#Marion Bauer

[lesser-known-composers]

Marion Bauer (1882-1955) - Concertino for Oboe, Clarinet and Strings

Intro : [00:00] I. Allegro [00:05] II. Andantino [03:14] III. Allegro giocoso[07:17]

Clarinet - Eli Eban

Oboe - Jeremy Polmear

Ambache Chamber Orchestra

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Philip Bush’s Concord

Neuma 169 This release appears to be as much about the musician as it is about the music. Ives’ second piano sonata has had numerous recordings since John Kirkpatrick’s landmark recording of 1948. It is a gargantuan work that requires formidable technical skills simply to play it and interpretive skills at a very high level. Here is a recording by an artist who certainly possesses the skill sets…

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"Joel dares his best friend, Tony, to a swimming race in a dangerous river. Both boys jump in, but when Joel reaches the sandbar, he finds Tony has vanished. How can he face their parents and the terrible truth?"

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Top Ten Longest Book's I've Read (updated version!) *not including omnibuses

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Series info...

Book one in the Dear America series

A Journey to the New World

The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777 by Kristiana Gregory

When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864 by Barry Denenberg

A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia, 1859 by Patricia McKissack

Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell, 1847 by Kristiana Gregory

So Far from Home: The Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847 by Barry Denenberg

I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865 by Joyce Hansen

West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi, New York to Idaho Territory, 1883 by Jim Murphy

Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903 by Kathryn Lasky

Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763 by Mary Pope Osborne

Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, RMS Titanic, 1912 by Ellen Emerson White

A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence, Gonzales, Texas, 1836 by Sherry Garland

My Heart Is on the Ground: The Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl, Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania, 1880 by Ann Rinaldi

The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory, 1868 by Kristiana Gregory

A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861 by Karen Hesse

The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl, New Mexico, 1864 by Ann Turner

A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896 by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North, Chicago, Illinois, 1919 by Patricia McKissack

One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna, Austria to New York, 1938 by Barry Denenberg

My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York, 1941 by Mary Pope Osborne

Valley of the Moon: The Diary Of Maria Rosalia de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta California, 1846 by Sherry Garland

Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory, 1849 by Kristiana Gregory

Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1932 by Kathryn Lasky

Early Sunday Morning: The Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941 by Barry Denenberg

My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska, 1881 by Jim Murphy

Where Have All the Flowers Gone? The Diary of Molly MacKenzie Flaherty, Boston, Massachusetts, 1968 by Ellen Emerson White

A Time for Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C., 1917 by Kathryn Lasky

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan, Perkins School for the Blind, 1932 by Barry Denenberg

Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas, 1935 by Katelan Janke

When Christmas Comes Again: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer, New York City to the Western Front, 1917 by Beth Seidel Levine

Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, an English Girl in Minnesota, New Yeovil, Minnesota, 1873 by Marion Dane Bauer

Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson, Green Marsh, Massachusetts, 1774 by Ann Turner

All the Stars in the Sky: The Santa Fe Trail Diary of Florrie Mack Ryder, The Santa Fe Trail, 1848 by Megan McDonald

Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony, 1763 by Patricia McKissack

I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691 by Lisa Rowe Fraustino

Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City, 1909 by Deborah Hopkinson

The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941 by Kirby Larson

Like the Willow Tree: The Diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce, Portland, Maine, 1918 by Lois Lowry

Cannons at Dawn: The Second Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1779 by Kristiana Gregory

With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954 by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Behind the Masks: The Diary of Angeline Reddy, Bodie, California, 1880 by Susan Patron

A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906 by Judy Blundell

Down the Rabbit Hole: The Diary of Pringle Rose, Chicago, Illinois, 1871 by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

[televinita]

This is a GIANT sale, probably even besting the Big One from April. Very reasonable prices: $2 for most books, $1 for CDs and teen/juvenile or mass market paperbacks, 50 cents for the really skinny ones. Some older books individually priced higher but very fairly for their condition and scarcity, and they always have a nice selection of them. This is a community fundraiser sale so they lease out space wherever they can find it, and this year it filled half a vacant warehouse. The sale also runs every day for two weeks straight, but due to its distance and various commitments I didn't get to go until day 11.

