#maggie mccormack

[emotionsincascades]

John McCormack & Carl Götze: Still as the Night (Traditional German verse, translated by Elizabeth M. Lockwood)

Soprano, Maggie Teyte; Tenor, John McCormack; recorded 1941.

#music #traditional #maggie teyte #john mccormack #carl götze

[foxeia]

Maggie McCormack and Izzy Dilger

#foxeia

[nonpareil]

> 𝚍𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚊𝚗 muses,

PETER HAYES — THE 𝙳𝙸𝚅𝙴𝚁𝙶𝙴𝙽𝚃 SERIES. MILES TELLER. ALT. UNIVERSES: THG, TWD, FALLOUT. WILL — THE 𝙳𝙸𝚅𝙴𝚁𝙶𝙴𝙽𝚃 SERIES. ELIAS KAVACAS. ALT. UNIVERSES: THG, FALLOUT. CHRIS MANAWA — 𝙵𝙴𝙰𝚁 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝚆𝙰𝙻𝙺𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝙳𝙴𝙰𝙳. LORENZO JAMES HENRIE. ALT UNIVERSES: TLOU, YJ. JAKE OTTO — 𝙵𝙴𝙰𝚁 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝚆𝙰𝙻𝙺𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝙳𝙴𝙰𝙳. SAM UNDERWOOD. KATNISS EVERDEEN — 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙷𝚄𝙽𝙶𝙴𝚁 𝙶𝙰𝙼𝙴𝚂. AMBER MIDTHUNDER. GALE HAWTHORNE — 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙷𝚄𝙽𝙶𝙴𝚁 𝙶𝙰𝙼𝙴𝚂. FORREST GOODLUCK. JOHN MURPHY — 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙷𝚄𝙽𝙳𝚁𝙴𝙳. RICHARD HARMON. ALT. UNIVERSES: FALLOUT. RAVEN REYES — 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙷𝚄𝙽𝙳𝚁𝙴𝙳. LINDSAY MORGAN. ALT. UNIVERSES: FALLOUT. CURTIS DONOVAN — 𝙼𝙸𝚂𝙵𝙸𝚃𝚂. NATHAN STEWART-JARRETT. JORDAN — THE 𝙻𝙰𝚂𝚃 𝙾𝙵 𝚄𝚂. MIGUEL ANGEL GARCÍA. DAVID GARCÍA — 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝚆𝙰𝙻𝙺𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝙳𝙴𝙰𝙳 [GAME]. UNDECIDED. MARLON — 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝚆𝙰𝙻𝙺𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝙳𝙴𝙰𝙳 [GAME]. UNDECIDED.

REQUEST: MAGGIE GREENE, TYREESE WILLIAMS, SASHA WILLIAMS. PRIVATE: SIMON BELLAMY, SETH, RUDY WADE.

> 𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚜𝚢 + 𝚜𝚌𝚒-𝚏𝚒 muses,

LADY JESSICA — 𝙳𝚄𝙽𝙴. REBECCA FERGUSON. BENNY GECKO — 𝙵𝙰𝙻𝙻𝙾𝚄𝚃: 𝙽𝙴𝚆 𝚅𝙴𝙶𝙰𝚂. UNDECIDED. CRAIG BOONE — 𝙵𝙰𝙻𝙻𝙾𝚄𝚃: 𝙽𝙴𝚆 𝚅𝙴𝙶𝙰𝚂. UNDECIDED. THE COURIER SIX, OR SIX — 𝙵𝙰𝙻𝙻𝙾𝚄𝚃: 𝙽𝙴𝚆 𝚅𝙴𝙶𝙰𝚂. TRACY SPIRIDAKOS. THE GHOUL [COOPER] — 𝙵𝙰𝙻𝙻𝙾𝚄𝚃. WALTON GOGGINS. MAXIMUS — 𝙵𝙰𝙻𝙻𝙾𝚄𝚃. AARON CLIFTON MOTEN. THADDEUS — 𝙵𝙰𝙻𝙻𝙾𝚄𝚃. JOHNNY PEMBERTON. THE KING — 𝙵𝙰𝙻𝙻𝙾𝚄𝚃: 𝙽𝙴𝚆 𝚅𝙴𝙶𝙰𝚂. AUSTIN BUTLER. CHUCK HANSEN — 𝙿𝙰𝙲𝙸𝙵𝙸𝙲 𝚁𝙸𝙼. ROBERT KAZINSKY. ALT. UNIVERSES: FALLOUT, TWD, TLOU.

