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Her first book, Small Arguments, won a ReLit Award in 2004. [7] Her second book, Found, was made into a short film by Paramita Nath. [8] Her third book, Light, won the Trillium Book Award for Poetry in 2014. [9] Her short story "How to Pronounce Knife" was shortlisted for the 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize out of 4,000 entries. [10]
Thus Melinoë is described as such not in order to be designated as a divinity of lower status, but rather as a young woman of marriageable age; the same word is applied to Hecate and Tethys (a Titaness) in their own Orphic hymns. [11] As an underworld "queen" (Basileia), Melinoë is at least partially syncretized with Persephone herself. [12]
How to Pronounce Knife was generally well-received by critics, including a starred reviews Booklist, who wrote, "These stories have a quiet brilliance in their raw portrayal of the struggle to find meaning in difficult times and to belong in a foreign place. Thammavongsa writes with an elegance that is both brutal and tender, giving her stories ...
Title page of Vita di Michelagnolo Buonarroti written by Ascanio Condivi. The son of Latino Condivi and Vitangela de' Ricci, Ascanio Condivi was a nobleman born in the town of Ripatransone in the Marche. He moved to Rome in c. 1545, where he became an acquaintance of Michelangelo.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 December 2024. American academic (born 1956) Robin DiAngelo DiAngelo in 2020 Born Robin Jeanne Taylor (1956-09-08) September 8, 1956 (age 68) Nationality American Occupation(s) Author, consultant Spouse Jason Toews Academic background Education University of Washington Seattle University Thesis ...
Angela of Foligno (1248 – 4 January 1309) [1] was an Italian Franciscan tertiary who became known as a mystic from her extensive writings about her mystical revelations.Due to the respect those writings engendered in the Catholic Church she became known as Theologorum Magistra ("Teacher of Theologians"), as first used by Maximilian Sandaeus, later cited by Bollandus in the Acta Sanctorum).
Leonard Mlodinow (born November 26 1954) is an American theoretical physicist and mathematician, screenwriter and author. In physics, he is known for his work on the large N expansion, a method of approximating the spectrum of atoms based on the consideration of an infinite-dimensional version of the problem, and for his work on the quantum theory of light inside dielectrics.
The book was adapted for stage by Paul Lee and first presented in the pub An Béal Bocht, Charlemont Street, Dublin, for the Dublin Theatre Festival in 1989, directed by Ronan Smith. [ 8 ] Irish filmmaker Tom Collins adapted and directed an animated version of the book, which was first shown (outside of festivals) on TG4 on Christmas Day 2017 ...