#beckett boyer.

[pacificgrimsarc]

"It really is nice out tonight." @ mr beckett boyer

@draconisa | new year starters

“It is, ainnit?” He looks up at the sky and takes a deep breath, feels like he’s breathing in the whole wild world even though his body’s so small. Rarely does he ever leave the Shatterdome and when he does it’s to check on how things are going, not for fresh air or anything luxurious like that. And yet, here he is, a few minutes before midnight standing at the best spot on the ship deck with the best view of the vast ocean with a pretty girl just inches from him. He thinks there’s got to be a word to describe this feeling, but also how special it is that there may not be.

He leans his elbows on the railing and glances over at her, something meek about his exterior. “Almost makes you forget you’re fighting got-dam Kaijus.” He chuckles. Behind them, kids chase each other with sparklers. Lovers hold each other. Brothers in arms capture this moment for what it is. “Can’t believe Mako actually cleared for us to have a small light show. You’d figure she’d be the first one sayin’ no to it, scared it might wake up some sleepin’ Megalodon or somethin’ like that. But I think she feels the same way we do. Homesick.”

[invsiblestringswrites]

nate & beckett continued from here. @sweetsoftplentyrhythm

Half Nate's cash went to putting diesel in his gas-guzzler of a truck, and the other half went to beer, but on nights like this, he felt like all of that was money well spent. He'd gotten a bit lost - not on the back roads that he'd been driving his entire life, but rather in his own head - wondering if everything was all about to change, and not for the better. In a town that had been frozen for a lifetime, the thought was unsettling.

And Beckett's line of questioning gave him a sick sense that he was right to be worried. He leaned back in his seat, his only hand on the steering wheel gripping a little tighter than was necessary.

"Oh, I'm sure my mom'll be there, and she'll bring the girls." Of his two younger sisters, Emily Grace idolized Beck and Evie tolerated him better than she tolerated most people, but either way, it was a testament to the fact that no one could resist the charms of Beckett Boyer. Except maybe his little brother Cole, who seemed to hate everybody but the trees like some weird little Lorax. His mom had bene hounding him about the RSVP, too, but didn't want to give a headcount until she knew for sure who was going, and Nate kept pretending he hadn't received his work schedule yet.

He realized he hadn't fully answered Beck's question, but. He didn't know what to say. "Are you sure about all this? 'Cos I'm sure there's still time. Or.. or we could go to Canada or something. Plenty of people travel after graduation. They call it a gap year or some shit. They can't come after you if you go to Canada. I saw it on The Handmaid's Tale. Well, Evie did. She told me about it."

[callmewhenyougetthis-a]

@inechoingsilence

When Betsy Kramer put in a non-emergency call for a possible trespasser in the old Miller home on Rutgers Street, Sheriff Beckett Boyer was the closest one to answer. He drove by the Kramers, waving nonchalantly at Mrs. Kramer, who looked ever-so-worried about her potential new neighbor, before turning his attention to the house across the street.

He furrowed his brows. There was an unfamiliar truck parked out front, but he remembered how a FOR SALE sign had also been propped out in the front yard last summer. Naturally, someone must have bought it, and Mrs. Kramer was likely just looking to stir trouble or be a brown-noser about who was new in the neighborhood. With a huff, he parked his car in front of the old Miller home and tipped his hat over at Mrs. Kramer, who continued to watch on. Beckett supposed this town gossip was better than having to deal with real danger.

Walking up the front porch steps of the old Miller home, Beckett couldn't help but notice how refreshed it looked. Some exterior paint was still chipped, yet it looked lived-in now; not abandoned like before. He knocked on the door. "Baldwin County PD," he called out to the newcomer.

