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  Rivermouth - A Chronicle of...

  Alejandra Oliva

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  In this powerful and deeply felt polemic memoir, Alejandra Oliva, a Mexican-American translator and immigrant justice activist, offers a chronological document of her experience interpreting at the US-Mexico border, and of the people she has encountered along the way. Tracing her family's long and fluid relationship to the border, each generation born on opposite sides of the Rio Grande, and having worked on asylum cases since 2016, she knows all too well the gravity of taking someone's trauma and delivering it to the warped demands of the American immigration system. 
   
   
   
  In Rivermouth, Oliva focuses on the physical spaces that make up different phases of immigration and looks at how language and opportunity move through each of them; from the river as the waterway that separates the US and Mexico, to the table as the place over which Oliva prepares asylum seekers for their Credible Fear Interviews, and finally, to the wall as the behemoth imposition that runs along America's southernmost border. 
   
   
   
  As investigative and analytical as she is meditative and introspective, sharp as she is lyrical, and incisive as she is compassionate, in Rivermouth, Oliva argues for a better world while guiding us through the suffering that makes the fight necessary and the joy that makes it worth fighting for.

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  Ain't I a Diva? - Beyoncé and...

  Kevin Allred, Cheryl Clarke

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  A pedagogical primer on integrating Black feminist thought, critical race studies, and America's most beloved pop star. 
   
   
   
  In 2010—long before the release of Lemonade—Professor Kevin Allred created the university course "Politicizing Beyoncé" to both wide acclaim and controversy. He outlines his pedagogical philosophy in Ain't I a Diva?, exploring the process of teaching Beyoncé and what it means to use a superstar to blow up the canon. Allred brings his syllabus to life by pairing music videos and songs with historical and academic texts, and combines analysis with classroom anecdotes. Topics range from a capitalist critique of "Run the World (Girls)" to the politics of self-care found in "Flawless"; Beyoncé's art is read alongside Black feminist thinkers, including Kimberlé Crenshaw, Octavia Butler, and Sojourner Truth. 
   
   
   
  Interrogating the entertainer's career through a media studies lens, Allred attests that pop culture is so much more than a guilty pleasure—it's an access point for education, entertainment, critical inquiry, and politics.

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  Celtic Mythology - A...

  Historical Publishing

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  Do you want to learn about Cеltiс Mуthоlоgу? 
  Cеltiс Mуthоlоgу has аrguаblе сарturеd thе imagination оf the wеѕtеrn world mоrе thаn аnу оthеr сulturаl mуthоlоgу except thаt of Grеесе аnd Rоmе. It iѕ here thаt wе learn оf the tales of mуthiс mоnѕtеrѕ, grеаt сhivаlriс hеrоеѕ, magicians, аnd fаirу lands. Due tо thе vаѕt аnd vаriеd hiѕtоrу of thе Cеltiс реорlе, hоwеvеr, it is diffiсult tо nаrrоw Celtic Mythology intо a niсе neat fоrmulа. It iѕ еѕресiаllу diffiсult tо соvеr it in a wау that dоеѕ thе ѕubjесt juѕtiсе in ѕuсh a ѕhоrt time period. Thеrеfоrе, wе will bе аddrеѕѕing Celtic Mythology in twо parts. Thiѕ week wе will discuss thе general background оf Cеltiс сulturе and thе mоѕt fаmоuѕ оf all hеrоiс tales аѕѕосiаtеd with the Cеltѕ--King Arthur. Next week we will dive intо the rеmаining mуthiс themes (gоdѕ аnd gоddеѕѕ, creation, nаturе...еtс). 
  Whо Were thе Cеltѕ? 
  Thе terms Cеlt andCeltic ѕееm fаmiliаr today—familiar enough thаt mаnу people аѕѕumе thаt thеу аrе еthniс dеѕсriрtiоnѕ, wоrdѕ thаt dеfinе ареорlе related bу blood and culture. Suсh рео-рlе аrе imаginеd аѕ fаir-ѕkinnеd, possibly rеd-hаirеd, оftеn freckled. More important, it iѕрrеѕumеd thеу ѕhаrе an inbоrn mуѕtiсаl inсlinа-tiоn. Thеу see in wауѕ thаt оthеrѕ dо not or саn-nоt. Thеу асknоwlеdgе a wоrld bеуоnd thе wоrld of thе ѕеnѕеѕ. Some еvеn hаvе the secondsight, the аbilitу tо see fairies and other ѕрiritѕdаnсing through thе soft еvеning. For еvеningаlwауѕ gathers around thе Cеltѕ, a miѕtу twilight where things аrе nеvеr ԛuitе ѕоlid and defined.Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn...Timeline of mesopotamian civilizationEconomy and agricultureEtуmоlоgуCоѕmоlоgу аnd EѕсhаtоlоgуCеltiс Rеligiоn, Religious Bеliеfѕ Аnd Practices Оf The Аnсiеnt Celts

