![]() ![]() Kieran Setiya is a philosopher who enjoys witty banter as much as delving into the depths of foundational life questions. ![]() ![]() Our conversation today revolves around his latest book, Midlife: A Philosophical Guide, which outlines a helpful framework for wrestling with existential questions. My guest today is Kieran Setiya, professor of philosophy at MIT. Have you ever asked yourself, what would my life have been like if I’d gone down another career path? Or wished you could release some past grudge that sits on your shoulder like a squaking parrot? The Contemplify conversation today revolves around questions of meaning, purpose and regret. – Jim Holt (author of Why Does the World Exist?) “Written with charming simplicity and wry humor, Midlife is a philosophically rich source of what might be called ‘the higher life hacks’ – reflective ways of dissolving the sense of emptiness and regret that tends to hit each of us with the onset of middle age. ![]()
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![]() At that time, even lord Alfred Douglas refused to help him out. Eventually, this romance led Wilde to a prison cell that ruined his health. Because romantic male relationships were frowned upon then, the writer had to live a double life while being a married man. ![]() No party in the upper-class society was complete without Wilde!Īnother pillar of Oscar Wilde’s biography is his connection with Lord Alfred Douglas. Curious how he was famous in the British Empire equally for The Picture of Dorian Gray and his awesome style. Indeed, the part about clothing seems insignificant at first, but it became a major part of Wilde’s persona. Here, Wilde learned ancient languages and literature and acquired exquisite taste in clothes. Furthermore, education at Oxford shaped his natural writing gift like a diamond. ![]() It is important to mention that the Irish writer was born in a wealthy family whose members gave him an exceptional upbringing. As much as he protested against Victorian values through work, the young man demonstrated rather provocative behavior in daily life. Wilde’s witty writing style was one of his ways of artistic expression. ![]() Surprisingly, the play by Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest, accurately reflects the playful and bizarre nature of the writer. ![]() ![]() What happens when the very thing ruining your life ends up saving it?I was never one to believe in spirits-until six years ago, when a bone-chilling accident changed my life…forever.My name is Charlotte, but most people call me Char…and I have a special gift.I talk to the dead.Make no mistake, I can’t summon them. Would he lose the chance to have it all? Read online ![]() Finding balance in his new identity was challenged more so once Liam fell for Waverly, Max’s beautiful ex.Ĭould Liam live out his life as another man or would he pull the plug and let fate decide? But with all the perks of Max’s life also came his problems. Somehow the twisted hands of fate had given Liam a second chance a chance to have it all. When Liam woke up days later, he wasn’t himself…at least he wasn’t in his body.Īnd with Liam’s body on life support, there was only one logical conclusion: Max was trapped in Liam’s comatose body. But Liam risked his life to save Max only to be left to die without a second thought. When Max stepped into oncoming traffic, a lesser man might’ve let him. ![]() ![]() They didn’t meet so much as made eye contact as Max sneered at Liam, the bum occupying precious space on the sullied New York City street. ![]() Until the day he met Max Porter-a man who appeared to have it all. After an accident left him injured and unable to work, it wasn’t long before he ended up on the street with his dreams in the gutter. ![]() ![]() ![]() The notice you are now reading was thoughtfully prepared in order to help you make the best possible adjustment to these new if somewhat unexpected circumstances in your life, which, we hasten to remind you, we have saved. ![]() They were forced, acting wholly in your interest to replace certain parts of your organism with parts obtained from other persons, in strict accordance with Federal Law (Rev. Our finest surgeons, availing themselves of the very latest achievements of modern medicine, performed one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten operations (circle one) on you. The measures taken to save your life were drastic, extremely drastic (circle one). “Dear patient (first name, last name)! You are presently located in our experimental state hospital. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In 1940, he married Peggy Durand, daughter of the children's writer Ruth Sawyer. After Vesper George he moved to New York City for study at the National Academy of Design. McCloskey was born in Hamilton, Ohio, during 1914 and reached Boston in 1932 with a scholarship to study at Vesper George Art School. ![]() He was also the writer for Make Way For Ducklings, as well as the illustrator for The Man Who Lost His Head. Four of those eight books were set in Maine: Blueberries for Sal, One Morning in Maine, Time of Wonder, and Burt Dow, Deep-water Man the last three all on the coast. He both wrote and illustrated eight picture books and won two Caldecott Medals from the American Library Association recognizing the year's best-illustrated picture book. John Robert McCloskey was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. ![]() ![]() ![]() That's going to be hard, that's going to be difficult, but I'll do everything I can to make him follow me and track me back." I need to keep him pinned back as much as I can so he's not a threat near our goal. I need to be on the front foot, I need to be positive in my thinking about pushing back. ![]() "But I can't be worried about him, I need to make him chase me going back to his goal. It's about the areas of the pitch where I can get tight, when I can stand off. Keeping the Old Trafford talisman at bay will be no easy task when Newcastle lock horns with Manchester United on 26 February, but Trippier has already worked out his game plan to nullify his international colleague.