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The Big Idea: Maurice Broaddus
Posted on November 20, 2024 Posted by Athena Scalzi 1 Comment
Writing can take you places you never expected. For author Maurice Broaddus, that includes the offices of some higher ups in his community. Read on to see where else his newest novel, Breath of Oblivion, has taken him.
MAURICE BROADDUS:
I get called into the principal’s office a lot over my writing.*
By “principal’s office,” I mean local city leaders, officials, or politicians. Usually it involves a story or article I’ve written. Lately it’s been my books getting me in … conversations.
My current trilogy, ASTRA BLACK, is about an independent, self-sufficient, self-determining Pan-African community. Breath of Oblivion is book two (Sweep of Stars is book one. Book three will be called A City Dreaming, all three titles taken from the Langston Hughes poem, “Stars.”) The central challenge faced in Breath of Oblivion is that of a community’s struggle to survive against the forces of (intergalactic) gentrification by Original Earth (O.E.). Systematic forces. Political forces. Economic forces. All leveraged to fracture the community from within (stirring dissent via infiltrators) and without (the weight of everything from those same oppressive forces to O.E.’s military might).
Much of the book is inspired by the obstacles faced while doing community organizing work and reimagining those situations through a science fiction lens. There is a level of reading of my work that could be seen as a thinly veiled critique of Indianapolis politics (admittedly, not that thinly veiled because while I’m many things, subtle is not one of them.) I love writing about my home town because I see it as two things: 1) America in microcosm (its history, how it operates, a cross-section of its people); and 2) an interrogation of my identity (I am in this place, in this time, in this context).
But also, I’m hyper-specific in that criticism because, given my conceit, there’s a high likelihood that that what we’re going through here in Indianapolis is an experience playing out in cities across the country; and history teaches us that the same playbook is still being used.
One of the best pieces of writing advice was given to me by fellow author, Daniel Jose Older: Do that $#!+. I was feeling anxious about a project I was working on, as it plunged headlong into territories of race, class, and politics (at the time a departure from the ways that I had been writing). I called up Daniel and those were the words he gave me. Writers have to be bold and take risks. That what we’re supposed to do, and keep doing, as creatives. Speak truth to power. Be fearless. Keep pushing. It can be scary sometimes (which is why it’s good to have friends who can encourage and support you). In the end, taking those risks, accepting those challenges, only makes you a better artist.
Breath of Oblivion is a book two–with its share of an ongoing murder mystery, assassinations, military action, political intrigue, ancient magic, and starships powered by jazz music—it’s also built for folks to be able to jump into. Despite the calls to the principal’s office, I’m not complaining. It’s a reminder of two things: 1) you never know who’s reading you; and 2) at least I’m being read!
*Not to be confused with a local leader being killed off BY REQUEST, constituting one of My Favorite Bit about the book.
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Close your eyes and think. Think of words as living beings. Not the living, breathing entities that can be meek or overbearing as we know them in our minds, but physical, sentient beings with emotions, personalities, and speech. Anxious might trot and stutter at infrequent intervals, fretting about the state of the world and the hiccups she’s been having throughout the week. Serendipity would likely find treats lying in a corner, or their favourite book left on their doorstep by accident, always in a cerulean summer dress.
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The Audio Series: Unlucky Mel
Our audio series "The Authors Read. We Listen." was originally hatched in a NYC club during BEA back in 2012. It's a fun little series, where authors record themselves reading an excerpt from their own novels, in their own voices, the way their stories were meant to be heard.
Today, Aggeliki Pelekidis is joining us and reading an excerpt from her novel Unlucky Mel. Aggeliki was born in Brooklyn
and was a public relations executive in NYC for a decade. She earned her MA and
Ph.D in English with a creative writing emphasis from Binghamton University.
Her dissertation, a short-story collection titled Patrimonium, won the
Distinguished Dissertation Award in Creative Writing. Her work has appeared in The
Michigan Quarterly Review, North Dakota Quarterly, McSweeney’s Internet
Tendency, Confrontation, The Masters Review, and many other
journals. Her short story, “Blah, Blah, Black Sheep” was selected by Ann
Beattie as the winner of a New Ohio Review fiction contest. Her debut
novel, Unlucky Mel, was recently published by Cornell University Press’
Three Hills Imprint.
