I first encountered when I was 9, and have been in love with ever since. To this day, I don't quite understand why J.K. Rowling is such a history-making success, while Diana Wynne Jones, who wrote very similar books but started decades earlier, is so overlooked. Even so, amid all her twisty, funny novels about troubled kid wizards and complicated curses and such, Dogsbody stands out as one of the most different books I've ever read. It's a thoroughly accessible YA novel in which the dog star, Sirius, is forced into the body of an actual dog and sent to Earth as punishment for a crime he doesn't remember committing. Maybe nostalgia and affection for one of the first really creative speculative novels I ever read have colored my tastes, but this remains one of my all-time favorite books, and proof positive for me why Jones belongs on the shelf next to Rowling (or above her), and for that matter, C.S. Lewis, JRR Tolkien, and other classic purveyors of enduring fantasy.
Sometimes I wonder how the world really sees J.G. Ballard. As a Burroughs-ish, postmodern provocateur? A clinical social satirist? That sick dude with a hard-on for car wrecks? He's sort of all those things, but to me, he'll always be the science-fiction master who ushered my love of the genre—and maybe the genre itself—into adulthood. When I was 17 and in the midst of falling in love with Joy Division, I read that the band's song "The Atrocity Exhibition" was based on a book by some guy named J.G. Ballard. I tried to track down some of his stuff and eventually found a collection of his mind-warping short stories from the '60s, Chronopolis—but it didn't prepare me for the next Ballard book I discovered, The Crystal World. The 1966 novel is a sluggishly paced, oneirically plotted metaphysical mind-fuck that seemed to break most of the rules of literature I'd learned up to that point. I'd later figure out that it shared much with Joseph Conrad's Heart Of Darkness—anyone who's read or watched Empire Of The Sun knows Ballard's view of colonial decay—but with The Crystal World, Ballard encased his demons in a vision of the world that was slowly turning, as if by some quantum leprosy, into crystal. And his prose? Like a hypodermic needle hovering over my eyeball. The book marks Ballard's turning point from the catastrophe-of-the-month formula of his early work to the richer, ingrown dystopia of his '70s masterpieces like Crash and Concrete Island. It's also the novel that changed my idea of what science fiction could be—and rewired my teenage brain along with it. If, God forbid, you only get to read one Ballard book in your life, The Crystal World should be it.
Every summer, my wife and I meet with the teachers that our son—a high-functioning autist—will have in the fall, and recommend they read two books. The first is Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time, which offers an entertaining, moving, and reasonably accurate introduction to the particular behavioral quirks of the autistic. The second book—the one I'd push on the rest of the world if I could—is Paul Collins' Not Even Wrong: Adventures In Autism, which combines a kind of shadow-history of the disorder with Collins' memories of how he reacted to his own son's diagnosis. By bringing the stories of "Peter The Wild Boy" and modern computer programmers into his own personal narrative, Collins looks to expand our understanding of the autistic spectrum and see that some people we encounter every day may be undiagnosed autists. The point isn't to make otherwise normal-seeming folk start thinking of themselves as disordered, but to keep parents of autistic children (and all the friends and acquaintances of those parents) from thinking of autism as binary. Dealing with the autistic can be difficult, even life-consuming, but just as there are autistic traits in a great number of people who seem neurotypical, so there is a degree of normalcy to the autistic. We're all on a series of scales, from smart-to-dumb or weak-to-strong or easygoing-to-irritable, and we'll do better with the autistic in our midst if we think of them as having specific gifts and challenges, just like anyone else.
Mine is Robert Musil's The Man Without Qualities, a big novel that methodically sifts through all that it might and might not mean to be a sentient being in the world today. It was written between 1921 and 1942 (when the author died before finishing), but its inventiveness and instructiveness make it more than contemporary still. I've never come across another book so diligent and precise about the very act of thinking—its prospects and limitations, each always more present than we ever seem to know. Whether he's off on a wowing metaphorical riff or dialing into a conflicted emotion that rarely gets anointed with a name, Musil is the most controlled writer I've ever read. And he's fun, if control in the midst of an open-armed embrace of chaos is your thing. One other note: The book is split into two volumes (the second one incomplete), but Vol. 1 could stand just as well on its own.
Okay, I don't want to sound like I'm assigning homework, but if I could push one book on everyone, it would be The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. And—and this is where I tend to lose people—not in translation, either. It takes about half an hour to learn the basics of reading Chaucer's Middle English, assuming it's well-annotated, and the payoff is worth it. It's another language, sure, but it's a language you already know on some level, just waiting for you to reclaim it. You may never read Dante in Italian or Flaubert in French, but reading Chaucer in its original form is the birthright of anyone who speaks English.
