![]() ![]() He's dirty, funny, intelligent, wise, gross, moving, ironic, etc. ![]() John Waters is a hero of mine, and his latest book has collected the myriad reasons for my reverence and worship into a hilarious, profound, tight, sweaty autobiographical work. If you have any interest in John Waters, don’t pass up this book, just buy it. I’ve listened to a ton of audiobooks and this is one of the few I know I’ll absolutely listen to again. Waters comes across here as funny, warm, insightful, kind, and gleefully perverted.all the things you’d suspect he would be if you’re familiar with his work. Other chapters- which aren’t appropriate to recap here, had me cackling like a crazy person while I listened on headphones. A chapter concerning his friendship with Leslie van Houten stuck with me long after it ended. ![]() What else would you expect? There are chapters of this book where Waters reflects with sincere pathos on individuals for whom you might not normally feel sympathy. This book provides real life examples of people who inspire John Waters to be John Waters- obscure authors, a porn director, Clarabell the Clown, Little Richard, and a Baltimore stripper. If you’ve seen his movies, you’re already aware of his reverence for outcasts and proud eccentrics. I have been a fan of John Waters’ work since I was probably too young to see it. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Of course, you still might feel insecure about your penis size since society acts like BDE is the end-all-be-all. In fact, studies have shown that receiving folks don't care that much about penis size in the first place. For most people, someone having a small penis isn’t a dealbreaker. ![]() If your penis falls short of that benchmark, then you are statistically on the smaller-than-average side. Water metaphors aside, let’s quickly talk about what it really means to have a “small penis.” According to a 2015 study, the average penis length is 5.16 inches (about the size of a dollar bill). In fact, once you know the best small penis sex positions, we guarantee your motion will be the talk of the sea. The good news is there are a ton of great sex moves out there for folks who are a little less than well-endowed. But figuring out which ocean motion works best for your equipment is key to having the most pleasurable sex possible. We’ve all heard the old adage: It's not the size of the wave, but the motion of the ocean that matters. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Stars and Shadows is the first work in American political history to offer a comprehensive overview of how friendship has come to shape the possibilities for democratic politics in America. In Stars and Shadows - a term taken from Huckleberry Finn - Saladin Ambar analyzes two centuries of noteworthy interracial friendships that served as windows into the state of race relations in the US and, more often than not, as models for advancing the cause of racial Yet there have been instances of interracial bonding and friendship even in the worst of times. The oppression of Blacks is America's original sin-a sin that took root in 1619 and plagues the country to this day. A sweeping look into interracial friendship's significance in American democracy from the founding to the present. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Angela Carter is neither ordinary nor timid. Hermione Lee wrote in the New Statesman that while “few women would feel inclined to treat the Marquis de Sade with affectionate familiarity. Ī few reviewers, mostly for the mainstream left-wing press, did see what The Sadeian Woman was getting at. I am Tony and of course I would like to be your slave. For the rest of Angela’s life, a proportion of her fan mail came from people whose primary interest in her doesn’t appear to have been literary: “I feel very ambivalent about this, obviously, and rather ambivalent about the book, though a very nice lady from Gay News, who interviewed me, assured me that anybody who bought it for a quick thrill would find it a long haul.” The lady from Gay News (whose name was Marsaili Cameron) may have been underestimating the stamina of thrill-seekers. “I am now about to be incarnated by the media as No. As the date approached, Angela recalled the doubts and anxieties that had dogged the writing of the book. The first of these came with the publication of The Sadeian Woman, which was scheduled in both the UK and the USA for 28 March 1979. During the time that Angela Carter taught at the University of East Anglia, her reputation underwent a series of small transformations. