![]() ![]() ![]() “Think it is fine story and I understand your feeling about it. “Have gone over and carefully thought about Gone With the Wind,” Selznick telegraphed his longtime story editor Katharine Brown on May 25, 1936, shortly after she had obtained the manuscript to Margaret Mitchell’s unpublished novel. Still, anyone wanting to understand an eco-system would do well to look at these books, ranked in order of preference. ![]() There are fine film books that I haven’t included because they never touched me personally (Kevin Brownlow’s The Parade’s Gone By, John Gregory Dunne’s The Studio and Francois Truffaut’s Hitchcock/Truffaut), and others that touched me deeply but don’t reveal as much about the business as a whole (Aljean Harmetz’s superb Round Up the Usual Suspects: The Making of Casablanca, William Friedkin’s terrific The Friedkin Connection and Robert Evans’ mesmerizing The Kid Stays in the Picture). Not only do they delve into the stories behind many of the greatest pictures ever made, but they also allow a deeper understanding of Hollywood itself. The following ten books offer a window into Hollywood’s history. It’s good to know that things were just as difficult back then, and that even if the past (as it’s been said) is a foreign country, sometimes they do things the same there, too. We spend too little time watching the masterpieces of the past, and even less reflecting on what went into them. The other night, I made a New Year’s resolution: to re-read my favorite film books. ![]()
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![]() ![]() However, it is clear that Banks’s novel has achieved the popular success it has because of this ruthless narrator. Frank also bluntly tells us about the phase of murders that he went through as a young child with little, if any, true compassion for the atrocities he has committed. He spends his time fortifying the island on which he lives with Sacrifice Poles – poles adorned with heads of animals – and working on his Wasp Factory, a clock face with twelve different channels down which a wasp can turn and meet a different death. Frank is certainly not squeamish, nor even particularly considerate. ![]() ![]() The Wasp Factory is striking simply for its unashamed detail when it comes to violence towards both animals and humans. When it is revealed that his brother Eric, who has been living in a mental asylum, has escaped and is returning home, The Wasp Factory slowly ratchets up the tension to a big twist at the end following the reunion of Frank and his brother. Frank Cauldhame is a teenager living on a Scottish island with his father, but his tendency towards violence makes him an unusual protagonist for a novel. Having heard much about Iain Banks, particularly since his death last year, I decided it was time to read his one of his most acclaimed novels – The Wasp Factory. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() His plans include catching up on TV, finishing his TBR pile, and watching YouTube tutorials on skills he'll never actually put into practice. That's why he's been waiting for summer: a break from school and the classmates who tease him incessantly. And he doesn't need anyone to remind him, which is, of course, what everyone does. ![]() If you love Rainbow Rowell and Heartstopper, you'll fall for this body-positive love story about the assumptions we make about each other, and the bravery you need to be yourself. But over the next fifteen days, everything will change. It's a gay romance that would have changed my world if I'd read it as a teen.' David Levithan Felipe doesn't believe someone like Caio could ever fall for someone like him. a tender, funny, absolutely heart-holding novel about a boy who is forced to share his room with his lifelong crush for fifteen days. ![]() ![]() ![]() Learn How IWE Books Gaining Popularity These Days! I promise it’s going to be an enchanting and captivating experience. ![]() Especially, if you are a literature enthusiast you have to invest a lot of time in reading classics from different eras to enhance your knowledge of the world of words. And most importantly, you get to learn about the culture, traditions, and conventions of a particular period of time. You may end up finding some stark relevance and resonance as well. They are meant to be read no matter which generation you are come from. ![]() That’s the reason they are celebrated, you know. You see, there are some things that you’ll only find in classics. I feel everyone should read at least one classic in their lifetime, and if you are going to pick one, then let that be To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. In fact, there are so many classics that will make you feel like you are reading contemporary (if that suits your reading taste). Perhaps, it’s because of their preconceived notion that all classics are eternally boring, long, and difficult. ![]() I’ve usually found people to be a bit shy and scared when it comes to picking up a classic. There are many classics that I love and recommend to my dear fellow readers. ![]() ![]() ![]() What kinds of events do they choose to remember? What might be left out?.shape their recollections and experience? ![]() How does the person’s economic circumstances (pre- and post-Depression), gender, class, race, etc.There are some specific questions I suggest you consider as your approach these particular sources: ![]() Please also be aware that some of these accounts include language that today is considered deeply offensive.