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Jill Scott

Jill Scott (born April 4, 1972) is an American singer-songwriter, model, poet and actress. Her 2000 debut, Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1, went platinum, and the follow-ups Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2 (2004) and The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 3 (2007) both achieved gold status. She made her cinematic debut in the films Hounddog and Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married? in 2007.

After a four-year hiatus from music, Scott released her fourth album, The Light of the Sun, in 2011. In 2014, she starred in the film Get On Up as the second wife of James Brown. She also appeared as the lead role in the BBC/HBO series The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency based on the novels of the same name by Alexander McCall Smith. In 2015, she released her fifth album, Woman.

Early life

Scott was born on April 4, 1972 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She grew up an only child in a North Philadelphia neighborhood, raised by her mother, Joyce Scott and grandmother. She recalls a happy childhood and was "very much a loved child". Scott was raised as a Jehovah's Witness.

After graduating the Philadelphia High School for Girls, Scott attended Temple University. While working two jobs, she studied secondary education. She planned to become a high school English teacher. However, after three years of study and then serving as a teacher's aide, Scott became disillusioned with a teaching career, and she dropped out of college.

Career

2000–09: Words and Sounds albums

Scott began her performing career as a spoken word artist, appearing at live poetry readings to perform her work. She was eventually discovered by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson of the Roots. Questlove invited her to join the band in the studio. The collaboration resulted in a co-writing credit for Scott on the song, "You Got Me". In 2000, Erykah Badu and the Roots won a Grammy for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for "You Got Me", and Scott debuted as an artist during a Roots live show, singing as original artist/singer of the song. Subsequently, Scott collaborated with Eric Benet, Will Smith, and Common, and broadened her performing experience by touring Canada in a production of the Broadway musical Rent.

Scott was the first artist signed to Steve McKeever's 'Hidden Beach Recordings' label. Her debut album, Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1 was released in 2000. She experienced some notice and chart success with the single "A Long Walk", eventually earning a Grammy nomination in early 2003 for Best Female Vocal Performance. Scott lost that award, but won a 2005 Grammy for Best Urban/Alternative R&B Performance for "Cross My Mind". The live album, Experience: Jill Scott 826+, was released November 2001. Scott's second full-length album, Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2, followed in 2004.

Scott continues to write poetry; a compilation volume of her poems, The Moments, The Minutes, The Hours, was published and released by St. Martin's Press in April 2005.

In early 2007, Scott was featured on the George Benson and Al Jarreau collaboration single "God Bless The Child" (written by Billie Holiday), which earned Scott her second Grammy award, Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance, at the 2007 Grammy Awards ceremony. Scott shared the win with Benson and Jarreau. In 2006, Scott was prominently featured on hip hop artist Lupe Fiasco's single "Daydreaming", which won a 2008 Grammy for Best Urban/Alternative Performance and also appeared on a new Scott collection called Collaborations on January 30, 2007.

The Collaborations collection served as "an appetizer" for her next studio album, The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 3 released September 25, 2007. A clip of the title track was released on a bonus disc from Hidden Beach Records and included with Collaborations. The lead single "Hate on Me", gained airplay in May 2007 with a video released in mid-July. In advance of the album's release, Hidden Beach released a 17-minute album sampler through their forums. Interspersed between the dozen songs previewed on the sampler was a personal explanation from Jill for the inspiration behind some of her songs.

In 2008, Scott released her second live album, Live in Paris+, which consists of 8 songs recorded during her set list of the "Big Beautiful Tour" in Europe. The bonus DVD contains the same concert, plus some live cuts from The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 3. In the same year, "Whenever You're Around", a single from The Real Thing, which features George Duke, was a moderate hit on urban radio.

2010–12: Hidden Beach lawsuit, The Light of the Sun, and tour

Early in 2010, Scott was sued by Hidden Beach Records for leaving halfway through her six-album contract and owing millions of dollars in damages. The label's founder, Steve McKeever, claimed that he helped launch Scott's career and nurtured her into a Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, but was unceremoniously dumped in October after a 10-year plus relationship. Scott, however, countersued that claim.

To offset the damages, Hidden Beach planned to release several compilation albums consisting of previously unreleased material by Scott. The first album in this series was The Original Jill Scott from the Vault, Vol. 1. Previously titled Just Before Dawn, the album was asked to be paused by Scott so that fans would not get confused with the new material she was releasing entitled The Light of the Sun being released under a distribution deal that Scott and Warner Brothers signed in early 2011. The deal gives Scott direct control over her marketing and promotions and releases her music under her imprint of Blues Babe Records. She also signed a multi-tour deal with Live Nation to expand her concert touring.

The Light of the Sun officially began production in 2010. Scott gave fans a preview of the music on her 18 city venue, co-headlining tour with R&B singer Maxwell, Maxwell & Jill Scott: The Tour. After tour, Scott began studio sessions with the album's executive producer, JR Hutson. Recording sessions took place in several locations including 9th Street Studios, Studio 609, Fever Recording Studios in North Hollywood, California, Threshold Sound & Vision in Santa Monica, California, and The Studio in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The Boom Boom Room in Burbank, California, and The Village Studios in West Los Angeles, California. It features collaborations from Anthony Hamilton, Eve, Doug E Fresh, and Paul Wall. The album was released for pre-order days before it was officially released on June 21, 2011. It debuted at #1 on the US Billboard 200 chart, with 135,000 copies sold in its first week, becoming her first #1 debut on the chart.

