![]() ![]() His words landed in a powerful way, amassing a global audience of millions of people, writing under the pseudonym, Yung Pueblo, which is both a reminder to him to stay grounded in a younger, growth mindset, and also a contained to frame this current season of work as a project that doesn’t constrain his own personal and professional growth. A part of that exploration also involved writing, and what began as a tool to process his own experiences eventually became a public writing practice. ![]() But a moment of reckoning would awaken him both to his need to refocus on mental and physical wellbeing, as well as recenter meaning in his work and life.Ī quest was set in motion, one that would eventually lead Diego into a 10-day vipassana meditation experience that had a profound impact and would set him on a path of self-discovery, and an ever-deepening devotion to a now years-long, 2-hour-a-day meditation practice, regular extended retreats, and the pursuit of truth and wisdom. He turned to activism and advocacy at a young age, then attended Wesleyan where his life devolved into partying and drugs that threatened to become his way of being as he moved into adulthood. ![]() Born in Guayaquil Ecuador, Deigo Perez – who is known by the pseudonym Yung Pueblo – moved with his family to Boston, where he saw his parents work relentless hours and struggle with poverty. ![]()
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![]() Wade in the Water is a potent and luminous book by one of America's essential poets. 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. 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. Wade in the Water: Poems : Smith, Tracy K.: Amazon.es: Libros Selecciona Tus Preferencias de Cookies Utilizamos cookies y herramientas similares que son necesarias para permitirte comprar, mejorar tus experiencias de compra y proporcionar nuestros servicios, según se detalla en nuestro Aviso de cookies. 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 boldly ties America's contemporary moment both to our nation's fraught founding history and to a sense of the spirit, the everlasting. Wade in the Water, Smith’s new collection, is her first book since taking on her official role.But even before her appointment, as her latest work makes clear, Smith was already being called. ![]() ![]() ![]() But, as a joke, his girlfriend put a couple of Miley Cyrus songs on it without him knowing. The story goes that Roth made a heavy-metal playlist filled with the likes of Iron Maiden and Guns and Roses, to pump him up for his scenes. ![]() He told the Canadian Press that he had to go to some dark places to play the character and apparently Miley Cyrus lives there. According to CTV News, Roth said, "You couldn't ever put me in a Hannah Montana concert with a baseball bat or I would wipe the place out." So it turns out Roth needed something to make his blood boil and get him so angry in order to play the Nazi killer, and that was. Roth is no stranger to blood and gore, in fact, he is a horror movie director himself, but playing Donny was his first acting job, and he wanted to get it right if only to honor his Jewish ancestors. He proceeds to bash the hostages head in yelling and screaming in victory. Then we sit and watch in suspense along with the Nazi hostages for about 50 seconds for Donny to approach clanking his bat on the walls. Related: 15 Tarantino Controversies That Will Leave You Shook He declines and Raine hilariously says, "Actually we're all tickled to hear you say that, quite frankly watching Donny beat Nazis to death is the closest thing we get to going to the movies." The first time we encounter "The Bear Jew", Raine is trying to persuade a German hostage to give him information, and when he declines Raine says he's going to tell "The Bear Jew" to come and beat his head in. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Crepsley, who agreed on the condition that Darren become his vampire assistant instead. However, when Steve was bitten by Madam Octa, Darren was forced to seek the help of Mr. Crepsley was one, and his best friend Steve Leonard wanted to become one. These are just the names used by him in substitution of the real names of the key players in his life (he does this for their protection and in fear of being discovered for his true self).ĭarren became enamored with Larten Crepsley's spider Madam Octa when he went to the Cirque du Freak, where he also learned vampires were real, Mr. ![]() Note: In the first book, Cirque Du Freak/Cirque Du Freak: A Living Nightmare, "Darren" says he used no real names in the books. As explained in the last book, " Sons of Destiny", the diary was supposedly transferred from Mr.
