Author: Kara WalkerPublisher:
ISBN: 9780300227154
Category : African American art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Saviors don't arrive without martyrdom at their heels. This is what I've learned lately." - Kara Walker
The Ecstasy of St. Kara
Author: Kara WalkerPublisher:
ISBN: 9780300227154
Category : African American art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Saviors don't arrive without martyrdom at their heels. This is what I've learned lately." - Kara Walker
Jacob Lawrence
Author: Peter T. NesbettPublisher: Francine Seders Gallery
ISBN: 9780295985596
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 87
Book Description
Beginning with his first published print in 1963, Jacob Lawrence produced a body of prints that is both highly dramatic and intensely personal. This new edition of Jacob Lawrence: Thirty Years of Prints (1963-1993) includes 19 new prints produced by Lawrence since 1993, including 7 from the Toussaint LOOuverture series. The book includes an essay by Patricial Hills. In his graphic work, as in his paintings, Lawrence turned to the lessons of history and to his own experience. From depictions of civil rights confrontations to scenes of daily life, these images present a vision of a common struggle toward unity and equality, a universal struggle seated in the depths of the human consciousness. Peter T. Nesbett is director of the Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation."
Wade in the Water
Author: Tracy K. SmithPublisher: Graywolf Press
ISBN: 1555978630
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 95
Book Description
Shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize Finalist for the Forward Prize for Best Collection The extraordinary new poetry collection by Tracy K. Smith, the Poet Laureate of the United States Even the men in black armor, the ones Jangling handcuffs and keys, what else Are they so buffered against, if not love’s blade Sizing up the heart’s familiar meat? We watch and grieve. We sleep, stir, eat. Love: the heart sliced open, gutted, clean. Love: naked almost in the everlasting street, Skirt lifted by a different kind of breeze. —from “Unrest in Baton Rouge” In Wade in the Water, Tracy K. Smith boldly ties America’s contemporary moment both to our nation’s fraught founding history and to a sense of the spirit, the everlasting. These are poems of sliding scale: some capture a flicker of song or memory; some collage an array of documents and voices; and some push past the known world into the haunted, the holy. Smith’s signature voice—inquisitive, lyrical, and wry—turns over what it means to be a citizen, a mother, and an artist in a culture arbitrated by wealth, men, and violence. Here, private utterance becomes part of a larger choral arrangement as the collection widens to include erasures of The Declaration of Independence and the correspondence between slave owners, a found poem comprised of evidence of corporate pollution and accounts of near-death experiences, a sequence of letters written by African Americans enlisted in the Civil War, and the survivors’ reports of recent immigrants and refugees. Wade in the Water is a potent and luminous book by one of America’s essential poets.
Otherwise/Revival
Author: Jasmine McNealPublisher:
ISBN: 9781733640039
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Novel Newspaper
Author: Don Sebastian, Or, The House of Braganza
Author: Anna Maria PorterFrom the Mouths of Sirens
Author: Abigail HairPublisher:
ISBN: 9780578365404
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A dark reimagining of The Little Mermaid, From the Mouths of Sirens is the first installment in a compelling new YA fantasy series. With a lush fantasy world, a high-stakes competition, and a thrilling love story, From the Mouths of Sirens is The Cruel Prince meets The Hunger Games. Since childhood, Saoirse has trained for the sole purpose of being chosen for the Tournament. The angel-like people of Aurandel have won the Tournament for a century and ruled the continent with an iron grip. If Saoirse survives the three infamous trials, she will win the Crown of Revelore and overthrow the nation responsible for her mother's death. But when Saoirse is denied entry into the Tournament by the Mer king, she makes a forbidden bargain with an imprisoned sea witch: in exchange for entry in the competition, Saoirse agrees to kill the Auran prince. But while fighting for her life in the arena, the last thing Saoirse expects to do is fall for her greatest enemy, the arrogant Prince Rook.
Don Sebastian : or, The house of the Braganza: An historical romance. vol. 4
Author: Anna Maria PorterPublisher: Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
Don Sebastian: Or, The House of the Braganza: An Historical Romance, Vol. 4 by Anna Maria Porter is the fourth volume of a historical romance series set during the reign of the Portuguese King Sebastian. The novel explores themes of political intrigue, romance, and the dramatic events of the era. Anna Maria Porter’s narrative is known for its rich historical detail and complex characters. The story follows the fortunes of the Braganza family amidst the backdrop of political and social upheaval. As with the previous volumes, this installment continues to develop the characters’ stories and the historical context, offering readers an immersive experience of the period. Don Sebastian is a significant work for those interested in historical romances, providing a detailed and engaging portrayal of Portuguese history and the personal dramas intertwined with it.
Kara Walker
Author: Kara WalkerPublisher:
ISBN: 9789491843990
Category : African American women
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Kara Walker began this sketchbook in Munich in 1999, when she was 29 years old. Like most sketchbooks it served as a portal between the real world and the realm of her imagination. Although it was never intended to be shared, nevertheless quite a bit of ?work? came out of this particular book, including the installation ?Insurrection! (Our Tools Were Rudimentary, Yet We Pressed On)?, which is in the collection of the Guggenheim Museum. However, that is an exception to the rule. For the most part the pages in this sketchbook reflect uneasy, unrefined, unfinished thoughts and anxieties, written and drawn with no objectives, no ulterior motives, and no filters.
Author: Anna Maria Porter