The album was preceded by the promo single "Shame", which was released on Scott's SoundCloud account in April 2012. The single features the rapper Eve and R&B trio The A-Group. The video was released on Essence.com on April 13. The album's official debut single was "So in Love" featuring Anthony Hamilton. It was released in April and debuted at #43 on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, Scott's highest debut on that chart. It peaked at #10, and tied a record with Maxwell's "Fortunate" for spending 14 weeks at #1 on the Urban Adult Contemporary Chart.

Scott promoted the album with several tactics including The Light of the Sundays, several online Essence interviews, and releasing the album as an iTunes LP, giving fans exclusive photos and videos. Scott also embarked on her Summer Block Party tour sponsored by Budweiser's Superfest. The tour was a hit, selling out venues throughout the country with opening acts Anthony Hamilton and legendary group Mint Condition. It also featured Doug E Fresh as the host and DJ Jazzy Jeff as the DJ. The album's second official single, "So Gone (What My Mind Says)" featuring Paul Wall was released in August 2011, and the video premiered on September 13 on E! Online. It has peaked at #28 on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Scott also released a video for the song "Hear My Call". The project gained Scott four NAACP Image Awards including Outstanding Female Artist, Outstanding Music Video ("Hear My Call"), Outstanding Song ("So in Love"), and Outstanding Album (The Light of the Sun).

2013–present: Lullaby album and fifth studio album "Woman"

During her performance at the Essence Festival, Scott indicated the intention of releasing an album of lullabies. Her album Woman is the first album she has released on Atlantic Records. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart, with 58,000 copies sold in its first week.

Other appearances and songwriting

Her live performance in 2004 with members of The Roots, which also includes a joint performance with Erykah Badu, is featured in Dave Chappelle's 2006 concert film, Dave Chappelle's Block Party. UK dance duo Goldtrix covered Scott's song "It's Love", renaming it "It's Love (Trippin')" with singer Andrea Brown taking over vocal duties. The song became a top ten hit in the UK, peaking at number six. Jill is also featured on a Lupe Fiasco song named "Daydreaming". "It's Love (Trippin')" was also covered by South West Beats (featuring Claudia Patrice) in 2008. The song "Golden" is featured in a R&B themed radio station in the Rockstar Games video game Grand Theft Auto IV. She recently appeared on Pharoahe Monch's 2011 release W.A.R. (We Are Renegades). Also Jill is one of the featured artists in Kirk Franklin's video "I Smile" released in 2011. In 2012 rapper Substantial released "Jackin' Jill". The album was recorded as a tribute to Jill's voice and songwriting. In 2015 she was featured on Dr. Dre's third album. In 2016, she was featured on The Hamilton Mixtape.

Style

Scott is a soprano who infused jazz, opera, R&B, spoken word, and hip hop in a style sometimes called neo soul. A reviewer at Pop Matters, referring to Scott's vocal ability (1st soprano), stated, "Scott draws on her upper register, recalling the artistry of the late 'songbird' Minnie Riperton and Deniece Williams." The same reviewer in another article stated, "The song evokes the artistry of Minnie Riperton as Scott sings in the upper register that makes its only appearances on 'Who is Jill Scott?' on the teasing 'I Think It's Better' and 'Show Me'."

Film and television

On the advice of her good friend, director Ozzie Jones, she began pursuing a career in acting in 2000. She joined a fellowship at a theater company in Philadelphia. For two years, she took menial jobs in exchange for acting lessons. In 2004, Scott appeared in several episodes of season four of UPN's Girlfriends, playing Donna, a love interest to main character, William Dent (Reggie Hayes). She also appeared in the Showtime movie Cavedwellers, starring Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick.

Her first feature film appearances occurred in 2007, when Scott appeared in Hounddog (as Big Mama Thornton) and in Tyler Perry's movie, Why Did I Get Married? In 2008, Scott appeared as Precious Ramotswe in Anthony Minghella's film adaption of Alexander McCall Smith's series of books The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency playing a detective. Scott then filmed additional episodes for the series in Botswana in late 2008, co-funded by the BBC and HBO, that were broadcast as a seven-part series on BBC1 in March 2009; and on HBO, which debuted March 29, 2009. BBC and HBO are contemplating whether to produce a second round of episodes of the series.

In 2010, she provided the voice of Storm of the X-Men on the BET series Black Panther. On March 24, 2010, she guest-starred in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. She reprised her role as Sheila in Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010). The movie was shot in August 2009 and received an April 2, 2010 release. That same year, Scott starred in the Lifetime movie Sins of the Mother as Nona, an alcoholic mother confronted by her estranged daughter whom she neglected. At the 42nd NAACP Image Awards, Scott was awarded Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special for her role in Sins of the Mother.

In May 2012, Scott appeared on VH1 Storytellers. She performed a few of her most notable songs such as "Golden" and "He Loves Me." With wig as well as costume changes, she created characters to fit each song. Later in 2012 she starred with Queen Latifah, Alfre Woodard, Phylicia Rashad, Adepero Oduye, and Condola Rashad in Steel Magnolias, a remake of the 1989 original for Lifetime. She played Truvy Jones, a role originated by Dolly Parton. In December 2012, Scott appeared in "The Human Kind", the eighth episode of the fifth season of Fringe. She starred with Paula Patton and Derek Luke in Baggage Claim (2013), the film adaptation of playwright David E. Talbert's 2005 novel of the same name. In January 2015 she co-starred with Regina Hall and Eve in the Lifetime movie With this Ring.

