#alexis nicole birth story

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Books read and movies watched in 2024 (January-June): Should you watch/read them?

Poetry:

In the Next Galaxy (Ruth Stone): No

Selected Poems (Mark Strand): No

In the Dark (Ruth Stone): Yes!

Response (Juliana Spahr): Yes

The Unicorn (Anne Morrow Lindbergh): No!

Everything Else in the World (Stephen Dunn): Yes

Words Under the Words (Naomi Shihab Nye): Eh

On Love and Barley (Matsuo Basho, trans. Lucien Stryk): Yes!

The Transformation (Juliana Spahr): No

The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches (Matsuo Basho, trans. Nobuyuki Yuasa): No

The Book of Taliesin (anon., trans. Gwyneth Lewis & Rowan Williams): No

What Love Comes To: New and Selected Poems (Ruth Stone): Eh

Face (Sherman Alexie): NO

No Surrender (Ai): Eh

The Summer of Black Widows (Sherman Alexie): Yes!

The Afflicted Girls (Nicole Cooley): Yes!

Winter Poems Along the Rio Grande (Jimmy Santiago Baca): No

American Smooth (Rita Dove): No

Elegy (Mary Jo Bang): No

Angel (Giles Dorey): NO

Collected Poems (Paul Auster): Eh

June-Tree (Peter Balakian): Yes

We Must Make a Kingdom of It (Gregory Orr): Eh

Only as the Day is Long (Dorianne Laux): No

Grace Notes (Rita Dove): Yes

Bathwater Wine (Wanda Coleman): Yes

My Soviet Union (Michael Dumanis): No

American Milk (Ruth Stone): Yes

The Drowned Girl (Eve Alexandra): No

A Worldly Country (John Ashberry): No

The Complete Poems of Hart Crane: No

One Stick Song (Sherman Alexie): Yes

If You Call This Cry a Song (Hayden Carruth): No

Doctor Jazz (Hayden Carruth): No

The Last Time I Saw Amelia Earhart (Gabrielle Calvocoressi): No

And Her Soul Out of Nothing (Olena Kalytiak Davis): No

Prisoner of Hope (Yvonne Daley): No

The Other Man Was Me (Rafael Campo): No

My Wicked Wicked Ways (Sandra Cisneros): No

On Earth (Robert Creeley): Eh

Genius Loci (Alison Hawthorne Deming): Eh

Science and Other Poems (Alison Hawthorne Deming): Eh

Voices (Lucille Clifton): Yes

A New Path to the Waterfall (Raymond Carver): Eh

Where Shadows Will (Norma Cole): No

The Way Back (Wyn Cooper): No

A Cartography of Peace (Jean L. Connor): No

Minnow (Judith Chalmer): Yes!

Postcards from the Interior (Wyn Cooper): Yes

Natural History (Dan Chiasson): Eh

The Ship of Birth (Greg Delanty): Eh

Madonna anno domini (Joshua Clover): NO

The Terrible Stories (Lucille Clifton): No

The Flashboat (Jane Cooper): Eh

Book of Longing (Leonard Cohen): No

Streets in Their Own Ink (Stuart Dybek): Eh

Different Hours (Stephen Dunn): Yes

I Love This Dark World (Alice B. Fogel): Eh

Baptism of Desire (Louise Erdrich): Yes!

The Eternal City (Kathleen Graber): Eh

Monolithos (Jack Gilbert): Yes

Crown of Weeds (Amy Gerstler): No

Blue Hour (Carolyn Forché): No

Place (Jorie Graham): No

Meadowlands (Louise Gluck): Yes!

Dearest Creature (Amy Gerstler): No

Loosestrife (Stephen Dunn): No

Little Savage (Emily Fragos): Yes

The Living Fire (Edward Hirsch): No

On Love (Edward Hirsch): No

Human Wishes (Robert Hass): NO

Early Occult Memory Systems of the Lower Midwest (B. H. Fairchild): No

Sinking Creek (John Engels): No

Alabanza (Martín Espada): Yes

Saving Lives (Albert Goldbarth): No

All of It Singing (Linda Gregg): No

Green Squall (Jay Hopler): No

Tender Hooks (Beth Ann Fennelly): No

After (Jane Hirshfield): Eh

Unincorporated Persons in the Late Honda Dynasty (Tony Hoagland): NO

These Are My Rivers (Lawrence Ferlinghetti): No

Fruitful (Stephanie Kirby): No

Jaguar Skies (Michael McClure): No

Song (Brigit Pegeen Kelly): No

Roadworthy Creature, Roadworthy Craft (Kate Magill): No

Life in the Forest (Denise Levertov): No

Viper Rum (Mary Karr): No

Questions for Ecclesiastes (Mark Jarman): No

Brutal Imagination (Cornelius Eady): Yes

Alphabet of Bones (Alexis Lathem): No

Handwriting (Michael Ondaatje): No

Sure Signs (Ted Kooser): No

Sledding on Hospital Hill (Leland Kinsey): No

Between Silences (Ha Jin): Yes

House of Days (Jay Parini): No

Bird Eating Bird (Kristin Naca): Yes

Orpheus & Eurydice (Gregory Orr): Yes

Another America (Barbara Kingsolver): Yes

Candles in Babylon (Denise Levertov): Yes

The Clerk's Tale (Spencer Reece): Eh

Still Listening (Angela Patten): Yes

A Thief of Strings (Donald Revell): No

Wayfare (Pattiann Rogers): No

The Niagara River (Kay Ryan): No

The Bird Catcher (Marie Ponsot): No

Easy (Marie Ponsot): No

Human Dark with Sugar (Brenda Shaughnessy): No

Chronic (D. A. Powell): No

Novels/Fiction:

A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (Yiyun Li): No

The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories: Yes

Movies:

What Dreams May Come (1998, Vincent Ward): Yes

The Cat's Meow (2001, Peter Bogdanovich): Yes

The Birdcage (1996, Mike Nichols): Yes

The Color of Pomegranates (1969, Sergei Parajanov): No

The Eve of Ivan Kupalo (1969, Yuri Ilyenko): Yes

And here's my 2023 list!

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Alexis Nicole's Birth Story

Four months later, I'm here to talk the details of Alexis Nicole's birth.