And still, there was TONS (albeit not a lot in the way of books less than 10 years old). I would actually like to have gone back, because I ended up only being able to spend 3 hours there and it was NOT enough time to thoroughly rake the place over or make sure I had made the very wisest purchases, but alas, more Commitments and a dash of weather got me. >:(

As for what I actually got -- oh shoot, I keep moving them around; I already see I missed photographing at least one -- a few of the children's books above are replacement copies of beloved titles in nicer condition than the beat-up ones I have, but most of these are new to me and I'm very excited. The level of general interest increases as you get farther, I promise.

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1. Happily After All - Laura C. Stevens: replacement copy. I didn't read this until adulthood, but it's from my era and I LOVED it and I know I would have loved it had I come across it as a kid, too.

2. Babysitters Club Super Special #2: Summer Vacation: look i wasn't GOING to collect these but this one looks practically brand new so maybe I can have one more rep as a treat (maybe even relinquish that other one in Bad Shape from the last sale)

3. Animal inn #7: The Pet Makeover - Virginia Vail: this series I AM collecting and I am THRILLED to have one that is both in great condition and that I'm not sure I've read.

4. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens: I told you I was going to replace my ugly copy someday, and the bonded-leather-with-gilt-edges Barnes & Noble edition is one of the prettier ones I know about.

5. A Horse For Mandy - Lurlene McDaniel: look, it's very short & silly but it was kind of a literary bucket goal to read her very first book (originally pubbed 1981), featuring horses instead of sicklit, having already grabbed another early one, Where's The Horse For Me?

6. A Horse For X.Y.Z. - Louise Moeri: another replacement of a childhood fave. My copy isn't bad but old paperbacks are such poor quality in general that I figured I might as well own the nicest available.

7. Silver - Thomas C. Hinkle: not in great shape, but by an author whose 1920s & 30s animal stories I am always looking to read more of. I'm excited to have a Comet Books edition because they have the coolest color graphics on the back (you can see an example on Goodreads here), and honestly condition isn't bad for a pulp paperback pushing 75 years of age.

8. Mayday! ... Mayday! - Hilary Milton: a random grabbed-to-read survival adventure, two teens seeking help after the plane they're on crashes into a forested mountainside. Probable read-and-release, unless the small size tricks me into keeping it along with my 200 other mass markets.

9. Touch The Moon - Marion Dane Bauer: maybe my favorite by her, a girl who longs for a horse is disappointed to only receive a china one...but at night he temporarily transforms into a real horse. Who can talk. Magical adventure time!

10. Summer of the Wolves - Polly Carlson Voiles: replacement copy of one of the all-time best middle grade novels I've ever read as an adult.

11. Lucky Lady - Susan Saunders: replacement copy of a short horse book for preteens that I nevertheless read and loved in high school. I wanted it so bad that I've literally kept a crappy paperback copy with teen marks and a torn cover from a Little Free Library...until now!

12. Cliques, Hicks & Ugly Sticks - K.D. McCrite: guess who is SO THRILLED to have found the 2nd book in this middle grade quartet (not available at local library) only two months after reading the first one and falling in utter love!

13. Almena's Dogs - Regina Woody: one of the few uncommon books in the Grosset & Dunlap "Famous Dog Stories," I've never seen it before. Probably was unpopular because I'm pretty sure it's the ONLY one that features a girl, let alone a Black one. A Goodreads friend read this recently so I was really excited to find my own copy! From 1954 originally, so it seems ahead of its time. Already read half of it and I'm so in love. I am also now interested in a bunch more Regina Woody books, having never heard of her before, but damn. They are scarce.

14. All Dogs Go to Heaven - Beth Brown: I was literally two steps away from joining the checkout line when I spotted a box of old books under a table I hadn't looked at before. This was the third one down. Since I was out of time, I just SEIZED without even enough time to open the cover and make sure it was actually dog stories -- but it definitely is and I could not be more thrilled.

(P.S. This is illustrated by a Mr. Carl Cobbledick. They simply do not make names like that anymore.)

15-16. A Separate Peace + Peace Breaks Out - John Knowles: the exact editions I've checked out of the library, too, lol (though I hate the latter because the back cover is just a giant jump-scare of the author's face. i pray this horrid 80s trend never returns). I think I mentioned before that I was idly thinking of reading them this year; I ended up not doing so but Mom did, so might try again this fall.

17. The Stillmeadow Road - Gladys Taber: the very first book I ever read from her, which would eventually kick off a deep appreciation for her work! one of several books featuring musings & anecdotes on a quiet life as a writer in the countryside, residing in a late 17th century (American) farmhouse, with plenty of pets.

