#Michael McCann art

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Michael McCann

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Daffy Duck strikes a familiar pose as Capt. Duck Dodgers, Commander of the Starship Sisyphus and Official Notary. From second “Duck Dodgers” television pitch deck Oct. 1998.

“Duck Dodgers?! Anyone for Duck Dodgers? Anybody? No? No takers? Are you sure?”

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Bebe Neuwirth in Caricature

I didn't plan it like this, but Bebe's caricature showcase just so happens to coincide on my schedule with Cabaret's opening night. So while she's glamming it up on the red carpet and readying for her soon-to-be-Tony-nominated performance, allow me to present beloved Diva Bebe Neuwirth in Caricature.

"Bebe Neuwirth," Sweet Charity, Published June 20, 1986 - Al Hirschfeld

"Cheers," Published December 11, 1990 - Al Hirschfeld

CHEERS: TED DANSON, KIRSTIE ALLEY, NICK COLASANTO, RHEA PERLMAN, GEORGE WENDT, JOHN RATZENBERGER, WOODY HARRELSON, BEBE NEUWIRTH, KELSEY GRAMMER, SHELLY LONG, AND ROGER REES, 1990

"Damn Yankees", Published February 27, 1994 - Al Hirschfeld

Pictured: Bebe Neuwirth with Victor Garber, Jerrod Emick, and George Abbott.

"Chicago," Published November 24, 1996 - Al Hirschfeld

Pictured: Joel Grey, Ann Reinking, Bebe Neuwirth, James Naughton

"Toasts Of The Town," Published June 1, 1997 - Al Hirschfeld

Pictured: Frank Langella, Julie Harris, Christopher Plummer, Brian Bradford, Michael Hayden, Bebe Neuwirth, Rebecca Luker, Fiona Shaw, Lillias White, David Morse, Angie Phillips, Donal McCann, Michael Gambon, David Rasche, Lia Williams, Janet McTeer, Anthony Sher, etc.

By 1986, Bebe had a Tony Award and a solo Hirschfeld drawing to her name, and by 1997, she had another Tony and three more Hirschfelds from both stage and screen work. Hirschfeld had a sprawling collection of art not limited just to Broadway. And of course, the feature Hirschfeld most prominently exaggerated (though not by much) were her award-winning gams.

Bebe Neuwirth for Sardis, 1997 | Unrelated: Bebe Neuwirth and Donna Murphy for the 2010 Drama League Nominations

Bebe's Sardis portrait is, of course, her in character as Velma Kelly in Chicago. The style of her caricature seemed to bridge the change between the old-school exaggeration and comic features that made the drawings so distinctive, and the blander, homogenous styles of today. Bebe's portrait came a few years before the true shift began, and frankly, she's better off for it.

"Bebe Neuwirth," The Lights of Broadway, Autumn 2017 - Squigs

I've neglected to mention it so far, but each Squigs trading card comes equipped with a little "fun fact" section on the back. Most cards include a few biographical points, show credits, and a special "did you know?" With Bebe's return to Broadway this season, we can only hope we'll get another Squigs illustration to add to the list.

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Power Lines Pt.1.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. OC - Shadow of Chernobyl - by me.

Music associated with art:

Behavior - Iceland Ambient Theme

Behavior - HQ Infiltration Part 2

Behavior / Michael McCann - Main Menu Theme

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TOP 10 BOOKS OF 2023

The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro

Swimming in the Dark - Tomasz Jedrowski

The Odyssey - Homer

The Complete Maus - Art Spiegelman

Shadows Return - Lynn Flewelling

Stalking Darkness - Lynn Flewelling

Maurice - E.M. Forster

Small Gods - Terry Pratchett

Momo - Michael Ende

As Meat Loves Salt - Maria McCann

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[Image descriptions: A series of graphics titled, ‘Queer Books to Add to Your Library.’ Each is sorted according to the original pride flag colours and meanings. The graphics show each book with its cover, title, and a short summary. Long descriptions follow.

Pink = Sex

Park Cruising by Marcus McCann: Park Cruising takes a long look at the men who cruise for sex in urban parks. Human rights layer Marcus McCann uses park cruising as a point of departure for discussions of consent, empathy, public health, municipal planning, and our relationship to strangers.

Secret Historian by Justin Spring: An intimate friend of Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toxias, and Thornton Wider, Steward maintained a secret sex ife from childhood on, and documented these experiences in brilliantly vivid and and often very funny detail.

The Male Gazed by Manuel Betancourt: Featuring deep dives into thirst traps, drag queens, Antonio Banderas, and telenovelas—all in the service of helping us reframe how we talk about (desiring) men—this insightful memoir-in-essays is as muh a coming of age as a coming out book.

Whore of New York by Liara Roux: Why would someone ever voluntarily become a sex worker? Liara Roux writes about the salacious details leading up to her decision to become a career sex worker, and the unexpected truths she learned while working in the industry.

Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert: Eve Brown is a certified hot mess. No matter how hard she strives to do right, her life always goes horribly wrong. So she’s given up trying. But when her personal brand of chaos ruins an expensive wedding (someone had to liberate those poor doves), her parents draw the line. It ś time for Eve to grow up and prove herself—even though she’s not entirely sure how..

Red = Life

I Hope We Choose Love by Kai Cheng Thom: what can we hope for at the end of the world? What can we trust in when community has broken our hearts? What would it mean to pursue justice without violence? How can we love in the absence of faith?

A Spidle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow: It’s Zinnia Gray’s twenty-first birthday, which is extra special because it’s the last birthday she’ll ever have. When she was young, an industrial accident left Zinnia with a rare condition. Not much is known about her illness, just that no-one has lived past twenty-one.

People Change by Vivek Shraya: Vivek Shraya knows this to be true: people change. We change our haircuts and our outfits and our minds. We change names, titles, labels. We attempt to blend in or to stand out. We outgrow relationships, we abandon dreams for new ones, we start fresh. We seize control of our stories. We make resolutions.

The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw: You may think you know how the fairy tale goes: a mermaid comes to shore and weds the prince. But what the fables forget is that mermaids have teeth. And now, her daughters have devoured the kingdom and burned it to ashes.

Tarta Americana by J. Michael Martinez: A suite of poems that channels the legendary singer-songwriter Ritchie Valens to examine and question mid-twentieth-century conceptions of race and art, identity and desire.

Orange = Healing

Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H: A queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from stories in the Quran in this “raw and relatable memoir that challenges societal norms and expectations” (Linah Mohammad, NPR).