Personal life

Scott and long-term boyfriend Lyzel Williams, a graphic artist and DJ, married in 2001 in a private Hawaiian ceremony during a vacation. The couple dated for seven years before they wed. Scott wrote and recorded the song "He Loves Me (Lyzel in E Flat)" about Williams. After six years of marriage, Scott and Williams divorced in 2007.

Scott has resided in Mount Laurel Township, New Jersey, and California. As of December 2014, she has been living in Tennessee.

On June 20, 2008, at a concert in New York's Carnegie Hall, Scott shared a long on-stage kiss with her drummer, Li'l John Roberts; the couple then told the audience that they were engaged. Their son, Jett Hamilton Roberts, was born on April 20, 2009. On June 23, 2009, Scott announced that she and Roberts had broken up, with Scott breaking the news to Essence magazine. Despite the break-up, Scott hopes for both parents to have an active part in their child's upbringing, stating that "We definitely love our son and we are co-parenting and working on being friends. It is what it is. I have a lot of support, so I want for nothing as far as that's concerned." Scott referenced the break up as some of her latest music's inspiration.

On June 25, 2016, Scott married another long-term boyfriend Mike Dobson in a private ceremony. In 2017, after 15 months of marriage, she filed for divorce from Dobson.

Philanthropy

Scott has established the Blues Babe Foundation, a program founded to help young minority students pay for university expenses. The foundation offers financial assistance to students between the ages of 16 and 21 and targets students residing in Philadelphia, Camden, and the greater Delaware Valley. Scott donated USD$100,000 to start the foundation. The foundation was named after Scott's grandmother, known as "Blue Babe."

In Spring 2003, the Blues Babe Foundation made a donation of more than $60,000 to the graduating class of the Creative Arts School in Camden. Any student during the ensuing three years who maintained a 3.2 GPA qualified for a stipend toward his or her college education.

At the Essence Music Festival in July 2006, Scott spoke out about how women of color are portrayed in hip-hop songs and music videos. Scott criticized the content for being "dirty, inappropriate, inadequate, unhealthy, and polluted" and urged the listening audience to "demand more."

Discography

Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1 (2000)

Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2 (2004)

The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 3 (2007)

The Light of the Sun (2011)

Woman (2015)

Concert tours

Words and Sounds Tour (2001)

Buzz Tour (2004)

Big Beautiful Tour (2005)

Sugar Water Festival Tour (2005)

The Real Thing Tour (2008)

Maxwell & Jill Scott: The Tour (2010)

Summer Block Party (2011–12)

An Evening with Jill Scott (2011–12)

Live in the Moment Tour (2018-19)

Who is Jill Scott 20th Anniversary Tour (2020)

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My 2019 Garbage Book Dump

It’s 2019! I’m tired, I’m hella gay, and I’m still reading books as much as I can with my busy life! Enjoy this book list with reviews!

1. Thunderball: 5/5 stars. Mormon jokes. Making fun of dietary changes? A young Italian woman (girl) who controls the island with her beauty. It becomes a mission against nuclear threats against the Europe and the US? Not exactly the MOST thrilling James Bond book, but I had a lot of fun reading it. I’m glad this was my first read of the year!

2. The Lydia Steptoe Stories - Faber Stories: 4/5 stars. I found these short, tiny books in a local bookstore. There were 6 of them on the table and I bought three. Sometimes I wish I bought all of them, but not all of them spoke to me. The Lydia collection was interesting as it held three stories with: a young man being “seduced” by his aunt, a young girl wanting to be a dominatrix, and a woman who wishes she could be youthful again. While I didn’t find the stories awe-inspiring, I did find them extremely entertaining and nice to think about.

3. Emma Cozy Classics: 5/5 stars. I have the pride and prejudice one. While it might not be as fabulous as a full book, but the pain-staking skill of felt art is entirely impressive. It went on my Jane Austen book shelf.

4. Come Rain or Shine - Faber Stories: 3/5 stars. What would you do if your friends thought you were absolutely insane and their lives are falling apart worse than yours? What would you do if your friend asks you to play absolutely stupid to his wife to make him look better and for her to realize her life isn’t so bad that she got lucky enough to not marry you? I for one, would drop these fucking friends and never look back. The story was a fucking train wreck and absolutely insane to the point where it wasn’t even humorous to me. Several authors state it’s Ishiguro’s step into comical writing and I wish he wouldn’t.

5. Passionate Minds - Women Rewriting the World: 1/5 stars. I found this book at my Uni’s free bookshelf. I was super excited to read this book but it’s one of the dullest and full of biases book I’ve had the displeasure of picking up. I got to read about my girl Gertrude Stein but I was expecting more female writers, not actors who the writer obvious gets off on. There’s nothing wrong with that, and this book has rave reviews, I just couldn’t stand the writing style and obvious fawning she had (and not in the academic/historically reserved way authors should be).

6. Wandering Island Vol. 2: 4/5 stars. It’s been two years since the first volume came out. I found myself reading it in record time which has me both disappointed and a bit confused (not because I read it fast, but because of the strange editorial ending). The art is impeccable with a few questionable “obviously a man drew this” moment, the story has kind of been a bit muddled up and didn’t necessarily go anywhere this volume. It felt more of a build up for Volume 3 which I don’t know when will be released. The editor wrote this strange 6 page essay that started off they were going to postpone Wandering Island 3, then went on a long rant about how the manga editing world has changed with ^-^ faces all throughout, only to then write fan theories of where they think the story is going to finish with: “We’ll translate the pages as soon as they come out! ^-^” what the fuck?? Haha

7. Fun Home - A Family Tragicomic. 5/5 stars. I bought this book today and I finished it this evening. I’m still processing everything that happened but one thing I know for sure is that I found one of my top 5 books of 2019 as well as a new favorite already. Alison approaches a hard topic of coming out, learning about her father’s secret life of being bisexual, and coming to terms with the strange person with anger issues that was her father. While my father wasn’t gay, there were several elements of her father I saw in my own. The volatile anger, learning more about his life after his death, hearing shattering truths from your mom, the regret of not having conversations sooner and him not seeing who you truly are before their passing. It struck a chord with me and I’m going to be thinking about this comic book I feel like for two months.