Four months later, I’m here to talk the details of Alexis Nicole’s birth. For anyone wondering, no, we’re not getting graphic. In fact, I don’t even have any more than a couple of photos before baby girl even arrived. I’ll be sharing my timeline and high level details because every birth story can be vastly different. Disclaimer: I am not a licensed healthcare provider, any medical explanations…

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“YOU WILL BE FOUND” NATIONAL COLLEGE ESSAY WRITING CHALLENGE 2021 | DEAR EVAN HANSEN

DEAR EVAN HANSEN “You Will Be Found” National College Essay Writing Challenge 2021

In partnership with Gotham Writers Workshop and the Broadway Education Alliance, DEAR EVAN HANSEN invited 11th-grade and 12th-grade students across the country to write a college-application style essay that describes how they channeled “You Will Be Found” to ensure those around them were a little less alone over the last year, or, alternatively, a moment where they found comfort in connection.

WINNER: Nearly 4,000 high school students across America wrote about impactful ways they stayed connected with others over the last year and we're delighted to announce Maxwell Silverman of Chicago, IL as the winner of the 2021 "You Will Be Found" National College Essay Writing Challenge and the $10,000 scholarship.

In June 2021, Maxwell graduated from Lane Tech High School in Chicago with plans to attend Boston Conservatory at Berklee, focusing on a degree in Musical Theatre.

FINALISTS: Seth Gorelik, Bellmore, NY Mira Kwon, Los Angeles, CA Anna Cappella, Pittsburgh, PA Semira Abdus-Salam, Rosedale, NY Filgey Borgard, Brooklyn, NY Lauren Escarcha, Orlando, FL Kacey Feth, Union, MO Paige Foltz, Stephens City, VA Sarah George, Chesterfield, MO Vincent Gerardi, Hauppauge, NY Ariane Lee, Syosset, NY Allison Lierz, Omaha, NE Megan Luong, New York, NY Kimberly Manyanga, Billerica, MA Orla Grace McCoy, Raleigh, NC Lucy Meola, New York, NY Sunaya DasGupta Mueller, Palisades, NY Liv Ollestad, Issaquah, WA Liana O'Rourke, Downers Grove, IL Isaiah Register, New York, NY Sydney Schneider, Los Angeles CA Ysanne Sterling, Centreville, VA Madeline Wiest, Peoria, AZ Samantha Williams, Providence, RI Laura Yee, New York, NY

FINAL ROUND JUDGES: Kelly Caldwell, Dean of Faculty, Gotham Writers' Workshop Logan Culwell-Block, Director of PLAYBILLder Operations and Community Engagement, Playbill Will Roland, Actor, Dear Evan Hansen Original Broadway Cast Member Crystal Su, Program Manager, The Jed Foundation Ekele Ukegbu, 2019 Jimmy Award Winner

READ MAXWELL’S FULL ESSAY:

Gram·pun·cle [geram-puhn-cuul] n. A gay man who formerly dated your grandmother only to later come to terms with his sexuality but still stay in the family to take care of your mother and aunt growing up.

Alan Palmer was my Grampuncle. When my cousins and I were younger, we couldn’t figure out what to call him. He was our grandpa in terms of age and raising our mothers, but he functioned more as the classic “fun gay uncle”, so we settled on a combination, Grampuncle. While we all had amazing relationships with Alan, mine was special. I have known Alan and his husband, Bill, since birth (making them the first ever gay couple I knew in my life).

Growing up and struggling with my sexuality, I was always able to look up to them to show me that true love really does have no boundaries. I will never forget, in 2015, standing inside the Michigan courthouse beside Alan as he and Bill exchanged vows and got married. They showed me, a young, insecure gay boy, that there was a place for me in the world and that I had a future to look forward to filled with love and joy.

Along with that joy, there eventually came some pain. Alan was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer in the early spring of 2020. A week or so after the diagnosis, the world fell into a global pandemic. Those first few months were intense. I heard the horror stories from Alan of how scary it was going into the hospital for rounds of chemotherapy with people who had the Coronavirus sitting in the next wing over. Being constantly in and out of the hospital he was a risk to others, and the lung cancer made almost everyone else a risk to him. With the exception of his husband, he was fully alone.

Alan did not admit to his loneliness and pain. He did not want to feel like a burden, but after talking with Bill and hearing how Alan was truly feeling, my family began to make the hour and a half drive from Chicago to Michigan almost every other week to visit. We brought Alan a pop-up gazebo and some fancy sun hats to protect him (with the radiation he could not be in the sun for more than a few minutes at a time), and we would sit in the backyard just talking and laughing for hours until Alan’s body would give in to the exhaustion and he had to go inside.

As his birthday approached, I racked my brain thinking of something special to do for him. I thought back to a video I saw online toward the beginning of the pandemic and decided to make a “hug shield”. What better gift to give than a loved one’s embrace during the pandemic? Using a clear painter’s tarp, I cut arm holes and taped together closed arm sleeves. It took a good few hours, but I finally figured out a design that allowed for full protection on either side of the hug. On the day of his birthday, we packed up the car and headed to Michigan.

After talking and eating cake, it was time for the surprise. As we pulled the shield out and hung it from the gazebo, Alan did something I had only seen at the courthouse; he cried. I had the honor of the first hug, and as I slipped my arms into the sleeves Alan and I held each other and cried together. He pressed his forehead against mine through the plastic and in between sobs he said to me, “I am so proud of you.” I knew this was our final goodbye. When Alan died the next week, I knew he went in peace. He had felt my embrace through the shield of love.