REQUEST: AMATA ALMODOVAR, FREDDIE GOMEZ, JOSHUA GRAHAM, PACER.

> 𝚖𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚗 muses,

PAUL CHO — 𝙱𝙴𝙴𝙵. YOUNG MAZINO. HARVEY DENT [TWO FACE] — 𝙳𝙲. UNDECIDED. ROMAN SIONIS [BLACK MASK] — 𝙳𝙲. UNDECIDED. DEBRA MORGAN — 𝙳𝙴𝚇𝚃𝙴𝚁. JENNIFER CARPENTER. THE MARQUIS DE GRAMONT — 𝙹𝙾𝙷𝙽 𝚆𝙸𝙲𝙺. BILL SKARSGÅRD. DAVID WAYNE LOKI — 𝙿𝚁𝙸𝚂𝙾𝙽𝙴𝚁𝚂. JAKE GYLLENHAAL. SEAN WILEY — 𝚂𝙴𝚇 𝙴𝙳𝚄𝙲𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽. EDWARD BLUEMEL. EXCLUSIVE TO @LIKEWILEY'S MAEVE. STEVEN CRAIN — 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙷𝙰𝚄𝙽𝚃𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝙾𝙵 𝙷𝙸𝙻𝙻 𝙷𝙾𝚄𝚂𝙴. MICHIEL HUISMAN. ANDREW NEIMAN — 𝚆𝙷𝙸𝙿𝙻𝙰𝚂𝙷. MILES TELLER. NATHAN DRAKE — 𝚄𝙽𝙲𝙷𝙰𝚁𝚃𝙴𝙳. UNDECIDED. RAFE ADLER — 𝚄𝙽𝙲𝙷𝙰𝚁𝚃𝙴𝙳. MARTIN WALLSTRÖM.

> 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚍 muses,

MICHAEL GRAY — 𝙿𝙴𝙰𝙺𝚈 𝙱𝙻𝙸𝙽𝙳𝙴𝚁𝚂. FINN COLE. ISAIAH JESUS — 𝙿𝙴𝙰𝙺𝚈 𝙱𝙻𝙸𝙽𝙳𝙴𝚁𝚂. DARYL MCCORMACK. WILL TURNER — 𝙿𝙸𝚁𝙰𝚃𝙴𝚂 𝙾𝙵 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙲𝙰𝚁𝚁𝙸𝙱𝙴𝙰𝙽. ORLANDO BLOOM.

> 𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕 muses,

ALAN CARSON — 𝙵𝙰𝙽𝙳𝙾𝙼𝙻𝙴𝚂𝚂. JAKE M. SMITH. 90S SET, DIES IN 1998. THEODORE "TEDDY" HICKS — 𝙵𝙰𝙽𝙳𝙾𝙼𝙻𝙴𝚂𝚂. AUSTIN BUTLER. AFFILIATED WITH 4LARM. PILOT.

#more tba. head empty rn

[halflingkima]

I panicked and checked out all five books from the library so here's the first chapter thing to help me decide which one I actually wanna read lmfao

Infinite Detail by Tim Maughan: Tyrone runs a kind of shop(?) where a young woman Mary draws faces all day; an old couple arrives and pays 20 pund to learn what happened to their son "then." Mary sees visions of a past catastrophe.

I can't help but feel I would get more out of this book if I'd read (or was just more familiar with ) Infinte Jest. This first chapter was interesting, but not compulsively readable. I care a little about what the catastrophe might've been, but I'm not invested in any characters, and glancing at chapter two, it seems like a dual timeline. ⭐️⭐️

There You Are by Mathea Morais: Octavian teaches at a school for mentally ill teens. One of his teens reminds him of an old flame: Mina Rose. It's 2014 and his home state of Missouri is all over the news. He gets a message that the record store in his hometown is closing down and considers going.

