#grand union

[mood2you]

My November TBR Hopefuls for the JOMPBPC

#books #grand union #iwtv #black cat #jompbpc #word by word #he held #this pose for like 2 or 3 seconds

[quotespile]

This might look like a war between men and women, but what this really is is the last siege of a ruling class. See Brett up there making that little bitch-baby face? See that? That’s the face a baby makes when you try to take his rattle way. We’ve had many, many babies so we’re familiar. America being the rattle in this analogy. He thinks he deserves to do whatever he wants with that rattle, and women are simply a subclause in that arrangement.

Zadie Smith, Grand Union

#literature #quotes #Zadie Smith #Grand Union #quote #books #lit

[d3mon-ology]

The two men like to arrive in this manner, with a more or less friendly greeting, and this might remind us of the fact that all humans, no matter what they do, like very much to be liked, even if it is for only an hour or so before they are feared or hated — or maybe it would be better to say that they like the fear they inspire to be leavened with other things, such as desire or curiosity, even if, in the final analysis, fear is always the greater part of what they want.

— Zadie Smith, “Two Men Arrive In A Village” in Grand Union

#zadie smith #grand Union #two men arrive in a village

[ekute-ile]

Book 36, 2022: 'Grand Union' by Zadie Smith.

Stories.

Weltanschauung.

#book #bookpost #bookporn #zadie smith #grand union

[craigfernandez]

#Zadie Smith #Grand Union

[notthatitreallymatters]

On Saturdays, by mutual agreement, they tried to "uplift" themselves and not waste the precious hours on too much foolishness. Kelso did his book reading and she tried to busy her hands in a way that was not labor, that had something leisurely about it. But leisure did not come naturally to her, and if he caught her darning a sock or hemming a curtain he certainly didn't like it, and let her know he didn't.

Kelso Deconstructed - Zadie Smith

#reading #quotes #short stories #zadie smith #grand union

[settledsunshine]

ZADIE SMITH

born in 1975

Novelist, essayist, and short-story writer

Smith began taking writing seriously at university, where she studied English Literature at King’s College, Cambridge. Her first published works were in 1996 and 1997 which consisted of two short stories published as part of a collective in The Mays Literary Anthology, which is an annual anthology of writings by students of both Oxford and Cambridge. 

During her final year at university, Smith finished what would become her debut novel, White Teeth (published in 2000), which was a critical success, became an instant best-seller and earning numerous awards.

Her follow up novel, The Autograph Man (2002), met less critical acclaim upon its release, it was nevertheless successful commercially. 

Smith then travelled to the US and began work on some essays as part of Harvard University’s Radcliffe Institute for Advance Study whilst also working on her third novel, On Beauty (2005), which won multiple awards.

Smith taught fiction at the Columbia University School of the Arts, and in 2010, she was hired at New York University where she continues to teach fiction.

Her fourth novel, NW, was published in 2012 and earned multiple awards. This was later adapted into a film that aired on BBC Two in 2016.

Her fifth novel, Swing Time (2016), reflects her adolescent interest in tap dancing and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.

Grand Union (2019) is her first published collection of short stories.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Smith released a personal essay collection, Intimations (2020) in which the royalties were donated to the New York’s emergency relief fund.

In 2021, her debut play The Wife of Willesden began in London at the Kiln Theatre.

#writer #female writers #author #published #white teeth #novel #novelist #literature #NW #theatre #london #new york #awards #the wife of willesden #grand union #swing time #on beauty #the autograph man #the mays literary anthology #short stories #essays #women's prize for fiction #man booker prize #royal society of literature #ondaatje prize #bbc #film #adaptation #hysterical realism #james tait black memorial prize

[bratsygirlsworld]

Cheerleaders 📣

#cheerleader #cheerleading #euphoria #bring it on #ariana grande #angel rice #tvcc #alexa demie #sydney sweeney #kristen dunst #Gabrielle Union #cheer #zendaya #coquette #meme #fashion #makeup #thank u next #thank you next #90s #y2k #sport #sports

[20th-century-railroading]

UP train, engine number 828, engine type 4-8-4 Eastbound freight train; 119 cars, 10 MPH. Photographed: Grand Island, Nebr., October 15, 1958.

#up #union pacific #1958 #trains #freight train #history #grand island #nebraska

[unforth]

So, the comment was made, "I assume Duck Prints Press supports the WGA strike," and the question was raised, "should we make a public statement about our support?" and while I know virtually no one probably cares about our pov on this topic or about my personal family history...

I did a little googling, and found this list of unions and trade schools for writers from 1981. I've erased the non-relevant information but the circled name, "Leonard Wasser, exec dir"? Yeah. That's my grandfather. That picture was most definitely NOT taken in 1981 (it's from 2007) but.

Poppop was literally their executive director for over a decade.

I work at his desk every single day. I'm sitting at it. right now. When I was little, he had a row of little director chair awards with his name on them along the back of it and he'd let me play with them cause they were cool!

idk, you think I support the WGA? Maybe just a little...