SEMI-FINALISTS: Bailey Andera, Thousand Oaks, CA Arianna Arroyo, Brooklyn, NY Alexis (Lexi) Berganio, Honolulu, HI Avery Bielski, Los Angeles, CA Henry Boemer, Villa Rica, GA Isabelle Bulmahn, Imperial, MO Jane Butera, Phoenixville, PA Mia Cashin, Norwell, MA Sean Choo, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA Zuri Clarno, Columbus, OH Lydia Corcoran, Apalachin, NY Cody Coyle, Winter Park, FL Anna Dai-Liu, San Diego, CA Alexander Guerrero Diaz, Richmond, VA Isabella Dufault, Irvine, CA Edwin Ellis, Atlanta, GA Laurel Emanuel, Raleigh, NC Aubrey Fisher, Cobden, IL Sunny Fong, Brooklyn, NY Sarah Galatoire, Houston, TX Zhao Gu Gammage, Wyncote, PA Sarah Gomez, Anaheim, CA Rachel Gray, Cleveland, OH Jameson Huge, Chicago, IL Sarah Grace Hutchinson, Alpharetta, GA Catheryn Ibegbu, Dearborn, MI Nicole Jo, Andover, MA Kelsey Johnston, Prince George, VA Gabrielle Kashorek, Avon, NY Samantha Kern, Akron, NY Nicole Kowalewski, Sykesville, MD Anne Lee, Edison, NJ Amelia Lin, Mukilteo, WA Judianne Meredith, River Vale, NJ Rabi Michael-Crushshon, Minneapolis, MN Geneva Millikan, Maumelle, AR Samantha Moy, Long Island, NY Shaakirah Nazim-Harris, Amityville, NY Eleanor Neal, Springfield, VA Sofia Ochoa, Camarillo, CA Basilia Oferbia, Brooklyn, NY Annika Olson, Rathdrum, ID Kaden Polt, Osmond, NE Shreeyamsa Poudel, Federal Way, WA Noah Robie, South Berwick, ME Zainely A. Sandoval Martinez, Dorado, PR Devyn Schoen, Eldred, PA Yusra Shaikh, Edison, NJ Gabrielle Shockley, Egg Harbor Township, NJ Ava Sklar, Brooklyn, NY Mia Sunday, Sammamish, WA Christina Unkenholz, Smithtown, NY Emilia Valencia, Portland, OR Brianna Wallace, Fredericksburg, VA Charles Wang, West Hartford, CT Daniel Joseph Weispfenning, Ridgewood, NJ Jennifer Wheeler, Reading, MA Virginia Zanella, Collierville, TN Alessandra Zepeda Ortiz, Los Angeles, CA Anna Zhang, New York, NY Daniel Zhang, Cortland, NY

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Nonfiction Book List

A collection of nonfiction books by Black authors and/or related to intersectional race and gender studies, history, as well as other various topics. The list below is a compilation of various lists I have seen on Instagram, as well as research I’ve done on my own. I am sure I am missing important works, and am happy to add anything that is suggested. This list will be regularly added to and updated. 

Race & Anti-Racism

Diangeo, Robin - White Fragility

Eddo-Lodge, Renni - Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race

Kendi, Ibrahim X. - How to Be Anti-Racist

Mahzarin, Banaji & Greenwald, Anthony - Blindspot

Oluo, Ijeoma - So you want to talk about race

Omi and Winant - Racial Formation in the United States

Rankine, Claudia - Citizen

Roberts, Dorothy - Killing the Black Body

Smith, Andrea - Heteropatriarchy and the Three Pillars of White Supremacy

Sowell, Thomas - Black Rednecks and White Liberals

Waheema & Lubiano - The House that Race Built

Ward, Jesmyn - The Fire This Time

Prison Abolition & the Justice System

Alexander, Michelle - The New Jim Crow

Davis, Angela - Are Prisons Obsolete?

Murakawa, Naomi - The First Civil Right

Stefanic & Delgado - Critical Race Theory: An Introduction

Stevenson, Bryan - Just Mercy

Rothstein, Richard - The Color of Law  

Policing

Vitale, Alex S. - The End of Policing

Intersectional Feminism

Bambara, Toni Cade - The Black Woman, An Anthology

Carruthers, Charlene - Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements

Cooper, Brittney - Eloquent Rage

Collins, Patricia Hill - Black Feminist Thought

Collins, Patricia Hill - Black Sexual Politics

Cottom, Tressie McMillan - THICK and Other Essays

Crenshaw, Kimberle - On Intersectionality

Davis, Angela - Women, Race, & Class

Davis, Dána-Ain - Reproductive Injustice: Racism, Pregnancy, and Premature Birth

Gay, Roxane - Bad Feminist

Gumbs, Alexis Pauline - Spill: Scenes of Black Feminist Fugivity

Hernandez, Ed. Daisy and Rehman, Bushra - Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today’s Feminism

hooks, bell - Ain’t I a Woman

hooks, bell - All About Love

hooks, bell - Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics

Jenkins, Morgan - This Will Be My Undoing

Jones-Rogers, Stephanie E. - They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South

Kendall, Mikki - Hood Feminism

Lorde, Audre - Sister Outsider

Morales, Rosario - This Bridge Called My Back

Morgan, Joan - When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost: A Hip Hop Feminist Breaks it Down

Oyěwùmí, Oyèrónkẹ́ - The Invention of Women: Making an African Sense of Western Gender Discourses

Shakur, Assata - Assata: An Autobiography

Simpson, Leanne Beta - As We Have Always Done

Williamson, Terrion L. - Scandalize My Name: Black Feminist Practice and the Making of Black Social Life

Wilson & Russell - Divided Sisters

Yamahtta-Taylor, Keeanga - How We Get Free

Masculinity

hooks, bell - The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love

hooks, bell - We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity

History

Asante Jr., M.A. - It's Bigger Than Hip Hop: The Rise of the Post-Hip-Hop Generation

Baldwin, James - The Fire Next Time

Berry, Daina Ramey & Gross, Kali Nicole - A Black Women’s History of the United States

Gates Jr., Henry Louis - Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow

Blackmon, Douglas A. - Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II

Du Bois, W.E.B. - The Souls of Black Folk

Hartman, Saidiya - Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval

Hurston, Zora Neale - Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo”

Johnson, E. Patrick - Black, Queer, Southern Women.: An Oral History

Jones-Rogers, Stephanie E. - They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South

Kendi, Ibram X. - Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

Snorton, C. Riley - Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity

Taylor, Candacy A. - Overground Railroad: The Green Book & Roots of Black Travel in America

Washington, Harriet A. - Medical Apartheid

Wilkerson, Isabel - The Warmth of Other Suns

Zinn, Howard - A People’s History of the United States

Politics/Economy

Anderson, Carol - One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy

Baptist, Edward E. - The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism

Psychology

Menakem, Resmaa - My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts

Tatum, Beverly Daniel - "Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?": A Psychologist Explains the Development of Racial Identity