8. The Real McCoy: 4/5 stars. This is like a small wikipedia pamphlet book about the famous names, phrases, or lyrics you might know. I wasn’t necessarily impressed with the booklet, but I found some of it entertaining. I gave it a high rating because it served its purpose but I’m totally gifting it to a friend who loves random facts.

9. The Heart Affirming: 5/5 Stars. Epic poems about the Greek Gods, the universal feeling of appreciating nature, the wondering of the cruelty of humanity. This is a rare find of a poetry book not popular and one I found at my local library book sale that was signed by the author. If you have the pleasure to pick up this 1939 poetry book, please do! It’s a treat from the past that shows we still yearn for the same poetic romanticism we did then to now.

10. Bloom: 4.5/5 stars. I’ve realized I’m going to graduate college in the fall and this weird depression hit where I realized my life is really finally going to change forever. So I’m having a mixture of senioritis where I don’t want to do any work when I’m done with school by Wednesday, and I’m having a mid-century life crisis where I don’t know what to do with my life (I mean I do, but it’s terrifying). So I went on a LGTBQ+ splurge on amazon, something i haven’t done in awhile, Bloom was one of those books. Bloom is a fast paced comic about a high school graduate who wants to move out and move on, but his friends are dicks and his parents want him to stay. Welcome the new hot boy whose grandma just died and conveniently loves to bake. Ari wants to leave the bakery and this new hot guy is just his ticket to leave, or is it? I really liked this comic for the art and the story line was refreshing. But there were several instances where the book moves really quickly and the development was… meh. HeartStopper has great, slow pacing that lets you feel like the characters and story moves in a believable way. Bloom is rushed in some parts, but still.. So cute.

11. Spinning: 5/5 Stars. 2/4 of the LGTBQ+ books I ordered have been read! I read this book the day before valentine’s day and I’ve already been in a weird mode/crisis of being a university senior. I, loved this book for all the reasons why people gave it 3 stars. Everyone stated the story didn’t wrap up, that i jumped, that it felt fragments, but if you read the very end the author state not all books should make sense or follow a timeline or be accurate and these followed her own recollection without revisiting anything. I really appreciated and I loved the style. It’s a heavy book with sexual assault, manipulation, child abuse, and a very unhappy protagonist who isn’t likeable. But at the same time, finishing this book I just felt such grief that I didn’t pursue an art career. That I didn’t just join an art program or give my art career a chance. I think when I’m in the end of my career, retirement, I may go to art school again or maybe I’ll splurge money on lessons or maybe I’ll just accept my art as is. Either way, this book made me fiercely jealous of a 21 year old. It reminded me of a famous story of my dad reading a book about astronauts and crying in the bath because he should have been an astronaut, and how this book made me want to cry because in some form I should have been an artist. But like my dad, we’ve both chased careers that really inspired and gave us amazing opportunities. But I think it’s natural to miss over those childhood passions you didn’t follow through with because you felt like you weren’t enough.

12. My Solo Exchange Diary Vol 2. 2.5/5 stars. I read the first volume last year due to prompting from one of my precious friends (Ramona). My loneliness with Lesbianism was AMAZING. I bought it. My Solo Exchange Diary felt like the author was rambling in circles, completely mentally unwell, and had no ideas of how to properly take care of herself. In Volume 2 she was able to search for some help and she was able to deal with some introspective thoughts about how her viewpoint might have been wrong and how she was toxic to herself and her family. Volume 2 still left a taste in my mouth that felt… weird? She’s moving in the right directions but I think she’s desperately trying to follow the hype of her lesbian hit manga and she’s failing due to her wants to surpass herself. I laughed and felt bad as she mentioned how people slammed her for Volume 1, so it felt very meta to read how she reacted because my comment was also criticizing her: read here. But if you’re reading it in a bookstore or a library, do it. It’s nice to see how she’s slowly making progress with herself.

13. Sputnik Sweetheart. 1/5 stars. I picked this up in Brussels in the select few english section because the cover was intriguing and the back cover claimed it was a lesbian story. I was so excited, and imagine my absolutely hatred when I realized a straight cisgender man had written a “lesbian” story through the eyes of a straight male who is lusting after his lesbian best friend. He proclaims he gets boners at looking at her breasts and how her eccentric style only makes her that more beautiful just to him. I hate everything about this book. I wish straight cisgendered men would leave lesbian narrative stories alone unless you’re going to write them right. Get the fuck out of my books.

14. Fortunate Beasts: Letters to Lucardo Vol 2: 5/5 stars. The long waited and anticipated sequel to Letters to Lucardo!!! It’s been two years since I read the first volume, supported it on kickstarters, and I’m going to keep funding each release until the quadiology is complete! This had a lot less background building, exciting sex scenes, but you now understand the two lovers and get to see them develop their budding relationship. While it wasn’t as smut riddled as I expected, I was very happy with the continuation!