[mutatedangels-a]

˙ ˖ ✶ ana’s wanted [horror] plots.

these are just some [horror] ideas i’m spitballing and seeing what sticks! we can take tidbits of these and mix them all together, use some tidbits to inform something original. most of these are half-baked for the purpose of developing something together. if you have any questions or want to do any of these, im me!

these are always going to be under construction/updated.

last updated: 5.6.23

please keep in mind muses aren't limited to the plots i've quickly scribbled down for them. i'd love to explore more verses and horror-based fandoms! some of my favorite horror movies/franchises/genres include but are not limited to:

the conjuring/insidious/the nun

evil dead

saw

slasher - child's play, friday the 13th, halloween

nightmare on elm street

ready or not/you're next

the thing/alien/predator/annihilation

pearl/x

the witch

hereditary

giallo-type stuff/dario argento horror

Twyla Mooney:

From Rags to Retched: Twyla has made a deal with the devil and must do his bidding in exchange for fortune.

Wouldst Thou Like the Taste of Butter?: Twyla is a witch part of a man-eating coven.

Please, I'm A Star: Twyla's shortcomings culminate to a Pearl-like slasher episode where she wields the ax.

Nancy Martin:

In Space No One Can Hear You Scream: Would love to place Nancy in Dead Space, Alien, or The Thing-like situations where she's part of an old crew or must rescue a new crew. Space survival horror.

It's Copying Your Voice: AU based on Annihilation where Nancy is part of a crew that must enter an alien environment on Earth that is hyper-evolving everything inside it, creating monsters and dangerous spores.

Una Tempens:

Let's Go, Girls: Snake Eyes, the night club Una works at, is also the den of succubi women. Una is a maneater. Literally.

Soleil Smith:

Just One Bite: Soleil is a vampire alongside her brother, Ford. The pair live on a farm near the swamps where rumors of coyote attacks killing the farm animals are frequent.

You're Eating People. No, I'm Eating Boys: A la Jennifer Check in Jennifer's Body. Soleil was part of a ritual sacrifice where some selfish pricks murdered her and accidentally turned her into a man-eating succubus.

Lizzie Rojas:

From Rags to Retched: Lizzie has made a deal with the devil and must do his bidding in exchange for fortune.

Wouldst Thou Like the Taste of Butter?: Lizzie is a witch part of a man-eating coven.

Soap Shepard:

In Space No One Can Hear You Scream: Would love to place Soap in Dead Space, Alien, or The Thing-like situations where he's part of an old crew or must rescue a new crew. Space survival horror.

It's Copying Your Voice: AU based on Annihilation where Soap is part of a crew that must enter an alien environment on Earth that is hyper-evolving everything inside it, creating monsters and dangerous spores.

Jesse Mendoza:

Open for zombie apocalypse-like verses: I'd love if Jesse was still an inmate during the apocalypse. Think scrounging for resources in a prison and having a big concrete defense against skin-eaters, until a group decides to come in and jeopardize that.

Ford Smith:

Just One Bite: Ford is the local owner of a mysterious farm near the swamp. Every year, there are rumors of coyote and other small animal attacks that kill off some of the farm animals on the land. Unbeknownst to the nearby town is that Ford himself, a longtime vampire, is the killer.

Open for space thriller, sci-fi horror, and 65 film-esque plots

Eli King:

Those Mines Have Been Closed for Almost a Century: An Until Dawn/The Quarry-inspired plot where Eli is the lookout of a firewatch tower in a sleepy town whose mine has been the center of a few missing persons cases and possible murders for the last few decades. Rumors of cryptids and other creatures are rampant.

Open for The Walking Dead/The Last of Us/Resident Evil plots

Beckett Boyer:

That Boy is a Monster: Beckett is a werewolf who shifts and feeds every full moon.

Those Mines Have Been Closed for Almost a Century: An Until Dawn/The Quarry-inspired plot where Beckett is the local sheriff of a sleepy town whose mine has been the center of a few missing persons cases and possible murders for the last few decades. Rumors of cryptids and other creatures are rampant.

Open for The Walking Dead/The Last of Us/Resident Evil plots

Beacon Namara:

Deal with the Devil: Beacon has made a deal with the devil to open up his very own successful jazz club. Unbeknownst to him, his club has also become a breeding ground for possession and demons. Mystery looms when a demon hunter moves into town.

[wahwealth]

Irene Dunn, Charles Boyer | 💘Love Affair💘 (1939) | Romance Full Movie En...