Literary Criticism

Morrison, Toni - Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination

Education

hooks, bell - Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom

Science & Technology

Benjamin, Ruha - Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code

Skloot, Rebecca - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Shetterly, Margot Lee - Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

Autobiography/Memoir

Angelou, Maya - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Bernard, Emily - Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine

Broom, Sarah M. - The Yellow House

Brown, Austin Channing - I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

Coates, Ta-Nehisi - The Beautiful Struggle

Coates, Ta-Nehisi - Between the World and Me

Hinton, Anthony Ray - The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row

hooks, bell - Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood

Jones, Saeed - How We Fight For Our Lives

Khan-Kullors, Patrisse and Bandele, Asha - When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir

Laymon, Kiese - Heavy: An American Memoir

Mock, Janet - Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More

Noah, Trevor - Born a Crime

Obama, Barack - Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

Obama, Michelle - Becoming

Shakur, Assata - Assata: An Autobiography

Welteroth, Elaine - More Than Enough

Wright, Richard - Black Boy

X, Malcolm - The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Comedy

Bell, W. Kamau - The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6' 4", African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama's Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian

Haddish, Tiffany - The Last Black Unicorn

Rae, Issa - The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl

Robinson, Phoebe - You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain

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The Clipboard

By Stephen Harold Riggins

Books and Theses

Rosemary Ricciardelli, Also Serving Time: Canada’s Provincial and Territorial Correctional Officers. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2019.

Peter Baehr, The Unmasking Style in Social Thought. London: Routledge, 2019. A symposium on this book is forthcoming in The Canadian Review of Sociology.

The symposium in The American Sociologist is now available as Online-first Articles.

Daniel Kudla, “Business Improvement Areas and the Justification of Urban Revitalization: Using the Pragmatic Sociology of Critique to Understand Neoliberal Urban Governance.” PhD dissertation, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Guelph, September 2019.

Articles

 Judith Adler, “Tocqueville Mortal and Immortal: Power and Style.” In The Anthem Companion to Alexis de Tocqueville, Daniel Gordon (Ed.). London: Anthem, 2019, 45-64.

 Judith Adler, American Journal of Sociology, 124(6), 2019, 1848-1850. A book review of Gary Alan Fine’s Talking Art: The Culture of Practice and the Practice of Culture in MFA Education. “Gary Fine’s ethnographic study of three university-based graduate programs in art is sure to be recognized as an essential text in the sociology of art and the sociology of higher education.”

 Peter Baehr, “Unmasking Religion: Marx’s Stance, Tocqueville’s Alternative.” In The Anthem Companion to Alexis de Tocqueville, Daniel Gordon (Ed.). London: Anthem, 2019, 21-44.

 Emmanuel Banchani and Eric Y. Tenkorang, “Determinants of Low Birth Weight in Ghana: Does Quality of Antenatal Care Matter,” Journal of Maternal and Child Health, February 2020. Online-first Article.

 Leslie Butler, Ewa M. Dabrowska and Barbara Neis, “Farm Safety: A Prerequisite for Sustainable Food Production in Newfoundland and Labrador,” Canadian Food Studies, 2019, 6(1), 117-135.

 Nilima Gulrajani and Liam Swiss, “Donor Proliferation to what ends? New Donor Countries and the Search for Legitimacy,” Canadian Journal of Development Studies, 2019, 40(3), 348-368.

J. Scott Kenney, “Western Civilization, Inequality, and the Diversity Shell Game,” Academic Questions, 2019, 32(3), 354-360.

Daniel Kudla, “Urban Authenticity as a Panacea for Urban Disorder? Business Improvement Areas, Cultural Power, and the Worlds of Justification.” In Planning and AuthentiCITIES. New York: Routledge, 2018, 75-93.

 Daniel Kudla and Michael Courey, “Managing Territorial Stigmatization from the ‘Middle’: The Revitalization of a Post-industrial Business Improvement Area,” Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 2019, 51(2), 351-373.

 Daniel Kudla and Patrick Parnaby, “To Serve and to Tweet: An Examination of Police-related Twitter Activity in Toronto,” Social Media and Society, 2018, 4(3), 1-13.

 Vincent Kuuire, Eric Y. Tenkorang, Prince Michael Amegbor, Mark Rosenberg, “Understanding Unmet Health-care Need among Older Ghanaians: A Gendered Analysis,” Aging and Society, January 2020. Online-first Article.

 Barbara Neis and Katherine Lippel, “Occupational Health and Safety and the Mobile Workforce: Insights from a Canadian Research Program,” New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy, 2019, 29(3), 297-316.

 Anton Oleinik, “On the Role of Historical Myths in Nation-state Building: The Case of Ukraine,” Nationalities Papers, 2019, 47(6), 1-17.

 Nicole Power and Moss Norman, “Re-inscribing Gender Relations through Employment-related Geographical Mobility: The Case of Newfoundland Youth in Resource Extraction,” Canadian Journal of Sociology, 2019, 44(3), 283-308.

 Alice Pearl Sedziafa, Eric Y. Tenkorang, Adobea Owusu, “Can Marriage (Re)produce and Legitimize Sexual Violence?: A Phenomenological Study of a Ghanaian Patrilineal Society,” Women’s Studies International Forum, 77, November-December, 2019.

 Jeffrey van den Scott and Lisa-jo K. van den Scott, “Imagined Engagements: Interpreting the Musical Relationship with the Canadian North,” Qualitative Sociology Review, 2019, 15(2), 90-104.

 Newsworthy

 Lisa-Jo K. van den Scott received the Helena Lopata Excellence in Mentorship Award from the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction.

 Rosemary Ricciardelli received the 2019 MUN Presidents Award for Outstanding Research.

 MA student Laura Squires was awarded the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Masters Graduate Scholarship in support of her MA thesis research. Her thesis project is titled “Are Correctional Programs in Newfoundland Effective? Examining the Experiences of Justice-involved Individuals with Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders.” Her supervisors were Adrienne Peters and Rose Ricciardelli.

 David Chafe (MUN PhD in sociology) was featured in a CBC Radio story about his career in business, academia, and music. David has recently released a recording of piano pieces titled Still. The launch of the disc can be seen on a YouTube video. Music on the disc includes pieces by Grieg, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Brahms, Schumann, Moszkowski, and Rachmaninoff.

