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Summary: Rite of passage story about family, secrets and what ties us together: old life and new. ![]() ![]() ![]() No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.Ī CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library.įor the many weird and wonderful thespians whom I have had the good fortune to call my friends. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead (except for satirical purposes), is entirely coincidental. ![]() Names, places and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. 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Ginsberg’s own madness manifested as feeling the “presence” of inanimate objects, having visions, and struggling with homosexuality (which, during the 1950s, was itself classified as a mental disorder). ![]() His mother, a schizophrenic, was hospitalized multiple times and subjected to the harsh treatments of the day, including electric shock therapy, insulin therapy, and toward the end, a frontal lobotomy that her poet son, still a young man, was obliged to authorize. Allen Ginsberg, who revolutionized poetry with his seminal “Howl” and who was a major force in the Beat Generation and the “flower power” social revolution of the 1960s, was deeply influenced by madness. ![]() ![]() No doubt Dick would have appreciated both the irony and tragedy of the situation, and probably would have written a story about it if he had not died so suddenly and, yes, so tragically, in 1982.ĭick was a product of the great epoch of pulp literature, both as a consumer and as a producer. ![]() It is hard to imagine that Dick himself would not have been pleased to see these handsome volumes measured on the ancient Greek's "golden section" (a concept that finds a place in the pages of this volume). In many ways the Library of America series represents the "canon" of our native literature, and on the shelves next to Melville, Whitman and Hawthorne, the works of Dick now find their rightful place. ![]() Now consider the fact that the prestigious publisher Library of America has just published a third volume of novels by Dick. Dick's struggle to be accepted as a mainstream author, to have his work appreciated and understood outside the genre of science fiction, which was a dilemma he considered "a very long-term tragedy - of my creative life." Tragedy and irony can be fickle playmates. Dick (The Library of America 849 pages $35) ![]() ![]() ![]() Conway - Ari Kelman - Geraldo Cadava - David A. With Essays By Akhil Reed Amar - Kathleen Belew - Carol Anderson - Kevin Kruse - Erika Lee - Daniel Immerwahr - Elizabeth Hinton - Naomi Oreskes - Erik M. Replacing myths with research and reality, Myth America is essential reading amid today's heated debates about our nation's past. Based on a firm foundation of historical scholarship, their findings revitalize our understanding of American history. ![]() The contributors debunk narratives that portray the New Deal and Great Society as failures, immigrants as hostile invaders, and feminists as anti-family warriors-among numerous other partisan lies. Zelizer have assembled an all-star team of fellow historians to push back against this misinformation. Distortions of the past promoted in the conservative media have led large numbers of Americans to believe in fictions over facts, making constructive dialogue impossible and imperiling our democracy. America's top historians set the record straight on the most pernicious myths about our nation's past The United States is in the grip of a crisis of bad history. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Combining elements of folktales with sweeping fantasy and her signature strong-minded heroines, McKinley has written celebrated fiction that crosses genres and audiences. ![]() In addition to The Hero and the Crown and Beauty, Open Road Media will release the titles Deerskin, Rose Daughter, Sunshine, The Outlaws of Sherwood, and two short story collections, The Door in the Hedge, and A Knot in the Grain. She is known for reimagining classic fairy tales her novel Beauty, for example, recasts “Beauty and the Beast” into the story of an independent young woman who must face danger in order to save her father’s life. Robin McKinley has been praised for her contributions to the fantasy genre and noted for her novels featuring strong heroines who appeal to both children and adults. (New York, NY-)-Eight seminal works of fantasy by Robin McKinley will be released as ebooks on November 18, 2014, including the Newbery Medal-winner The Hero and the Crown. ![]() |