Love Affair is a 1939 US romance film, starring Charles Boyer and Irene Dunne, and featuring Maria Ouspenskaya. The movie was directed by Leo McCarey and written by Delmer Daves and Donald Ogden Stewart, based on a story by McCarey and Mildred Cram.  The movie became a surprise hit of 1939, showing McCarey's versatility after a long career of comedic films, and launching the surprising team-up of Dunne and Boyer. Academy Award nominations include Best Actress for Dunne, Best Supporting Actress for Ouspenskaya, Best Original Song, Best Writing (Original), and Best Picture. Irene Dunne as Terry McKay Charles Boyer as Michel Marnet Maria Ouspenskaya as Grandmother Janou Lee Bowman as Kenneth Bradley Astrid Allwyn as Lois Clarke Maurice Moscovitch as Maurice Cobert, an art dealer Scotty Beckett as Boy on the ship Dell Henderson as Cafe Manager Lloyd Ingraham as Doctor Frank McGlynn Sr. as Orphanage Superintendent Ferike Boros as Terry's landlady Never miss a video. Join the channel so that Mr. P can notify you when new videos are uploaded: https://www.youtube.com/@nrpsmovieclassics

[castle-dominion]

5x21 still

beautiful music & coffee RC: Yes, which is writer-speak for “all procrastinations welcome”. So what was it? A terrorist plot? A meth lab?

Women hate it when men do that

six minutes is a long enough time bro

Love the badges lol. also love the writer jacket

mum suggested that this is not diego

GET OUT OF THERE BABES GET OUT GET OUT

he WAS planning on selling baseball cards

Oh NO she got trapped or it's a mine

Ok but if it is that sensitive with my adhd I'd die

RC: Loose nail. That’s how floorboards get wonky. KB: You know, if I have to be stuck not standing on a bomb, then I’m glad I’m stuck with you. remember Cuffed?

mahoney my beloved

Gates my beloved & ryan's outfit my beloved

Spray paint my beloved like in indiana jones-- hE SAID THE SAME THING

No it cannot. Going DOWN should not set it off... shifting weight should not set it off, gosh my add would kill me

it's a unique episode, stationary instead of running around after murderers bomb buddy <3

RC, correct: That would be great if you were a reliable judge of your own feelings, which clearly, you’re not. But he brings up the wrong example. She liked you as an author, then she thought u were annoying & you thought she was hot, then you realized she was more than hot & she kind of liked you even tho she hated you, & then you fell for each other & he stopped liking you for being hot but for being you (including your hotness lol)

love all the flashbacks his ear XD APPLES ajdfasjdkfhsjfh I love the flshbacks

RC: Oh, geez. How do you even get in that position? The three boys: EW EW EWWWW

her hair became boring. I miss her old hair

KB: That’s not how I meant it. I can’t help it if you get off by putting things in my mouth.

She's right he did WAY more with bad sayings lol

Cut to: we've never done this before (escept yk that's not what actually happens)

Poor Boyer. poor boyer ten months hhh

Gates my beloved What was that with gates & esposito

BRO... WHAT ARE YOU THINKING

OH NO HE'S DEAD I FORGOT

Oh no he probably set a bunch of bombs!

Like a colonoscopy

Quick as we can, slow as we have to you have a daughter get rid of your porn collection? (esposito: I got u covered bro) WAIT I WAS RIGHT RC: You need me to hind your porn stash so your dad doesn’t find it? I don't make promises. Esp if idk what I'm promising to do

wow hours...

What if I think of ice cream on a sunday afternoon? What if I think of something on a something afternoon? It's ice cream on a sunday afternoon I lick I lick. What flavour of the ice cream will I pick? I want RASP BER RY. I want CHO CO LATE. I want chocolate chip mint chocolate chip with chocolate sauce-a

Lanie knew (& maddie knew & esposito knew & jordan shaw knew & that fbi guy with the dirty bomb knew) how did I forget about natalie rhodes? (& demming asked castle) Who is that last gal tho?

Many of those were undercover & there was that one when she was on a date with the puppy fireman-- BTW WHY DIDN'T ESPOSITO LOOK INTO HIM WHEN THEY WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT ABOUT CASKETT?

KB: No, it wasn’t a coincidence because you were always following me around. Why? ‘cause you were into me.

