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In Watermelon Sugar is referenced in Ray Mungo's book on his experiences founding and running the Total Loss Farm commune in Vermont. [6] He speaks of iDEATH several times. Stephen Gaskin, who wrote that he felt an "acid weird" and "strange mythology" in the book, [7] may have based some aspects of The Farm commune in Summertown, Tennessee on ...
Galatea 2.2 is a 1995 pseudo-autobiographical novel by American writer Richard Powers and a contemporary reworking of the Pygmalion myth. [1] The book's narrator shares the same name as Powers, with the book referencing events and books in the author's life while mentioning other events that may or may not be based upon Powers' life.
He cut open the fruit, which tasted sweet and refreshing, so he kept the seeds for the next year. He also exchanged the fruit for rice to feed his family. As the fruit's name is unknown, Tiem named it the Western fruit, as the seeds were carried by a pheasant from the West. Fishermen and tradesmen all loved the fruit.
The slaves' enjoyment of watermelon was also seen by the Southern people as a sign of their own supposed benevolence. [2] The stereotype was perpetuated in minstrel shows, often depicting African Americans as ignorant and lazy, given to song and dance and inordinately fond of watermelon. [4]
Chapter Two is a semi-autobiographical play by Neil Simon. The play premiered on Broadway in 1977, where it ran for 857 performances. The play premiered on Broadway in 1977, where it ran for 857 performances.
"The Council of Elrond" is the second chapter of Book 2 of J. R. R. Tolkien's bestselling fantasy work, The Lord of the Rings, which was published in 1954–1955.It is the longest chapter in that book at some 15,000 words, and critical for explaining the power and threat of the One Ring, for introducing the final members of the Company of the Ring, and for defining the planned quest to destroy it.
The Dark Prophecy is an American fantasy novel based on Greek and Roman mythology written by American author Rick Riordan.It was published on May 2, 2017, and is the second book in The Trials of Apollo series, the second spin-off of the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series.
2 Samuel 4 is the fourth chapter of the Second Book of Samuel in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible or the second part of Books of Samuel in the Hebrew Bible. [1] According to Jewish tradition the book was attributed to the prophet Samuel, with additions by the prophets Gad and Nathan, [2] but modern scholars view it as a composition of a number of independent texts of various ages from ...