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As she tries to parse what freedom actually means for a Black woman, Libertie struggles with where she might find it-for herself and for generations to come. When a young man from Haiti proposes to Libertie and promises a better life on the island, she accepts, only to discover that she is still subordinate to him and all men. But Libertie is hungry for something else-is there really only one way to be independent? And she is constantly reminded that, unlike her light-skinned mother, she will not be able to pass for white. “A stunning look at what freedom really means.” - The New York TimesĬoming of age in a free Black community in Reconstruction-era Brooklyn, Libertie Sampson is all too aware that her mother, a physician, has a vision for their future together: Libertie is to go to medical school and practice alongside her. A New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2021 and Best Historical Fiction PickĪ Best Book of the Year: Washington Post, TIME, Los Angeles Times, and Christian Science Monitor ![]() ![]() ![]() Freeman (FSG: Macmillan LJ starred review): " absorbing, scrupulously researched. I suspect this was partly Laing’s intention." Also, The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War by Joanne B. Norton): "There’s a did-this, did-that quality to “Crudo,” a sense that everything matters yet nothing does, that can make one feel a bit ill, as if you’ve caught an intellectual and emotional flu, the way that being online too long can do. The authors are Dan Chaon, Leslie Jamison, Rumaan Alam, and Carmen Maria Machado. Offering different emotions, the NYT asks " four authors to write about the intersection of relationship and place" for their second annual "Love" issue. ![]() The Guardian and The New Republic also address the topic. Authors on Rage and LoveĬapturing a literary moment, Time looks at books about women's rage. ![]() Want to get the latest book news delivered to your inbox each day? Sign up for our daily Book Pulse newsletter. ![]() ![]() ![]() In Change Me, Jane Alison, critically acclaimed author of The Love-Artist, renders substantial portions of Ovid's great epic into elegant and remarkably faithful English. What is a self, and where are its edges? If someone can pierce you in sex and in love, how do you survive? And if your outer form changes, what lasts? What does it mean to have thoughts and passions trapped inside a changeable body? But the stories of sexual encounter in the Metamorphoses are also infused with deep questions. Ovid's dark pleasure in telling such stories with a full register of tones is palpable. ![]() Ovid's stories melt moral conventions, explore ambiguities, and dissolve boundaries between men, women, animals, gods, plants, and the mineral world in doing so they contrive to seduce readers. Jane Alison, the critically acclaimed author of The Love Artist, now takes on an equally demanding and in some ways more rigorous challenge: translating substantial portions of the Metamorphoses, Ovid's great epic of universal change, into elegant and remarkably faithful blank verse, along with selections from the Amores. ![]() ![]() Unfortunately, this romance starts to sour. The narrative centers around the narrator and her marriage to Maxim. Marriage is at the very heart of Rebecca. ![]() The narrator finds herself constantly watched by the people at Manderley to see whether or not she will meet the social expectations of women at the time.Īs a married woman, the narrator is expected to behave in a specific manner. The book highlights the limiting gender roles that men and women are confined to. Themes In Rebeccaĭaphne du Maurier’s Rebecca explores a variety of interesting themes, such as: Gender Check this list of 5 books to read after Rebecca. If you love reading Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, you will seriously love books such as Wuthering Heights, The Lost Ones, The Widow of Rose House, Mexican Gothic, and Northanger Abbey. Danvers, who acts as the housekeeper of the book’s setting. There are also numerous adaptations of the book. This compelling Gothic novel has long been popular and was even a bestseller. The eternal memory of this first wife threatens to consume the narrator entirely. The reader joins the narrator as she attempts to get to the bottom of what happened to Rebecca, creating a compelling mystery that’s hard to put down. However, she soon discovers that Maxim is still dedicated to Rebecca, his widow. The narrator soon moves into the elegant estate named Manderley. ![]() ![]() At the start of the novel, the unnamed narrator meets and marries the wealthy Maxim de Winter. ![]() ![]() ![]() From his father’s struggles in business to Harvard, to Saturday Night Live, back to Harvard, to broadcasting and then into politics, Franken weaves a narrative that shows how his choices led him to his post as junior Senator for Minnesota. Unlike his earlier books, which eviscerated the worst of the conservative movement in the U.S., Franken’s latest is a lighthearted, mostly unapologetic look at his own life. ![]() ![]() Anyone who has ever seen the comedian-turned-congressman will have no trouble imagining he’s right there beside you, telling you some of his best anecdotes from a life of trying to make people’s lives a little better. The difference is, when read by him, Franken’s wonderful stories and self-deprecating wit come through in his deadpan, slightly nasal Minnesotan accent. New York, Grand Central Publishing, 2017.Īl Franken’s Giant of the Senate is an excellent book, and an even better audiobook. ![]() ![]() ![]() The usual time for processing an order is 24 hours (1 business day), but may vary depending on the availability of products ordered. 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