The Cancer Journal by Audre Lorde: Moving between journal entry, memoir, and exposition, Audre Lorde fuses the personal and political as she reflects on her experience coping with breast cancer and a radical mastectomy.

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeka Emezi: Feyi Adekole wants to learn how to be alive again. It’s been give years since the accident that killed the love of her life and she’s almost a new person now—an artist with her own studio and sharing a brownstone apartment with her ride-or-die best friend, Joy, who insists it’s time for Feyi to ease back into the dating scene. Feyi isn’t ready for anything serious, but a steamy encounter at a rooftop party cascades into a whirlwind summer she could never have imagined: a luxury trip to a tropical island, decadent meals in the glamorous home of a celebrity chef, and a major curator who wants to launch her art career.

How We Show Up by Mia Birdsong: A provocative, essential guide to community and solidarity from an activist, community organizer, and thought leader whose viral TED talk has been viewed more than 1.5 million times.

The Tea Dragon Society by K. O’Neill: In the bewitching Tea Dragon Society series, two-time Eisner Award-winning creator K. O’Neill offers three stories featuring the enchanting world of Tea Dragons.

Yellow = The Sun

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers: It’s been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en masse, into the wilderness, never to be seen again; centuries since they faded into myth and urban legend.

A Phoenix Must First Burn by Patrice Caldwell: Evoking Beyonce’s Lemonade for a teen audience, these authors who are truly Octavia Butler’s heirs, have woven worlds to create a stunning narrative that centers Black women and gender nonconforming individuals. A Phoenix Must First Burn will take you on a journey from folktales retold to futuristic societies and everything in between.

Hi Honey, I’m Homo! by Matt Baume: For decades, amdist the bright lights, studio-audience laughs, and absurdly large apartment sets, the real-life story of American LGBTQ+ liberation unfolded in plain sight in front of millions of viewers, most of whom were laughing too hard to mind.

In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Bernnan: Elliot doesn’t want to fight, keeps saying the wrong thing, and is definitely the grouchiest human in fantasyland.

Mouthful of Forevers by Clementine Von Radics: Clementine von Radics writes of love, loss, and the uncertainties and beauties of life with a ravishing poetic voice and piercing bravura that speak directly not only to the sensibility of her generation, but to anyone who has ever been young.

Green = Nature

The Flowing Wand by Sophie Strang: A deep exploration of the regenerative and magical secrets of sacred masculinity hidden in familiar myths both ancient and modern

Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss: A taut, gripping tale of a young woman and an Iron Age reenactment trip that unearths frightening behavior.

Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant: The ocean is home to many myths, but some are deadly. Seven years ago the atargatis set off on a voyage to the Mariana Trench to film a mockumentary bringing to life ancient sea creatures of legend. It was lost at sea with all hands. Some have called it a hoax; others have called it a tragedy.

The Devouring Gray by C. L. Herman: After her sister’s death, seventeen-year-old Violet Saunders finds herself dragged to Four Paths, New York. Violet may be a newcomer, but she soon learns her mother isn’t: They belong to one of the revered founding families of the town, where stone bells hang above every doorway and danger lurks in the depths of the woods.

Queer Ducks by Eliot Schrefer: This groundbreaking illustrated YA nonfiction title from two-time National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author Eliot Schrefer is a well-researched and teen-friendly exploration of the gamut of queer behaviors observed in various animals.

Turquoise = Art and Magic

Dinner on Monster Island by Tania de Rozaria: In this unusual, engaging, and intimate collection of personal essays, Lamba Literary Award finalist Tania De Rozario recalls growing up as a queer, brown, fat girl in Singapore, blending memoir with elements of history, pop culture, horror films, and current events to explore the nature of monsters and what it means to be different.

Eyeliner: A Cultural History by Zahra Hankir: From the acclaimed editor of Our Women on the Ground comes a dazzling exploration of the intersections of beauty and power around the glob, told through the lens of an iconic cosmetic.

Black Futures by Jenna Wortham and Kimberly Drew: Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham have brought together this collection of work—images, photos, essays, memes, dialogues, recipes, tweets, poetry, and more—to tell the story of the radical, imaginative, provocative, and gorgeous world that Black creators are bringing forth today. The book presents a succession of startling and beautiful pieces that generate an entrancing rhythm. Readers will go from conversations with activists and academics to memes and Instagram posts, from powerful essays to dazzling paintings and insightful infographics.

Queer Magic by Tomás Prower: Queer Magic provides nourishment for LGBTQ+ souls and their allies who are interested in learning about the significant prescence and influence of queer folks throughout history. Explore fascinating insights into queer relationships and spiritual practices from different regions of the world.

Queering the Tarot by Cassandra Snow: Tarot is best used as a tool for self-discovery, healing, growth, empowerment, and liberation. Tarot archetypes provide the reader with a window into present circumstances and future potential. But what if that window only opened up on a world that was white, European, and heterosexual?

Blue = Serenity

Three Simple Lines by Natalie Goldberg: A haiku is three simple lines. But it is also, as Allen Ginsberg put it, three lines that ‘make the mind leap.’ A good one, he said, lets the mind experience ‘a small sensation of space which is nothing less than God.’ As many spiritual practices seek to do, the haikus spare yet acute noticing of the immediate and often ordinary grounds the reader in the pure awareness of now.

Body Work by Melissa Febos: Memoir meets craft master class in this “daring, honest, pyschologically insightful’ exploration of how we think and write about intimate experiences—‘a must read for anybody shoving a pen across paper or staring into a screen or a past’ (Mary Karr)

Amateur by Thomas Page McBee: In this “refreshing and radical” (The Guardian) narrative, Thomas McBee, a trans man, sets out to uncover what makes a man—and what being a “good” man even means—through his experience training for and fighting in a charity boxing match at Madison Square Garden.

On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden: A ragtag crew travels to the deepest reaches of space, rebuilding beautiful, broken structures to piece the past together.

Wash Day Diaries by Jamila Rowser: From writer Jamila Rowser and artist Robyn Smith comes a captivating graphic novel love letter to the beauty and endurance of Black women, their friendships, and their hair.

Purple = Spirit

God Themselves by Jae Nichelle: Let this book be a celebration of queerness, Blackness, and love. Let these words be a modern church, these poems a holy space.