From learning a different way of speaking, it's only a small step to learning a different way of thinking, and part of the beauty of The Canterbury Tales is the way Chaucer establishes a plurality of points of view drawn from a cross-section of the world around him. United in their journey to a holy place and their love of storytelling, Chaucer's pilgrims share stories rooted in their characters and their stations in life, which sometimes are at odds with one another: The Knight delivers a noble-but-already-almost-antiquated story of adventure; the vile Pardoner contributes a haunting morality tale; the Wife Of Bath uses her own lively autobiography to segue into a story of perhaps-undeserved redemption that asks what women want; the Miller, Reeve, and Cook try to top each other in obscenity. The stories themselves, generally speaking, hold up brilliantly as stories, but, beyond Chaucer's mastery of the language, the genius comes from the framing. Some of the pilgrims are more right than others, but nobody here speaks with absolute "auctoritee." They're traveling together explaining the world around them—and those above and below—using stories, the best tools at their disposal. What emerges is a snapshot of another time filled with people who want from life much what we want today: security, knowledge, happiness, sex, a sliver of the divine knowledge, revenge, intoxication, wealth, and power. If you don't recognize the best and worst parts of yourself in these pages, you aren't really looking.
If that's checked out, try You Can't Win, Charlie Brown by Charles Schulz, which is good for many of the same reasons.
My must-reads aren't really world-relevant—they apply to the population with which I interact daily. College students (and prospective college students, and their parents) have certain gaps in their perception of the world which, as a professor, it is my job to fill. To me, those lacunae are so egregious, and cause such harm, that I find myself pushing the same books on bewildered undergraduates over and over. In my field of Christian theology, it's Richard Friedman's Who Wrote The Bible? or Marcus Borg's Meeting Jesus Again For The First Time. And most of my Southern-born-and-bred evangelical students are in need of education about their faith's scriptures and founder; I rarely meet a student who couldn't benefit from those books. But there's no doubt in my mind that all young people need to read Daniel Pink and Rob Ten Pas' manga career guide The Adventures Of Johnny Bunko. If I were a billionaire philanthropist, I'd finance a project to get it in the hands of every American age 16 through 25. They need to hear the book's half-dozen simple lessons about how to prepare for the rest of their lives—that they can't formulate an ironclad plan for an unpredictable economy, that persistence trumps talent, that what you can give is as important as what you can get, and more. If my students (and their parents) would read and listen, I'd see more young people following their passions and developing flexible, fungible skills instead of training for a career ladder that's already melting away under their feet.
Howard Zinn's A People's History Of The United States: 1492 To Present. Because you don't really know where you're going unless you know where you've come from.
If I could force just a single book on the sum of mankind, I think it would be Samuel Fuller's A Third Face, a wonderfully written, deeply humane, utterly essential memoir of a glorious American life. Or rather lives, since Fuller packed at least three or four kick-ass, colorful lives into his own larger-than-life existence. The son of Russian Jewish immigrants, Fuller began as a paperboy on the streets of New York, worked his way up to being a teenage crime reporter, then segued into script-doctoring before serving as an infantryman in the Big Red One in World War II. Like so many of his fellow soldiers, Fuller returned from war a changed man; he evolved into a filmmaking maverick revered by the French New Wave, but woefully underappreciated among his countrymen. It would be easy for Fuller to be bitter. Following Shock Corridor and The Naked Kiss, he found less work as a writer-director than as an instantly iconic bit player in movies directed by his fans, like Jean Luc-Godard's Pierrot Le Fou and Wim Wenders' The American Friend. Fuller struggled to get projects off the ground, then watched his films get taken away from him and butchered. But A Third Face is informed by an enormous spirit of generosity as well as a smart, informed, iconoclastic patriotism. It's the work of a man at peace with himself and his legacy, in addition to an epic look at what it means to be a man, a citizen, a journalist, and a storyteller. Utterly fucking essential.
I would never force anybody to read a book, because if the American education system has taught us anything, it's that forcing people to read is the number-one way to drive them to videogames and shitty reality shows. But I strongly recommend that every man, woman, and child pick up a copy of my favorite book of all time, Greil Marcus' Mystery Train. Part music criticism, part history lesson, part blowhard ramble, and all mind-expandingly brilliant, Mystery Train is a love letter to American music and myth. It's a book that will make you fiercely patriotic for all the right reasons. Marcus' America is populated by weirdoes, sex addicts, con men, and visionaries, and they're all grooving to the same honest, filthy, heartbreaking music that forms the bedrock of pop culture to this day. Mystery Train will also turn you into an Elvis fan, if you aren't one already, and loving Elvis is good for the soul.


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History: The story has been around for many years, the earliest known version of the tale has been traced back to the 14th and 15th century. He was known as Trit-Trot in Ireland, Tom Tit-Tot in Cornwall, and Whuppity Stoorie in Scotland. The most popular version comes from Germany, Rumpelstiltskin in Germany refers to a “little rattle stilt”. It is also a name of a type of Goblin. Being well known throughout Europe, The Brothers Grimm researched and contemplated four versions in making their fairy tale compilation.


It was a great recital last Saturday at the Carroll Gardens Library in Brooklyn. With 30 students performing and a house of over 100 guests, we had a lovely time and everyone did their best. Thanks again to all the parents, grandparents, friends and family who came to show their support, love and appreciation of our young performers! And special thanks to Jeff Schwartz and the entire staff of the Carroll Gardens library who graciously let us use their space and even set up the chairs for us!
Here’s some photo highlights. Videos are posted here.