Castle is just playing her lol

They didn't have that silly fake sound when he got hit

They are seriously calling esposito? (also what is the injury on his arm? Is it ever explained? No? Good. I like how he is allowed to have random injuries that have explanations even if they were not explained onscreen. Maybe he was cooking. He has a life outside of what we see.)

JE: Seriously? Who liked who first? JE: You do realize that I’m busy trying to save your life? JE: listens, but he doesn’t really care. KR: Who’re you talking to? He covers the microphone. JE: It’s Castle and Beckett. I think they’re starting to crack. Check it out. He flips his phone over to speaker. KR gives JE a look. They’ve lost interest. KR: Yeah, well, totally losing it. JE: Yep.

Why is there a timer too?

30m & not 47 seconds exactly castle my man

Only half an hour left? Oof look at these beautiful scenes look at this flashback but it is different from the previous funny ones I just love it

MARTHA BUSTING IN ON THEM LMAO

The story always matters The flashbacks are getting annoying but actually I like it. & then the samebrain moments. I just saw a youtube video of samebrain moments & then his spun tales I love it. Spinning too far insane

RIGHT? THE BASEBALL CARDS WERE INDEED SUS

Read em through each individually

Oof only 10m left. I can't believe it has taken hours & then suddenly only 30m left

Clever of her to have made him promise this Girl you have a daughter

First name hhhhhh I love you HHHHH Always

Has she had anything to drink all day?

Calling her dad hkjsdfhsjkdfhh good for her this is saddddd who else does she absolutely need to call

MONTGOMERY HJKASHFDJKHSFJDSKFJSGHJDSKFSDJ

this is another flashback sequence sjfdksljfklsdj mmmmmmm

Great scene there camera angle like that

But srs what if they DO like put a box beside her

CASTLE IS SO CLEVER

But that didn't mean anything, diego didn't know anything...

Porn, more porn witness protection?

Ryan has removed his tie... (someone should take pics from allllll angles & on all days for this man & his outfit)

But what is the kid's NEW name? & what was his code BEFORE he got the name?

five digit code tho JE: What kind of mother’s gonna call her kid Willy unless she wants his ass kicked every day at the playground? could have been the kid's bday

Maybe DON'T step off yet just in case it only deactivated the timer...

Love how he slams the table once castle confirms she's off

Always <3

ngl when I first noticed the red car (in under the influence with the musician & the foster kid, the joey malone ep) I thought it was his personal vehicle but it has lights & stuff on it. & gates is in it huh THAT'S WHY HE TURNED ON THE SIREN, TO PREVENT THEM FROM KISSING IN FRONT OF GATES also becks needs some water & food sharing hugs but they didn't switch hugs, it was only especkett & rystle.

Even you mr castle! She was a detective too! gates <3 <3 <3 castle looks so proud lol

clipping that lol

the music jfsdhfskdhjdsj but they def had more kisses that were not onscreen again with the flashback I'm love

What a great kiss

[curlsncynefin]

closed starter for @nverletmego.  plot: Beck and Stella are at a new year’s eve party, Beck has been deployed again and needs to leave soon.

The sun had long set when the party began. The friends were ready to ring in the new year with enthusiasm, and the pulsating beats of the music only fuelled that excitement the darker the night got. Though they’d all got together for Christmas just a few days, as was their childhood custom, the eagerness with which the young adults were partying spoke volumes about the sort of friendship they shared.

Always the social butterfly at such places, the brunette moved around chatting and mingling, just like old times. Yet, her eyes sought one particular face in the small crowd. He had shown up for the Christmas party, which had been a gift in itself for her. She really hoped he would come for this party too. She had dressed up especially for him. Nothing too fancy. Just a nice green sweater with a pleated black skirt, black stockings and Blahnik ankle boots.

“I’ll just go get some more wine,” she lied to one of her friends, being in a mood to get some air. Swinging by the table where the wine was kept, so as not to come across as a liar, she almost ran into someone. “Oh, I’m so sor— Oh! Hey!” Her face almost lit up at the sight of him.

[menswearmusings]

Split-Toe Shoes: What’s the Deal?