 Judyannet Muchiri, PhD Proposal Presentation, “Safe Spaces for Young Women’s Civic Participation in Kenya,” October 2019.

 The Newfoundland and Labrador Organization of Women Entrepreneurs featured a profile of MA student Ifeoma Ineh’s experiences of the MUN Entrepreneurship Training Program.

https://www.thenloweadvisor.org/post/profile-ifeoma-ineh

 The Department of Sociology sponsored the Henrietta Harvey Lecture “Writing Ocean Histories” by Helen Rozwadowski, Professor of History and Maritime Studies at the University of Connecticut and author of Vast Expanses: A History of the Oceans.

 Janet Harron, “What we don’t know: Sociologist Collaborates with First Light to Uncover St. John’s Indigenous History,” The Gazette, September 18, 2019. The article features the work of Rochelle Coté.

https://gazette.mun.ca/public-engagement/what-we-dont-know/?utm_source=hootsuite&utm_medium=twitter&utm_term&utm_content&utm_campaign&fbclid=IwAR0KtbcOtanqb4m0W_4jg6feELWMyBCBmlHk1hTgerNSLtkTGMx0Zz7ayrI

 Lecture by William Herbert, Banting Postdoctoral Fellow, Memorial University, “Trans Rights as Risks: On the Ambivalent Implementation of Canada’s Groundbreaking Trans Prison Reform,” October 25, 2019.

 Stephen Harold Riggins and Paul Bouissac celebrated their fiftieth anniversary in Germany and France in October. Their relationship is documented in the book The Pleasures of Time: Two Men, a Life. (Toronto: Insomniac Press, 2003). Since retiring, Stephen has published two books of his photographs: Newfoundland, Ontario, Indiana: 1963-2018 and Quilt Blocks by Susan Ledgerwood. For the past two years he was been working on an edition of poems and interviews by Richard Brooks Hendrickson (1925-2019) in addition to his on-going research project about the history of the MUN Department of Sociology. Paul Bouissac’s seventh book on the anthropology of the circus appeared in 2018, The Meaning of the Circus: The Communicative Experience of Cult, Art, and Awe (London: Bloomsbury Academic Press).

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Renewal Flash Fiction Anthology

QSF has a new book out, the latest in our series of flash fiction anthologies: Re.new.al (noun) 1) Resuming an activity after an interruption, or 2) Extending a contract, subscription or license, or 3) Replacing or repairing something that is worn out, run-down, or broken, or 4) Rebirth after death. Four definitions to spark inspiration, a limitless number of stories to be conceived. Only 110 made the cut. Thrilling to hopeful, Renewal features 300-word speculative fiction ficlets about sexual and gender minorities to entice readers. Welcome to Renewal.

I got an honorable mention! If you’re into queer sci-fi things, you should check it out!

Here are some teasers for the stories included! Because these stories are only 300 words each, we’re not supplying long excerpts, but here are the first lines of several of the stories. Enjoy! “Griselda pulled the weeds from between the rows of Valerianella locusta plants in the garden, careful not to disturb the buds that would grow into the babies that were her only real income-producing crop.” —The Witches’ Garden, by Rie Sheridan Rose “I didn’t know how truly the world was in trouble until I went journeying to look for Anisette’s bluebonnets.” —Bluebonnets, by Emily Horner “The ship’s drive malfunctioned at the worst possible time.” —The Return, by Andrea Speed “Before we continue, there’s a rather macabre fact about me I should share.” —Rejuvenation, by Christine Wright “When I died they buried me at the bottom of the garden and returned to the fields.” —Below the Hill, by Matthew Bright “The world is ending and I can’t look away from your eyes.” —Sunrise, by Brigitte Winter ““Losing one’s superpowers to your arch nemesis sucks donkey nuts, I tell ya. And trust me when I say I suck a lot of them.” —Rainbow Powers, by Dustin Karpovich “The day I was born again was damp, rainy—a good day for rebirth, all things considered.” —The Birthing Pod, by Michelle Browne “Intwir's twelve eyes roved over the container, taking in the cracked outer lock and the elasticated fabric stretched tightly over its exterior.” —In a Bind, by S R Jones “‘You’ve reached Androgyne HelpLine. Press one to start service. Press two to interrupt or cancel service. Press three—’” —Auto-Renew, by Ginger Streusel “The doctor tells me that my wife is dying, but I already know.” —I Will Be Your Shelter, by Carey Ford Compton “‘San Francisco was the first to go dark, followed by Los Angeles.’” —When Light Left, by Lex Chase “My fingers lingered on the synthetic skin, trailing soft patterns across my work.” —Miss You, by Stephanie Shaffer Included Authors 'Nathan Burgoine A.M. Leibowitz A.M. Soto Abby Bartle Aidee Ladnier Alexis Woods Andi Deacon Andrea Felber Seligman Andrea Speed Andrea Stanet Anne McPherson Bey Deckard Brigitte Winter Carey Ford Compton Carol Holland March Carrie Pack Catherine Lundoff CB Lee Christine Wright Colton Aalto Daniel Mitton Dustin Blottenberger Dustin Karpovich E R Zhang E.J. Russell E.W. Murks Ell Schulman Ellery Jude Eloreen Moon Elsa M León Emily Horner Eric Alan Westfall F.T. Lukens Fenrir Cerebellion Foster Bridget Cassidy Ginger Streusel Hannah Henry Irene Preston J. Alan Veerkamp J. P. Egry J. Summerset J.S. Fields Jaap Boekestein Jackie Keswick Jana Denardo Jeff Baker Jenn Burke Joe Baumann John Moralee Jon Keys Jude Dunn K.C. Faelan Kelly Haworth Kiterie Aine Kristen Lee L M Somerton L. Brian Carroll L.M. Brown L.V. Lloyd Laurie Treacy Leigh M. Lorien Lex Chase Lia Harding Lin Kelly Lloyd A. Meeker Lyda Morehouse M.D. Grimm Martha J. Allard Mary E. Lowd Matt Doyle Matthew Bright Mia Koutras Michelle Browne Milo Owen Mindy Leana Shuman Naomi Tajedler Natsuya Uesugi Nephy Hart Nicole Dennis Ofelia Gränd Patricia Scott Paul Stevens PW Covington R R Angell R.L. Merrill Rebecca Cohen Redfern Jon Barrett Reni Kieffer Richard Amos RL Mosswood Robyn Walker Rory Ni Coileain Rose Blackthorn Ross Common S R Jones Sacchi Green Sarah Einstein Shilo Quetchenbach Siri Paulson Soren Summers Stephanie Shaffer Steve Fuson Tam Ames Terry Poole Tray Ellis Vivien Dean Wendy Rathbone Xenia Melzer Zen DiPietro Zev de Valera