Click on the soundcloud link below to hear Aggeliki reading an excerpt from her novel.
https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501776304/unlucky-mel/
"A potent story about pinning your
hopes in the wrong place and learning to trust yourself, Unlucky Mel will resonate with anyone who has spent any time in academia! Aggeliki
Pelekidis deftly illustrates Mel's learning curve and its endpoint, in a
stronger and more self-realized place."
- Audrey Burges, author of A House Like
an Accordion
"Unlucky Mel is a timely and riveting examination of sexism,
classism, caregiving, emotional labor, and imposter syndrome. With deft
characterization, dry wit, and biting commentary, Pelekidis will take you on
Mel's journey through the treacherous waters of academia and Gen X womanhood to
ultimately find herself."
- Wendy Chin-Tanner, author of King of the Armadillos
"A
delicious send-up of academia and the creative writing world, Unlucky Mel will
make you laugh even as it illustrates serious points about the ways our failing
systems -- not just in universities but in the United States more broadly --
hinder ambitious women."
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"This witty exploration
of one woman's expected labor will have you rooting at once for justice and
vengeance. Mel's battle is one of competing needs -- hers versus those of the
men in her life. How refreshing to witness a female character finally
prioritize her own ambition."
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"Unlucky Mel is a fantastic debut and a gripping and
hilarious novel that is all too familiar for those who have spent time in
graduate writing programs.”
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Review: Wooing the Witch Queen by Stephanie Burgis
The Husbands by Holly Gramazio (Reviewed by Shazzie)
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Review: Wooing the Witch Queen by Stephanie Burgis
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OFFICIAL AUTHOR BIO: Stephanie Burgis is a dual citizen of the US and the UK and lives in South Wales (land of dragons) with her husband, the author Patrick Samphire, and their children. The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart is Stephanie's first (delicious) novel for Bloombsury.
FORMAT/INFO: Wooing the Witch Queen will be published by Bramble Romance on February 18th, 2024. It is 304 pages long and told in third person from Saskia and Felix's POV. It will be available in ebook, audiobook, and paperback formats.
OVERVIEW/ANALYSIS: When Archduke Felix needs a place to hide from his murderous relatives, he figures there's no place safer than the court of the wicked sorceress Queen Saskia. She's no friend to the empire, has a magical wall around her country to keep out anyone trying to invade, and needs someone to organize her magical library. She also, unfortunately, has murderous feelings about the Archduke, owing to the actions of his regent who's been using Felix as a puppet ruler. So when Queen Saskia mistakes Felix for a dark wizard, he doesn't correct her. But the more time Felix and the Queen spend with each other, the more they begin to fall for each other, until Felix realizes that if his identity is revealed, he's risking not only his life, but his heart as well.
Wooing the Witch Queen is a cozy fantasy romance mixed with a healthy dollop of "fight the patriarchy" energy. Queen Saskia brings a take-no-prisoners attitude to the table, willing and able to incinerate condescending wizards and pretenders to the throne. Of course, much of the "wickedness" ascribed to her comes from her insistence on treating non-humans as equal to humans and her refusal to let any man dictate terms to her (though I suppose her fondness for a crown of bones doesn't help).
On the other side of the pairing is Felix, a cinnamon role of a man fleeing an abusive life. He loves books and fountain pens and the extraordinarily powerful woman that is Queen Saskia. While he's a bit of a tempering influence on Saskia's more murderous inclinations, he also fully supports Saskia in her bold, brash ways.
There's a lot to adore about how this couple comes together. There's the obvious flirtations in the library, bonding over a love of books while hands briefly touch. There's the growing respect for each other as they each see the love and protection the other offers to those around them. And perhaps my favorite part of all, Felix's embracing of a Saskia in all her passionate glory.
And for those wondering about how spicy this one gets, I'd classify it as akin to PG-13. Things are more implied than explicit, everything essentially happening juuuust off page.
