Audre Lorde, Your Silence Will Not Protect You, Preface by Reni Eddo-Lodge, Introduction by Sara Ahmed, Silver Press, London, 2017 [London Centre for Book Arts, London]
"I wait years before saying that something has made me angry, even when it's caused me to suffer terribly. And even then I need something else to bring the anger to the surface. Something that has nothing to do with the cause of my anger. Then I get angry. When I get angry I feel like my anger is horrible and that my cries and shouts will cause the world to shatter around me. That someone will die because of my anger. My anger is huge when I get going. And because it's usually me who gets hurt in the end I've come to resent it. "
April 15th is National American Sign Language (ASL) Day, observed annually to celebrate the ASL community and its contributions to inclusivity, and to encourage folks to learn the language. Regarded as a natural language, sign language has likely existed for as long as there has been a need to communicate, however, the emergence of ASL is largely credited to Thomas Gallaudet (1787-1851) founder of the American School for the Deaf. Uniting deaf children from the western hemisphere the American School for the Deaf was fertile soil for language contact, developing ASL from French Sign Language, village sign languages, and home sign systems. Today, more than a half-million people throughout the United States use ASL to communicate as their native language.
In recognition of the day, we’re sharing another book from our Historical Curriculum Collection the Basic Pre-School Signed English Dictionary published by Gallaudet College Press in 1973. Signed English features drawn signs with written instructions to represent 975 words most frequently used by and with pre-school children. The editors also include sign markers and the American Manual Alphabet to be used in conjunction with the vocabulary, encouraging a language that is adaptable and offers a more complete English model of communication.
Signed English was edited in part by Harry Bornstein and Karen Saulnier who worked on several signing books for young readers throughout the 70s, 80s, and 90s, and illustrated by Jack Fennell and Ann Silver.
If you're one of the folks (like me) who got a random results/news skip for Big Run, then you may have also been hit with this:
An incorrect reward based on your actual egg totals and the new reward system
This is a known bug for a lot of people:
Unfortunately, we may have to wait for a while for them to patch/fix this! I'm sorry to all those who may have been excited for their first gold on the new system, but it seems they weren't even prepared for this new system
Hang tight! And if nothing else, good job all the same!
"Remy Pendergast and his royal vampire companions return to face an enemy that is terrifyingly close to home in Rin Chupeco’s queer, bloody Gothic epic fantasy series for fans of Samantha Shannon’s The Priory of the Orange Tree and the adult animated series Castlevania."
Queer polyamorous vampires & court intrigue! Plus another beautiful cover ✨ I'm excited for this sequel, thank you to Saga Press / Simon & Schuster for the ARC!