Dear Senthuran by Awkaeke Emezi: Through candid, intimate correspondence with friends, lovers, and family, Emezi traces the unfolding of a self and the unforgettable journey of a creative spirit stepping into power in the human world.

Dark and Deepest Red by A.M. McLemore: Summer, 1518. A strange sickness sweeps through Strasbourg: women dance in the streets, some until they fall down dead. As rumors of witchcraft spread, suspicious turns towards Lavinia and her family, and Lavinia may have to do the unimaginable to save herself and everyone she loves.

Sacrament of Bodies by Romeo Oriogun: In Sacrement of Bodie Romio Oriogun interrogates what it means to be queer, male, and Nigerian. In this groundberaking work, Oriogun seeks to understand how a queer man can heal in a society where everything is designed to prevent such restoration.

Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars by Kai Cheng Thom: At once a love letter and challenge to the traditional transgender memoir, Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars is a playful, surrealist dance through queer coming of age. \End ID]

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I'm listing Queer fiction that I've read for this list. If folks want to see more queer fiction and nonfiction to check out, this list here and this one are fairly comprehensive.

Other queer fiction to add to the above list: Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (first published in 2021) I adore this book so much. It's about a violin teacher who has to collect one more soul in order to complete her contract with the devil (so the devil won't take her soul). She finds a homeless trans girl and meets the (secret) alien owner of a donut shop (that hides a spaceship). The prose in this blew me away. It's so damn gorgeous, especially with how music is described. I could almost hear the music lifting out of the pages. It's also the queerest book I ever read, and it makes me so happy.

Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden (first published in 1982). About two teenage girls who fall in love and swear to stay true each other despite the challenges faced by both. One goes to a Catholic school, who cracks down hard on LGBTQIA stuff, and the other goes to the city's public school. It's a gorgeous tale and one of the first LGBTQIA books I read. I read it over and over again as a source of comfort.

The Color Purple by Alice Walker (first published in 1982) Seriously, one of the most iconic and ground-breaking LGBT novel ever written. It focuses on the life of Celie as she grows up and must contend with abuse, being married off to a man she doesn't love and is abusive, and how she falls in love with another woman.

Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown (first published in 1973) This is the third LGBT book I ever read. It had a lesbian cult following for awhile. It explored Molly Bolt's life, and how she understood her sexuality from a young age. Molly ultimately rejects gender roles and binaries, and it's a lovely coming of age and romantic story.

Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters (first published in 1998) Nan is smitten with a male impersonator named Kitty. They go to London and shenanigans happen. I honestly loved reading this one, and the romance between the two is sometimes angsty but also so sweet. It's about gender experimentation and queerness and how these two survive in Victorian London.

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon (first published in 2017) I absolutely adore anything Rivers Solomon writes to be honest. It's about drama and intrigue on a generations spaceship, which became regimented and ruled by oppression, generations after humanity left earth. Our heroes fight back against the oppressive systems on the spaceship, and there's all sorts of LGBTQIA characters (some are even nonbinary!).

Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James (first published in 2020) This book has some amazingly beautiful prose. It's also very graphic in describing certain types of violence and sex. It's about a mercenary hired to find a missing boy, but the world in which these people live is full of mythic wonders and monsters. It's a bit of a hard read with some of its themes, but the way Marlon constructs his sentences with gorgeous imagery leaves me breathless.

The Deep by Rivers Solomon (first published in 2019) This book blew me away. It's about a mermaid culture that develops undersea by pregnant African women thrown overboard during the slave trade. One mermaid, Yetu, who carries the history of her people in her head, flees to the surface, and discovers the true history of her people. (And also has some super adorable scenes with the woman on the surface.) Yes, it's about intergenerational trauma, but it's also about the freedom of this mermaid culture to love whoever they wish.

Dreadnought by April Daniels (first published in 2017) Loved this one. Danny gains powers when a superhero dying in front of her passes his powers to her. She's faced with transphobia, sexism, and abuse at every turn, but it also celebrates her coming into herself as a trans queer woman. We need more queer trans superheroes, honestly! (Also, she reminded me a bit of Nia Nal in Supergirl, who is a trans superhero named Dreamer. Mostly because of their personalities having a lot of overlapping traits. :) )

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone (first published in 2020) Absolutely breathtaking prose and wonderfully gorgeous romance. It stars two time agents -- Red and Blue are their codenames -- who are imbroiled in a time war. They're on opposite sides, but the slow burn is exquisite. Just love this novella to death.

The Bermudez Triangle by Maureen Johnson (first published in 2004) It's about three friends who are separated for a few months. Nina returns from her summer adventures with stories of her and her crush, but then she witnesses her two best friends kissing. The shenanigans, drama, and growth that ensues was both hilarious at time but also heart-wrenchingly real. I truly loved it, and sometimes I still think about these three friends and how they navigated relationships together.

Am I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence by Marion Dane Bauer (first published in 1995) This is one of the first LGBTQIA anthologies I read. It's a collection of short stories about LGBTQIA folks coming out and navigating societal crap while coming to terms with their gender identity and/or sexual orientation. It brought me to tears in some places, and helped me find the courage to come out myself as queer.

The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1) by Samantha Shannon (first published in 2019) I adored the characters and worldbuilding in this novel; the gorgeous prose and immersive storytelling had me enraptured. Plus it's hard to resist any book that has folks riding dragons. It's also one of those books where I shouted, "That's so gay. These two better get together in the end." Queen Saban and Ead (who is a magic user posing as her aide) fall in love, and yes, it's a slow burn, but it's also full of angst, fluff, and just 'awwww' moments. There's also the plot at large about evil dragons wanting to enslave the world, but well, I sort of got more invested in Saban and Ead. lol I can't wait to get my hands on the sequel.

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin (first published in 1969) This book had a profound effect on me as it got me thinking of gender fluidity, and gave me courage to experiment more with gender. It's about a human ambassador who goes on a mission to Gethen, where androgynous and intersex humans live in a very gender fluid culture. The people on Gethen can become either sex depending on their partners. It's a fascinating book, and caused quite a stir when it first came out.

The City We Became by N.K. Jemisen (first published in 2020) I adored this book. All the characters are some flavor of queer (except for the white gal who represents Staten Island). The gist of the story is that sometimes cities come alive, and they chose human avatars. New York City ends up choosing an avatar for each borough to help protect its main avatar, who is being attacked by a Cthulhu-like entity. Damn good story, fantastically colorful characters, and gosh, I just adored it.

