![]() ![]() I started working on it in like 1989 and I finished it in 1990, so it’s been around for a long time. How do you feel about this series now, over 30 years on? It’s interesting. Here, Weems reflects on why it’s as relevant as ever. ![]() It’s now finally getting a stand-alone copy, out at the end of April from Damiani. And her Kitchen Table Series has been equally enduring, making its way into plenty of books and museums over the years. Since then, Weems has landed a MacArthur “genius grant” and around 50 solo shows, including the Guggenheim’s first retrospective of an African-American woman. She didn’t realize, though, that it would take on historical significance, too, paving the way for a generation of women artists concerned with their own representation, as well as in conversations of race and relationships to boot. Obsessive in telling the story of the woman she was playing-whom we follow through the course of relationships with her lover, her friends, and her daughter-Weems knew the series would be important to her. Decades ago in Northampton, Massachusetts, Carrie Mae Weems began devoting a part of every single day to photographing herself at her kitchen table. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() " Blue Skinned Gods is an exploration of faith, family, and identity through an astonishing story about a boy who is brought up as the reincarnation of Vishnu under the controlling weight of his father. Traveling from India to the underground rock scene of New York City, Blue-Skinned Gods explores ethnic, gender, and sexual identities, and spans continents and faiths, in an expansive and heartfelt look at the need for belief in our globally interconnected world. Over the next decade, his family unravels, and every relationship he relied on-father, mother, aunt, uncle, cousin-starts falling apart. While he seems to pass them, Kalki begins to question his divinity. In Kalki's tenth year, he is confronted with three trials that will test his power and prove his divine status and, his father tells him, spread his fame worldwide. His father sets up an ashram, and the family makes a living off of the pilgrims who seek the child's blessings and miracles, believing young Kalki to be the tenth human incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu. In Tamil Nadu, India, a boy is born with blue skin. From the award-winning author of Marriage of a Thousand Lies comes a brilliantly written, globe-spanning novel about identity, faith, family, and sexuality. ![]() ![]() ![]() The actors were so good I forgot they were not together in the same room. Everything about the production was spot on. I loved the music and graphics at the beginning, the acting, and the choices you made regarding what to read. "Nancy! Nancy! Nancy! This was the best ever. Also the performances, Zoom graphics, music, everything all outstanding! Thanks to TST for all the greatness that you do!" - B. ![]() ![]() "Bravo! Couldn't stay for the Q & A but this was the best thing I've seen in a long time! Looking forward to reading the book. "The reading was absolutely fantastic. Just bought the book." - N. I guess I'll have to read the book.The performances were awesome! Great work!" - D. I was engaged from the beginning to the end and now I'm very curious to see how it unfolds. "I just wanted to send a quick email to say how impressed I was with the reading yesterday. Their expressions were priceless and so right on! Well done TST! Also, the discussion with the author was very informative and the moderator was excellent!" - C. Shout out to all the actors, esp the female cast. "Awesome‼️ I was so totally into it that it wasn't just a zoom presentation, it came alive. "Brilliant! Acting and directing and production! Kudos." - M. The production was first rate with no technical problems." - R. That was a fabulous show. The actors were all very believable and I felt like they were the people I had imagined as I read the book. ![]() ![]() “An exploration of why so many Americans are struggling financially…A down-to-earth overview of the causes and effects of poverty and possible remedies. Poverty by Joanne Samuel Goldblum, Profit and Punishment: How Americ. ![]() ![]() “…an illuminating and wide-ranging account of what poverty looks like in America and how it is perpetuated by a broken and negligent system…Enriched with revealing statistics and vivid personal stories, this is a valuable resource in the fight against poverty.” - Publishers Weekly 123 books based on 2 votes: Broke in America: Seeing, Understanding, and Ending U.S. Poverty, to shed light on the realities faced by those living in poverty across the United States and provide a roadmap for eradicating poverty via policy changes. Joanne Goldblum (CEO and founder of the National Diaper Bank Network) and Colleen Shaddox (journalist and activist) visit Gibson's Bookstore virtually to present Broke in America: Seeing, Understanding, and Ending U.S. ![]() We recorded this event! You can watch it on the Gibson's Bookstore Youtube channel: ![]() ![]() ![]() She lies to the FBI agents in New York who meet her at the gate. She lies on the way to Paris as she works the first class cabin. She lies as she joins the other flight attendants and pilots in the van. Afraid to call the police-she's a single woman alone in a hotel room far from home-Cassie begins to lie. And blood, a slick, still wet pool on the crisp white sheets. She quietly slides out of bed, careful not to aggravate her already pounding head, and looks at the man she spent the night with. When she awakes in a Dubai hotel room, she tries to piece the previous night back together, counting the minutes until she has to catch her crew shuttle to the airport. She lives with them, and the accompanying self-loathing. She's a binge drinker, her job with the airline making it easy to find adventure, and the occasional blackouts seem to be inevitable. A powerful story about the ways an entire life can change in one night: A flight attendant wakes up in the wrong hotel, in the wrong bed, with a dead man-and no idea what happened.