While he includes much about famous individuals, like Lewis and Clark or Bonnie and Clyde, Frazier devotes many pages to people I’d never heard of, reveling in the historical minutiae he encounters along the way. Telling countless stories of the former and current residents of this historically rich region, he never hesitates to strike up a conversation with strangers or stop the car and poke around an apparently abandoned homestead. He compiled his efforts into this volume which he published in 1989. A case in point is Great Plains, humorist Ian Frazier’s account of his wanderings in the 1980s, which manages to combines history, humor and adventure into one charming package.Īn award winning columnist for The New Yorker for decades, Frazier spent much of the 1980s alone, driving and exploring the quiet flat roads of America’s prairie heartland, from North Dakota to Texas and back again, frequenting dozens of tiny hamlets along the way – some more dead than alive. When an author can successfully incorporate dozens of intriguing historical nuggets into their own personal road trip, I’m frequently captivated. Travel writing is one of my favorite genres, especially when it’s motivated by a passion for history.
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As a killer wields dangerous magic to thwart Reina’s investigation, she must tap into the strength of her own power and faith to solve a mystery that threatens to destroy her entire way of life. Reina resolves to find the real killer and defend the Vodou practice and customs, but the motives behind the murder are deeper and darker than she imagines.Īs Reina delves into the city’s shadows, she untangles more than just the truth behind a devious crime. Detective Roman Frost, Reina’s ex-boyfriend-a fierce nonbeliever-is eager to tie the crime, and half a dozen others, to the Vodou practitioners of New Orleans. Gifted with water magic since she was a child, Reina is devoted to the benevolent traditions of her ancestors.Īfter a ritual slaying in the French Quarter, police arrest a fellow vodouisant. Haitian-American Vodou priestess Mambo Reina Dumond runs a healing practice from her New Orleans home. 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The play, on stage at the BU Theatre through Sunday, is a coproduction with the Boston Playwrights’ Theatre (BPT) and the Boston Center for American Performance (BCAP), in partnership with the Boston University New Play Initiative and the School of Theatre. Now comes Uncle Jack, a modern retelling of Chekhov’s classic tragicomedy Uncle Vanya, by Michael Hammond, a College of Fine Arts assistant professor of theater. Boston theater audiences were treated to a comic mashup of the great Russian playwright’s works last month with the Huntington Theatre Company’s critically lauded production of Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. Call this the year of Anton Chekhov, reimagined. Or, well, leave you hoping that the things depicted in them will never, never ever come true. With their unconventional themes and characters, weird novels offer a chance to expand your mind and see the world in a whole new light. These unusual books often play with form and structure, subverting your expectations and leaving you scratching your head or feeling your brain boiling with a myriad of questions running you into a literal overdrive! Of course, they can be challenging, but they're definitely always rewarding. That said, don't expect a smooth ride here. From talking animals to sentient cities, from alternate realities to inexplicable phenomena, these weird fiction books are guaranteed to leave you looking for more (more answers or sanity, that is). These kooky tomes will take you on a journey through the bizarre, the surreal, the absurd and straight to Wacky Town. Once arrived at the Empire’s capital city-planet, the Jewel of the World, Mahit faces the double loss of Yskandr: Sabotage by her own people destroys the younger Yskandr copy within her, and she learns that the older original was murdered a few months ago. When the powerful empire of Teixcalaan demands a new ambassador, Lsel sends Mahit Dzmare, hastily integrated with an imago the current ambassador, Yskandr Aghavn, left behind on his last visit home, 15 years ago. The fiercely independent space station of Lsel conserves the knowledge of its small population by recording the memory and personality of every valuable citizen in an imago machine and implanting it in a psychologically compatible person, melding the two personas into one. A scholar of Byzantine history brings all her knowledge of intricate political maneuvering to bear in her debut space opera. I’ve included an initial mind map including incidental writing opportunities as the novel develops. The many twists and turns make this a brilliant read-out-loud adventure, which, set against the back drop of the Industrial Revolution of Victorian Britain will make for a wonderful English unit. They will fall in love with the ‘mechs’ – who are written with warmth and genius – and won’t be disappointed with the dark malice of the villains of the book. Its heroes will grab children’s imaginations and they will wish to be either the brave and feisty Lily or the gentle son of a watchmaker, Robert. Peter Bunzl’s Cogheart did not disappoint and already I am excited about a wealth of writing opportunities it presents.Ĭogheart is a triumph. I wanted books that were rich in both vocabulary and sentence structure – and stories that had meaty themes to discuss. Returning to Upper Key Stage Two after a stint in Early Years, I was keen to update my knowledge of fabulous children’s books that were not only appealing and engaging to read but that were also well crafted. Human truths and swoon-worthy turns-of-phrase abound. Stronger even than the book’s curious cast of characters and their stories rendered on these pages is the way the tale is told it might be true that no living author weaves a finer sentence than McCracken. The saga also contains profound tragedy, joy, and literal spontaneous combustion within this sweeping narrative that swings through decades and across New England. A mysterious woman is found unconscious in a cemetery next to a bag containing one corset, one bowling ball, one candlepin, and 15 pounds of gold. Like any family’s story, this tale of the Truitts and their friends and neighbors is rich with singular details and instances of the miraculous emerging from the mundane. Elizabeth McCracken's 'Bowlaway' Is BuzzFeed Book Club's April Pick. But the story opens with the simple discovery of someone sleeping in an early 20th-century cemetery in Massachusetts-an adult orphan who soon transforms the town with her split skirts, peculiar preferences, and passion for candlepin bowling. Whole lives through multiple generations are described on these pages. Elizabeth McCracken’s last novel was released 18 years ago, and although there’ve been short stories and a soul-shaking memoir to fill the void, here comes Bowlaway to make up for lost time. The Comfort Book is Haig’s life raft: It’s a collection of notes, lists, and stories written over a span of several years that originally served as gentle reminders to Haig’s future self that things are not always as dark as they may seem. Incorporating a diverse array of sources from across the world, history, science, and his own experiences, Haig offers warmth and reassurance, reminding us to slow down and appreciate the beauty and unpredictability of existence. But then we never think about food more than when we are hungry and we never think about life rafts more than when we are thrown overboard.” It is quite difficult to rate and review this book because there is no one way to read it. And honestly, I didn’t know I needed this book until I picked it up. “It is a strange paradox, that many of the clearest, most comforting life lessons are learnt while we are at our lowest. The Comfort Book is a collection of thoughts, quotes, recipes, playlists, one-liners, memories, wisdom, and so much more. Named by The Washington Post as one of the best feel-good books of 2021. The new uplifting book from Matt Haig, the number one New York Times best-selling author of The Midnight Library, for anyone in search of hope, looking for a path to a more meaningful life, or in need of a little encouragement. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. 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