Napkin Nights: The Crunk Chronicles

Napkin Nights: The Crunk Chronicles
Author: Carlos Bayne
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2018-04
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1329844831

Napkin Nights: The Crunk Chronicles is the story of two young guys living it up in the Seattle club scene. This historical fiction story is written in mostly ñstreetî slang and lingo that is delicately blended with standard English. The two guys are; the older yet not street wise Derek, and his younger friend, Juan. Please join them as they hit the streets of the Seattle to find crazy adventures and perhaps find themselves as well.

Las Hociconas

Las Hociconas
Author: Adelina Anthony
Publisher:
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2013-09-15
Genre: Monodramas
ISBN: 9780988967342

Las Hociconas is an original X-X-Xicana Comedic Triptych where, in signature style, Adelina blends stand-up comedy, monologue, zany characterizations, and sprinklings of performance art moments in three distinct solo comedies. In these intensely bold, highly theatrical, and hilarious Spanglish shows, our performer intertwines Xicanismo, the queer, the feminist and everything else that matters for those of us working toward progressive politics and practices. Each solo script is a full-length comedy that stands on its own. Conceived to be in conversation with each other, all three comedies are presented together in this book; delivering non-stop critical comedia.

Eminem and Rap, Poetry, Race

Eminem and Rap, Poetry, Race
Author: Scott F. Parker
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2014-10-29
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0786476753

Eminem is the best-selling musical artist of the 21st century. He is also one of the most contentious and most complex artists of our time. His verbal dexterity ranks him among the greatest technical rappers ever. The content of his songs combines the grotesque and the comical with the sincere and the profound, all told through the sophisticated layering of multiple personae. However one finally assesses his contribution to popular culture, there's no denying his central place in it. This collection of essays gives his work the critical attention it has long deserved. Drawing from history, philosophy, sociology, musicology, and other fields, the writers gathered here consider Eminem's place in Hip Hop, the intellectual underpinnings of his work, and the roles of race, gender and privilege in his career, among various other topics. This original treatment will be appreciated by Eminem fans and cultural scholars alike.

Doing Autoethnography

Doing Autoethnography
Author: Sandra L. Pensoneau-Conway
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2017-09-12
Genre: Education
ISBN: 946351158X

In 2011, Doing Autoethnography—the first conference to focus solely on autoethnographic principles and practices—was held in chilly Detroit, Michigan on the campus of Wayne State University. The conference has since occurred four additional times (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016). Across the five conferences, thousands of attendees from more than ten countries have participated in hundreds of presentations, more than a dozen workshops, and multiple keynote addresses. The chapters in this collection represent outstanding work from the five conferences. Together, authors interrogate autoethnography ethically, theoretically, relationally, and methodologically. Readers will encounter many overlapping themes: identity norms and negotiations; experiences tied to race, gender, sexuality, size, citizenship, and dis/ability; exclusion and belonging; oppression, injustice, and assault; barriers to learning/education; and living with/in complicated relationships. Some chapters provide clear resolutions; others seemingly provide none. Some authors highlight conventionally positive aspects of experience; others dwell in what might be understood as relational darkness. Some experiences will likely resonate with many readers; others will feel unique, unusual, exceptional. In its entirety, the collection will take readers on an evocative, reflexive, and insightful journey.

Then & Now

Then & Now
Author: Sarah Thursday
Publisher:
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2015-11-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9780692549810

Then & Now: Conversations with Old Friends is a collection of poetry and art in conversation with the past. Within these pages appear pairs of works, which provide an insight into the growth of the artists and poets as both creators and as people. With contributors both well-known and up-and-coming, this book is a journey through time, through reflections, and through pain. The breadth and depth of the work within will enlighten, delight, and reveal life in all its beautiful glory and harrowing darkness. Come, join the conversation, and discover something new.

My Child

My Child
Author: Chiraka Muhura
Publisher:
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2015
Genre:
ISBN: 9789987970919

Right Before My Eyes

Right Before My Eyes
Author: Michelle Robinson
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2012-03-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1463430345

Journee and Jordyn are thirty-something year old twins with two totally different lifestyles. Journee is in love with Drew, her high school sweetheart that's in prison. A phone call from him changes everything. After a fight, she decides to end their relationship and tries to move on but she has unfinished business with Jason, another ex boyfriend. As she moves forward, she meets Jules who appears to be Mr. Right until all of his baggage shows up. Now Jordyn is living by her own rules but the problem is she hasn't told anyone, but the drama begins when her secret is leaked on Facebook. She finds herself in a battle with her love life, family, friends and herself. Follow these two as they take their family and friends on a turbulent ride into their lives as they discover they are worlds apart but are forever connected.

Pacific Islands Portraits

Pacific Islands Portraits
Author: James Wightman Davidson
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2013
Genre: Islands of the Pacific
ISBN:

The influence of explorers, missionaries, beachcombers, labour traders and colonial administrators upon the culture of the Pacific Islands' peoples.