18.Ranch of Dreams - Cleveland Amory: I've been idly meaning to read this one for a while. Don't know if I'll keep it 'cause it's a BIG hardcover, but his Cat Who Came For Christmas trilogy was one of the first pet memoirs I read waaay back in the day, and he just did incredible things with his money (i.e. set up an animal sanctuary. this book was published in 1997, a year before he passed, but the sanctuary still exists!).

19. If Wishes Were Horses: The Education of a Veterinarian - Loretta Gage, D.V.M., w/ [her sister the writer] Nancy Gage: vet memoirs were also some of the earliest adult nonfiction I read, starting in middle school -- I literally read every single one the library had. I don't read them nearly as much anymore, but I'm still interested, especially older ones like this (released 1993) by women when they were still fighting to be taken seriously in the profession, especially in large animal practice. We're talking 1970s and even 80s here.

20. Wild Voice of the North: The Chronicle of an Eskimo Dog - Sally Carrighar: this book is in rouuuuuugh shape, but I simply could not resist him face.

And for the final wrap-up of random books... (also featuring: the one I forgot)

21. Martha's Vineyard: Isle if Dreams - Susan Branch: I FINALLY FOUND THE FINAL BOOK IN THE MEMOIR TRILOGY!!!!!! Actually found them all in a 7-month period, come to think of it, which is wild because I have been keeping an eye out for 8 years (I do actually still need a replacement copy of the last one w/ a dust jacket, but at least I could read it if I wanted to). Reminders of how pretty they are inside, the closest you will ever get to finding a real journal:

moving on...

22. Inside Dunder Mifflin: I don't love the illustration style but I do love that it was published after the series ended, so it is able to address everything up to and including the finale. It's just such a fun novelty item I don't even really know how to describe it yet, may not keep forever, but sure fun to have now!

23. How Far You've Come - Morgan Harper Nichols: I gather she's some sort of influencer; have not heard of her or this book but I am a SUCKER for a smaller-than-average hardcover-with-no-dust-jacket gift book full of text interspersed with pretty drawings and poems.

24. [CD] Skye Dyer - Letting Go (2014): Dunno who she is, picked solely on the basis of "young and pretty white woman on cover = good enough odds I'll like it to gamble $1". I've only played through it once, but this time my instincts appear to be on point.

And the silliest find of all...

25. Dawson's Creek: The Official Postcard Book: mostly because it's in like-new condition and I simply know, I KNOW, that this kind of nostalgic novelty item cannot easily be had for $1 anywhere else.

I still haven't even ever seen an episode of the show. This would be a greater find if I could sell things online, TBH, because the true value is I'm pretty sure I could flip this for at least $10; the binding is so tight that I can't really see all the postcards well without dismantling it, and if I do that I kill some of the value, which I'm not ready to do.

Nevertheless I'm having fun looking at what I can see of all the senior-portrait-style photos; Katie Holmes in particular is simply stunning.

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And there we go! Biggest bummer was that despite this sale being a RESPLENDENT repository of 70s-90s teen & children's paperbacks, not a single Lynn Hall book to be found. Where did all of her books GO, goddamn. Also kind of surprised not to see any Marguerite Henry, not even the heavily reprinted paperbacks (most of which are still in print).

But the Susan Branch book -- which I forgot to actually look for, and just happened to spot by chance on my way out of the biggest room for the last time -- and the vintage animal books were definitely worth the trip.

[delxenofic]

finished runt by marion dane bauer and it was solid! a short little story focused very tightly on this pack of wolves and in the pov of the runt of the litter named runt (i know what a shocker) who's influenced by his treatment by his father and his pack to continuously try to prove himself. i really enjoyed that we are seeing this story through the eyes of an immature kid who doesn't always have a full understanding of the world and the adult figures in his life. this pup keeps on making mistakes and considers leaving behind his family when the opportunities arise, he has moments where he is legitimately like "i want to die" because his life is hard and good things are robbed from him. this book does not shy away from the harsh realities of nature—survival is a struggle and characters can die.

there's this pivotal moment between runt and the raven (there's a raven who's like a close friend of the pack, i love him, best character) right near the end that really cleared the smoke for me around the interactions between runt and his father. the ending may creep up fast and may not be "earned" but, personal opinion, i found it satisfying.