15. The little Lame Prince: 2/5 stars. DNF. Did not finish in case for those who don’t know/can’t remember (I hardly remember what DNF stands for myself). I’m torn as I want to eventually finish this book but I’m just not in the mood for it. It’s a sweet story but is very slow and from what I can tell, repeats itself a lot. It’s a old book from the early 1800s which explains the somewhat hard language and problematic moments, but it’s still charming. I’ll debate when I’ll try this again. For now, it’s returning to my shelves with a bookmark in the pages.

16. Shounen Houkokusho. 5/5 stars. A shounen-ai soft, wholesome gay family about a little boy standing up for his dad’s long time partner and asking them to get married. Very sweet. So precious. I love.

17. Same Difference and Other Stories: 4/5 stars. This was a reread from my friend Mark who gifted this to me back in december of 2014. It’s been 5 years since I picked up this book and I decided to see how its changed. As an adult, this comic speaks to me a lot louder than it did nearly half a decade ago. Struggling to find your way through life, seeing all your high school “friends” getting married, having jobs, meanwhile you’re just.. Here. Definitely a story I needed to revisit again in the future and also I still appreciate Mark’s notes he left in here for me!

18. Amazing Women: 101 Lives to Inspire you: 4/5 stars. This was my gift after finally being cut loose from the cancer clinic. I never had to go back there again and so I decided to pick up a momento. This was the book I chose that they offered. I really appreciate how they cover diverse women from all over the world rather than American-centric. They don’t go further than 1826, keping mostly within 200 years which is a bit of a bummer. There were also some choices I felt were questionable, like Zoe Sugg (who had her book ghost written and scams her viewers) and that they didn’t have Alison Bechendel was a huge disappointment. But this book is opinionated as they did have to narrow it down to 101 women, so I’m never going to be happy unless I pick my own. I also appreciated that if a diplomat was assassinated they mentioned it in the book.

19. The Epic of Gilgamesh: 5/5 stars. I learned about the Epic of Gilgamesh back when I was a itty-bitty sophomore in high school. I remember being so intrigued and would draw my gay ass characters as the Harlot and Endurk. I think I still have the drawings somewhere and they’re cringey. I bought the book and it’s been sitting on my shelf for YEARS. I did a deep clean of my bookshelves last night from 11:30 pm - 4:30 am, and this morning I just wanted to read since I haven’t been able to for months. I loved it! I love creation myths, old myths from “lost” cultures, plus the language was hella gay in this story. It’s a short 61 pages, so if you have like an hour or two and are in the mood for some myths baby, pick it up!

20. The Making of Pride and Prejudice: 4/5 stars. This book is chalked full of interviews from staff, actors, photos of the sets, and a bit too long section on the director and writers moaning about a script. I loved the photos of the behind the scenes and reading Colin Firth’s reluctancy to take, arguably, his most iconic role because he didn’t care for classical movies. Thought they were boring. Really a cool book to have if you’re a big Pride and Prejudice 1995 fan.

21. Greek Myths: 2/5 stars. I love the artwork in this book, but the author shows a lack of research when he writes the Roman names for the greek gods. I’m all fine with showing a Roman cultural story, but if you’re writing a Greek Myths story, BITCH use the Greek names!!! If it wasn’t for the artwork, this book would be traaash.

22. Wicked: 5/5 stars. I’ve been in a reading rut for almost a month where I’ve felt unmotivated to do anything. Since going back to brief counseling and getting my head on straight again, I’ve felt the motivation to read. I’m also doing the 2019 OWLS for a Wandmaker and this was one of my assignments. I absolutely loved Wicked. The musical came in last month and it reinvigorated my love for the show. I’ve been wanting to read the book, it’s been haunting me for awhile and I found a back of the Wicked series for 5 dollars at my library sale. Snatched that bitch up. I read this 408 pages in two weeks, probably would have in a week but school. God, I related so much to Elphaba. Not so much the whole, feeling like she has no soul, but taking school seriously and not making friends, coming from a religious family and rebelling, feeling like she’s responsible for her whole family, (not feeling like she’s attractive) and seeing her growth and becoming more comfortable with herself really made me feel better about myself? It’s a super dark book, but it’s great. It’s really great.

23. A Children’s Guide to the Night Sky: 4/5 stars. This was essentially the condensed and easier version of my Stars and Cosmology course I took two years ago!! I sped read this and some of the greek myths they described were dumb down/removed the queerness of it. Which is why I took off a whole star.

24. The Life-Changing Manga of Tidying Up: 5/5 stars. Hello Marie Kondo. Everyone is on a cleaning kick/obsessed with Marie Kondo. I liked this comic because it was short and also made her book in a bite size, story drive style. I liked its simplistic form!

25. Julian is a Mermaid: 5/5 stars. I’ve had my eye on this book for a year, ever since it was announced in Goodreads’ monthly list. I found the last copy and snatched it up. I like the muted colors, the art style, the different bodies, and letting little boys know it’s ok to dress up as mermaids or anything feminized. A great message!!!

26. Kiss Number 8: 5/5 stars. This is one of those random comics I saw in the new releases and the cover caught my eye. I read the first few pages and decided to buy it. I loved it as it’s a coming out story but the main story isn’t revolved around coming out. It’s about the complicated nature of family, coming out through the years, and trans themes. I know some people say this book and the characters are transphobic due to misgendering and dead names used, but the main character is catholic. Her family are mega catholic. She’s going to a catholic school. Of course there’s going to be misgendering and dead names used! It’s how people naturally react to news. If you’re super sensitive, I wouldn’t read this book, but I loved it to bits. I held it to my chest like I do rarely with those books that give you the warm feels.