Īsked how he will defend against Rashford, Trippier told the Rio Ferdinand Presents FIVE YouTube channel: "Yeah, it's gonna be important. Rashford, 25, has scored in six of the Red Devils' last seven Premier League games, taking his tally for the season to 19 in all competitions with his decisive strike against Crystal Palace last weekend. The Newcastle right-back, 32, believes attack is the best form of defence to contain one of the most in-form players in the country at Wembley Stadium. Kieran Trippier is planning to turn the tables on Marcus Rashford when the two England colleagues face off in the EFL Cup final later in February. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The presentation will begin promptly at 6:30pm. If you like the Academy Award winning short animation The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr Morris Lessmore by William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg be sure to rate it. The front entrance by the train tracks and follow the signs to Lupin Located in the Marigny at 2800 Chartres St., New Orleans. The opening reception will begin at 6pm in NOCCA's Lupin Lobby, The film was the first effort from their Moonbot Studios and accomplished exactly what the creative duo set out to do: prove to the world that. Morris Lessmore co-directors William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg entered the stage at the 84th Academy Awards to accept the Oscar for Best Animated Short. ![]() ![]() Larson for WWNO's "The Reading Life." a book-signing and light refreshments. On February 26, Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. The program will include a screening of Joyce's Academy Award-winning short film that was inspired by the story, followed by an interview of the author by Susan Invite the you to join us for a special evening withĬelebrating the release of his amazing new picture bookįANTASTIC FLYING BOOKS OF MR. William Joyce does a lot of stuff but children’s books are his true bailiwick (The Guardians series, Dinosaur Bob series, George Shrinks, and the 1 New York Times bestselling The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. "Underneath this book-about-books, there’s a deeper story of love, loss, and healing, one that will be appreciated as much (if not more) by adults as by children." -Publishers Weekly ![]() ![]() ![]() Enter Everett “Big South” McClain, who knew that one encounter would change their lives forever.īig South is the rapper that the everyone knows but Everett is the sweet gentleman that wants to take care of the people that he loves. She just wants to live her life in her bubble. Jo has had a rough life but she’s pushing through it and making the best of her situation while raising her little girl. This book is a page turner but it will also have you ready to throw sharp objects at some of the characters. This is not your typical fall in love with a rapper story. ![]() ![]() If you do not like those elements in your romantic reads, this is not the book for you*** ***This novel contains profanity and sexual content. ![]() Will she accept what he has to offer and let him love her? She’s exactly what he never knew he needed. Rap legend Everett “Big South” McClain is divorced, too, knows all about failed relationships, and has relegated his love life to casual connections rather than pursuing something real. She believes she has all the bases covered in her world. Trying to put past hurts behind you is hard when your ex is a fool, but buoyed by child support and alimony, Jo Walker is moving forward with her life, pursuing a career, raising her little girl, and trying to live in peace. ![]() ![]() With a foreword by Stevenson, The Sun Does Shine is an extraordinary testament to the power of hope sustained through the darkest times. ![]() With the help of civil rights attorney and bestselling author of Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson, Hinton won his release in 2015. ![]() For the next twenty-seven years he was a beacon-transforming not only his own spirit, but those of his fellow inmates, 54 of whom were executed mere feet from his cell. But as Hinton realized and accepted his fate, he resolved not only to survive, but find a way to live on Death Row. He spent his first three years on Death Row at Holman State Prison in despairing silence-angry and full of hatred for all those who had sent an innocent man to his death. Stunned, confused, and only 29 years old, Hinton knew that it was a case of mistaken identity and believed that the truth would prove his innocence and ultimately set him free.īut with an incompetent defense attorney and a different system of justice for a poor black man in the South, Hinton was sentenced to death by electrocution. ![]() In 1985, Anthony Ray Hinton was arrested and charged with two counts of capital murder in Alabama. ![]() A powerful, revealing story of hope, love, justice, and the power of reading by a man who spent 30 years on death row for a crime he didn't commit. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This is my intro to Steven Barnes’ work, and I wish I’d discovered him much sooner (as an aside, I had no idea he was married to Tananarive Due – also a sci-fi/fantasy/speculative fiction writer of African descent. ![]() It’s not specifically what we’d categorize as sci-fi maybe more fantasy, or what has come to be known as "speculative fiction" (an umbrella term that includes the more fantastical fiction genres). How could that not get your attention? It practically sells itself. I was inspired to write this because I was very introduced to a novel by a black writer named Steven Barnes, titled "Zulu Heart." The title itself didn’t immediately grab me, but the synopsis most certainly did in short, it tells an alternate history tale in which black Africans have colonized the New World with white Europeans as their slaves. I thought I’d revisit a topic we’ve tackled before – novels by and about people of African descent that you’d like to see adapted for the screen.īut more specifically, sci-fi and fantasy novels by and about people of African descent that you’d like to see adapted for the screen. ![]() |