![]() Sometime between 15, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part-owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Shakespeare was born and brought up in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. His extant works, including collaborations, consist of approximately 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. ![]() He is often called England's national poet, and the "Bard of Avon". ![]() William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 (baptised) – 23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. ![]()
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Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary subjects Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2023.Hong Kong Golden Dragon Books 2022-2023. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments The Celluloid Closet by Vito Russo![]() ![]() ![]() He was an early member of the Gay Activists Alliance, formed in the wake of the 1969 Stonewall riot. ![]() Life partners and co-producers and directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman turned film critic Vito Russo’s pioneering 1981 study, subtitled Homosexuality in the Movies, into a comprehensive look at the subject with the help of Tales of the City author Armistead Maupin, who wrote the narration and appears on screen, and narrator Lily Tomlin.Īs a young man growing up in Manhattan in the 1950s, Russo had lived with stereotypical representations of gay men and lesbians in the media throughout his formative years. From the image of two men dancing in an early experiment with sound film in 1894 to the out, proud gay men and lesbians in films like The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and Go Fish (both 1994), this acclaimed 1995 documentary traces the history of LGBTQ representation on screen through more than 100 years and well over 100 films. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments World order kissinger amazon![]() ![]() In a post announcing the release of a new version of her third album, Speak Now, Swift addressed those viewing it as “dear reader”. They noticed the book came in at a hefty 544 pages, which makes 13 if you add five to four and four.īut, according to the cyber- Swifties, concrete proof that the $570 million songwriter has turned to literature was found in a post on her Instagram page. The plot thickened when fans spotted that the book’s title and author would be announced on June 13.Īny Swiftie worth their salt knows the Anti-Hero singer’s favourite number is 13 and that she peppers her work with "Easter eggs" - secret messages for her army of fans. It announced a massive initial print run of one million copies, with 40 colour photos, suggesting it was by a global star. It is a fun, celebratory title and will skew slightly younger, but is for people of all ages,” the document said, before likening it to Spare by Prince Harry. The rush was triggered after a document, supposedly from Flatiron, began circulating on social media for a book that would have “global appeal” and draw “massive publicity”. It has risen to as high as second on Amazon’s sales chart and is top of Barnes & Noble’s pre-orders chart, where it retails for £35. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Wild by Cheryl Strayed![]() “I love that so many people have explored the Pacific Crest Trail because they read Wild,” Strayed tells me one afternoon via Zoom. Her journey has inspired countless others and legions of soul-searching hikers, creating what has since been dubbed the “Wild Effect.” EWY Media/Shutterstock During her 1,000-plus-mile hike, Strayed grappled with the sudden death of her mother and her ensuing grief, turning towards the wilderness as she literally and metaphorically searched for a way out of the woods. Wild tells the story of Strayed’s life-transforming hike along the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT)-the second longest trail in the United States, stretching from Mexico to Canada through California, Oregon, and Washington. In 2014, Wild was adapted into a major motion picture starring actresses Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern, who both earned nominations at the 87th Annual Academy Awards. She is the author of Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, a New York Times best-seller and international phenomenon that has sold over 4 million copies worldwide and been translated into 40 languages. ![]() ![]() ‘Wild’ Author Cheryl Strayed on life, travel, and her new Hulu show, ‘Tiny Beautiful Things.'Ĭhances are you’ve heard of Cheryl Strayed. ![]() ![]() Comments on the challenges MH experienced through school “I never knew the tricks. ![]() ![]() Describes her scholastic experiences and performance at the grammar school. Compares Danish school system with English school system. Support of her teachers to send her to grammar school regardless of poor 11+ results. MH discusses sitting 11+ exams before she could understand English fully. Discusses languages spoken at home, and impact on MH’s siblings – language problems for younger brother were increased by his dyslexia. Comments on father’s work – in the Danish army, then British army (Kent Regiment in Singapore at end of WW2). Describes arriving in the UK (age 11) knowing no English, early UK school experiences, learning English. Moved to UK in May 1966 for father’s work. ![]() Describes family of origin, parents’ jobs. Please note this is not a full complete transcript but a detailed summary of the recording ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Ambergris jeff vandermeer![]() ![]() In these varied pieces we learn about the foundation of the city by Cappan John Manzikert, the ‘whaler-cum-pirate’ hear of the original gray cap inhabitants, the mysterious fungal race who are driven below ground, their city of Cinsorium razed to the ground and of their establishment of a labyrinthine city beneath the city, from which they make ghostly forays aboveground. ![]() We were first introduced to this fantastic locale in City of Saints and Madmen, a collection whose stories were presented in the form of histories with extensive and eccentrically discursive footnotes, opinionated biographies, cultural and biological monographs, tales published in Ambergisian magazines (the Burning Leaves journal in this case), souvenir booklets (‘in celebration of the 300th Festival of the Freshwater Squid), art reviews, medical reports and a final glossary and appendix on imaginary fonts. ![]() Rather than a jewelled city, Ambergris is a fungal and foetid one, its hidden subterraenean race of mycological beings increasingly permeating its inhabitants and architecture with spores which bloom into new exotic and weird forms. ![]() I’ve just finished reading Finch, seemingly the last of Jeff Vandermeer’s stories set in the ornate, decadent and grotesquely fecund city of Ambergris – for the time being, anyway. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Dark tower iv![]() ![]() The Tower is a six hundred floor spire made of black stone, and the only entrance is a door of ghostwood, with the words "Unfound" written upon it. Each rose blooms with the light of a thousand suns and each has a beautiful core. This makes sense because the Towers Twinner, The Rose, is surrounded by towers in New York. The Dark Tower is surrounded by a huge field of roses called Can'-Ka No Rey. It is necessary to present a sigul of Arthur Eld in order to enter the Tower and in some legends it is believed the Tower itself gave Arthur Eld his Sandalwood Guns and sword Excalibur. Across the infinite number of worlds, the Tower can only be entered in one: Mid-World. Each portal is protected by a guardian animal. At each end of the Beams, there is a portal, for a total of twelve. It is said to be Gan's body, and is held up by six Beams of great size and length, visible only by their effects on the lands along their lines - such as patterns in the clouds. The Dark Tower is the center of all creation. Size encompasses life, and the Tower encompasses size.” “The greatest mystery the universe offers is not life but size. ![]() |