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  Black Power Scorecard -...

  Andre M. Perry

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  From the creator of “a unified field theory of racism” (NPR’s Planet Money), a dollars-and-cents reckoning of the state of Black America and a new framework to close the power gap Historically, Black Americans’ quest for power has been understood as an attempt to gain equal protections under the law. But power in America requires more than basic democratic freedoms. It is inextricably linked with economic influence and ownership—of one’s self, home, business, and creations. Andre M. Perry draws on extensive research and analysis to quantify how much power Black Americans actually have. Ranging from property, business, and wealth to education, health, and social mobility, Black Power Scorecard moves across the country, evaluating people’s ability to set the rules of the game and calculating how that translates into the ultimate means of power—life itself, and the longevity of Black communities. Along the way, Perry identifies woefully overlooked areas of investment that could close the racial gap and benefit everyone. An expansive take on power supported by documentation and data, Black Power Scorecard is a fresh contribution to the country’s reckoning with structural inequality, one that offers a new approach to redressing it.A Macmillan Audio production from Metropolitan Books.

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  Storylife - On Epic Narrative...

  Joel P. Christensen

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  Combining ancient epic and myth with analogies from biology and the natural world, Joel P. Christensen explores the creative process and how narratives develop. This bold work urges listeners to treat narratives as living things with their own agency in the world. Christensen starts by using Homeric epic to explore the way language and meaning develop alongside audiences in complex ecosystems and then moves through storytelling in the ancient Mediterranean over a thousand years. In this study, which ranges from the evolution of narratives to viral ideas, and to the dangerous side of stories in mass shootings and war, we see how narratives function as independent entities with consequences that cause lasting harm. 
   
   
   
  Connecting his argument to the present day, Christensen addresses contemporary cultural panics, including AI and ChatGPT, "post-truth" or alt-facts in the digital age, and free speech and cancel culture. Storylife invites listeners to rethink human creativity, the importance of collective actions, and the lives we build together with and against narrative. In an age rife with misinformation, it is time to reconsider how much control we have over stories and how to educate ourselves once we acknowledge the power that narrative exerts over us.

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  Whose America? - Culture Wars in...

  Jonathan Zimmerman

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  In this expanded edition of his 2002 book, Zimmerman surveys how battles over public education have become conflicts at the heart of American national identity. 
    
  Critical Race Theory. The 1619 Project. Mask mandates. As the headlines remind us, American public education is still wracked by culture wars. But these conflicts have shifted sharply over the past two decades, marking larger changes in the ways that Americans imagine themselves. In his 2002 book, Whose America?, Zimmerman predicted that religious differences would continue to dominate the culture wars. Twenty years after that seminal work, Zimmerman has reconsidered: arguments over what American history is, what it means, and how it is taught have exploded with special force in recent years. In this substantially expanded new edition, Zimmerman meditates on the history of the culture wars in the classroom—and on what our inability to find common ground might mean for our future.

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