īefore you start, you will want to consult two worksheets I have prepared for general consultation by students in my courses: Your assignment is to write a 2-3 page paper that analyzes ONE of the three interviews from the book that I have excerpted for you:Īgain, choose ONE of these accounts on which to base your paper. Hard Times is one of the more widely-read of Terkel’s works, and it can be accessed in its entirety as an e-book through the UW libraries. In his preface to the volume, Terkel wrote: “this is a memory book, rather than one of hard fact and precise statistic” (p. Published in 1970, it featured first-hand recollections of the Great Depression from a range of Americans of many races and classes, as well as interviews with young people who only knew of the Depression from their parents and grandparents. This collection was one of a number of oral history collections gathered by Chicago author and broadcaster Studs Terkel (1912-2008). Oral History as Primary Source – Studs Terkel’s Hard Times (Pantheon, 1970) Margaret O'Mara - University of Washington ![]() ![]() ![]() With Callie’s quiet nature and pale coloring, she tends to disappear in company. Most likely to be overlooked and underestimated?ĪNSWER: Lady Calantha Dryden ( NEVER COURT A COUNT). Her mother and grandmother drummed into her what it means to be a lady, though she’s learning what it means to follow her heart. ![]() She may be a cavalry officer’s widow, but she never learned to follow orders.ĪNSWER: Lady Larissa Dryden ( NEVER PURSUE A PRINCE). ![]() Most likely to speak her own mind, regardless of the situation?ĪNSWER: Jane Kimball ( NEVER DOUBT A DUKE). So, let’s play a little game we call " The Character Most Likely.” Award-winning author Regina Scott is about to celebrate her 60 th release, with NEVER ROMANCE A ROGUE, so we at Fresh Fiction thought it would be a good time to get to know her characters better. ![]() ![]() Rife with the indulgent pleasures of life among New York's one-percenters, Pineapple Street is a smart, escapist novel that sparkles with wit. ![]() ![]() a guilty pleasure that also feels like a sociological text." - Vogue A deliciously funny, sharply observed debut of family, love, and class, this zeitgeisty novel follows three women in one wealthy Brooklyn clan Darley, the eldest daughter in the well-connected old money Stockton family, followed her heart, trading her job and her inheritance for motherhood but giving up far too much in the process Sasha, a middle-class New England girl, has married into the Brooklyn Heights family, and finds herself cast as the arriviste outsider and Georgiana, the baby of the family, has fallen in love with someone she can't have, and must decide what kind of person she wants to be. ![]() A New York Times bestseller A Good Morning America Book Club Pick "The season's first beach read, a delicious romp of a debut featuring family crises galore."- The New York Times "A delicious new Gilded Age family drama. ![]() ![]() ![]() He failed spectacularly in the best ways in staying away, and I was so there for it! I just loved Lane’s bratty independence. I loved how Giorgio really tried to stay away from Lane, to keep his feelings and desires in check because he couldn’t see a life for himself where Lane could possibly fit. Gah! I loved how each man was so consumed with the other. Even after Giorgio loses his control with Lane, that tension is just still so THERE. ![]() Like the ebook, I was immediately drawn into the story and didn’t want to stop! Michael Dean just pulled me into the storyline, and I hated having to stop at points! He narrated the sexual tension between Lane and Giorgio SO intensely. I’m fairly sure my cheeks were burning from chapters 15-17, so you know.listener beware! Michael Dean’s voice was so perfectly growly for Giorgio, and I loved his narration for Lane as well. I loved his narration for both of these men. ![]() I thought this was hot when I read it, but Michael Dean just made Giorgio and Lane’s story even hotter. The audio angels smiled upon us because it didn’t take long. I absolutely loved Giorgio when I read it in ebook and I quickly started stalking Audible for the audio release. Holy hotness!! I think I’m still fanning myself. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The literary world also remembered Kathleen Collins, and used its powers to give us Whatever Happened to Interracial Love? Decades later, her daughter discovered the original 16mm reels of Losing Ground,had them remastered, and launched the effort to bring the film to light. The picture was unseen theatrically until 2015, when it drew raves (and comparisons to the works of Woody Allen and Éric Rohmer) as the headliner of the 2015 Lincoln Center series "Tell It Like It Is: Black Independents in New York, 1968–1986." The New Yorker called Losing Ground a "masterwork," while the New York Times said it was "a bulletin from a vital and as-yet-unexplored dimension of reality"-a territory that director Spike Lee would secure four years later with his indie hit, She's Gotta Have It.īut Collins died in 1988, at 46. Collins was among the first black women to write, direct, and produce a movie. ![]() ![]() ![]() Tender and empowering, Hair Love is an ode to loving your natural hair - and a celebration of daddies and daughters everywhere. But he LOVES his Zuri, and he'll do anything to make her - and her hair - happy. When Daddy steps in to style it for an extra special occasion, he has a lot to learn. ![]() It kinks, coils, and curls every which way. Cherry and New York Times bestselling illustrator Vashti Harrison. Pair this book with activities to get even more out of your interactive read aloud using picture books. It's up to Daddy to give his daughter an extra-special hair style in this ode to self-confidence and the love between fathers and daughters, from Academy-Award winning director and former NFL wide receiver Matthew A. Cherry is a sweet read aloud for first grade, second grade and even third grade classrooms with so many wonderful messages for your students. OnlyFans Amrapali Gan at Fortunes Most Powerful Women Next Gen conference. Matthew leads the ranks of new creatives who are telling unique stories of the Black experience. OnlyFans’ 37-year-old female CEO doesn’t really want to talk about porn. "I love that Hair Love is highlighting the relationship between a Black father and daughter. A New York Times Bestseller and tie-in to Academy-Award Winning Short Film "Hair Love" ![]() |