The one downside to this novel is that it relies fairly heavily on Queen Saskia overlooking some glaringly obvious clues as to Felix's real identity. There are a couple of moments where the leaps of logic she makes are somewhat baffling. It's the kind of contortions that are somewhat common in romance novels to keep the tension going, but some of the explanations offered were a real stretch.
CONCLUSION: Wooing the Witch Queen is the cozy power fantasy romance I didn't know I needed. It's that classic tale of finding a person who accepts you for who you are. More importantly, it's about a powerful woman finding a man who isn't threatened by her power but instead is wildly attracted to it. I had a delightful time with this tale, and I will definitely be back for the next installment of the Queens of Villainy romance series.
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The Husbands by Holly Gramazio (Reviewed by Shazzie)
Book Review: The Husbands by Holly Gramazio
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OFFICIAL BOOK BLURB: You wait ages for The One . . . then 203 come along at once
One night Lauren finds a strange man in her flat who claims to be her husband. All the evidence – from photos to electricity bills – suggests he’s right. Lauren’s attic, she slowly realises, is creating an endless supply of husbands for her. There’s the one who pretends to play music on her toes. The one who’s too hot (there must be a catch). The one who makes a great breakfast sandwich. The one who turns everything into double entendres (‘I’ll weed your garden’). And the one who can calm her unruly thoughts with a single touch.
But when you can change husbands as easily as changing a lightbulb, how do you know whether the one you have now is the good-enough one, or the wrong one, or the best one? And how long should you keep trying to find out?
OVERVIEW/ANALYSIS: The Husbands by Holly Gramazio was a solid read. It’s not just solid, it’s an exceptional one.
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EARTH SWAP
EARTH SWAP
By Dale Cozort
Chisel & Stone Publishing
377 pages
Imagine parallel worlds. On ours, we have yet to travel to
the planets in our Solar System. Thus is the case for Ward Parke, his siter
Katrina and best friend Stan Baird. Then one night, while star gazing, they
realize they are no longer in our universe by the difference they see in the
heavens. In fact, our Earth and somehow been swamped with another Earth from
another world. Thus, our Earth was no ensconced in a dimension where Mars and
Venus had been colonized, where the moon was inhabited and all these various
human factions were caught in the middle of a bloody interplanetary war.
Then, as if to add fuel to the fire, a mysterious, white
skinned Venusian woman named Pandora crash-lands near Ward’s home. In her
possession are black stones containing one of the oldest libraries of knowledge
ever created. It is a prize all three factions are desperate to get their hands
on. Baird believes the woman, who he christens Pandora, is somehow involved
with the Earth switch, but before that can be explored, Ward’s ex-wife, Pat,
steals the rock-library and disappears back to their country town. Whereas he
is busy, being the President’s Science Advisor, Ward sends Stand and Katrina
after her.
Cozort has over the years cemented his reputation as the
writer of alternate world thrillers and “Earth Swap” may be his most ambitious
effort to date. Note, it is not an easy read, as there are several off-world
subplots and soon get entangled with the human cast and at times things get
confusing. But for the reader willing to sign, the story soon becomes a
non-stop adventure ending with an all-out space battle that would have done
E.E. Smith proud.
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What differentiates The Satanic Screen: An Illustrated Guide to the Devil in Cinema is author Nikolas Schreck used to practice the Black Arts. That granted the original 2001 edition a seal of credibility, but this new, considerable update — courtesy of Headpress — allows him to cover dozens of titles that didn’t exist, like Megiddo: The Omega Code 2, in a hilarious review that alone is worth the price of purchase. In his intro, Schreck asks, “Who the hell is the Devil anyway?” then answers with a thorough history lesson spanning the life of cinema. Yes, horror films abound, but Satan pops up in costumed dramas, British comedies, kiddie matinees, mondo docs, animation, pornography and even an “all-Negro musical” from Vincente Minnelli. From Kenneth Anger to Irwin Allen, Ingmar Bergman to Ed Wood, our writer proves to be the authority of the evil one’s vast filmography. Surrender!