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Upfronts 2018 (ABC): Nuevas series, renovaciones y cancelaciones

Solo cuatro de las once series nuevas que encargó ABC el año pasado han conseguido una renovación. Incluso sus tres series estrenadas en verano, que se encargaron hace dos años, no pasaron el filtro. La cadena sigue dando palos de ciego mandando a la basura trece pilotos y esperando un milagro como el del regreso de Roseanne. Entre sus novedades destacan el fichaje de Lauren Cohan, que aparecerá en seis episodios más de The Walking Dead y tiene permiso para firmar nuevos acuerdos con AMC, y la fecha de estreno de Take Two, que se encargó en noviembre y comienza a emitirse el próximo mes de junio.

A Million Little Things

El drama se centra en un grupo de amigos de Boston, con vidas totalmente distintas pero todas estancadas, que deciden empezar a vivir de verdad tras la inesperada muerte de uno de ellos. Protagonizada por David Giuntoli (Grimm), Ron Livingston (Loudermilk, Search Party), Romany Malco (Weeds, Blunt Talk), Allison Miller (Go On, 13 Reasons Why), Christina Moses (The Originals, Condor), Christina Ochoa (Valor, Animal Kingdom), James Roday (Psych), Stephanie Szostak (Satisfaction, Iron Man 3) y Lizzy Greene (Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn). Escrito y producido por DJ Nash (Growing Up Fisher, Truth Be Told) y dirigido por James Griffiths (The Mayor, Episodes).

A favor: No tendría nada de malo que encontrásemos otro drama lacrimógeno.

En contra: También se quiere aprovechar del éxito de This Is Us.

Whiskey Cavalier (MIDSEASON)

Will Chase (Scott Foley; Scandal, Grey's Anatomy) es un agente del FBI con nombre en clave 'Whiskey Cavalier' que, tras una ruptura sentimental, comienza a trabajar con la agente de la CIA Francesca 'Frankie' Trowbridge (Lauren Cohan; The Walking Dead, The Vampire Diaries), con nombre en clave 'Fiery Tribune'. Juntos lideran un equipo de espías heroicos, divertidos e imperfectos que salvan el mundo cada semana mientras testan sus amistades, amoríos y relaciones laborales. Completan el reparto Ana Ortiz (Ugly Betty, Devious Maids), Tyler James Williams (Everybody Hates Chris, Dear White People) y Vir Das. Escrita por Dave Hemingson (Just Shot Me!, Pepper Ann) y producida por Foley. 

A favor: Ya era hora de que Lauren Cohan buscase otro camino.

En contra: No estamos seguros de que este camino sea el correcto, aunque por probar...

Grand Hotel (MIDSEASON)

Adaptación de la española Gran Hotel que nos enseña el último hotel de Miami Beach dirigido por una familia. El carismático Santiago Mendoza (Demián Bichir, The Bridge, Weeds) es el dueño, y su segunda esposa (Roselyn Sanchez; Devious Maids, Without a Trace) y sus hijos adultos se aprovechan de su éxito aportando escándalos, deudas y secretos a este hotel de fachada lujosa. Completan el cast Denyse Tontz (The Fosters, Incorporated), Bryan Craig (Valor, General Hospital), Wendy Raquel Robinson (The Game, The Steve Harvey Show), Shalim Ortiz (Señora Acero, Heroes), Anne Winters (Tyrant, 13 Reasons Why), Chris Warren (High School Musical, The Fosters), Feliz Ramirez y Justina Adorno (Seven Seconds). Escrita por Brian Tanen (Devious Maids, Desperate Housewives) y producida por Eva Longoria.

A favor: Es una visión contemporánea, se espera más fresca.

En contra: Vaya protagonistas.

The Fix (MIDSEASON)

Thriller legal escrito y producido por la fiscal Marcia Clark, a la que conocemos gracias al juicio de O.J. Simpson. En él, Maya Travis (Robin Tunney; The Mentalist, Prison Break), fiscal del distrito de Los Ángeles, sufre una gran derrota en el juicio al famoso actor Sevvy Johnson (Adewale Akinnouye-Agbaje; Lost, Oz) por doble asesinato y, tras perder el control de su carrera, viaja a Washington a disfrutar una vida más tranquila. Ocho años después, Johnson es sospechoso de otro asesinato y Maya vuelve a Los Ángeles buscando una segunda oportunidad de hacer justicia. Completan el reparto Adam Rayner (Tyrant, Notorious), Merrin Dungey (Big Little Lies, The Resident), Breckin Meyer (Franklin & Bash, Garfield), Marc Blucas (Underground, Necessary Roughness), Mouzam Makkar (Champions, The Exorcist), Alex Saxon (The Fosters, Finding Carter) y Scott Cohen (Necessary Roughness, Gilmore Girls).

A favor: Ya nos convence mínimamente si tiene un pedacito del alma de Marcia.

En contra: Puede ser un despropósito. Depende de la historia, de los guiones.

Single Parents

Comedia monocámara sobre un grupo de padres solteros que conocen a Will (Taran Killam; Saturday Night Live, How I Met Your Mother), un hombre que se ha centrado tanto en criar a su hija que ya no tiene citas, y le ayudan a ver que ser padre no tiene por qué significar perder tu identidad y no te impide disfrutar de la vida. Estos padres son Leighton Meester (Gossip Girl), Kimrie Lewis (Scandal), Jake Choi (Younger) y Brad Garrett (Everybody Loves Raymond, Fargo) y sus hijos son Marlow Barkley, Tyler Wladis (A Christmas Story Live!), Devin Trey Campbell y Grace y Sadie Hazelett. Creada por JJ Philbin y Liz Meriwether (New Girl).

A favor: Mostrar que ser padre no pone fin a tu vida social.

En contra: Todo lo demás.