27. Elephi - The Cat with the High IQ: 5/5 stars. This was a book I grabbed at a close down sale. It’s about Elephi who sees a small fiat car abandoned in the snow outside and decides to use his brains to get the car inside the fifth story apartment. The author really knows how cats act and I felt like all the mannerisms were perfect for a year old cat(kitten). Really a cute book that I read in 40 minutes??

28. One Happy Tiger: 4/5 stars. A book about a tiger counting friends. Cute. It’s a children’s book. Not too substantial in anything.

29. The Language of Thorns: 5/5 stars. Ok WOW. I bought this about a year ago during B&N’s signed deals where they just had a ton of books signed by the authors. I’ve seen this book floating around on BookTube for awhile and I decided to check it out at the bookstore. The illustrations sold me and I bought it. Imagine the already dark Grimm’s fairy tales, but darker. More context for the characters: Ursula, the Nutcracker, Hansel and Gretel but if Gretel was the only one at home. Really amazing stories and if you’re interested in dark, pretty illustrations that change with each page, pick it up!

30. Satoko and Nada vol 1: 5/5 stars. Ramona and I went to B&N yesterday, just sitting around like two useless gays reading a bunch of manga. This is one she picked out and told me to read it. You know me, as a white academic I am constantly on the lookout for narratives that aren’t white and can educate me. This was one of them! Satoko is from Japan while Nada is from Saudi Arabia, both are exchange students in the US. Their friendship, learning about each other’s cultures is so fucking cute. ;0;

31: I Hear the Sunspot vol 1: 4/5 stars. I docked this down from a 5 star rating because it just jumps into a established plot. I had no idea if this was a continuation from another series or if the author purposefully just threw us in the mix of an established gay relationship but they’re not really (they are but they’re confused) with some flashbacks that looks like it came from another volume? But despite those factors, the art is gorgeous. The characters are well developed and have complex background and stories to tell (one of the main characters has a degenerative hearing issue and will eventually become deaf).

32. Building Writing Center Assessments that Matter: 4/5 stars. This was a required text I had for a independent study I was a part of where I created a assessment of the climate of where I worked. This is a great resource in learning how to build assessments from scratch, and if you’ve never conducted one. I found the information they gave was limited to assessment of students who use the a writing center, while my assessment was more focused on how safe, valued, and heard those who currently work in the space feel. A great way to step into assessments!

33. Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom: 4/5 stars. This was the first fictionalized piece of Slyvia Plath I’ve read. I can understand why it wasn’t published at first. There’s a lot of loose ends. Why was Mary going to the Ninth Kingdom? Why is everyone so placant in going to a “hell” type place? Also what the hell was the ending and her running away? This story left a lot to be answered, but I also love that about this short story.

34. Momo to Manji Vol 2: 5/5 stars. Volume two of one of my favorite historical yaoi mangas. It’s still hasn’t been fully translated just yet but I love it all the same!! So many complex characters, relationships!

35. Sweet Blue Flowers Vol 1. 5/5 stars. The first edition of a 5 volume series. Ramona told me to read this and I devoured the first book! Wholesome young girls falling in love with each other! Boyish girls who are heartthrobs! Unrequited love galore! Definitely going to check out the rest of the volumes!

36. Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me: 5/5 stars. Man. This comic took me through a roller coaster of feelings. First it kind of made me miss the constant interactions I had with people in junior high and high school. It also reminded me heavily of my first gf and I wondered if she and her friends viewed me as Laura Dean (in terms of being too cool. I never cheated lmao. And always just out of reach). It made me melancholy for a younger me who was also hopeless in love with their best friend. It was a wild ride, but one I recommend wholeheartedly!

37. Lovable Lyle: 5/5 stars. I’ve been looking at this little crocodile for awhile and I’ve come to the conclusion he is me. This book was silly but heartwarming as Lyle is beloved but suddenly receives letters from his sworn enemy. They try to ignore it, but they are persistent until they catch the culprit. Fucking ridiculous story but I loved every second.

38. The Great American Pin-Up: 5/5 stars. It was really cool how they sectioned off each famous artist of pin-ups. Some of them were tasteful nudes, semi-nudes, or lingerie teasing moments. As someone who is both gay and used to draw pin-up girls, this is a great reference!!!!

39. Drawing the R.A.F.: 5/5 stars. This book is one of those rarer finds. A british artist was commissioned to draw the officers of the R.A.F. in the middle of World War II. Some portraits are far better than others, but the worser ones are attached with amazing stories. Such as a 6”6’ pilot having to be physically shoved in a spitfire. These are fantastic and the art work is really beautiful.

40. Where’s Will? 4/5 stars. Where’s Will is a William Shakespeare version of Where’s Waldo. The art is beautiful and the hidden characters are extremely clever. However, I remember so often spending hours upon hours trying to find Waldo and the extreme satisfaction of finally finding him. Where’s Will I could find him within 5 minutes. It never went long enough to the point I feel worn and frustrated and finding several more interesting characters. He stood out more than he should and I flew through this book that Waldo would find insulting! But the illustrations are beautiful!

41. Carr’s Pocket Books - Florence Nightingale: 4/5 stars. This mini collection of Nightingale’s journals throughout her life is really interesting. As a woman who revolutionized what it meant to be a nurse and nurse practices, it was nice to see her own words from age 9 to 90. She was an elegant little girl with her writing and she showed wisdom beyond her years. Did I learn anything substantial about her work? No. But I did come to know her on a far more personal level that I appreciate.