Only read the first section since the "chapter" is quite long; the book's formatted in "playlists" with later chapters named after the tracks. Again, it's interesting, but not compulsively readable. I'm already invested in the characters. I'll absolutely want to read it at some point, not sure if that's right now. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

All My Mother's Lovers by Ilana Masad: Maggie receives a call from her brother informing her that their mother has died in a car accident. In a sort of numbed surprise she finds a flight and frets about how to (or if she should) accept help from her 5-month girlfriend.

Short chapters win me over fast. There's also nothing that cuts to the quick of a character faster than grief, so I'm already invested. A peak ahead seems like we'll get pov from her late mother as well which is fascinating. I'm intrigued. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Solar Bones by Mike McCormack: A man finds himself in his kitchen, confused, listening to bells from the church across town.

Couldn't read a chapter because the book doesn't have sentences let alone chapters. All promo material insists that it's "prose" but I'd very adamantly argue this is verse lmao. The format is endlessly intriguing and the premise is nearly equally so, but I'm mildly concerned about pastoral understatement or common literary blandness of a man's perspective. ⭐️⭐️

Everyone Knows How Much I Love You by Kyle McCarthy: The narrator describes a memory; a car crash and her best friend's dead boyfriend. Next chapter, she reunites with her best friend after 12 years apart and reveals the car accident happened in high school.

This one sure starts off with a bang, damn. Again, snappy chapters, quickly invested with grief/loss. I feel predictable as hell but I'm such a sucker for Dark Female Friendships™. Also something about the writing of this one feels a little more stylized, a little more blunt. I enjoy that. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#maddy's reads

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W E L C O M E  T O  P H I L A D E L P H I A

Miles Teller - Daniel ‘Danny’ Mancini*

Diane Guerrero - Tyndall Scott

Aslıhan Malbora - Miray Aydin

Chris Evans - Darragh McGregor*

Janet Montgomery - Haley McGregor

Angela Sarafyan - Aida Grigoryan

Rebecca Rittenhouse - Melody Grayson

Halston Sage - Thea Martin

Oliver Jackson-Cohen - Eric Wechsler

Riz Ahmed - Kamran Riaz

Holliday Grainger - Corinne ‘Cory’ Dowth

Melisa Aslı Pamuk - Hazal Sahin

Monica Barbero - Carlotta ‘CJ’ Ricci

Tori Anderson - Maggie Albright

Meghann Fahy - Madison Carlisle

Crystal Reed - Willa Arlington

Sarah Bolger - Breanah Davis

Tessa Thompson - Jocelyn Montgomery

Simone Sussina - Domenico ‘Dom’ Vinciguerra

Phoebe Tonkin - Layken Parker

Brenton Thwaites - Wells Cowen

Peter Gadiot - Tallahassee Andros

Maika Monroe - Magdalena ‘Del’ Rhodes

Owen Campbell - Samuel ‘Sam’ Loftgren

Casey Deidrick - Clayton Baker

Cemre Baysal - Dilara Osman

Eric Balfour - Adam Mancini

Troian Bellisaro - Rebekah ‘Beck’ Haddon

Bruna Marquezine - Veronica Duarte

Medallion Rahimi - Cyra Afsoun

Raymond Ablack - Nate Sankar

Andrew Scott - Patrick Cromwell

Aisha Dee - Flora Summers

Madalyn Cline - Alabama Buckley

Ana de Armas - Evangeline Cruz

Brittany O'Grady - Shiloh Kierstensen

Daryl McCormack - Oliver Kelly

John Krasinski - Nolan James

Priscilla Quintana - Florencia ‘Ren’ Sanchez

Zeeko Zaki - Ramses ‘Ray’ Tarek

Sebastian Stan - Franklin ‘Frankie’ Carlisle II

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[ijustkindalikebooks]

I can't believe a year has passed, I really can't, it feels like yesterday that it was my birthday, and new president, and vaccines and now boom, December? I feel like time has just taken some time off this year I really do and just said 'you can do it yourself'.

I have four books this month I gave five stars. Some were books I really needed to finish the series of, some are books I just ended up on reading when I needed to fill some time but I loved them all and I hope you do too! I hope you have a wonderful new year and I can only hope 2022 brings us so many good things.