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Dominic is a type of character I don’t often read about in a romantic context, one who struggles with toxic masculinity but also has positive traits and wants to do right by his wife. Armie, the therapist, is both funny and perceptive. This book succeeds because of the warmth and empathy it extends to its characters. Frustrated by Dominic’s failure to communicate anything to her other than lust (every Tuesday night), Rosie moves out, but Dominic will do anything to win her back, even attend marriage counseling with a hippie therapist. Rosie works at a department store and dreams of opening her own restaurant. Dominic finished a military deployment overseas and is working in construction. Dominic and Rosie started dating in middle school and are now married adults. Love Her or Lose Her is a contemporary romance between a married couple on the verge of divorce. Archetype: Blue Collar, Diverse Protagonists, Military ![]() ![]() Additionally, if the current article is featured in another language, a star will appear next to the corresponding entry in the language switcher to let you know. On most smartphones and tablets you can also select "Desktop" at the very bottom of the page or "Request Desktop Site" in your browser's menu to see this line (do a search to find out how). ![]() On non-mobile versions of our website, a small bronze star icon ( ) on the top right corner of an article's page indicates that the article is featured. Articles that no longer meet the criteria can be proposed for improvement or removal at featured article review. There are 6,278 featured articles out of 6,663,582 articles on the English Wikipedia (about 0.09% or one out of every 1,060 articles). ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Many featured articles were previously good articles (which are reviewed with a less restrictive set of criteria). The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, All the Plays, All the Poems, Arranged in Their Chronological Order (Vol. Before being listed here, articles are reviewed as featured article candidates for accuracy, neutrality, completeness, and style according to our featured article criteria. ![]() They are used by editors as examples for writing other articles. Featured articles are considered to be some of the best articles Wikipedia has to offer, as determined by Wikipedia's editors. ![]() ![]() Instead, it put innovations in electronics, transportation, and culture to use, devising a new sort of influence that did not require the control of colonies. In the years after World War II, Immerwahr notes, the United States moved away from colonialism. doctors conducted grisly experiments they would never have conducted on the mainland and charts the emergence of independence fighters who would shoot up the U.S. We travel to the Guano Islands, where prospectors collected one of the nineteenth century’s most valuable commodities, and the Philippines, site of the most destructive event on U.S. In crackling, fast-paced prose, he reveals forgotten episodes that cast American history in a new light. In How to Hide an Empire, Daniel Immerwahr tells the fascinating story of the United States outside the United States. But what about the actual territories―the islands, atolls, and archipelagos―this country has governed and inhabited? And we are also familiar with the idea that the United States is an “empire,” exercising power around the world. We are familiar with maps that outline all fifty states. ![]() A pathbreaking history of the United States’ overseas possessions and the true meaning of its empire ![]() ![]() ![]() He travels throughout the nation offering keynotes on overcoming obstacles. Dave Pelzer is the New York Times bestselling author of A Child Called "It," The Lost Boy, and A Man Named Dave. Penney Golden Rule Award in 1990 and the 2005 National Jefferson Award. He received several awards including the J. His other works include The Lost Boy: A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family, A Man Named Dave: A Story of Triumph and Forgiveness, Help Yourself: Finding Hope, Courage, and Happiness, and Moving Forward. His first book, A Child Called "It", was published in 1995 and dealt with his abusive childhood. While in the service, Pelzer achieved the rank of Sargent and was hand-picked to midair refuel the highly secretive SR-71 Blackbird and the F-117 Stealth Fighter, which played a major role in Operations Just Cause, Desert Shield, and Desert Storm. ![]() He was placed in foster care until he enlisted in the U.S. He was removed from his home and his abusive mother, and made a ward of the court. ![]() ![]() At the age 12, Pelzer's teachers risked their careers to notify the authorities and saved his life. The victims of the other two cases are dead. He survived what is reported to be the third worst case of child abuse in California state history. David Pelzer was born on Decemin San Francisco, California. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When Olivia suggested they go away so she can better protect him, Eason had me worried her story would become a retread! But Wade declined the suggestion and things got on track.Įason planted several red herrings along the way, which were effective as I read. However, the story moves along in a quite different manner. Think the 1992 film The Bodyguard, with the roles reversed. The obsession turns deadly for those around Wade and his head bodyguard, Olivia. When he receives death threats from a stalker who is determined to develop a romantic relationship with him, a team of bodyguards is hired. Wade, the protagonist, is a psychologist who hosts a weekly radio call-in program. Always Watching represents the first in a new series, Elite Guardians, which is a bodyguard agency staffed entirely by females. ![]() I'm a sucker for female leads who kick butt in a non-cliche way. ![]() ![]() ![]() There aren't too many of those in the industry as we all know. ![]() It was such an honor to be named the first recipient of the YA Award. It was so thrilling, particularly since books that are considered funny aren't always considered for top prizes. Then we waited, sweaty palmed, at an awards ceremony at UCLA to hear our names called. ![]() Then we all attended a cocktail party in New York. How did that news get delivered to you and what was your reaction? TL: Congratulations on being named the first recipient of the LA Times YA Award for Rules of the road. Thankfully, the talented and humorous Joan Bauer provided more, much more for readers like me who craved laughter along with a good story. As a longtime lover of the sitcom, of the absurd, of bad jokes, I despaired about the field of YA literature. Humor - it is out there in abundance in books for younger readers but is in terribly short supply for middle and high school students. ![]() |