The Will of the Empress by Tamora Pierce (first published in 2006) This is the final book in the Circle series (The Circle of Magic Quartet, The Circle Opens Quartet). Our four friends, who form a family of their own, travel to the kingdom of Namorn. There they encounter drama, espionage, kidnapping, and court politics. Daja, one of my favorite of the four, discovers she's gay, and her romance is adorable. I read these four - Sandry, Tris, Briar, and Daja - throughout my pre-teens and teenage years. I sort of grew up with them, so I have a soft spot in my heart for this book.

Followups of Queer books I either am in the process or reading or is on my to read next list that are not on the lists mentioned above: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr. The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree Ash by Malinda Lo Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

My tags for the thoughts on the books listed in the images from makingqueerhistory: \End PT]

[Tag transcriptions: #I have one-fourth of these books already [smiley face] #There’s some great ones listed #I absolutely adore Becky Chambers Monk and Robot series – a Psalm for the Wild Built #Queer magic and Queering the Tarot were fun reads too #How we show up by Mia Birdsong really helped me get perspective on how we can build up solidarity and community #A Phoenix Must First Burn was absolutely lovely anthology with majority being Latinx (and often LGBTQIA) characters #I’ve been trying to find a copy of Black Futures for awhile now but it is for some reason incredibly expensive so I can’t afford it yet #Honestly all the books I own in this list were fantastic reads. \End transcription]

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In 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Opposed to slavery, Knight would rather help the wounded than fight the Union. After his nephew dies in battle, Newt returns home to Jones County to safeguard his family but is soon branded an outlaw deserter. Forced to flee, he finds refuge with a group of runaway slaves hiding out in the swamps. Forging an alliance with the slaves and other farmers, Knight leads a rebellion that would forever change history. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Newton Knight: Matthew McConaughey Rachel: Gugu Mbatha-Raw Moses Washington: Mahershala Ali Serena Knight: Keri Russell Daniel: Jacob Lofland Sumrall: Sean Bridgers Lieutenant Barbour: Brad Carter Miss Ellie: Jane McNeill Prosecuting Attorney: Gary Grubbs Jasper: Christopher Berry Amos Deason: Joe Chrest Quitman: David Jensen Injured Soldier: Kurt Krause Confederate Color Guard: Carlton Caudle Freedman 1: Martin Bats Bradford Matthew Yates: Matt Lintz Mary: Kerry Cahill Annie: Jessica Collins Confederate Soldier: Juan Gaspard Junie Lee: Liza J. Bennett Polling Station Clerk: David Maldonado Schoolgirl: Serenity Neil Chester: Lawrence Turner Mrs. Deason: Lara Grice Col. Robert Lowry: Wayne Pére Farmer 1: Jim Klock Town Folk: Emily Bossak Sergeant: P.J. Marshall Third Man: Ritchie Montgomery Stillman Coleman: Mattie Liptak Aunt Sally: Jill Jane Clements Col. McLemore: Thomas Francis Murphy Old Man: Johnny McPhail Lt. Barbour: Bill Tangradi First Man: William Mark McCullough Edward James – Cotton Field Worker: Sam Malone Boy at Alice Hotel: Kylen Davis Farmer 2: Will Beinbrink George: Troy Hogan Confederate Soldier: Cy Parks Ward: Dane Rhodes Second Woman / Yeoman Farmer: Lucy Faust Yeoman Girl: Stella Allen Older Coleman Brother: Cade Mansfield Cooksey Maroon (uncredited): Tahj Vaughans Davis Knight: Brian Lee Franklin Film Crew: Casting: Debra Zane Production Design: Philip Messina Costume Design: Louise Frogley Editor: Juliette Welfling Producer: Jon Kilik Supervising Art Director: Dan Webster Editor: Pamela Martin Director of Photography: Benoît Delhomme Producer: Scott Stuber Executive Producer: Oren Aviv Set Decoration: Larry Dias Writer: Gary Ross Executive Producer: Robert Simonds Executive Producer: Robin Bissell Art Direction: Andrew Max Cahn Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Paul Hsu Executive Producer: Wang Zhonglei Executive Producer: Stuart Ford Prosthetics: Gary Archer Foley: Marko Costanzo Makeup Department Head: Nikoletta Skarlatos Executive Producer: Wang Zhongjun Co-Producer: David Pomier First Assistant Director: Eric Heffron Assistant Costume Designer: Meagan McLaughlin Foley: Eric Milano Second Unit Director: Garrett Warren Visual Effects Editor: Gershon Hinkson Executive Producer: Michael Bassick Makeup Artist: Kris Evans Executive Producer: Bruce Nachbar ��B” Camera Operator: Jerry M. Jacob Executive Producer: Matt Jackson Additional Camera: Michael Watson Executive Producer: Christopher Woodrow Hairstylist: Felicity Bowring Casting: Meagan Lewis Music Editor: John Finklea Executive Producer: Jerry Ye Set Designer: Randall D. Wilkins Still Photographer: Murray Close Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Mike Prestwood Smith First Assistant “A” Camera: Chad Rivetti Special Effects Coordinator: David K. Nami Hair Department Head: Jules Holdren Key Hair Stylist: Melizah Anguiano Wheat Set Costumer: Adriane Bennett Costume Supervisor: Carlane Passman Prosthetic Makeup Artist: Matthew O’Toole Visual Effects Producer: Lisa Beroud Key Hair Stylist: Theraesa Rivers Executive Producer: Russell Levine Additional Camera: Greg Morris Set Costumer: Tom Cummins Art Department Coordinator: Wylie Griffin Supervising Dialogue Editor: Branka Mrkic Visual Effects Supervisor: Kelly Port Second Assistant “C” Camera: Griffin McCann Set Costumer: Lisa Magee Wigmaker: Khanh Trance Art Direction: Chris Craine Gaffer: Bob Bates Original Music Composer: Nicholas Britell First Assistant “C” Camera: Wade Whitley Co-Producer: Diana Alvarez Second Second Assistant Director: Marvin Williams “A” Came...

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Chevrolet — Go Beyond: An Overland Film from Goh Iromoto on Vimeo.