this one's going on the list of "books i would recommend to kids really into wolves so long as i know they can handle the brutal nature parts"

[e-thonrudwrites]

In July I read another set of four books, and the first non action/thriller/suspense book from Tal Bauer. It was good! Bauer’s skills and writing were great, like always. Yet I kept finding after reading more than half of the book, I was missing the action, or the mystery to solve. “Love and Lifeless” should’ve probably been a three star, yet it got four. Don’t ask me what I was thinking😂 it was another ‘I’ve read worse and better books—yet I had a good time reading it’. There was definitely something in the character development that made me a bit confused (like the characters being too similar and suddenly mixing goals etc). So if I ever read it again, it’s going to get a lower score. Lot of four star books this month! “Garron Park” was a fun, easy read book and I’m confused why I didn’t give it a higher score. Yes, it’s been a few weeks since I read it and brain fog makes me forget all the bad parts of it, probably something with the ending that made me give it a lower score. But to compare it to the other four stars books this month, it’s definitely the best one, sorry Bauer. On to the cherry on top, the only five star book for this month! “Freak camp” gives me such Isaac Marion’s “Warm bodies series” meets “Supernatural” vibes. Like it’s difficult not seeing the “Supernatural” inspiration. It was definitely the slowest of slow burn other than “Captive Prince” by C. S. Pacat I’ve read and I’m not mad about it! Finally, I would recommend either “Garron Park” or “Freak Camp” depending on how dark you want it and how many TW’s you wanna read.

[lesser-known-composers]

Marion Bauer (1882-1955) - Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 22: Allegretto ·

Virginia Eskin, piano · Arnold Steinhardt, viola

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The Stuff of Stars by Marion Dane Bauer Art by Ekua Holmes

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9 books

@missanniewhimsy tagged me on this one and I'm just gonna rattle off the first nine books that I adore and/or had a huge impact on me in no particular order:

The Thread that Binds the Bones - Nina Kiriki Hoffman

Dreams Underfoot - Charles de Lint

Strangers in Paradise - Terry Moore

The Wizard of Earthsea series (sorry, can't pick just one the whole series had an impact) - Ursula K. Le Guin

Protector of the Small Quartet (see above) - Tamora Pierce

I Will Fear No Evil - Robert A. Heinlein

Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman

Am I Blue - Coming Out from the Silence - Marion Dane Bauer (editor)

Practical Magic - Alice Hoffman

My physical collection is packed up right now, so I was largely going off memory and my ebook collection.

I'm absolutely terrible at thinking of people to tag, so feel free to play along if you want! Just consider yourself tagged. :D

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Books I Read in May

5 stars:

Never Rest by Marshall Thornton

December Park by Ronald Malfi

Heartstopper 1-4 by Alice Oseman (Reread)

All That's Left in the World by Erik J. Brown (Reread)

What I Was by Meg Rosoff

The Girl in the Box by Ouida Sebestyen

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb

4.5 stars:

House of Stairs by William Sleator

Mosquitoland by David Arnold

Lose You to Find Me by Erik J. Brown

Spud: Exit, Pursued By A Bear by John van de Ruit

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

In the Forest by Edna O'Brien

Tales of the Peculiar by Ransom Riggs

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera (Reread)

4 stars:

The Spuddy by Lillian Beckwith

Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson

Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner

Hollow City by Ransom Riggs

Tales of King Arthur by James Riordan

Ethan by Ryan Loveless

Hit and Run by R. L. Stine

Street Child by Berlie Doherty

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Reckless Afterlife of Harriet Stoker by Lauren James

The Dogs by Allan Stratton

On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer

Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets by Evan Roskos

This Might Hurt a Bit by Doogie Horner

3.5 stars:

A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

A Lite Too Bright by Samuel Miller

Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs

Hostage by Karen Tayleur

Game As Ned by Tim Pegler

3 stars:

Prove Yourself a Hero by K.M. Peyton

Me, The Missing, and the Dead by Jenny Valentine

Five Have a Wonderful Time by Enid Blyton

Five Go Down to the Sea by Enid Blyton

2.5 stars:

The Unspoken by Thomas Fahy

The Boy with the Snowgrass Hair by Elsie Locke

Stranded on Terror Island by Lee Roddy

Compulsion by Tania Kelly Roxborogh

The Siege of Trapp's Mill by Annabel Farjeon

Saving Grace by Darlene Ryan

2 stars:

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North

If I Love You, Am I Trapped Forever? by M. E. Kerr

Stony Heart Country by David Metzenthen

1.5 stars:

Avi Cantor Has Six Months to Live by Sacha Lamb

[thatonebirdwrites]

I definitely recommend all the ones above, as I loved them all, especially Nnedi Okorafor and NK Jemisen.