#unforth rambles #wga #wga strike #wga east #i am the grand daughter of a labor organizer and the daughter of a lifetime union member #go unions

[empirearchives]

Grande Armée, Défilé Rouen 2023

Statue of Napoleon in front of a protest in France as part of a series of general strikes and demonstrations against the 2023 French pension reform bill

Photo by Vincent Lebret

#protest #Vincent Lebret #French protest #Rouen #Rouen France #sculpture #Grande Armée #Napoleon #Napoleon on horseback #napoleon bonaparte #Napoleonic #French protests #photography #photojournalism #unions #Union #strikes #2023 strikes

[dailyfatefigures]

Tamamo no Mae - Tail Maid Strike Ver. by Union Creative

#anime figure #figure collecting #fate #fate series #fate grand order #fgo #fate go #fate extra #fate extra ccc #union creative #tamamo no mae

[quotespile]

What was amazing about the apartments of long-standing adults was the accumulation of incidental texture. Not: I went and bought this lamp and this poster so I would have a lamp and a poster to furnish my life. But just stuff, so much stuff everywhere, somehow the consequence of a certain amount of time on earth.

Zadie Smith, Grand Union

#literature #quotes #Zadie Smith #Grand Union #quote #books #lit

[gregor-samsung]

" Mentre gli oligarchi venivano costretti ad accettare le nuove regole del Cremlino, esistevano nel Paese altri boiari. Erano i governatori degli oblast e dei kraj, potenti notabili eletti localmente che avevano trasformato la loro provincia in un feudo personale e trattenevano per sé, con vari pretesti, il gettito delle imposte locali. Questo federalismo russo risaliva all'epoca di El’cin e Putin attendeva da tempo l’occasione per restaurare il potere centrale. Decise di agire dopo l’attentato alla scuola di Beslan in Ossezia. Fra i due problemi, quello del terrorismo ceceno e quello delle autonomie locali, non esisteva alcuna relazione, ma il presidente russo capì che l’eliminazione dei governatori sarebbe stata più facilmente accettata se decisa in un momento in cui la società russa si sentiva minacciata. Il potere dello Stato russo ha bisogno di un forte consenso popolare, ma il consenso è tanto più forte quanto più il leader, nei momenti cruciali, dimostra di sapere agire con autorità e fermezza. Da allora i governatori sono soltanto prefetti nominati dal governo e, beninteso, scelti dal Cremlino. L’opinione pubblica approvò la sua politica.

Quelli che rimpiangevano le garanzie del sistema sovietico assistettero con piacere alla decapitazione degli oligarchi e furono lieti di constatare che il governo faceva una politica sociale più generosa e attenta alle loro esigenze. Quelli che temevano il terrorismo islamista e la nuova criminalità videro in Putin un salutare ritorno all'ordine. Mentre la nuova intelligencija deplorava lo stile autoritario del presidente uscito dal Kgb e sognava una democrazia occidentale, la grande massa dei russi salutava con piacere il nuovo Cremlino. La Russia è troppo grande e troppo scarsamente popolata per adattarsi felicemente a un sistema in cui si discute, si litiga, si fanno battaglie civili per la conquista di nuovi diritti e si accetta volentieri, per il gusto della libertà, quel margine di litigiosità e instabilità che è quasi sempre il prezzo della democrazia. La Russia è troppo patriottica e sospettosa del mondo esterno per non apprezzare lo stile di un leader che vuole riconquistare il prestigio del suo Paese nel mondo. Si danno voti a Putin in Russia per la stessa ragione per cui Gorbacëv, il «distruttore dell'Urss», nelle elezioni presidenziali del 1996 ebbe lo 0,52% dei suffragi. "

Sergio Romano, Putin e la ricostruzione della grande Russia, Longanesi, 2016¹. [Libro elettronico]

#Sergio Romano #Vladimir Putin #Russia #leggere #citazioni #Putin e la ricostruzione della grande Russia #saggistica #saggi #democrature #Cecenia #potere #Beslan #Ossezia del Nord #Boris Nikolaevič El'cin #terrorismo #fondamentalismo islamico #autonomie locali #centralismo #Storia della Russia #federalismo #consenso popolare #Cremlino #sovietismo #popolo russo #KGB #Michail Gorbačëv #URSS #Unione Sovietica #XXI secolo #democrazia

[gameraboy2]

Grand Union Motel, Saratoga Springs, New York

#grand union motel #motel #hotel #saratoga springs #new york #vintage #postcard #vintage postcard

[deadpresidents]

President James Garfield observes the Inaugural Parade on Pennsylvania Avenue from a reviewing stand temporarily erected in front of the White House, March 4, 1881.

The procession of soldiers marching in the parade -- led by commanding General William Tecumseh Sherman -- to celebrate President Garfield's Inauguration was believed to be the largest collection of troops in Washington, D.C. since the Grand Review of the Armies in May 1865 which commemorated the Union victory in the Civil War.

#History #Presidents #James Garfield #President Garfield #Garfield Administration #Inauguration of James Garfield #Garfield Inauguration #Inauguration of 1881 #Washington D.C. #White House #White House History #Presidential History #Presidential Inaugurations #Inaugurations #Inaugural Parades #Grand Review of the Armies #Grand Review of the Union Army #Civil War #Presidency #William Tecumseh Sherman #General Sherman #James A. Garfield