The Kids Are Alright

En los años setenta, en un barrio obrero a las afueras de Los Ángeles, Mike (Michael Cudlitz; The Walking Dead, Southland) y Peggy Cleary (Mary McCormack; The West Wing, Falling Water) crían a sus ocho hijos revoltosos. Son una familia irlandesa católica que vive los cambios de una de las décadas más turbulentas de la historia estadounidense, y su vida no volverá a ser la misma a partir del anuncio de su hijo mayor (Sam Straley). Completan el cast Caleb Martin Foote, Sawyer Barth (Public Morals), Christopher Paul Richards (Billions; Me, Myself & I), Jack Gore, Andy Walken (A Christmas Story Live!) y Santino Barnard. Inspirada en la niñez de Tim Doyle (Dinosarus, Last Man Standing), guionista y productor.

A favor: Si es inspirada en hechos reales, al menos tendrá más credibilidad que todo lo que acostumbramos a ver en esta cadena.

En contra: Cuánto niño.

Schooled (MIDSEASON)

Ambientada en los años noventa, el spin-off de The Goldbergs sigue a Lainey (AJ Michalka), la novia de Barry, y a los profesores Glascott (Tim Meadows) y Mellor (Bryan Callen), que, a pesar de sus excentricidades y locas vidas personales, son héroes para sus alumnos. Trece episodios.

A favor: Explotar una marca se supone que trae buenos resultados.

En contra: Nia Long abandonó el proyecto por NCIS: LA y tuvieron que cambiar de personaje protagonista a última hora con dudoso resultado.

The Rookie

Inspirada en una historia real y protagonizada y producida por Nathan Fillion (Castle, Firefly), trata sobre un hombre que decide mudarse a Los Ángeles para ser policía y comienza como un novato rodeado de gente veinte años más joven. Le acompañan Melissa O'Neil (Dark Matter), Afton Williamson (The Night Of, Banshee), Eric Winter (Witches of East End, Rosewood), Richard T. Jones (Narcos, Santa Clarita Diet), Titus Makin (The Path, Pretty Little Liars), Alyssa Diaz (Ray Donovan, Zoo) y Mercedes Mason (Fear The Walking Dead). Escrita por Alexi Hawley (Castle, The Following).

A favor: Algo se nos ocurrirá si nos dais unos meses.

En contra: Es deprimente. Y encima le buscan un amorío de veinte años menos.

Take Two

Ella (Rachel Bilson; The O.C., Hart of Dixie) es la antigua protagonista de una serie de policías que, tras una juerga de proporciones épicas, ha tenido que abandonar la rehabilitación. Desesperada por retomar su carrera, se convierte en la sombra de un detective privado (Eddie Cibrian; CSI: Miami, Rosewood) usándolo como investigación para la interpretación de algún futuro papel. Aunque él no está muy dispuesto a trabajar de niñero, la chica demuestra su valía gracias a doscientos episodios ejerciendo de detective, y la prensa se encarga de promocionar a la pareja como un dúo muy solvente. Es una procedimental de Andrew W. Marlowe, el creador de Castle, que cuenta también con Aliyah O'Brien (Beyond, Bates Motel), Alice Lee (Faking It, Switched at Birth) y Xavier de Guzman.

A favor: Es Castle con los géneros cambiados.

En contra: Es Castle con los géneros cambiados.

Por último, ¿qué pilotos no se han convertido en serie?

False Profits, con Bellamy Young y Vanessa Williams, queda bajo contención, se han encargado nuevos guiones y puede que reciba encargo para midseason. Por su parte, la comedia de Kenya Barris que la cadena encargó en diciembre volvió a fase de piloto cuando Alec Baldwin leyó el guion y rechazó protagonizarla, y salió del ciclo de pilotos por los problemas para encontrar un nuevo protagonista. Tal vez nunca llegue a realizarse.

For Love

Get Christie Love, con Kylie Bunbury

Salvage, con Catalina Sandino Moreno

Staties

The Finest, con Eric Balfour

The Mission

Crazy Wonderful, con Brooke Elliott

How May We Hate You, con Kat Dennings y Angela Kinsey

Man of the House, con Alyson Hannigan

Most Likely To, con Yvette Nicole Brown

Southern Hospitality, con John Larroquette

Steps, con Ginnifer Goodwin

The Greatest American Hero, con Hannah Simone

Renovaciones

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. nos hizo sufrir hasta el último momento y volverá con una sexta temporada de trece episodios. For the People y Splitting Up Together también han sido renovadas porque había que renovar algo, pero apostamos a que no pasarán de la segunda temporada.

Grey's Anatomy (15ª temporada)

Roseanne (11ª temporada)

Modern Family (10ª temporada)

The Goldbergs (6ª temporada)

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (6ª temporada)

How to Get Away with Murder (5ª temporada)

Black-ish (5ª temporada)

Fresh Off the Boat (5ª temporada)

Speechless (3ª temporada)

American Housewife (3ª temporada)

For the People (2ª temporada)

The Good Doctor (2ª temporada)

Splitting Up Together (2ª temporada)

Station 19 (2ª temporada)

Cancelaciones

El final de The Middle, Once Upon A Time y Scandal fue anunciado con antelación, y son las únicas series que se despiden de ABC con final cerrado. La productora eOne está en conversaciones para vender Designated Survivor a otras cadenas; Una de ellas podría ser Netflix, que tiene los derechos de distribución internacional.