42. Carr’s Pocket Books - How Horatius Kept the Bridge: 5/5 stars. Another one of these small pocket sized books I bought in Oundle, England. I don’t know why, but I’ve just been desperate to go through my books and get rid of any and all that don’t speak to me anymore. I also just want to read, a lot. This was part of my kick this week, trying to get through as many as possible. This poem story is about Roman soldier Horatius and how he single handedly took the Bridge against the Greeks. It’s a military triumphant, silly, and mystical, but I really enjoyed the structure of it. It was short and sweet.

43. Echoland: 3.5/5 stars. Echoland follows Arvid, a 12 year old Norwegian boy who visits his grandparents in Denmark for the summer. However, he’s growing up and he’s realizing that his parents are strained for some reason, his sister is too grown for him, and his grandparents are getting older. This book was confusing. It was short, quick, and I think younger children would enjoy this book more than me. It deals with more adult themes but through the eyes of a 12 year old. However, I found a lot of the storyline to be confusing: Why does Arvid not want to be touched? Why are his parents fighting?? Why does he hate all the men in his family? Why is he pushing everyone away? Why are his parents putting up with his attitude? There are a LOT of questions I have and there’s no real answer to be found. Maybe it’s the author’s style, but I found the story to be not as believable, but still enjoyable.

44. Mathilda. 2.5/5 stars. Mathilda was an audiobook I listened to as I suddenly got a migraine at around 6 pm and it didn’t let up until around midnight. The last three hours I’ve been listening to it. I thought this was Matilda from Roald Dahl but was instead by Mary Shelley herself. This was a very bizarre story. I really enjoyed the first half of the story which is about Mathilda writing a final letter to her best friend upon her deathbed. She’s retelling him her tragic story and how the death of her father was her fault. Her childhood was very bleak, touch starved as her mother died and her father abandoned her to his half sister. Her half sister wasn’t warm to her and saw her as a pest, which had Mathilda growing up til she was 16 without a father. Suddenly her father decided to return and within 2 months of his return her aunt dies, and now she’s in his custody. At first everything is fine, until her father starts to lash out at her and is very distant. He at first wants Mathilda to replace her mother and then rejects the idea. They go for a walk and Mathilda presses her father to tell her his deep secret and why he hates her all of a sudden. He refuses until she presses on and then he tells her that he lusts for her. She freaks out, he almost dies in the woods from shame, and then he leaves the next morning. Mathilda is then angry because SHE wanted to leave her father, but because he’s abandoning her again she chases after him. She finds him dead in a hotel room and then Mathilda begins to resent life and living. The story was great up until she decides to chase her father after he leaves her. It became a jumbled mess and Mathilda herself says her mind is a little mad with her decisions. The story started off as an intrigue with beauty descriptions, intense, and then just went bat shit crazy. The story ended on beautiful reflections on nature and how death is not beautiful for those living, but it really lost me. The last hour was a drag. I would definitely suggest listening to it if you have a migraine!

45. Megume to Tsugumi: 5/5 stars. Gay comic, lmao.

46. Golden Sparkle: 5/5 stars. I don’t remember the plot but it was cute.

47. Maltese Falcon: 2/5 stars. I was forced to read this for a film and literature class. Everyone was ranting and raving how the main character should be a male role model but that’s extremely stupid. Look, I love bad male representation (looking at you James Bond), but he was just trash. I get this is a famous crime novel, but GOD. It’s bad.

48. Maiden & Princess: 5/5 stars. This was about a maiden going to a ball who everyone thought she would marry the Prince. Except she and the Prince are best friends and she really fell in love with his sister. We love pride month books!

49. Prince & Knight: 5/5 stars. A gender-swap of Maiden & Princess except this was a Prince who goes off to slay a dragon to save his kingdom only to fall in love with a knight and marry him. SO GOOD.

50. Komi Can’t Communicate, Vol. 1: 4/5 stars. My friend Ramona told me to read this volume since she read it and loved it. While I loved the art and Komi, the story line was just a tad flat for me. It’s a really fun series if you like high school semi-romance but mostly heavy on friendship~!

51. What was Stonewall? 3/5 stars. This was one of those children informative books where they retell a piece of history. I thought this was great for children who know nothing about Stonewall but are hearing it from Drag Queens or in June for Pride History Month. I thought the information about Stonewall was short and concise and also good for children, however the book did verge off point and talk about other points of history as well as random actors who are gay. This is good, but it isn’t Stone wall, you know?

52. Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag: 4/5 stars. I watched Milk and I cried at the end. I’ve been wanting to know more about how Milk created our Pride Flag and this was another one of those books where it’s curated for children. So I appreciate the run down version it gives us, but they had to “modify” what the stripes mean, such as purple being Sexuality. Let kids hear the unfiltered truth!

53. TBH #1: TBH, This Is So Awkward: 4/5 stars. This was in the teen new released section and it’s a book of text messages. I hated this book, but also was way too invested in it when I was reading it out loud to my date. It’s just a bunch of middle school people sending love notes, getting the Valentine’s Day dance cancelled because they won’t stop using their phone and their principal said “Social Decency.” And then it ended by one of the girls bringing the valentine’s day dance back by creating a Task Force to enforce no texting during school. It was fucking wild and I loved every page I flipped through and wrote in.

54. Adaptations from Short Story to Big Screen: 4/5 stars. I liked it well enough, it was a textbook so I didn’t really read the stories in-depth. However, there are two stories I absolutely love which are Field of Dreams and Smoke Signals.

