![]() ![]() She also would have been able to view another iconic MoMA photography exhibition, 1972’s worldwide-sensation retrospective of Diane Arbus’s work, when it went on tour to the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Looking at the images, we begin to unravel the questions we still have about her work and her life, some of which include who her influences were as a photographer, why she changed her shooting style, what informed her choice of subject, and if factors from her personal life affected the work she made. Selections from these rolls now appear in the first monograph of her color photography, Vivian Maier: The Color Work (2018). ![]() This was largely due to legal disputes raised about copyright ownership between Maloof and her estate, which were settled in 2016, allowing him to process Maier’s color film. But he hadn’t yet processed her color film, of which there were 700 undeveloped rolls as well as 40,000 Ektachrome slides, and which were mostly made during the last 30 years of her life, often considered her most mysterious. Maloof kindled Maier’s posthumous fame and owned the bulk of her archive. ![]() This is the work he showed in Chicago that quickly infiltrated the consciousness of both the art world and mainstream culture-even more so following his Oscar-nominated documentary in 2014, Finding Vivian Maier. ![]()
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![]() ![]() His proficiency grew so quickly that by his last year in high school, he was writing, composing and conducting avant-garde arrangements for the school orchestra. The family eventually settled outside of Los Angeles in Zappa's late teens, and he soon took up drum and guitar. Avant-guard composers such as Igor Stravinsky and Edgard Varèse attracted him alongside interest in doo-wop/R&B and modern jazz. He showed early interest in innovation via gadgets but this soon turned to music. Young Zappa's exposure to chemicals, such as mustard gas, may have had a profound effect on his health, which was always challenging. ![]() The family moved frequently due to Francis Vincent Zappa's expertise as a chemist and mathematician, contracted with various aspects of the defense industry. Frank Vincent Zappa, born in Baltimore, Maryland, on December 21, 1940, the first of four children to Rose Marie (Colimore) and Francis Vincent Zappa, a Sicilian immigrant. ![]() ![]() ![]() The result is a distressing, yet deeply moving account of a love that strove to flourish under intense outside pressure. There union follows the path of other singular couples in the history of art, such as Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, and Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock. ![]() ![]() With a simplicity that belies both Basquiat's work and life, Jennifer Clement delivers a tender and poetic exploration of the artist and more specifically, the relationship with his muse, Suzanne. In 1988, at the tragically young age of twenty-seven, the most successful black visual artist in history died from a heroin overdose. Basquiat's subsequent success and rapis assimilation into the world of stardom coincided with the new ca$h of the eighties that flooded the city, and it soon became apparent that he was unwilling and unable to deal with the tempations and demands that his new fame brought. Jean-Michel Basquiat's transition from the subways to the chic gallery spaces of Manhattan brought the artist into the company of many of New York's established and aspiring stars. ![]() ![]() ![]() Economics and politics (both local and national) also influenced the process. ![]() Geometric meridians and parallels shaped many of the borders between states. ![]() Case studies include Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oregon, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, and the Dakotas. ![]() Everett argues for yet another branch of borderlands studies, that of “ intranational borderlands,” or “the frontiers within the United States” (221).Įverett, an adjunct professor at Colorado State University and Metropolitan State University of Denver, has written a lively and engaging study that examines the process of creating states in the trans-Mississippi American West, and more specifically, the delineation of their boundaries. In his new work, Creating the American West: Boundaries and Borderlands, Derek R. Areas of inquiry in American history have expanded to include borders between European and American empires and American Indians, borders between states and Indian reservations, and even borders between various American Indian tribes. In academia, the field of borderlands studies has grown rapidly grown since the 1990s and now encompasses a broad variety of topics. The United States’ boundaries with Canada and Mexico are common examples. When one thinks of borders in the American West, international boundaries often come to mind. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Conversely, 57% of Republicans consider disseminating online misinformation about the 2020 Presidential election as consistent with the First Amendment, whereas Democrats´ tolerance drops to 20%. 73% of Democrats find that kneeling or turning away during the national anthem is a legitimate expression of First Amendment rights, compared to a mere 35% of Republicans. According to a 2022 Knight Institute poll 63% of Americans find free speech “Extremely Important” while 28% find it “Very Important.” But when the abstract ideal of free speech is put to the test against concrete and (supposedly) conflicting values, partisan cracks appear in the façade of American tolerance. Most Americans seemingly approve of US free speech exceptionalism. ![]() I asked him if he could pass along a guest post related to the book, and he graciously agreed:Īccording to Columbia University president and free speech scholar Lee Bollinger, the United States has become “the most speech protective of any nation on Earth, now or throughout history.” Key to this development has been the Supreme Court´s gradual elevation of free speech to “a bedrock principle,” barring the government from “prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea offensive or disagreeable.” ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He is a cowdog on a ranch in Texas and the self proclaimed 'Head of Ranch Security', a role which he takes very seriously. ![]() * Hank (Head of ranch security): Hank is the main character and protagonist of the series. In the mid-1980s, the first book was also adapted into an animated segment for the CBS Storybreak. Series of his books are also translated into Persian and are popular in Iran. The first six books have been translated into Spanish by the Argentine publisher "Editorial Sudamericana". The Hank the Cowdog books are supported by various libraries and teaching programs, and related lesson plans, which usually incorporate the books with cassette tapes, are available through "Maverick Books" (the series' original publisher). It has received various awards and acclaims, lauded by Publishers Weekly and USA Today. Fact|date=February 2007 The books all include songs sung by Hank and other characters these songs are all performed on the tapes by Erickson. Every book in the series has been recorded in an audio book format, making it the longest-running popular children's audio book series. Over 50 books have since been written featuring Hank, his timid sidekick Drover, his sworn enemy Pete the Barncat, and their adventures on the M-Cross ranch in the northern Texas Panhandle. The series began in 1982 with a couple of short stories about the proud but bumbling Hank, the self-styled "Head of Ranch Security". "Hank the Cowdog" is a series of humorous children's mystery novels, written by Austin R. ![]() ![]() ![]() Based on exhaustive research and told in Michener's immersive prose, Hawaii is the story of disparate peoples struggling to keep their identity, live in harmony, and, ultimately, join together. Then, in the early nineteenth century, American missionaries arrive, bringing with them a new creed and a new way of life. ![]() As the volcanic Hawaiian Islands sprout from the ocean floor, the land remains untouched for centuries-until, little more than a thousand years ago, Polynesian seafarers make the perilous journey across the Pacific, flourishing in this tropical paradise according to their ancient traditions. Michener brings Hawaii's epic history vividly to life in a classic saga that has captivated readers since its initial publication in 1959. ![]() ![]() ![]() She resembles a Tornian female but is much smaller. Wray finds himself drawn to the small female he finds beaten and abused on the Ganglian ship. ![]() Determined to change her ways, Kim goes looking for her sister only to be captured by the Ganglians and it is then that she learns what happens to the ‘unprotected’ females of the universe. At nineteen she realizes she’s been protected from all of life’s hardships, been taken care of her entire life, expecting and accepting it, she’d been terribly spoiled. Kim Teel has had a hard life, at least she thought she had until her parents were suddenly killed and her sister disappears. Could she be what they’ve been searching for? The only reason the small female was discovered. ![]() The only reason they crossed paths with a Ganglian ship leaving Tornian space. ![]() It’s the reason he agreed to meet with Liron the Emperor of the Kaliszian Empire in Kaliszian space. The number of compatible females is dwindling faster than anyone knows and if compatible females aren’t found soon their entire civilization will cease to exist. Emperor Wray Vasteri is the ruler of the Tornian Empire, his House has ruled the Empire ever since the great infection struck over five hundred years ago and he fears he will be the last. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Suzui tries his best to keep Yumeko out of trouble, but to his chagrin, she turns out to be the type of person best suited to attend Hyakkaou: a compulsive gambler. Her exploits draw the attention of the student council members, who start meddling in her affairs. Despite Suzui's warnings, Yumeko quickly becomes immersed in the school's gambling scene, facing off against several high-profile opponents. His circumstances soon change when a mysterious new transfer student, Yumeko Jabami, arrives at the academy. Ryouta Suzui spends his days as a "house pet"-a student ranked in the bottom one hundred, forced to serve his peers. Come nightfall, many places on campus transform into gambling dens overseen by the student council, where players compete for rank, money, and more. Instead, they value strategic prowess and the ability to read people. ![]() However, unlike other schools, students at Hyakkaou do not pride themselves on academic achievement. EditSynopsis Hyakkaou Private Academy is a school for the privileged and influential, playing host to the children of businessmen and politicians. ![]() ![]() This is a result of Zwigtman’s unique ability to combine critical distance with open intimacy. ![]() It draws the reader in without resorting to cheap sensationalism. Tricks of the Trade is an intense book that is difficult to put down. ![]() Then he faces the choice of whether to put his integrity and his friendships on the line so that he doesn’t have to live in a mouldy, cockroach-infested garret. In a male brothel he discovers the flip side of his new life in the twofaced London of the nineteenth century, where gossip, blackmail and brutal police violence make homosexuality a highly dangerous way of life. Until, that is, London’s beau monde decamps to Europe for the summer holidays, as happens every year.Īdrian, by now accustomed to luxury, ends up without any income. Everything appears to be going swimmingly. The work pays well and he meets the most interesting and powerful people of his time.Īdrian is very pleased with his new life at first. ![]() He introduces Adrian to the flamboyant circle of Oscar Wilde, where he meets other men like Augustus and finds work as an artist’s model. The man is Augustus Trops, a second-rate artist from Flanders. It’s not a scenario that the street-hardened lad could have envisaged: a wealthy older gentleman falls in love with him and takes him home. However, a different career lies in store for him. Adrian Mayfield is born in the poor East End of Victorian London, the son of a pub landlord and a seamstress. Tricks of the Trade is Zwigtman’s best novel to date. ![]() |