There are like three types of dress shoe that get almost all the attention: brogues, loafers, and balmorals. Indeed my own shoe closet is filled with just those, aside from boots. Double monks enjoyed a resurgence ten years ago, and while they still have popular billing in the mainstream, they’ve fallen out of favor in the style-conscious menswear circles that made them popular.

However, there is a style of dress shoe that has maintained a consistent, low profile popularity, lurking just under the surface enough not to gain widespread fame, and therefore also avoiding major backlash like the double monk. I’m talking about the split toe shoe.

Often accompanied by the descriptor “Norwegian,” a split toe is a type of derby shoe with a seam running down the front of the toe. There is then an apron sewn on top that forms a ridge running along the top, sort of like a moccasin. Bespoke shoemaker Nicholas Templeman described that the purpose of a split toe was originally to achieve greater waterproof qualities in this Styleforum post.

The “Norwegian” moniker is separate from and unrelated to the split toe style, although because the names are so often put together they’re often synonymous (like Kleenex, Google, etc.). Norwegian is a method of attaching the soles of the shoes that is, naturally, more waterproof.

The next dress shoe I get will probably be a split toe. I tried on The Armoury’s Jubilee suede split toe when I was there a couple years ago, and loved it. It fit well, and has just the right low profile I’m looking for. Split toes can be either very rustic looking or quite sleek. I am attracted more to the sleek styles, which the Jubilee is.

Below are a few split toe shoes on the market. The king is the Edward Green Dover, but if that’s a bit too rich for your blood (like mine), fear not, there are others in a much more achievable price range. Honestly I like the Beckett Simonon dress shoe last so much that I’m very tempted to get their Clegg split toe in oak leather. Meermin also makes a split toe shoe in a dressier configuration that looks good.

Split toe shoe options

The king: Edward Green Dover (Sid Mashburn’s makeup looks outstanding)

The mid-range: Armoury Jubilee (my choice) | Crockett & Jones Hardwick | Carmina NST

The budget: Beckett Simonon Clegg | Meermin

Ethan wearing a pair of Armoury Jubilee’s.

G. Bruce Boyer, the menswear writer, with some handsome spilt toe shoes on.

  The Edward Green Dover at Sid Mashburn.

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[intimatum]

intertextuality

desire / eating disorder / hunger: «to be the girl who lunges at people−wants to eat them» (letissier) / «a way to take all hungers and boil them down to their essence–one appetite to manage–just one» (knapp)

trauma / trauma theory / visceralities of trauma

writers

ada limón, adrienne rich, agnès varda, alana massey, alejandra pizarnik, alice notley, ana božičević, anaïs nin, andrea dworkin, andrew solomon, angela carter, angélica freitas, angélica liddell, ann cvetkovich, anna akhmatova, anna gien, anne boyer, anne carson, anne sexton, anne waldman, antonella anedda, aracelis girmay, ariana reines, audre lorde, aurora linnea

barbara ehrenreich, bell hooks, bessel van der kolk

carmen maria machado, caroline knapp, carrie lorig, cat marnell, catharine mackinnon, catherynne m. valente, cathy caruth, césar vallejo, chris kraus, christa wolf, clarice lispector, claudia rankine, czesław miłosz

daniel borzutzky, daphne du maurier, daphne gottlieb, david foster wallace, david wojnarowicz, dawn lundy martin, deirdre english, denise levertov, detlev claussen, dodie bellamy, don paterson, donna tartt, dora gabe, dorothea lasky, durs grünbein

édouard levé, eike geisel, eileen myles, elaine kahn, elena ferrante, elisabeth rank, elyn r. saks, emily dickinson, erica jong, esther perel, etty hillesum, eve kosofsky sedgwick

fanny howe, félix guattari, fernando pessoa, fiona duncan, frank bidart, franz kafka

gabriele schwab, gail dines, georg büchner, georges bataille, gertrude stein, gilles deleuze, gillian flynn, gretchen felker-martin

hannah arendt, hannah black, heather christle, heather o'neill, heiner müller, hélène cixous, héloïse letissier, henryk m. broder, herbert hindringer, herbert marcuse