Another year means another McFarland & Company publication from Roberto Curti. As prolific as he is, his subject this time makes him look lazy by comparison: cult icon Jess Franco. Co-authored by Francesco Cesari, The Films of Jesus Franco, 1953-1966 examines the works of the Spanish director from his start — his pre-OB/GYN cinema, one might say. As is Curti’s wont, each pic — from puffery like Attack of the Robots to artistic triumphs like The Diabolical Dr. Z — reliably devotes coverage so in-depth, they may as well be a submersible. What really makes this Jesús text special is how heavily it goes into Franco films we’ll never see, from his university short Theory of Sunrise, a debut “ignored” by other Franco texts, to Treasure Island, an abandoned ’64 adaptation/collaboration with Orson Welles. One Yank’s quibble: The movies are listed in Spanish, so unless you know your Red Lips from your Labios rojos, keep the index bookmarked.
I thought my own book did a decent job of mining some obscurities … then along comes Lowest Common Denominator: The Amateurish Writings of a Failed Film Critic to show everybody up on that front. Written by David John Koenig, aka “A Fiend on Film,” the self-published paperback might review as many movies I’ve never heard of as it has pages! That’s because Koenig’s tastes lean toward the Asian, underground, microindie and black-and-white crime pics as old as my grandparents. Needless to say, my Tubi list grew exponentially as I read. And read. And read! From A to Z, I didn’t miss a word and, as a result, got exposed to a whole new world.
When a movie gains a fervent, coast-to-coast cult, multiple books on it inevitably follow. That’s certainly the case with Tommy Wiseau’s The Room. I reviewed two of them a decade ago, and now it’s time to add a third with BearManor Media’s release of Accidental Genius: An Oral History of The Room. Think the world doesn’t need another? Think again. Andrew J. Rausch, whose work I love, goes deeper on the topic than any medium before him. With dozens of people weighing in, his task as curator and craftsman couldn’t have been easy, but as a read, it sure is. The anecdotes are as crazy as a Room viewer could hope for, from using Greg Sestero’s facial hair as a guide for editing the nonsensical scenes into something watchable to Wiseau’s desire to perform his sex scenes unsimulated. On purpose, Accidental’s a lot of fun, as entertaining as it is thorough — enough to make you want to exclaim in joy, “Hai, doggy!”
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BLV BÁC SĨ
CÔNG LÝ
MR. RÊ
BLV FIREMAN
GIẢI HẠNG NHẤT HÀN QUỐC
FC Seoul
71'
2
Jeju United
BLV MESSI
MĂNG CỤT
BLV JAKIE
GIẢI HẠNG NHÌ HÀN QUỐC
Bucheon FC 1995
75'
1
Seoul E-Land FC
Dự Văn Chiến
GIẢI HẠNG NHÌ HÀN QUỐC
Gyeongnam FC
74'
Chungnam Asan
BLV EDWARD
SD
GIẢI NGOẠI HẠNG TRUNG QUỐC
Chongqing Tongliangloong FC
1
Heilongjiang Lava Spring
BLV ODIN
BLV TONY
GIẢI VĐQG BANG VICTORIA
Altona Magic
88'
1
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South Melbourne
AUS NSW Women's League
Northern Tigers (w)
73'
2
- 2
Manly Utd Women
GIẢI NGOẠI HẠNG TRUNG QUỐC
Jiangxi Lushan
76'
Shanghai Jiading Huilong
GIẢI NGOẠI HẠNG TRUNG QUỐC
Wuxi Wugou
74'
2
Yanbian Longding
GIẢI NGOẠI HẠNG TRUNG QUỐC
Qingdao Red Lions
72'
0
Foshan Nanshi
SD
CHN FA Cup
03-16
Gannan Jiuer United
71'
0
- 2
Changle Jingangtui Football Club
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The Wide World of Photography: Past, Present and Future
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Photography: Youngest Son of the Visual Arts
Of all the major artistic media, only photography appeared relatively late in the course of human history.
While people have been writing, painting, and composing music for thousands of years, they have only been taking photographs since 1826. In that year, French scientist Joseph Niépce snapped the world’s first photo (entitled ‘View from the Window at Le Gras’) at his country estate.