Games Wizards Play by Diane Duane - I feel like this was the perfect end and really ties up all the plotlines that have collected throughout the series. I think this was a series one of the followers of this blog recommended and then I found them all in a charity shop and honestly, I'm so glad you brought this series on this radar as it really is such an incredible series, Nita and Kit are really well developed and have so much growth through this series and the plots are so good and a little more out of the box than most.

Goldenrod by Maggie Smith - A poetry collection I stumbled upon on Scribd, I heard there was alot of hype around this book so I thought let's see then and wow, I was so impressed by this poet. I feel like it creates such an incredible connection between reader and writer and there is such genuine feeling threaded throughout this collection. I loved this collection so much and I highly recommend it.

Year Of The Rabbit by Tian Veasna - This is a graphic novel about how a family was able to get out of Cambodia during the rise of the Khmer Rouge, and I will say it is not an easy read in moments, so please check trigger warnings. The story of this family and their struggle to survive is emotional, heartbreaking and powerful, accompanied by an art style that delivers every moment perfectly.

Women In The Picture: Women, Art and The Power Of Looking by Catherine McCormack - A non-fiction book I picked up on the recommendation of a friend, this book focuses on how art has been made often for the male gaze and how historic figures are portrayed as just things to be well looked at as not really as people. It's informative, interesting and made me really think about art in a different way, I can't say I'm an expert in art, but this book made me want to be.

What books have you been reading in December? What was your favourite book? What was your least? Always happy to hear your thoughts!

Have a happy new year, whereever you are!

Vee xo.

#books #book review #book reviews #fiction #non fiction #poetry #graphic novel #women in the picture #year of the rabbit #goldenrod #games wizards play #diane duane #maggie smith #catherine mccormack #tian vesna #bookblr #booklr #book

[jamesrodayrodriguezpresents]

James Roday’s latest directing and writing adventure, “Treehouse,” will premiere March 1 on Hulu. Featuring an ensemble cast of accomplished women in their own right, “Treehouse” explores the injustices and struggles of women, set in the realm of horror, Roday’s favorite genre. Actor Jimmi Simpson has a leading role in the film, as his character travels to a family vacation home, unaware of the monstrosity that awaits him. The project is part of the “Into the Dark” horror anthology series, in conjunction with Blumhouse Television. In a recent interview with Roday, he expressed his hope that "the film will be received as openly as it was made." 

When did you start writing the script for “Treehouse?”

The idea was laying around for years, and when the opportunity presented itself. We dusted it off and actually wrote it in record time. We had about a month to both write a script and start prepping the movie so that we could shoot it before I had to go to Vancouver to start season one of “A Million Little Things.” It was a pretty crazy endeavour, and I don’t know if anyone outside of Blumhouse is crazy enough to do stuff like that. I’m very thankful that the one studio who will take a wild swing like green lighting a movie over the phone and putting it into prep the next day was the studio that called.

It took a lot of work to get “Gravy,” your first horror film, off the ground, and then to get this movie approved over a phone call, that had to be surreal.

So ridiculous the extremes that exist in this business, but yes, that’s the perfect microcosm of how insane filmmaking can be. It’s eight years to get the first one made and a 45-minute phone call to get the second one. [laughs]

Where did the inspiration for this script come from?

It was definitely influenced by listening to my lady friends over the years share experiences, talk about injustices, stuff they had experienced in the workplace, and just basically being a woman on a day-to-day basis. ... And I thought maybe there was a cool way to make a horror film that also addressed this issue at the same time. Julianna Guill, one of my besties, was the sounding board for a lot of the initial story-breaking of that movie. We got it two-thirds of the way down the field, and we couldn’t figure out how the movie should end. That’s why it got set aside for a while.

In the interim, some major movements were born, MeToo and Time’s Up happened between us starting to talk about this movie and this opportunity presenting itself. … I know that’s a huge part of why we were able to get this done so quickly and get it green lit so quickly, is because it was so timely.

What issues does this film explore?