ingeborg bachmann, iris murdoch

jacques derrida, jacques lacan, jade sharma, jamaica kincaid, jean améry, jean baudrillard, jean rhys, jeanann verlee, jeanette winterson, jenny slatman, jenny zhang, jerold j. kreisman, jess zimmerman, jia tolentino, joachim bruhn, joan didion, joanna russ, joanna walsh, johanna hedva, john berger, jörg fauser, joy harjo, joyce carol oates, judith butler, judith herman, julia kristeva, june jordan, junot díaz

karen barad, kate zambreno, katherine mansfield, kathrin weßling, kathy acker, katy waldman, kay redfield jamison, kim addonizio

lacy m. johnson, larissa pham, lauren berlant, le comité invisible, leslie jamison, lidia yuknavitch, linda gregg, lisa diedrich, louise glück, luce irigaray, lynn melnick

maggie nelson, margaret atwood, marguerite duras, marie howe, marina tsvetaeva, mark fisher, martha gellhorn, mary karr, mary oliver, mary ruefle, marya hornbacher, max horkheimer, melissa broder, michael ondaatje, michel foucault, miranda july, miya tokumitsu, monique wittig, muriel rukeyser

naomi wolf, natalie eilbert, natasha lennard, nelly arcan

ocean vuong, olivia laing, ottessa moshfegh

paisley rekdal, patricia lockwood, paul b. preciado, paul celan, peggy phelan

rachel aviv, rainald goetz, rainer maria rilke, rebecca solnit, richard moskovitz, richard siken, robert jensen, roland barthes, ronald d. laing

sady doyle, sally rooney, salma deera, samuel beckett, samuel salzborn, sandra cisneros, sara ahmed, sara sutterlin, sarah kane, sarah manguso, scherezade siobhan, sean bonney, sheila jeffreys, shoshana felman, shulamith firestone, sibylle berg, silvia federici, simone de beauvoir, simone weil, siri hustvedt, solmaz sharif, sophinette becker, soraya chemaly, stephan grigat, susan bordo, susan sontag, suzanne scanlon, sylvia plath

theodor w. adorno, thomas brasch, tiqqun, toni morrison

ursula k. le guin

valerie solanas, virginia l. blum, virginia woolf, virginie despentes

walter benjamin, wisława szymborska, wolfgang herrndorf, wolfgang pohrt

zadie smith, zan romanoff, zoë lianne, zora neale hurston

[biblioklept]

Brian Dillon's Suppose a Sentence (Book acquired, 14 Aug. 2020)

Brian Dillon’s Suppose a Sentence (Book acquired, 14 Aug. 2020)

Brian Dillon’s Suppose a Sentenceis a collection of 27 essays that each take a single sentence as their starting point. Organized chronologically by author dates, the collection begins with Shakespeare and Donne and works its way to Anne Carson and Anne Boyer (with Eliot, Stein, Beckett, Bowen et al along the way). When it showed up at Biblioklept World Headquarters last week I was intrigued,…

[likeastarmuses]

working list of secondary muses.

who'll come out of retirement for the right plot/right partner!

women

alice eva green // fc: karen gillan.

talulah 'lulu' elise labonty // fc: leighton meester.

emily jane rompf // fc: jessica rothe.

mekhi katherine lockett // fc: giorgia whigham.

avery faith thompson // fc: hailee steinfeld.

noah rebecca gillespie // fc: lauren lavera.

peridot anne yoo // fc: fivel stewart.

adelita 'alita' carmen monterrosa // fc: paz vega.

eleanor 'nell' frances fontanilla // fc: maja salvador.

men

beckett abel boyer // fc: charlie hunnam.

joseph 'joey' elliot o'connor // fc: logan lerman.

jeremiah emery o'connor // fc: aaron taylor-johnson.

jody kai jackson // fc: joe burrow.

joel nikolai 'nik' carter // fc: robert pattinson.

ethan zachary glass // fc: eli manning.

berlin august langley // fc: winston duke.

julian oliver trujillo // fc: theo rossi.

anthony vincent palmer // fc: frank grillo.

seth aaron wilkins // fc: jason segel.

