Author: Erskine CaldwellPublisher:
ISBN: 9780856176760
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Kneel to the Rising Sun
Author: Erskine CaldwellPublisher:
ISBN: 9780856176760
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Witnessing Lynching
Author: Anne P. RicePublisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813533308
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Their words provide today's reader with a chance to witness lynching and better understand the current state of race relations in America."--BOOK JACKET.
The People's Writer
Author: Wayne MixonPublisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 9780813916279
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Most critics have considered Caldwell to be only a minor southern writer, often associating him with his worst writing. Yet Saul Bellow suggested he deserved the Nobel Prize, and William Faulkner once characterized him as one of the five best writers of his time, alongside himself, Thomas Wolfe, Ernest Hemingway, and John Dos Passos.
Every Rising Sun
Author: Jamila AhmedPublisher: Henry Holt and Company
ISBN: 1250887089
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
Named one of NPR's Books We Love In this riveting take on One Thousand and One Nights, Shaherazade, at the center of her own story, uses wit and political mastery to navigate opulent palaces brimming with treachery and the perils of the Third Crusade as her Persian homeland teeters on the brink of destruction. In twelfth century, Persia, clever and dreamy Shaherazade stumbles on the Malik’s beloved wife entwined with a lover in a sun-dappled courtyard. When Shaherazade recounts her first tale, the story of this infidelity, to the Malik, she sets the Seljuk Empire on fire. Enraged at his wife’s betrayal, the once-gentle Malik beheads her. But when that killing does not quench his anger, the Malik begins to marry and behead a new bride each night. Furious at the murders, his province seethes on rebellion’s edge. To suppress her guilt, quell threats of a revolt, and perhaps marry the man she has loved since childhood, Shaherazade persuades her beloved father, the Malik’s vizier, to offer her as the next wife. On their wedding night, Shaherazade begins a yarn, but as the sun ascends she cuts the story short, ensuring that she will live to tell another tale, a practice she repeats night after night. But the Malik’s rage runs too deep for Shaherazade to exorcise alone. And so she and her father persuade the Malik to leave Persia to join Saladin’s fight against the Crusaders in Palestine. With plots spun against the Seljuks from all corners, Shaherazade must maneuver through intrigue in the age’s greatest courts to safeguard her people. All the while, she must keep the Malik enticed with her otherworldly tales—because the slightest misstep could cost Shaherazade her head. This suspenseful first-person retelling is vividly rendered through the voice of a fully imagined Shaherazade, a book lover whose late mother bestowed the gift of story that becomes her power. Created over fourteen years of writing and research, Jamila Ahmed’s gorgeously written debut is a celebration of storytelling and a love letter to the medieval Islamic world that brings to life one of the most enduring and intriguing woman characters of all time.
The Kneeling Christian
Author: Opportunity
Author: Kneel
Author: Candace BufordPublisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0369702832
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
"A must read. 10/10.” —Broderick Hunter, actor, model, and activist This fearless debut novel explores racism, injustice, and self-expression through the story of a promising Black football star in Louisiana. The system is rigged. For guys like Russell Boudreaux, football is the only way out of their small town. As the team’s varsity tight end, Rus has a singular goal: to get a scholarship and play on the national stage. But when his best friend is unfairly arrested and kicked off the team, Rus faces an impossible choice: speak up or live in fear. “Please rise for the national anthem.” Desperate for change, Rus kneels during the national anthem. In one instant, he falls from local stardom and becomes a target for hatred. But he’s not alone. With the help of his best friend and an unlikely ally, Rus will fight for his dreams, and for justice. "A gripping story about what it looks like when we demand equity, justice, and recognition of our own humanity." —Kalynn Bayron, author of Cinderella Is Dead
The Kneeling Christian
Author: Unknown ChristianPublisher: Whitaker House
ISBN: 160374844X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
This Christian classic, written by an unknown Christian sometime before 1930, is a passionate call to a life of prayer. Knowing that the subject of prayer is a mysterious and foreign concept to many Christians, the author addresses many of the perplexities of this practice, such as… What is prayer? How does one pray? Must we “agonize in prayer”? How does God answer prayer? What hinders our prayer? Who may pray? With many inspiring examples of prayerful preachers and missionaries, the author leaves no doubt that all spiritual growth—all victory, confidence, peace, and communion with God—comes only through the practice of fervent, heartfelt prayer.
Undead Souths
Author: Eric Gary AndersonPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 080716108X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Examines physical, symbolic, psychological, and cultural forms of undeadness in a variety of media and historical periods.
Call it Experience
Author: Erskine CaldwellPublisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 9780820318493
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
In this candid view of the hardships and rewards of the writer's life, Erskine Caldwell recalls his first thirty years as a writer, with special emphasis on his long and hard apprenticeship before he emerged as one of the most widely read and controversial authors of his time. All the while conveying the enormous amount of drive and dedication with which he pursued his calling, Caldwell tells of his struggles to find his own voice, his travels, and his various jobs, which ranged from backbreaking manual labor to much sought-after positions in radio, film, and journalism. Including a self-interview, Call It Experience offers a wealth of insights into Caldwell's imagination and his writing habits, as well as his views on critics and reviewers, publishers, and booksellers. It is a source of information and inspiration to aspiring writers.