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  The Muses on Their Lunch Hour

  Marjorie Garber

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  “Witty, shrewd, and imaginative essays on interdisciplinary topics . . . from Shakespeare to psychoanalysis, and the practice of higher education today.” —Publishers Weekly   As a break from their ordained labors, what might the Muses do on their lunch hour today? This collection of essays uses these figures of ancient legend to explore such modern-day topics as the curious return of myth and ritual in the theories of evolutionary psychologists and much more.   Two themes emerge consistently. The first is that to predict the “next big thing” in literary studies, we should look back at ideas and practices set aside by a previous generation of critics. In the past several decades we have seen the reemergence of—for example—textual editing, biography, character criticism, aesthetics, and philology as “hot” new areas for critical intervention. The second theme expands on this observation, making the case for “cultural forgetting” as the way the arts and humanities renew themselves, both within fields and across them. Although she is never represented in traditional paintings or poetry, a missing Muse—we can call her Amnesia—turns out to be a key figure for the creation of theory and criticism in the arts.

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  The Wheels of Justice - The True...

  Brian Whitney, Renee Fehr

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  A woman recounts her decades-long saga to bring her sister’s killer to justice in a harrowing true crime story of domestic abuse and family perseverance. From the moment it happened, Renee Fehr knew that Gregory Houser had murdered her sister Sheryl. Cruel, abusive, and increasingly violent, Greg had threatened to kill Sheryl if she tried to leave him. Yet Sheryl’s death was ruled a suicide. And for twenty-seven years after her death, Greg continued walked free. But Renee wouldn’t rest until he was convicted for murder. As the old saying goes, “the wheels of justice turn slowly, but they grind exceedingly fine.” The Wheels of Justice is the story of a monstrous killer, a harrowing look at domestic violence, and an inspirational story of a family that wouldn’t quit until justice prevailed.

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  Dirty Thirty - A Memoir

  Asa Akira

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  As she contemplates turning thirty years old while still being in the adult film trade, Asa Akira, author of the bestseller insatiable, delves into her past, present, and future, exploring the events that brought her to where she is now and the surprising and insightful plans she has for her future. Internationally known as a porn star, Akira's perceptive, funny, and straightforward writings on love, sex, death, marriage and celebrity come together in a surprising book of essays. Personally revealing as well as universal, Dirty Thirty marks the coming of age of a new literary star.

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  On This Day: June 11

  Emily Goldstein

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  On This Day: June 11. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Birth of Jeannette Rankin; birth of Gene Wilder; Guangxu emperor of China issued his first reform decree initiating the Hundred Days of Reform

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  Push Past Impossible

  Ryan Stramrood

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  "It's simply not human!" a passenger proclaims loudly, aghast as to what she is witnessing.
  Ryan Stramrood stands at the top of the gangway stairs that are lowered down the side of an ocean liner in one of the coldest, most hostile places on Earth – Antarctica. He wears only a small Speedo costume, goggles and a swim cap. Over a hundred passengers, wearing thick layers of insulation to protect from the bitter cold, are leaning over the ship's railing on the upper decks, cheering and desperate to get a glimpse, in morbid fascination, of what is about to happen. What Ryan is about to attempt could potentially push boundaries beyond what humans can survive.
  The water temperature a deadly -1 degrees Celsius, the distance to swim an impossible one mile.
  Only a few years earlier, Ryan was a self-proclaimed couch potato. A 30-year-old salesman and father, navigating life quite successfully, albeit neatly confined in his comfort zone. Today he is a multiple Guinness World Record holder, rated globally as one of the top 50 extreme swimming athletes in the world, and a sought-after international inspirational speaker.
  This fascinating story tells the incredible tales of Ryan's journey and spirit. The inspiration and learnings each and every one of us will take from this highly relatable book are simply invaluable. We can all learn to Push Past Impossible.
  "The way Ryan has chosen to live this one precious life is nothing short of inspirational." - LEWIS PUGH

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  The 56 - Liberty Lessons From...

  Douglas MacKinnon

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  Read why the historical account of the 56 Signers of The Declaration of Independence and the story behind the 4th of July are so critically important … before they and the 4th of July are banned from American society.The urgent need to honor the 56 Signers of The Declaration of Independence came to Douglas MacKinnon, fittingly enough, on the 4th of July.While doing research for a column meant to remind the American people of that date’s critical importance, he came across example after example of those from the Left and the Far-Left—be they in the mainstream media, activists, or anarchists—calling for not only the “canceling” of the 4th of July, but the continued smearing, censorship, and canceling of our Founding Fathers.One overriding thought then filled his mind:“What if they are successful?”Those who believe such totalitarian censorship could never come to be in the United States of America need only review how quickly and brutally many on the Left were able to create the “Woke Cancel Culture” to silence those they oppose today.Now they come for Thomas Jefferson, Richard Henry Lee, Benjamin Franklin and others who courageously signed The Declaration of Independence.That document and those men created our history. History which should never bebent, twisted, censored, or banned to fit any ideological narrative. If it is good, let us praise it. If it is bad, let us condemn it and learn from it. But let us never twist, censor, or cancel it.And yet, more and more followers of the Left want to do just that. As they control the media, academia, entertainment, science, and medicine … who is to stop them?Time is of the essence. We must find our voices. The 56 left the blueprint: Liberty.

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