Ĭassandra Bowden is no stranger to hungover mornings. ![]() ![]() ![]() To protect her people from a devastating invasion, Kelsea did the unthinkable-she gave herself and her magical sapphires to her enemy, and named the Mace, the trusted head of the Queen’s Guard, as Regent in her place. In her quest to end corruption and restore justice, she has made many enemies-including the evil Red Queen, her fiercest rival, who has set her armies against the Tear. As she has come into her own as the Queen of the Tearling, the headstrong, visionary leader has also transformed her realm. In less than a year, Kelsea Glynn has transformed from a gawky teenager into a powerful monarch. In the final volume of the the New York Times bestselling Tearling trilogy, which has captivated readers around the world, Erika Johansen brings the series to a climactic and satisfying close. ![]() " Katniss Everdeen, you have competition."- Entertainment Weekly ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() With only the protection of an inherited dagger - and unsolicited help of the gregarious stranger who inserts himself on her quest - she must traverse Brocèliande and return in time to claim her rightful position as sovereign monarch.Īnd the witch that can save them both. Lilac begrudgingly trades her coronet for a cloak and ventures into the forest Brocéliande in pursuit of the impious enchantress at the edge of town. ![]() Years later, her coronation ceremony looms, and between the riotous townsfolk and scheming nobleman bent on snatching the throne, Lilac prepares for the worst.until a mysterious letter arrives from The Witch of Lupine Grotto, detailing a curious offer to cure her darkness forever. Maas' Throne of Glass in this Breton folklore-inspired fantasy debut brimming with wry humor, epic adventure, and an irresistible romance.Ī Breton princess at the peak of the French Renaissance, Lilac lives prisoner in her parents' castle after a wicked secret is revealed on the eve of her 10th birthday soirée. A re-edited, rewritten version of Disenchanted, book one in the A Lay of Ruinous Reign series, is being adapted for a New Adult/ Adult audience (Disenchanted, A Lay of Ruinous Reign: Book One) and is set for release on December 16, 2022. The Princess Bride and Buffy meets Sarah J. This is the Young Adult edition of Disenchanted, originally published with The Parliament Press in 2020. A re-edited, rewritten version of Disenchanted, book one in the A Lay of Ruinous Reign series, is being adapted for a New Adult/ Adult audience (Disenchanted, A Lay of Ruinous Reign: Book One) and is set for release on December 27, 2022. This is the Young Adult edition of Disenchanted, originally published with The Parliament Press in 2020. ![]() ![]() ![]() So, we're diving into Barrier ourselves, having not yet read the full series, approaching it as a first-time reader.īarrier, unsurprisingly, is well-done and interesting, of the same quality as the creative team’s past collaborations: Private Eye (2013) and The Walking Dead: Alien (2016). ![]() It’s a bilingual story of immigration and borders with a sci-fi twist, and following a Free Comic Book Day tease, it arrives this week in local comic shops. Panel Syndicate is where the recently-Eisner-nominated Barrier comes from. Vaughan also runs Panel Syndicate, a webcomics platform through which he puts out widescreen graphic stories directly to readers, along with collaborators artist Marcos Martin and colorist Munsta Vincente. Vaughan has done the superhero thing, he’s penned critically-beloved works like Ex Machina and Y: The Last Man, and he’s currently writing a pair of powerhouse Image titles in Paper Girls and Saga. ![]() ![]() ![]() Wagler, who now works at a building and supply company in Lancaster County, Pa., deserves praise for his honesty. The memoir is worthwhile as much for its Amish insights as for its exploration of one man's emotional turmoil, regret, and shame. It was a "paradox that would haunt me for almost ten years: the tug-of-war between two worlds." His tale of restlessness looks acutely at the clash of family ties with love of freedom. Readers will laugh, cry, and be inspired by this charming yet poignant coming of age story set amidst the backdrop of one of the most enigmatic cultures in America todaythe Old Order Amish. Such unspoken displeasure sparked a cycle of coming and going for the author, who repeatedly crept away from his community only to return, if reluctantly, for its familiarity. Growing Up Amish is the true story of one man’s quest to discover who he is and where he belongs. Yet Wagler bravely goes on to expose pervasive dissatisfaction among both youth and adult Amish living in what he characterizes as a stifling, formulaic world. The simplicity of everyday life may seem quaint on the surface. Wagler recounts his Amish upbringing, from dating conventions and worship services to local gossip and schoolyard bullies. This memoir offers a nuanced account from a man who straddled both Amish and "English" (non-Amish) worlds. JFilmmakers, academics, and novelists have offered depictions of Amish life. ![]() ![]() Everything else is another story … and then some.Īll that social media overload proves raw and exposing. ![]() The one detail Kate knows as truth, however, is that Amelia didn’t cheat, at least not on that Virginia Woolf paper, whose work Amelia knew better than even her favorite teacher. Because the Amelia that Kate was so sure of, isn’t really who her daughter had become in just the few short months before she died. But “four weeks, two days, and sixteen hours since Amelia had leaped off the roof of Grace Hall,” her devastated single mother, Kate, returns to her high-power law firm office, and receives an anonymous text: “Amelia didn’t jump.”Īnd so Kate begins ‘reconstructing’ what happened that tragic afternoon, and how her bright, talented, well-loved, never-trouble-causing, near-perfect daughter ended up a teenage fatality. With all the comparisons to megaseller- coming-to-a-multiplex-near-you, Gone Girl, a more fitting title might have been Gone Good Girl. The official ruling is “impulsive suicide” following a suspension for cheating. ![]() Her 15-year-old body lies broken on the grounds of her posh private school in Brooklyn. Without a doubt, Kimberly McCreight‘s bestselling debut contains every parent’s every nightmare, beginning with the absolute worst at the end of the first full chapter: “I’m sorry, Mrs. ![]() |