It’s about the systemic normalization of inappropriate male behavior, since the beginning of time, really, and how we’ve gotten where we are and what we can actually do about it. That’s the backbone of the movie. It’s by no means an indictment of all men. The spectrum of reaction to that Gillette ad that came out a couple of months ago was so truly shocking to me. I found it fascinating how differently people could interpret the same thing. We’re all watching the same ad. It seemed so obvious what the intentions were, to me. There were six other people that saw it six different ways. I think this movie will probably fall into a category like that. We as filmmakers certainly had an intention, and we definitely had a message we wanted to put out there. How it’s received is anybody’s guess, especially with this issue. I’m happy to put it out there. If nothing else, this is a conversation that needs to keep getting louder, frankly, and I know will continue to get louder. To just participate in it is a start, for us as artists. I’m ready to put it out there, for sure.

Did you have particular people in mind that you wanted to play the roles you had written?

Jimmi (Simpson) and Julianna (Guill) were in before we even started writing. The rest of the cast came together closer to when it was finished. Those characters became the women that we ended up casting, and they made them their own. I think it was less of writing with people in mind and more of, ‘Hey, here’s this blueprint. You’re so good, take this and make it yours.’ Which is what happened, across the board. Then Sophia Del Pizzo is Jimmi’s special lady friend, so that was an opportunity for them to get to work together, which was very exciting.

Did a particular character take on a new life once you saw them step into their role?

The ladies, especially. Jimmi and I talked Peter (his character) to death before we started. We were on the same page about exactly what we wanted out of this guy and what the approach was going to be. When you see the movie, you’ll understand why it was really important. The ladies all made these characters their own. Shaunette Wilson put a spin on Marie, Stephanie Beatriz definitely did her Stephanie thing with Elaina and brought comedy to a role that may not jump off the page. Nancy Charles, who plays Agnes, gave that character color that I never would’ve imagined until I saw her do it. Michael Weston is probably not what anybody had in their head when they were reading the script, and yet, I can’t imagine anybody else but him playing this character now.

I really do think that this cast elevated these characters across the board and made them their own. When there’s room for that to happen and you have incredible actors, that’s a win as a writer/director. You can sit back and really watch magic happen. … That’s just the best.

Are you in the film?

I am not. I did not even Hitchcock myself into this one. There’s a grand total of zero Roday.

I do have a couple of fan questions. The first one is from Kathy. She asked, ‘With this movie shedding a light on the MeToo movement, was there a moment that sparked the drive to do this, or was it an overall sense of it’s past time for survivors to be seen?

I think that’s probably the latter, except that we were feeling it even before MeToo happened. Once it happened, everything just felt louder in our brains and felt more urgent. We felt like the time is definitely now. It was knowing that we should do something and having that evolve to, ‘Oh, we’re going to do it now.’

The other question is not related to the movie, but Sharon wanted to know how you prepare for an emotional scene, and how do you decompress afterwards?

The truth is, I’m not a good enough actor to be able to go into a corner and have a process and know that it’s going to work. It’s always a little off the cuff. You just try to be as present as humanly possibly in the scene and try to lean into the words as much as you possibly can. Sometimes it comes, and that’s great. It makes it so much easier, and sometimes it just doesn’t, and that’s what they call acting.

You’ve definitely had to do some emotional scenes in “A Million Little Things.”

Nobody has gotten off free from the emotion on that show. Part of it is just being surrounded by really great actors and being in scenes with them and watching them do their stuff. That certainly helps. For me, I’ve admittedly had to do the least, and I certainly feel lucky in that regard. When somebody like Stephanie Szostak (Delilah) is essentially crying everyday and I have to do it twice in a season, I better be able to pull my weight. [laughs] The pressure is definitely on.

Do you have any other horror films or scripts in the works?

I’ve got three different ideas that we’re kicking around and trying to figure out which one we’re most excited about. We don’t want to waste too much time, because we’ve got one coming out on Friday. The best time to have the next one ready is when you’ve actually got something people are talking about. We’ve got to get on the horse and pick one and get moving. The good news is Todd [Harthan] and I write pretty fast.

How many writing partners do you have?

