Sherman alexie the lone ranger and tonto5/10/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() is for the American Indian what Richard Wright’s Native Son was for the black American in 1940.” The basis for the acclaimed 1998 feature film Smoke Signals,the Chicago Tribune noted, “ The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. Alexie’s unadulterated honesty and boundless compassion come together in a poetic vision of a world in which the gaps between past and present are not really gaps after all. We follow Thomas Builds-the-Fire, the longwinded storyteller no one really listens to his half-hearted nemesis, Victor, the basketball star turned recovering alcoholic and a wide cast of other vividly drawn characters on a haunting journey filled with humor and sorrow, resilience and resignation, dreams and reality. The twenty-four linked tales in Alexie’s debut collection-an instant classic-paint an unforgettable portrait of life on and around the Spokane Indian Reservation, a place where “Survival = Anger x Imagination,” where HUD houses and generations of privation intertwine with history, passion, and myth. Sherman Alexie’s darkly humorous story collection weaves memory, fantasy, and stark reality to powerfully evoke life on the Spokane Indian Reservation. ![]()
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Duino elegies translation5/10/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() His concern was not to translate literally, but to create poetic equivalents in German, which in practice generally resulted in new, distinctly Rilkean, poems. Rilke himself undertook translations of poems by Dante, Michelangelo, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Mallarmé, Valéry, and many others, often as an exercise to provide new impulses for his own work. This ongoing transformation of the poetry into ever new incarnations is entirely in keeping with the idea of Verwandlungat the heart of Rilke's work itself. Yet, in a world where Rilke is increasingly regarded as 'too difficult' to feature on an undergraduate syllabus, the continued enthusiasm of translators and poets to engage productively with his work is welcome evidence that the special fascination which he, above all other twentieth-century German poets, has long held for English-speaking audiences is far from over. Given the regularity with which Rilke's poetry has been translated into English since the 1930s – there exist, for instance, some twenty published versions of the Duino Elegies– one might be forgiven for wondering whether new translations of his works are really needed. ![]() The best lovecraft stories5/10/2023 ![]() And finally, Lovecraft created an entire mythos based around his cosmic entities. Some of the members were people with good intentions, and in humanising them, Lovecraft made them somewhat tragic. These cults are predominantly religious, but Lovecraft’s nefarious sects were different. Everyone loves a creepy cult the world of horror literature and film is infused with tales of crazy worshippers and secret societies willing to sacrifice for either the good of man, or the invocation of a higher being. He didn’t invent the haunted house story he made it his own, and stories like ‘The Shunned House’, ‘The Unnamable’, and ‘Rats In The Walls’, all feature places where evil has been committed and, subsequently, remains. In any piece of work from Lovecraft you are guaranteed to be chilled to the bone. Haunted Houses, Sinister Cults and Ancient Aliens So why should everyone read at least one Lovecraft story in their life? You’re about to find out. ![]() ![]() Stephen King proclaimed him one of the greatest practitioners of the classic horror tale, and yet some readers find his work intimidating, needlessly wordy, and in some cases, controversial. 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To fully immerse ourselves in the culture and the beauty of these trees, I’ve compiled a list of historical context, MUST-SEE locations, and clothing options for the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival. ![]() Here in Vancouver, our Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival encourages unity and bonding across cultures. In Japan, cherry blossom trees embody the beauty and fragility of life. Hi lovelies! If you live anywhere in the greater Vancouver area, you’re all too familiar with the beautiful pink blooming trees that occur in the springtime. ![]() Straight on till morning liz braswell5/10/2023 ![]() But Never Land isn’t quite the place she imagined it would be. So when an opportunity to travel to Never Land via pirate ship presents itself, Wendy makes a deal with the devil. After nearly meeting her hero, Peter Pan, four years earlier, she still holds on to the childhood hope that his magical home truly exists. Wendy’s only real escape is in writing down tales of Never Land. 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