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Smollett used the opportunity to deride the social norms of the Kingdom of France and the Italian states, and to voice his Anti-Catholicism. The book inspired a reply in the novel A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1768) by Laurence Sterne, which contained a satirical depiction of Smollett as Smelfungus.
Janet Mock (born March 10, 1983) [3] is an American writer, television producer, and transgender rights activist. Her debut book, the memoir Redefining Realness, became a New York Times bestseller. She is a contributing editor for Marie Claire and a former staff editor of People magazine's website. [4] [5] [6] [7]
White Oleander is a 1999 novel by American author Janet Fitch.In the fashion of a picaresque novel, it deals with themes of motherhood, telling the story of a girl named Astrid who is separated from her mother, Ingrid, and placed in a series of foster homes.
The book begins with an account of Molly’s suicide. After reading that terrible morning of Molly’s choice, the reader is compelled to race through the rest of Butler’s memoir at the same ...
Jurnee Diana Smollett was born in New York City, [2] to Janet Harris and Joel Smollett. Her father was Ashkenazi Jewish, with ancestors from Russia and Poland, [3] [4] [5] while her mother is African American. [6] [7] [8] She is the fourth of six siblings, all performers: [9] one sister, Jazz Smollett, [10] and four brothers, Jussie, JoJo, Jake ...
It’s always been about timing for Annie Baker. In her author’s note for her second produced play “Circle Mirror Transformation,” she lays down the law on how to accurately perform the ...
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Since then, Smollett played Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Smallest Freedom Fighter” (8-year-old Sheyann Webb) in the 1999 TV movie “Selma, Lord Selma”; the sole female debater at a ...