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CLIENT — CHEVROLET Brand Director — James Hodge Ntl Marketing Communications — George Saratlic Marketing Communications — Jenna Abraham Ntl Marketing — Doug Kenzie

AGENCY — COMMONWEALTH//MCCANN CCO — Joshua Stein VP / Creative Director — Michael Katzikowski Copywriter — Sean Pitre  Art Director — Vu Song Vu Agency Producer — Sharon Nelson-Bailey Managing Director — Kevin Pfuhl VP / Group Acct Director — Laura Rodriguez Acct Director — Michelle Acosta Acct Supervisor — Shayla Bodnar

CAST — Dean Petty / Casey Vanular

PRODUCTION — STEAM FILMS Director — Goh Iromoto EP — Krista Marshall Line Producer — John Scarth PM — Sharron Toews PC — Erin Tobman PC Asst — Vlad Tarasenko 1st AD — Travis Tetreault 2nd AD — Robbie Flynn

DP — Kris Bonnell DP Agent — MantlReps 1st AC — Ian Beer / Schane Godon 2nd AC — Chelsea Carrick / Dylan Zack Camera Operator — Evan West Key Grip — Jeff Delaney Best Grip — Blair Bourque Grip — Joe Hirsch / Corey Gomez Gaffer — Paul Connolly Best — David Whyte / Kaito Nyunoya DIT — Rick Yuck VTR — Oscar Irwin VTR Assist — Ron Burland / Meghan Cosenzo

Production Designer — Peter Kirkegaard Props Master — Dean Wadella Art Co-ordinator — Niki Kendall Art Asst — Matt Konrad Special FX — Travis Mackenzie Casting — Sonya Bertolozzi (Reel Athletes Agency) Location Mgr — Jason Nolan ALM — Kevin Larsen Stylist — Jayna Mansbridge Stylist Asst — Gabby Coates HMU — Barbara Zazeybida Floatplane Pilot — Rick Henderson Jetboards — James Bailey (Radinn) Stunt Co-Ordinator — Guy Bews Precision Driver — Chad Cosgrave / Peter Bews Car Prep — Clayton Homer Water Safety — Keith Francis / Scott Belton / Jay Hineyman / Maria Cashin PA — Brooke Siebert / Ken Austin / Darjusz Bukowski / Ari Leask / Lisbeth Madiment / Jan Cenon Storyboard Artist — Guy Perez

ARM CAR — BLACKHOUSE CINEMA Flighthead Op — Daniel Tillotson Driver — Brent Callow Tech — Calvin McAlary

DRONE — FLOW MOTION AERIALS Drone Pilot — Rapha Boudrealt-Simard Drone Lead — Jeremy Allen Drone Tech — Ian Dunsmore

EDITORIAL — OUTSIDER EDITORIAL Editor — Chris Murphy Assistant Editor — Kerstin Juby Executive Producer — Kristina Anzlinger Executive Producer — Kayan Choi

COLOUR / ONLINE — STUDIO FEATHER Colourist — Jason Zukowski Colour Assist — Rebecca-Koby Yamanaka Online Artist — Julian Van Mil Online Assist — Dequiera Atherton VFX Artists — Diego Dutra / Sergej Liamin / Matt Dochstader Producer — Sonia Ruffolo Executive Producer — Sara Windram

AUDIO — GRAYSON MATTHEWS Music Director — Tyson Kuteyi Sound Engineer — Vlad Nikolic Executive Producer — Kelly McCluskey Sound Design — Vlad Nikolic / Ben Swarbrick SVAC (Specialized Vehicle Audio Capture) — Vlad Nikolic / Ben Swarbrick Composer — Igor Correia Foley Studio — JRS Productions Inc. Foley Artist — Stefan Fraticelli Foley Engineer — Ron Mellegers Foley Assistant — Kyle Testa Voice Over — Calum J Moore

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Deirdre Purcell Wiki, Bio, Age, Career, Education, Death, Net Worth, Nationality And More

Deirdre Purcell Wiki:- Irish author, actress, and journalist Deirdre Purcell was well-known. She was from Dublin. In the stage rendition of The Ginger Man, the Abbey Theatre actress played Miss Frost, and in The Playboy of the Western World, she portrayed Pegeen Mike. The well-known novelist and broadcaster passed away on Monday, February 13, 2023, according to the official announcement. Age 77 applied to Deirdre.

Deirdre Purcell Wiki

Purcell, a former Abbey Theatre actress, has performed in plays such as The Playboy of the Western World, Miss Frost, and Drama at Inish. She has acted opposite Donal McCann in Drama at Inish and as Christine in The Ginger Man on stage. Previously, Purcell worked as a journalist for the media and television. She received the Cross and Benson & Hedges journalistic honours.

Deirdre Purcell Wiki

Education

Deirdre Purcell was born in Dublin in 1945, where she also received her upbringing. She join Gortnor Abbey in County Mayo for her graduation. She was an Abbey Theatre performer who portrayed Christine in Drama at Inish alongside Donal McCann, Miss Frost in The Ginger Man: The Musical, and Pegeen Mike in The Playboy of the Western World. The press and television both employed Purcell as a journalist.

Deirdre Purcell Education

Career

Twelve of Purcell's works, including "Pearl and the Winter Gathering," were bestsellers in Ireland and received high praise from critics. She was a member of the Central Bank of Ireland's board when the Irish banking system failed in 2008, having been appointed in 2003. She began hosting All About the Music on RTÉ Lyric FM in October 2009. She also hosted "It Says in the Papers" on RTÉ Radio 1's Morning Ireland. The Benson & Hedges and Cross awards for journalism were given to Purcell.

Deirdre Purcell Career

Relationship

Kevin Healy is her spouse. The couple has been dating for years. Adrian and Simon Weckler, the couple's two boys, are proudly raised by Deirdre Purcell and her husband Kevin. In West Cork's Beara Peninsula, the family resides together.

Death

Age 77, Deirdre passed away in February 2023. Famous celebrities from the entertainment industry haven't stopped praising the Irish novelist since she passed away. On social media, John Creedon posted: "So sorry to learn of the passing of the extraordinary Deirdre Purcell. Deirdre was a wonderful writer, performer, and journalist who was also incredibly compassionate. She frequently gave me advice when I was the new kid at the radio station RTE, saying things like, "Think of Kevin and all of her loved ones." She was also given recognition by Michael D. Higgins, the president of Ireland. In a statement, President Michael D. Higgins said: Sabina and I learned with grief of Deirdre Purcell's departure. Her life's work spanned a broad range of the arts and media.

Net Worth

The estimated $1 million net worth of Deirdre Purcell. She amassed fortune through her work as a journalist, author, and actress.