On “Psych” I wrote with just about everybody. It was just a function of how that show worked. By the end, I don’t think there was a single writer I hadn’t teamed up with. For movies, it’s always been Todd. It’s the one thing we know we can come together and do, even if we’re both off on different shows. … It helps keep us connected, it helps keep the creative juices flowing. It’s a great thing we know we can always come back to.

We’re all excited “A Million Little Things” was renewed, and the second “Psych” movie is coming up. What can you reveal so far about it?

Everybody is really excited, and front and center is the return of Carlton Lassiter (Timothy Omundson). That’s what this movie is really about. That’s the one thing I can promise we will deliver to all of you Psych-O’s is some sweet, sweet, sweet Tim Omundson. It will be good for the soul.

Do you have any other news you want to share or anything else you have on your plate right now?

This has been good. It’s been a pretty full plate. I’m happy to get “Treehouse” out there. I’m happy that we got some Lassie coming back. “A Million Little Things” has been a great experience, and I’m very thankful to all the people that have decided to tune in and watch us. With the finale being tonight, it’s got a lot of payoff, which I think the fans have earned. I’m excited to see what people think and how it lands with our fans. It’s been an exciting week.  

A full casting list for “Treehouse”, provided by Roday, includes Jimmi Simpson, Mary McCormack, Shaunette Renee Wilson, Maggie Lawson, Stephanie Beatriz, Julianna Guill, Michael Weston, Amanda Walsh, Sutton Foster, Cass Bugge, Sophia Del Pizzo, Nancy Linehan Charles, Kylie Rogers and Cyrina Fiallo.

#james roday #treehouse #jimmi simpson #stephanie beatriz #sophia del pizzo #shaunette renée wilson #mary mccormack #Maggie Lawson #a million little things #psych #hulu #interview

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Meghan Markle (and Prince Harry) at Courtney Creative in Wellington : Meghan stayed in her comfort zone of reserved palettes and opted for a well-fitted white Maggie Marilyn dress, Manolo Blahnik pumps and Jessica McCormack pendant. She looked good.

#meghan markle #prince harry #fashion #fashion review #british royal family #royal #royal tour #maggie marilyn #manolo blahnik #jessica mccormack

[emetophobiareview]

Treehouse

SAFE!

#emetophobia #emetophobia review #movie #movies #movie lover #movie review #review #safe #horror #treehouse #hulu #into the dark #james roday #maggie lawson #sutton foster #mary mccormack #stephanie beatriz #jimmi simpson #julianna guill

[foxeia]

Izzy Dilger and Maggie McCormack

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[cultfaction]

Preview- Into The Dark Ep. 6: Treehouse Episode 6 of Hulu's horror anthology series Into The Dark: Treehouse is the tale of celeu-chef, Peter Rake, who tries to escape a recent wave of negative tabloid exposure by retreating to his family's vacation estate in the woods.

#Amanda Walsh #Cass Bugge #Hulu #Into the Dark #James Roday #Jimmi Simpson #Julianna Guill #Maggie Lawson #Mary McCormack #Michael Weston #Shaunette Renee Wilson #Stephanie Beatriz #Sutton Foster #Treehouse

[duine-aiteach]

Does anyone have any recommendations for contemporary Irish writers whose books aren’t like, absolutely miserable? I’m not saying it has to be really jolly just, y’know, something that doesn’t focus on child abuse would be nice. Bonus if it’s set after 1960.

My course focuses a lot on Irish writers but I’ve noticed that we are a country who produces a lot of heavy literature and also nearly every adult fiction book I pick up that was published recently is set around either 1930, 1916 or the Famine which is fine just sometimes I want something a bit different.

Recently I’ve read The Dark by John McGahern and Country Girls by Edna O’Brien, and I’m part way through Solar Bones by Mike McCormack. Also on my to read list are: Milkman by Anna Burns, A Girl Is A Half Formed Thing by Eimear McBride, Leonard and Hungry Paul by Rónán Hession and Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell. I’m also planning on reading some of Roddy Doyle’s adult stuff when I get a moment.

Most of the books I’ve enjoyed by Irish writers are kids ones (Rover’s Adventures, The Rosie series, Amy Green, Drumshee, Under the Hawthorn Tree, a few by Kate Thompson) but it would be nice to read some adult fiction that doesn’t make me lose the will to live.