Here's a few marginalized authors I read that I didn't see recommended yet. I'm including some anthologies in this list. This is in no particular order.

Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (One of my most favorite books of all time! It tells the tale of a transgirl violinist, her teacher who struggles to beat the devil at his own game, and a alien mother who wants to save her family).

Wings of Ebony by J. Elle (about a Black girl from Houston who finds out she's half god, and has to fight to save her people - both mortal and gods)

New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color Edited by Nisi Shawl (this is short fiction anthology. I loved all the stories in it and found some new authors to explore too.)

Anything by Yoon Ha Lee. (I loved Phoenix Extravagant which is a YA book and the Machineries of Empire series)

David Mogo, Godhunter by Suyi Davies Okungbowa (Dives deep into Nigerian lore. It's a cyberpunk, godpunk tale that's a fun romp.)

Love Beyond Body, Space & Time edited by Hope Nicholson (This is another anology, this time focusing on Indigenous authors from across the Americas.)

Anything by Nalo Hopkinson

Children of Blood and Bone Legacy of Orïsha #1 by Tomi Adeyemi (A dark YA novel that tells the story of how the Orïsha revolt against their tyrants)

Escaping Exodus by Nicky Drayden (A tale of humans living within a live space beasts, far from Earth and any habitable exoplanet. Also, Nicky Drayden's Prey of the Gods is a fascinating queer cyberpunk novel.)

Anything by Rebecca Roanhorse (I particularly love her Sixth World series)

The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum (A sweet queer tale of two girls who, by listening to signals from the stars, fall in love)

Transcendent 3: The Year's Best Transgender Speculative Fiction edited by Bogi Takács (This is an anthology featuring trans writers from across the world. Fantastic read.)

A Phoenix First Must Burn edited by Patrice Caldwell (An YA anthology that explores the Black experience through fantasy, SF, and magic)

Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collection edited by Hope Nicholson (This is a comic anthology series with three in total. Absolutely brilliantly illustrated by various Indigenous authors from across the world.)

Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation #2 edited and translated by Ken Liu (An anthology of Chinese authors full of haunting stories.)

Train to Pakistan by Khushwant Singh (exactly what the title says, it tales the story of the Partition. Scenes from it still haunt me today.)

Anything by Toni Morrison (Sula in particular hit me hard)

Life on Mars by Tracy K. Smith (Okay, this is a poetry collection, but it's a damn good poetry collection.)

Am I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence edited by Marion Dane Bauer (This is an anthology by LGBTQIA writers. this anthology helped me come to terms with my own queer trans identity)

Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America edited by Ibi Zoboi (Another great YA anthology)

A Blade So Black The Nightmare-Verse #1 by L.L. McKinney (A retelling of Alice in Wonderland in a much darker way. Explores the Black experience through the creepy world of Wonderland).

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (Story of a Black girl caught between two worlds who witnesses the police shooting of her unarmed best friend)

The Assimilated Cuban's Guide to Quantum Santeria by Carlos Hernandez (A collection of short stories by Hernandez that I still think about today)

Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements edited by Walidah Imarisha, adrienne maree brown (Holy shit is this anthology fantastic. A wide variety of authors from across the globe who walk in the legacy of Octavia Butler)

Brick Walls: Tales of Hope & Courage from Pakistan by Saadia Faruqi (Faruqi's collection of short fiction about her country often had me in tears)

The Liminal People by Ayize Jama-Everett (The tale of a father and his daughter struggling to survive and hide their tremendous power to hurt or heal at a touch)

A Small Charred Face by Kazuki Sakuraba with Jocelyne Allen (Translator) (A story of a boy and a vampire who save each other's lives)

The Closet of Discarded Dreams by R. Ch. Garcia (A surreal novel where a Chicano teen struggles to stay sane in a dimension where people relieve humanity's abandoned dreams. Incredibly haunting prose.)