The Middle (9ª temporada)

Once Upon A Time (7ª temporada)

Scandal (7ª temporada)

Quantico (3ª temporada)

Ten Days in the Valley (1ª temporada)

The Mayor (1ª temporada)

The Crossing (1ª temporada)

Deception (1ª temporada)

Marvel's Inhumans (1ª temporada)

Alex, Inc. (1ª temporada)

Kevin (Probably) Saves the World (1ª temporada)

Downward Dog (1ª temporada)

Still Star-Crossed (1ª temporada)

Somewhere Between (1ª temporada)

Agenda semanal

La ficción desaparece de los domingos de ABC, que emitirá nada más y nada menos que diez comedias de media hora a la semana. Los jueves seguirán siendo propiedad de Shonda. Fresh Off the Boat y Speechless, ambas producidas por FOX, se marchan al viernes, quizás para intentar competir con Last Man Standing. Siguen confiando en The Good Doctor para llenar el hueco de Castle, así que Nathan Fillion tendrá que probar suerte el martes. The Kids Are Alright queda emparejada con Roseanne, que volverá en otoño. Take Two se estrena el próximo mes de junio. En cambio, For the People y Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. tendrán que esperar a la midseason junto con el resto de novedades. Lunes: 8-10 p.m. — Dancing With the Stars 10-11 p.m. — The Good Doctor Martes: 8-8:30 p.m. — Roseanne 8:30-9 p.m. — The Kids Are Alright 9-9:30 p.m. — Black-ish 9:30-10 p.m. — Splitting Up Together 10-11 p.m. — The Rookie Miércoles: 8-8:30 p.m. — The Goldbergs 8:30-9 p.m. — American Housewife 9- 9:30 p.m. — Modern Family 9:30-10 p.m. — Single Parents 10-11 p.m. — A Million Little Things Jueves: 8-9 p.m. — Grey's Anatomy 9-10 p.m. — Station 19 10-11 p.m. — How to Get Away with Murder Viernes: 8-9 p.m. — Fresh Off the Boat 8:30-9 p.m. — Speechless 9-10 p.m. — Child Support 10-11 p.m. — 20/20 Sábado: 8-11 p.m. — Saturday Night Football Domingo: 7-8 p.m. — America's Funniest Home Videos 8-9 p.m. — Dancing With the Stars: Juniors 9-10 p.m. — Shark Tank 10-11 p.m. — The Alec Baldwin Show

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Closer, May 3

You can buy a brand new copy of this issue without the mailing label for your very own at my eBay store: https://www.ebay.com/str/bradentonbooks

Cover: The Bee Gees: Fame, Family and Tragedy, plus Andy Gibb

Page 1: Contents

Page 2: The Big Picture -- Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in color eating at a table

Page 4: Sally Struthers recalls a terrifying trip to Africa -- as an ambassador for Save the Children, Sally often traveled to far-off places to visit kids in need, but when she found herself face-to-face with a roving band of guerrilla warfare guys on a trip to Uganda, she says she couldn't work for the charity anymore

Page 5: Paula Abdul returns as a guest judge on American Idol -- fans of American Idol enjoyed a mini-reunion when Paula sat in for Luke Bryan and host Ryan Seacrest virtually reunited Paula with another of Idol's original judges, Randy Jackson, who Paula was so excited to see -- it's been five years since Paula appeared on the competition series, and she's thrilled to be back and returning to American Idol has given Paula a dose of nostalgia and she forgot how much fun it was and although she jokingly referred to former judge Simon Cowell as the STD, then quickly clarified with super, talented, debonair, Paula had a blast working with him back in the day -- she's also impressed with the show's current judges and Paula admires Katy Perry's determination and she's known Lionel Richie for years -- it wouldn't be a surprise if Paula sets her sights on becoming a familiar fixture

* Maria Shriver feels blessed to be a grandma -- she's got four kids of her own, and now Maria is finally experiencing the joys of being a first-time grandmother and although her eldest daughter Katherine Schwarzenegger gave birth to a baby girl named Lyla last August, Maria wasn't able to hold the child until recently -- Maria said they had this beautiful, healthy baby during COVID, so that was stressful, and they were very protective of not being able to be around the baby, referring to Katherine and her husband Chris Pratt, and that's loosening up a little bit because Maria has had her vaccine, and so they're now allowing her to be closer to hold her

Page 6: Picture Perfect -- Viola Davis in a yellow dress for the African American Film Critics Association's award

Page 7: Hugh Jackman went for a dip and double dipped in SPF 100, Marla Gibbs and Annie Potts working on Young Sheldon, Nicole Kidman on the set of Being the Ricardos where she plays Lucille Ball

Page 8: Serena Williams and her daughter Alexis in matching bathing suits, Jessica Simpson and her daughter Birdie Mae do taco tongues, John Stamos in a selfie with son Billy

Page 10: Kerry Washington showed off her pawsitively adorable yoga attire with her dog Josie, Kimberly Williams-Paisley riding a dinosaur drawn on a wall, Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager marked their two-year anniversary as Today co-hosts

Page 12: Connie Stevens enjoys a margarita out at a restaurant

Page 13: Sofia Vergara gave Heidi Klum a treat backstage at America's Got Talent

Page 22: Queen Elizabeth: Life Without Her Prince -- the queen is taking refuge in the embrace of her family as she faces the loss of her rock, Prince Philip

Page 26: Growing Up With Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell -- the longtime couple raised their children with love, compassion and lots of laughter

Page 28: Allison Janney -- I'm happy on my own -- at 61, the actress has never felt better, or more secure, about her wonderful life

Page 33: Horoscopes -- Taurus Michelle Pfeiffer turned 63 on April 29

Page 34: Entertainment -- Warren Littlefield on The Handmaid's Tale, Justin Theroux on The Mosquito Coast, In the Spotlight -- Katey Sagal

Page 36: On the Move -- Jimmy Fallon

Page 38: Best Friends -- Brooke Burke and her boyfriend Scott Rigsby and a pig on Pig Beach in the Bahamas

Page 39: James Van Der Beek and his new adopted dog Theo, Gilles Marini and his bird Anya, Beth Stern and a rescue cat from North Shore Animal League, Emily Ratajkowski enjoys an early morning hike with her dog Columbo

Page 40: Great Escape -- Matthew Modine on Trentino, Italy

Page 44: 5 ways to fight allergies naturally

Page 46: Exclusive Interview -- Tovah Feldshuh -- happiness is a choice -- the actress shares her thoughts on family, marriage and her life in the spotlight

Page 50: Cover Story -- The Bee Gees -- fame, family and tragedy -- jealousy, heartbreak and addiction couldn't stop them from making hit music

Page 54: Judy Garland and Frank Sinatra -- inside their unbreakable bond -- their genuine affection lasted well beyond the end of the stars' brief love affair

Page 56: Beauty -- going green is gorgeous -- refresh your beauty bags and standard with these eco-friendly choices -- Michelle Pfeiffer

Page 58: My Life in 10 Pictures -- Diane Keaton

Page 60: Flashback -- polka dot dresses, swim sensations, Goldzilla vs. King Kong, side buns