#yes nearly all those books listed are ones for class what of it #I did also read an excellent book a while ago about a girl called Shelly who got pregnant as a teen and was friends with the local young #priest so they thought it was his (it wasn’t) and another book about a pregnant teen in a laundry. which weren’t happy as such #but apparently that’s the other strain of Irish fiction: religious abuse especially towards pregnant unmarried women #is all adult fiction this miserable or have I been reading sad stuff? cos I WILL reread the Rosie books for the tenth time if I have to #litríocht #irish writers #irish fiction #ireland #contemporary Irish writers #my own post #writing #fiction #contemporary fiction #adult fiction #Una Mannion’s A Crooked Tree isn’t that miserable but does have a helping of bad childhood so

[jarchaeology]

the story of jensen’s start as an actor, posted on his official website

I was in Dallas in the Spring of ‘95 conducting an acting workshop along with my business partner, Gordon McCormack; an LA agent, Michael Einfeld; actor, Chad Allen (Matthew, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman) and actresses Heather Tom (Victoria, Y&R) and Nicholle Tom (Maggie, The Nanny).

The seminar took place on a Friday evening and would kick off an extensive weekend working with young actors in the greater Dallas area. It is always our hope to discover that one “stand-out” talent. After the question and answer session Friday night, I spotted a young actor I had invited to attend. We said hello and he introduced me to his friend who he had brought along with him…Jensen Ackles.

Shortly after our introduction, the rest of our staff, noticed Jensen as a standout at the seminar. The first thing we thought was that he had a great look and if he could act, he had an excellent chance of becoming a star! Jensen told me his last name, Ackles, and it hit me…his father, Alan Ackles, is one of the best known actors in Dallas. (In fact, I had met Alan years ago at a screening of a film he had a role in.) Alan is a great actor and I was hoping some of that had rubbed off on his son. So Jensen told us that he had been working since he was six doing commercials, print work, and even a guest appearance on a syndicated show which filmed in Dallas called “Wish Bone”. That’s all I needed to hear. With that, we invited him to attend the workshop to get a better idea of how good of an actor he was. HE WAS GREAT! After the workshop I met with Jensen’s family and asked them to consider sending Jensen out to LA after graduation. (Jensen was only 17 at the time and a Junior in High School.) They agreed. After graduating, Jensen hopped on a plane and came out to L.A. for two weeks to check it out. His first audition was for the syndicated series SWEET VALLEY HIGH. Jensen walked away with the role…FIRST AUDITION! By the time he finished shooting, his two weeks were over and Jensen decided to return to Texas to pursue a college career. Although I would never discourage higher education, Jensen was in a unique situation. When an actor at the ripe age of 18 is ready to work, and you look like Jensen, you go for it. And that’s what we and Jensen’s agent convinced him and his family to do. Take a short break, move back to LA for a period of time and take a shot at it. So he did. On his next visit back to LA he auditioned for the role of “Malcolm” on the NBC series Mr. Rhodes. Jensen landed the role which he played for 13 episodes. It was shortly after Mr. Rhodes wrapped when we heard that the NBC soap Days of Our Lives was searching for the new “Eric.” We knew this was Jensen’s role. After a long intensive search and two screen tests (one with Alison Sweeney and the other with Christi Clark) we waited…like every other actor, manager and agent in town…for the phone to ring. It did. And so Jensen Ackles became “Eric Brady” in Daytime television! Jensen currently lives in Burbank close to the NBC studios with two friends from Dallas. He will continue to work on Days and time permitting, some movie-of-the-weeks in the near future. For the record, if you’re wondering if any of this has gone to his head…the answer is no. He’s still that down home boy from Texas he was the day I met him. We’re very proud to have him as our client and look forward to watching him continue to bloom! Just think if Jensen had never attended that seminar with his friend!