[wellesleybooks]

BOOKS

CATEGORY,WINNERS & FINALISTS

Fiction

Winner

The Nickel Boys, by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday) A spare and devastating exploration of abuse at a reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida that is ultimately a powerful tale of human perseverance, dignity and redemption.

Finalists

The Dutch House, by Ann Patchett (Harper) The Topeka School, by Ben Lerner (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

History

Winner

Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America, by W. Caleb McDaniel (Oxford University Press)

A masterfully researched meditation on reparations based on the remarkable story of a 19th century woman who survived kidnapping and re-enslavement to sue her captor.

Finalists

Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership, by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (University of North Carolina Press)

The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America, by Greg Grandin (Metropolitan Books)

Biography

Winner

Sontag: Her Life and Work, by Benjamin Moser (Ecco) An authoritatively constructed work told with pathos and grace, that captures the writer’s genius and humanity alongside her addictions, sexual ambiguities and volatile enthusiasms.

Finalists

Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century, by George Packer (Alfred A. Knopf)

Parisian Lives: Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir, And Me, by the late Deirdre Bair (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday)

Poetry

Winner

The Tradition, by Jericho Brown (Copper Canyon Press) A collection of masterful lyrics that combine delicacy with historical urgency in their loving evocation of bodies vulnerable to hostility and violence.

Finalists

Dunce, by Mary Ruefle (Wave Books)

Only as the Day Is Long: New and Selected Poems, by Dorianne Laux (W.W. Norton)

General Nonfiction

The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America, by Greg Grandin (Metropolitan Books) A sweeping and beautifully written book that probes the American myth of boundless expansion and provides a compelling context for thinking about the current political moment. (Moved by the Board from the History category.)

The Undying: Pain, Vulnerability, Mortality, Medicine, Art, Time, Dreams, Data, Exhaustion, Cancer, and Care, by Anne Boyer (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) An elegant and unforgettable narrative about the brutality of illness and the capitalism of cancer care in America.

Finalists

Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life, by Louise Aronson (Bloomsbury)

Solitary, by Albert Woodfox with Leslie George (Grove Atlantic)

[weightofwar]

BECKETT ABEL BOYER

His full name on blast, as if on a megaphone, makes him stop what he’s doing– slicing up some lemons– and tilt his head up with a little bit of a guilty expression, though he doesn’t have anything to be guilty for. His girlfriend’s voice is hollering from the other room, and he has to clutch his unlit cigarette with his teeth to mutter, “What is it, woman?” This could really be anything.

[callmewhenyougetthis-a]

@sacredpyre // beckett x alena loosely based on this.

It is a humble offering—a gift that can span from generation to generation, and each time it's crafted, it's somehow filled with more love than before. Peach cobbler. But not just any peach cobbler. It's the Boyer family peach cobbler, famous for the extra bit of sugar the matriarch once put in it all those years ago that could send anybody in a rush.

Beckett remembered how much the other blonde loved it, especially with a scoop of vanilla ice cream to cut the tartness with some creaminess. It was the first and only thing he could think of making for tonight's dinner, which was a celebration of reconnecting for the first time since they were 16. They had been under the same roof for about a week or so now, but with busy schedules, things were hard to plan. The wait was worth it, he thought.

He wasn't much of a cook, so the rest of the meal was provided by one of the southern comfort food restaurants in town, but he hoped setting the peach cobbler in a nice ceramic dish in the middle made up for the presentation of it all.

Beckett brushed his hands together and began untying his apron, flashing a warm smile at Alena. "Ready to eat?" he asked, intentionally not mentioning the peach cobbler, which he knew she'd love and be excited over. (Or, at least he hoped.)

"And don't worry, I got your vanilla ice cream in the fridge."

[theresawaymanworld]

Warpaint at Leeds Beckett SU

by James Boyer

[tailorandbarber]

Westerns, Charcuterie, and Christmas Sweaters

Westerns, Charcuterie, and Christmas Sweaters

Oh man, another post? I better not make it a habit. I might just become a real blogger! But seriously, I’m really trying to get to the computer more and  write. These Weekend Reading posts are a great way to get the juices flowing and find some inspiration. I know they’re not the same as a full written article, but they are definitely pushing me in the right direction. 

Speaking of full…