This website is created and run by photography enthusiasts for photography enthusiasts. Conveniently broken up into easily digestible sections, it offers a range of written and visual material on the exciting world of photography.
Two Centuries in Photos
It’s hard to believe, but cameras and photography are still less than 200 years old. In the 195 years since the camera’s invention, however, numerous men and women have achieved immortality by mastering the novel art form.
This website offers a range of excellent photo galleries highlighting masterpieces by history’s greatest shutterbugs. Photographers featured in the gallery section include Ansel Adams (1902-1984), Henri Cartier Bresson (1908-2004) and Walker Evans (1903-1975), among many others.
Contemporary Photography
But while this website is keen to pay tribute to celebrated photographers of the last two centuries, it does not dwell entirely in the past. Instead, this site also covers contemporary photographers and the cutting-edge photo technology they are using these days.
What’s more, by becoming a regular visitor to this site, amateur photographers can obtain helpful advice from their professional counterparts, from the best times of day for taking still photos to the most suitable schools to attend for a career in the field.
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In Memoriam: 2015
a memorial by Steven H Silver
Science fiction fans have always had a respect and understanding for the history of the genre. Unfortunately, science fiction has achieved such an age that each year sees our ranks diminished. Deaths in 2015 included Alice K. Turner, Leonard Nimoy, Tanith Lee, Jon Arfstrom, George Clayton Johnson, Suzette Haden Elgin, Sir Terry Pratchett, Christopher Lee and Peter Dickinson.
The Blood Red City by Justin Richards
reviewed by Nathan Brazil
This is the second novel in the author’s Never War sequence, and as might be expected, picks up almost where the first book ended. Ambitiously, the action aliens and Nazis sprawl across the USA, Germany, the Greek island of Crete, occupied France, Stalin’s Russia, and good old Blighty. Once again it’s a hell-for-leather scramble between those loyal to the Third Reich or the Allies, with the alien Vril following their own agenda and playing both sides against the middle.
By Force of Arms by William C. Dietz
reviewed by Sandra Scholes
In the latest volume in the Legion of the Damned series, Booly comes back from the brink of what could have been disgrace as a hero to his men who risked their lives for freedom. Now Naa Commandos are set to protect him, yet assassins come to try and take over their encampment. The author fleshes out the characters and their lives, their doubts, loves and hopes. Booly’s rescue mission to get back Maylo gives us an idea of what kind of man he is, and what others think about him.
The Dark Arts of Blood by Freda Warrington
reviewed by Sandra Scholes
This story is separated into two parts with several smaller chapters that create an epic feel about it. These vampires seem more sophisticated than, say, the ones from a Stephen King novel. Their settings are bourgeois in their development and the characters never lose their edge. While the previous three novels have set the scene and developed the characters, this, the latest in the series, has a twist in the tale of which Sandra is very fond ever since reading Roald Dahl’s deliciously disturbing stories.
Of Bone and Thunder by Chris Evans
reviewed by Sandra Scholes
Every day the men of Red Shield have to face the Collective as they need to keep the Kingdom enemy free in Luitox. Here while they play the waiting game for their enemy to approach, we hear the war from several viewpoints during the story and many of the accounts aren’t what the Kingdom’s rulers might expect. The men are tired, hurt, stressed-out and at times bored out of their brains, and who can blame them? Their enemy is sneaky, dangerous and worthy of being feared as they never show themselves if they can help it, and they aren’t the sort of enemy who fights en masse.
The Oversight by Charlie Fletcher
reviewed by Nathan Brazil
This is the tale the last Hand; five people with supra-natural abilities, keeping the Law and Lore in an alternate Dickensian London. The Oversight was established to police and maintain the borders between the world of men and the darkly magical Sluagh. For many years an uneasy balance was achieved, mostly by mutual adherence to the rules that govern what is permitted from both sides. Then came the Disaster.
A Conversation With Rick Riordan
An interview with Steven H Silver
On merging Greek and Egyptian mythology:
” It wasn’t too difficult [to merge Greek and Egyptian mythology] because historically the Greeks and the Egyptians were
09-18-15: A 2015 Interview with William T. Vollman
08-31-15: A 2015 Interview with Susan Casey