[stronghours]

2021/2022 LibraryZone

the review of the annual reading list has been part of my end-of-year housekeeping since attending fake grad school. as with sex matters, I have been met with huge successes and squalid failures year to year

my original 2021 reading goal was a lofty 100. In a vast oversight of timing, I also picked this year to make my sexual debut and was often called away by dear friends, and my own noble spirit, to thrill the ladies. as you can see below, god doesn't give with both hands

2021 Completed Reading List:

Crisis Zone – Simon Hanselmann

All Creatures Great and Small – James Herriot

Chilly Scenes of Winter – Ann Beattie

Cheri – Colette

The Last of Cheri - Colette

The Cannibal – John Hawkes

A Little Life – Hanya Yanagihara

Cleanness – Garth Greenwell

Call Me Ishmael – Charles Olson

Darryl – Jackie Ess

My Loose Thread – Dennis Cooper

The Sluts – Dennis Cooper

Castle Faggot – Derek McCormack

The American Dreams – Two Screenplays – Philip Ridley

Nightmare Abbey – Thomas Love Peacock

The Sweet Science – A.J. Liebling

Cows – Matthew Stokoe

Evelina – Frances Burney

Manual for Cleaning Women – Lucia Berlin

Girl’s Against God – Jenny Hval

Les Liaisons dangereuses - Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

my ignorant findings:

Darryl is a top contender, possible the most loveable contemporary book I've ever read

Garth Greenwell is the most overwrought disappointment of a contemporary gay writer that I've ever had the misfortune to experience. I stop short of accusing him of being disingenuous because...

...A Little Life is truly a god-example of disingenuity in fiction. a freakshow of insincerity. a place/time novel completely unmoored from time and place. I've never seen anything like it and the world is worse for it existing

I should have started reading Dennis Cooper years ago. The Sluts really bolstered my only true fetish, which is reading about individuals falling apart physically and mentally as they fail to build and then fail to repair the illusion of an impossible, ultimately nonexistent fantasy (the consequences are terminal)

Les Liaisons dangereuses - that's france, babye!!

In retrospect, I should have read Cows and All Creatures Great and Small back to back, as they're both often about men sticking their appendages into bovines. a lesson in context

Of 2022

without goals, I would sit on a cool rock and marinate like a snail. so I hold myself to standards. I can't discipline others if I can't discipline myself.

the list of 2022 has already careened into the 100s, so in lieu of that, some highlights that I'm most looking forward to:

The Sea of Fertility (tetralogy of novels by Yukio Mishima)

a big pile of Colette, especially Gigi & Claudine

can I read all the Dennis Cooper in existence? we'll see!

Thomas Mann: Diaries 1918-1939, + The Magic Mountain

at least a triptych of Flaubert, that big old bitch

Ingeborg Bachmann/Paul Celan: Correspondence - I read Malina for 2020 and was totally stymied at all points of entry. I need whatever insight I can get into Bachmann

Authors who I could not get ahold of in 2021 for various reasons: B.R. Yeager, Gary Shipley, Steve Dunn, Christopher Chitty, Matt Lee, Maggie Siebert, blah blah blah

The Lonely Lady and Endless Love - started up a late-year interest in salacious 70s pop sex novels that inspired some affectionately awful 80s movies

The Blind Owl – Sadegh Hedayat

The Family Mashber – Der Nister

Against Nature – Joris-Karl Huysmans

The Underwater Welder - Jeff Lemire

When the Monster Comes out of the Closet – L. Steinhorst (I would love a physical copy but paperbacks run into $200 - challenges!)

Proust: I Want That Twink Obliterated

multiple Barry Hannah collections I have lying around

multiple Melville/Moby Dick criticisms I have lying around

multiple Everything Else I have lying around

last year, around this time, I was finishing Flaubert's letters from 1857-1880 and found, not a new years eve letter, but a summer letter to Maupassant which I interpreted for myself as a letter for the new year. Flaubert, that old cunt, along with ordering Maupassant to stop fucking so much and compassionately acknowledging that he is "living in an inferno of shit", counsels:

But from five in the evening to ten in the morning all your time can be devoted to the muse, who is still the best bitch of all.

am I going to do exactly that? no. I'm a monk, not a hedonist, but no. and yet! goals might go out of fashion, but maybe everybody should take some time out and locate their Best Bitch of 2022.

so, here's to 100s of books 2022, one of many fulfilled bitches to come. unless I actually do get my hands on a sjambok, in which case, all best are off.

[phresious]

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