Nationality

Irish INSTAGRAM FAQ ABOUT DEIRDE PURCELL Q.1 Who is Deirde Purcell? Ans. Deirde Purcell is Irish author, actor and journalist. Q.2 What is the net worth of Deirde? Ans. $1million. Q.3 What is the cause of Deirde death? Ans. Not available Read Also: Tarri Marathi Movie Cast Read the full article

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2022 Wrap Up

Total Books Read: 44

Rereads: 5

DNF: 3

Favorites:

The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector (trans. Benjamin Moser)

A Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa

The Deep by Rivers Solomon

The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton

As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann

This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno

Rereads:

Mister Impossible by Maggie Stiefvater

Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch

The Alchemyst by Michael Scott

The Magician by Michael Scott

The Sorceress by Michael Scott

DNF:

Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin

The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

Scorch Atlas by Blake Butler

The Rest:

Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica (trans. Sarah Moses)

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Madhouse at the End of the Earth by Julian Sancton

Metal Gear Solid: Guns of the Patriots by Project Itoh

Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes (trans. Tobias Smollett)

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samual Taylor Coleridge

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton

Useless Magic by Florence Welch

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk (trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones)

Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

Graceling by Kristin Cashore

The Merciful Crow by Margaret Owen

The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo

The Lonely City by Olivia Laing

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

The Necromancer by Michael Scott

The Broken Wings by Kahlil Gibran

Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh

Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters

Invisible Cities by Italo Cavino (trans. William Weaver)

The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams

The Dove in the Belly by Jim Grimsley

The Warlock by Michael Scott

Night Film by Marisha Pessl

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

Maurice by E.M. Forster

The Enchantress by Michael Scott

Mocked with Death by Emily R. Wilson

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

Greywaren by Maggie Stiefvater

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Detective World Jan 1951 (modified version used for Underworld Detective Sep 1952)

signature = Michael McCann

Underworld Detective Sep 1952

Michael McCann

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“Look ma, no ears!” Porky Pig as - the Eager Young Space Cadet, P. Porkins, Astral Navigation and Licensed Aromatherapist (don’t worry, Porky’s ears are just tucked inside his head gear, in this never realized design). From second “Duck Dodgers” television pitch deck Oct. 1998.

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November 1951 issue

cover art by Michael McCann

Seattle Mystery Bookshop

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Ballet in the Media

Hey guys, I know this is a long-awaited list. This post contains books, news sources, and forums that focus on ballet. Obviously, this list contains official/public sites only. Suggestions about sites or titles to add are always welcome. In the future, I want to expand the list to include documentaries.

Books

(This section is limited to English for now)

History/Criticism

Bolshoi Confidential: Secrets of the Russian Ballet by Simon Morrison

Apollo's Angels: A History of Ballet by Jennifer Homans

The Ballet Lover by Barbara L. Baer

Celestial Bodies: How to Look at Ballet by Laura Jacobs

The Great History of Russian Ballet by Evdokia Belova

Ballet in Western Culture: A History of Its Origins and Evolution by Carol Lee

Behind the Scenes at the Ballets Russes: Stories from a Silver Age by Michael Meylac

Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes by Lynn Garafola.

Technique/Pedagogy

Foundations of Classical Ballet by Agrippina Vaganova

100 Lessons in Classical Ballet: The Eight-Year Program of Leningrad's Vaganova Choreographic School by Vera S. Kostrovitskaya

The Cecchetti Method of Classical Ballet: Theory and Technique by Cyril W. Beaumont

Classical Ballet Technique by Gretchen Ward Warren

Ballet Pedagogy: The Art of Teaching by Rory Foster

Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet by Gail Grant

Dance Anatomy by Jacqui Haas

(Auto) Biography

A Body of Work by David Hallberg

Marius Petipa: The Emperor’s Ballet Master by Nadine Meisner

Nureyev: The Life by Julie Kavanagh

Dancer by Colum McCann

Dancing on My Grave by Gelsey Kirkland

Winter Season by Toni Bentley

Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova by Laurel Snyder

Holding On to the Air by Suzanne Farrell

Mao's Last Dancer by Li Cuxin

Publications:

Dance Media Publications (Dance Magazine, Pointe etc)

Ballet Focus

Dance Europe

Site of Alastair Macaulay

Danser (French)

Ballet 2000 (Italian/French)

Granmilano (English/Italian)

Danza e Danza (Italian)

Opera Click (Italian)

Vogue ITA: Valentina Bonelli (Italian)

La Notte (English/Italian)

Vaganova Today (English/Russian)

Ballet Magazine Russia (Russian)

La Personne (Russian)

Kultura "Culture" (Russian)

Forums:

Ballet Alert

Ballet Talk for Dancers

Ballet Co

Ballet and Opera Friends (Russian)

Passion Ballet (Russian)

Dansomanie (French)

Danza World (Italian)

Opera Click (Italian)

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Every book/movie/show Sara Quin has recommended.

and some reviews at the bottom, not the ones on skq reads 

Books

Abandon Me by Melissa Febos

After the Tall Timber: Collected Nonfiction by Reneta Adler

Against Everything by Mark Grief

A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore

Air Guitar: Essays on Art & Democracy by Dave Hickey

Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & and Clay by Michael Chaboan

A Lover’s Discourse by Roland Barthes

A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway 

A Natural History of the Senses by Diane Ackerman

*An Education by Susan Choi

*Anything That Moves, Dana Goodyear

*Are You My Mother? By Alison Bechdel

*Artful by Ali Smith

*A Sport and a Pastime by James Salter

Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday

Asterios Polyp by David Mazzucchelli 

Atmospheric Disturbances by Rivka Galchen

A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

*A Widow for One Year by John Irving

A Zine Yearbook by Jason Kucsma

Barbarian Days Surfing Life by William Finegan

Bark by Lorrie Moore

Barney’s Version by Mortecai Richler 

Behind The Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo

Berlin Stories by Robert Walser

Borne by Jeff VadnerMeer

Bossy Pants by Tina Fey

Blood Horses by John Jeremiah Sullivan

By Blood by Ellen Ullman

By Grand Central Station by Elizabeth Smart

Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman

Can’t and Won’t by Lydia Davis 

Cats & Plants by Stephen Eichhorn

Changed my Mind by Zadie Smith

Cleopathra: A Life by Stacy Schiff

Colour by Icons by Never Apart

*Conversations With Friends by Sally Rooney 

Death & Co by Alex Day and more

Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill 

Diary of a Bad Year by J.M Coetzee

Don’t Get Too Comfortable by David Rakoff

Do What You Want by Ruby Tandoh

Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechel

Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman

Empire Of Illusion by Chris Hedges

Empty Nest End of Eddy by Edouard Louis

Epilectic by David Beauchard Essays Against Everything by Mark Grief

Essex County by Jeff Lemire

Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned by Wells Tower

*Far From the Tree by Andrew Solomon

Farther Away: Essays by Jonathan Franzen

Fear of Music by Jonathan Lethem

Feeding My Mother by Jane Arden

Fifteen Dogs by Andre Alexis 

*Flutter by Jennie Wood

Forty One False Starts by Janet Malcolms

Forgive Me if I’ve Told You This Before by Karelia Stetz Waters

Fosse by Sam Wasson

Fraud Essays by David Rakoff

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechel

Getting A Life: Stories by Helen Simpson

Girls in the Moon by Janet McNally

Go Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks *Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Groomed by Jess Rona