Anything by Ted Chiang (his novella Story of My Life was turned into the movie Arrival)

Okay, I'll end there otherwise I'll be listing books all night. :) Enjoy!!

PLEASE for the love of the universe read anti-colonial science fiction and fantasy written from marginalized perspectives. Y’all (you know who you are) are killing me. To see people praise books about empire written exclusively by white women and then turn around and say you don’t know who Octavia Butler is or that you haven’t read any NK Jemisin or that Babel was too heavy-handed just kills me! I’m not saying you HAVE to enjoy specific books but there is such an obvious pattern here

Some of y’all love marginalized stories but you don’t give a fuck about marginalized creators and characters, and it shows. Like damn

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 8.15

Beer Birthdays

Adam Eulberg (1835)

Christian Benjamin Feigenspan (1844)

Charles D. Goepper (1860)

Christine Celis (1962)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Julia Child; chef, writer (1912)

Stieg Larsson; Swedish writer (1954)

Jennifer Lawrence; actor (1990)

Oscar Peterson; Canadian jazz pianist (1925)

Walter Scott; Scottish poet, writer (1771)

Famous Birthdays

Ben Affleck; actor (1972)

Tommy Aldridge; drummer (1950)

Ethel Barrymore; actor (1879)

Leonard Baskin; sculptor (1922)

Marion Bauer; composer (1882)

Robert Bolt; English playwright, screenwriter (1924)

Napoleon Bonaparte; French emperor, soldier (1769)

Estelle Brody; silent film actress (1900)

Jim Brothers; sculptor (1941)

Jan Brzechwa; Polish author and poet (1898)

Bobby Byrd; singer-songwriter (1934)

Bobby Caldwell; singer-songwriter (1951)

Cadence Carter; pornstar (1996)

Lillian Carter; Jimmy Carter's mother (1898)

Judy Cassab; Austrian-Australian painter (1920)

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor; English composer (1875)

Tom Colicchio; chef (1962)

Charles Comiskey; baseball player and manager (1859)

Leslie Comrie; New Zealand astronomer (1893)

Mike Connors; actor (1925)

Gerty Cori; Czech-American biochemist and physiologist (1896)

Walter Crane; English artist (1845)

Jim Dale; English actor (1935)

Abby Dalton; actress (1932)

Louis de Broglie; French physicist (1892)

Régine Deforges; French author (1935)

Thomas de Quincey; English writer (1785)

Linda Ellerbee; television journalist (1944)

Edna Ferber; writer (1885)

Eliza Lee Cabot Follen; writer (1787)

Huntz Hall; actor (1919)

Signe Hasso; Swedish-American actress (1915)

Richard F. Heck; chemist (1931)

Bobby Helms; singer (1933)

Natasha Henstridge; actor (1974)

Wendy Hiller; actor (1912)

Wolfgang Hohlbein; German author (1953)

Stix Hooper; jazz drummer (1938)

Jacques Ibert; French composer (1890)

Blind Jack; English engineer (1717)

Tom Johnston; singer-songwriter and guitarist (1948)

Julius Katchen; pianist and composer (1926)

George Klein; Canadian inventor of the motorized wheelchair (1904)

Aleksey Krylov; Russian mathematician and engineer (1863)

T.E. Lawrence; Welsh writer (1888)

Rose Maddox; singer-songwriter and fiddle player (1925)

Rose Marie; comedian, actor (1923)

Debra Messing; actor (1968)

Sami Michael; Iraqi-Israeli author and playwright (1926)

Giorgos Mouzakis; Greek trumpet player (1922)

E. Nesbit; English author and poet (1858)

Pyotr Novikov; Russian mathematician (1901)

Paul Outerbridge; photographer (1896)

Inês Pedrosa; Portuguese writer (1962)

Bill Pinkney, American pop singer (1925)

Luigi Pulci; Italian poet (1432)

Paul Rand; graphic designer (1914)

Nicholas Roeg; film director (1928)

Mike Seeger; folk musician and folklorist (1933)

John Silber; philosopher (1926)

Leo Theremin; Russian inventor (1896)

Rob Thomas; author (1965)

Jack Tworkov; Polish-American painter (1900)

Gene Upshaw; Oakland Raiders G (1945)

Mikao Usui; Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki (1865)

Jimmy Webb; songwriter (1946)

Hugo Winterhalter; composer and bandleader (1909)

Peter York; rock drummer (1942)