*Habibi by Craig Thompson

Half Empty by David Rake

Helter Skelter by Curt Gentry and Vincent Bugliosi

Her Body And Other Parties by Carmen Machado

Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis Benn

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the II by Christopher Warwick

*H is For Hawk by Helen Macdonald

*Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving

Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

I Am a Camera by John Van Druten

I Love Dick by Chris Kraus

Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morries, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry by Leanne Shapton

*Independence Day by Richard Ford

Independent people by Halldor Laxness

Intimacy by Jean-Paul-Satre

I Pass Like Night by Jonathan Ames

I Want To Show You More by Jamie Quatro

Jamilti and Other Stories by Rutu Modan

Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera 

*Kramers Ergot by Sammy Harkham

Krazy! By Bruce Grenville

Leaving the Atocha Station by Ben Lerner

*Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls- David Sedaris

Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

*Light Years by James Salter

Likewise by Ariel Shrag

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

Love Dishonor Marry Die Cherish Perish by David Rakoff

Love In Infant Monkeys by Lydia Millet

Making Nice by Matt Sumell 

Margaret Fuller: A New American Life by Megan Marshall

May We Be Forgiven by A.M Homes

Mean by Myriam Gurba

Me before You by Jojo Moyes

Monkey Grip by Helen Garner

Mother of All Questions by Rebecca Solnit Music for Torching by A.M Homes

*My Education by Susan Choi

My Father’s Tears and Other Stories by John Updike

My Lifte in France, Julia Child and Alex Prud’homme

My Misspent Youth by Meghan Daum

Mourning Diary by Roland Barthes

My Struggle by Karl One Knausgaard

My Struggle 2 by Karl One Knausgaard

Mythologies by Roland Barthes

Nasty Woman by Heather McDaid

Netherland by Joseph O’Neill 

Nightfilm by Marisha Pessl

Nobody Is Ever Missing by Catherine Lacey

No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics by Justin Hall

Notes on a Foreign Country by Suzy Hansen 

Nothing to be Frightened of by Julien Barnes

On Boxing by Joyce Carol Oates

Open City by Teju Cole

Opposite of Hate by Sally Kohn

*Paper Lantern: Love Stories by Stuart Dybek

Pauline Kael: A Life In The Dark by Brian Kellow

Paying For It by Chester Brown

*Pirates and Farmers by Dave Hickey

*Pitch Dark by Renata Alder

Political Fictions by Joan Didion

Polyamorous Love Song by Jacob Wren

Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood

*Provence 1970 by Luke Barr

Pulphead-Essays by John Jeremiah Sullivan

*Random Family by Adrian NicoleLeBlanc

Senselessness by Horacio Castellanos Moya

She believed she could so she did by Julie ‘Hesta Prynn’ Slavin

She of the Mountains by Vivek Shraya

Somebody with a Little Hammer by Mary Gaitskill

Speedboat by Renata Adler

Special Exits by Joyce Farmer

State of Wonder by Ann Patchet

Stoner by John Williams

Summertime by J.M Coetzee

Sweet Tooth by Jeff Lemire

Swing Time by Zadie Smith

**Tenth of December by George Saunders

That Summer Time Sound- Matthew Specktor (sara narrates a part in the audio version)

The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach

The Association of Small Bombs by Karan Mahajan

The Best American Comics 2007 by Charles Burns

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2009 by David Eggers

The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan

The Children of Palomar by Gilbert Hernandez

The City and the Pillar by Gore Vidal

The Birth House by Ami McKay

The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera

The Dark Room by Susan Faludi

*The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante

The Disappointment Artist by Jonathan Lethem

The Doors Of Perception and Heaven and Hell by Aldous Huxley

The Ecstasy of Influence: Nonfictions by Jonathan Lethem

The End of The Story by Lydia Davis 

The Essential Elle Willis by Ellen Willis

The Fight by Norman Mailer

*The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner

The Folded Clock by Heidi Julavits

The Forgotten Waltz by Anne Enright

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

*The Guest Cat by Takashi Hiraide

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 

The Idiot by Elif Batumam

The Informed Air by Muriel Spark

The Innovator’s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail by Clayton M. Christensen

The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer

*The Invention of Solitude by Paul Auster

The Irresponsible Self by James Woods

The Journalist and the Murderer by Janet Malcom

**The Last Word: Reviving the Dying Art of Eulogy by Julia Cooper 

The Little Red Chairs by by Edna O’Brien

The Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil

The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides

The Missing Piece by Shel Silverstein

The Missing Piece Meets The Big O by Shel Silverstein 

The Moronic Inferno by Martin Amis

The Mother of All Questions by Rebecca Solnit

The Neopolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante

The Nobody by Jeff Lemire

The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression by Andrew Solomon

The People in the Trees- Hanya Yanagihara

The Notebooks of Malte Laurid’s Brigge by Rainer Maria Rilke

The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith

The Property by Rutu Modan

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

The Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy

This life by Martin hagglund

The Sense Of An Ending by Julian Barnes

The Slow Man by J.M Coetzee

The Spirit catches you and you fall down by Anne Fadiman

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

The Topeka School by Ben Lerner65

The War Against Cliche by Martin Amis

The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon

Things Are What You Make Of Them by Adam J. Kurtz

Thinking, Fast And Slow’ by Daniel Kahneman

*This is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz

Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante

To my Trans Sisters by Charlie Croggs 

Tranny by Laura Jane Grace 

True Stories by Helen Garner

Two Lives: Gertrude and Alice by Janet Malcolm 

Unless by Carol Shields

Versed by Rae Armantrout

Visiting Mrs. Nabokov by Martin Amis

Vitamin PH: New Perspectives in Photography by Rodrigo Alonso

Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M Coetzee

WACK! Art and The Feminist Revolution by Cornelia Butler

*Wake In Fright by Kenneth Cook

Wanderlust A History of Walking by Rebecca Saint

Ways of Seeing by John Berger

*We Are All Completely Besides Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler

Whatever happened to Interracial Love by Kathleen Colleens 

What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami

When Things Go Missing by Kathryn Schulz

*White Girls by Hilton Als

Winter by Ali Smith

Women by Charles Bukowski

(Woman) Writer: by Joyce Carol Oates

Works of Love by Søren Kierkegaard

1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

*100 Essays I don’t Have Time To Write by Sarah Ruhl

-Any works written by Renata Adler, Edward Albee, Roland Barthes, Alison Bechel, Beverly Cleary, J.M Coetzee, Susan Faludi, David Hickey, Elena Ferrante, Stephen King, John Irving, Jeff Lemire, and Lorrie Moore, and David Rakoff, Anne Rice, Donna Tartt, and John Updike

Magazines  Harper’s Lapham’s Quarterly Rolling Stones SPIN The Believer (August 2003, September 2004, November 2004, October 2008, November/December 2008, March/April 2009, June 2009) The New Yorker 

Bookstores Drawn and Quarterly in Montreal Sam Wellers Zion in salt lake LA Strand Books  Housingworks Mcleods in Vancouver Powells

Sara wrote something short in ‘do what you want’ by ruby tandoh

also wrote the preface to jess rona’s book

Movies, Documentaries, Shows, Podcasts etc

Adventures in Babysitting 

Arrested Development

*Bachelorette

Beauty is EmbarrassingBlack Power Mix Tape

*Bojack Horsemen (same artist as the Hang On music video)Broadchurch

Brothers and Sisters

Brown Girls

Bugsy Malone

Call me By Your Name

Luca Guadagnino

Cameraperson by Kirsten Johnson

 *Charlie Rose

*ChungKing Express

*Dan Savage Lovecast

***DeadWood

Drinking Buddies

Fresh Air with Terry Gross

Friday Night Lights

Full House

Game of Thrones

GarfieldGolden Girls Goonies

*Holy Motors

Home ImprovementI

nside Out

In The Loop

Lake

Legion

Little Shop of Horrors

L.O.V.E (tv series)

Madmen

Milk 2008

Moonlight

Nashville

Neon Bull

Orange Is The New BlackPhantom of The Paradise Rocky Horror Picture Show Sense8ShamelessShort Cut because 1992 Julianne Moore

Simon Killer

Sopranos Talk

RadioSpeed the Plow by David Mamet

Still Processing

Terminator 2

Terry Gross Fresh air NPR

The Bridge

The Crown

The Fall

The Fugitive

The Leftovers

The Minipops

The Thick of It

The Office (UK)

The Property Brothers

The Real Housewives of (anywhere)

The Wire

*This American Life

Tom Petty- Running Down A Dream

 Trueblood

WALL-E

War of the Worlds

War Witch

Weiner-Dog

West Wing

2Dope Queens

13 Monkeys

30 Rock

and here’s some more book reviews from Sara

Outline

by Rachel Cusk

The truth is that I struggled to pick my favorite book or writing from Rachel Cusk. All three novels in her

Outline series

are fantastic, and I’ve reread each of them first with passion and then again with a studious eye. For me there is the lonely, yet pragmatic, keen observational protagonist that appeals to me deeply. But also, a woman traveling, forever on the receiving end of looping conversation with strangers. I find her writing extremely romantic. What I’d most like to include on this list, is a piece of her writing from the

New York Times Magazine

: "Making House: Notes on Domesticity." It is a perfect piece of writing about the struggle of making a home and living it in comfortably. “Like the body itself, a home is something both looked at and lived in, a duality that in neither case I have managed to reconcile. I retain the belief that other people’s homes are real where mine is a fabrication, just as I imagine others to live inner lives less flawed than my own.

 ”

Fire Sermon

by Jamie Quatro 

Jamie Quatro’s novel about devotion, longing, lust and god was impossible to put down. I read it in one giant gulp. While male writers are given ample opportunity to write about these ideas, it still feels rare and thrilling when women do.

 Sing, Unburied, Sing

by Jesmyn Ward

Everything Jesmyn Ward has written has haunted me afterward. Unblinking, brutal, heartbreaking stories. Her writing feels both modern and like something from a masterpiece that every student is meant to read in high school or college. 

The Topeka School

by Ben Lerner

I love a hook, a melody that on first listen gives you goosebumps, or makes your stomach lurch up to your throat. Sometimes I hear one and I think, “that is a smash,” and then settle in to envy that I didn’t write the song myself. That was the feeling I had reading

I couldn’t help but compare our memoir because both books center adolescence and high school at their core. While Ben writes dazzlingly about masculinity and violence and the bubbling rage of teenage boys, I thought about the way we wrote about the paralysis and fear of being a queer girl in that same kind of world. While his boys turn their rage outward, we focused our violence inward, on the most tender parts of ourselves. Ben’s writing opens a door to understanding something about my own experience of those adolescent years. He sheds light on the parents and teachers whose complicated lives indelibly haunt our own, in ways we don’t realize until we become adults. It seems much of our public conversation revolves around what to do about and with men,

The Topeka School is a thrilling response. All of that to say, I think Ben’s book is a smash. 

JUNE 3, 2009 1. The Flamethrowers by Rachel KushnerI was so captivated there was no choice but to finish it entirely in one long stretch of days. Passages so beautiful that I found myself re-reading them over and over again in amazement. I think it was in the Harpers Magazine review that they called it feminist and sexy. It’s true. An entirely fresh and inspiring heroine. 2. Light Years by James SalterSo many tears; on the tarmac, on the subway, tucked in my bus bunk. I will cherish this book forever. It is 40 years old and that made the discovery so much more powerful. It’s also a good reminder that I am sentimental and a romantic no matter how hard I try to resist those urges. I’ll cozy up with my tears any day, you can’t shame me! 3. Tenth of December by George SaundersThere aren’t very many writers with a body of work I love so completely.  But, I think this is my absolute favourite. I have total admiration/awe for a mind this strange and wonderful

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list of pigments and their toxicity from the book Artists Beware, Is your art killing you? (1979) by Michael McCann.