55. Our Father Who Art in a Tree: 5/5. I loved this book. It’s very true to the experience of what it’s like to be depressed and the first few months of deep grief. While I didn’t lose my parent until my teenage years and my brothers were older, but the strained relationships grief causes is so fucking poignant.

56. Little Miss P: 5/5 stars. I know it’s strange, because it’s a man writing a book about periods, but this was an excellent book. It really showcased the love-hate relationship women have with their periods and also sometimes accurate representations of what it feels like.

57. Ginza Neon Paradise: 4/5 stars. I don’t remember reading this manga! (I’m updating my book list after some months)

58. Na Leo I Ka Makani/Voices on the Wind: 5/5 stars. A book of history and photos of native Hawaiians, royals, and other cultural aspects important to the island. Some really cool photos.

59. Satoko & Nada vol. 2: 5/5 stars. Satoko and Nada are back again, continuing on with their studies and friendship. This book still continues to teach westerners some cool Eastern values while the main characters are learning about each other as well. I think the 3rd volume will come out soonish and that might be the end!!! I love this little series!

60. Annie on My Mind: 5/5 stars. One of the first lesbian novels to show a happy ending with the characters. It’s very much a high school love story and first real love. There were some parts of the story that were absolutely aggravating, painfully embarrassing, but also really heart warming. It’s a queer foundational book in literature, and if you’re interested in the history of queer literature, this should be on your list.

61. Killing Stalking: 5/5 stars. The comic finally ended. I started reading it in 2016 and finished in 2019. God was it a ride. It was full of conflicting feelings, creepiness, and an ending that leaves the reader confused, fulfilled, and also not fulfilled at the same time. I wouldn’t suggest reading it for those who are squeamish with gore, violence, and dark sexual themes, but it’s a fantastic read into what it’s like to experience stockholm syndrome and intense violent trauma.

62. Go for it, Nakamura!: 5/5 stars. A high school student falls in love with his popular classmate, but his classmate doesn’t know he exists! A cute gay book about falling in love, making friends, and pushing yourself to achieve your goals!

63. The Great Gatsby: 4/5 stars. The next two books are books I listened to while deep cleaning my room. It took me two days to fully clean my room, and this was also a challenge for my N.E.W.T.S 2019. I remember reading this book in high school and liking, and I think I lent out my copy and never saw it again. I bought it recently and decided to give it a re-read/listen. I think reading the book would have made it more engaging to me, but I found the themes to not be as impressive as an adult. Maybe it’s because I can’t relate to the characters or their choices are so dumb that I just can’t believe it anymore, but it was still entertaining to listen to. The narrator was great!

64. Emma (Narrated by Emma Thompson): 5/5 stars. This feels a bit like cheating because this rendition was not only abridged, but also had live actors. I’m very familiar with Emma, and Emma Thompson as the narrator was a genius move. However, do I feel like I read/listened to Emma? Not really.

65. Fresh Romance, Vol. 1: 4/5 stars. Half of the stories were very confusing and not very good. However, I really loved two stories about a Regency marriage and a spin off of Beauty and the Beast. I would read this volume just for those additions.

66. Pilu of the Woods: 5/5 stars. A cute story about emotions, friendship, and the woods. It even has a recipe on the back I want to read it!! The colors and characters are adorable. The storyline might not be as solid, but it’s a great read!

67. Ou-same to Puppy Love: 5/5 stars. A foreign prince falls in love with a neat-freak government official. Queue stupid boys in love!

68. Sugar Days: 5/5 stars. Childhood best friends, one small and manly, one tall and feminine, both love each other without having the courage to tell the other!!!! Very cute!!!!!

69. The Tea Dragon Society: 5/5 stars. I remember seeing this book a year ago and how everyone was ranting and raving about it. However, I never bought it or saw it. My best friend brought it over the other day for me to read and I could finally see what the fuss was about. QUEER CHARACTERS, LITTLE DRAGONS WITH TEA LEAVES GROWING OFF OF THEM, MULTIPLE REPRESENTATION!!!! IT’S SO GOOOOOD!

70. Luminous Animal: 5/5 stars. A jazz poetry book. It’s interesting how Tony Moffeit can write the same theme over and over, with the same lines but in different poems with different perspectives. It was really cool!

71. Still Mostly True: 5/5 stars. A weird poetry book that has philosophy and deep meaning poems with also weird ass drawings. However, my poetry book had inscriptions from someone else to their friend. The inscriptions were sometimes very annoying, but also kind of heartwarming how this friend made sure her friend knew she was thinking of her and loving her.

72. Sky, Wind, and Stars. 5/5 stars. A poetry book that was a Korean activist who was murdered by the Japanese through medical experiments for his radical poetry. We watched the movie in my Korean History through film class, and I loved it to bits I wanted to read his poetry. The movie downplayed just how radical his poetry was. Even as a English speaker, I can clearly see the activism, Korean pride that was written during the Japanese occupation. It was a wonderful poetry book, and an important one to Koreans at that. If you have the chance to read it, please do.

73. Memoirs of a Geisha: 5/5 stars. Haley (one of my bffs) recommended me this book like 3 years ago. It’s her favorite and I kept saying I would read it. August was the N.E.W.T.S. challenge and this fit the category of “audiobook” as I listened to a fan read audio of it and then had to read the last 7 chapters. I completely see where my friend finds inspiration in her writing from this book! I really loved the sad story, the harsh reality of Japan, even if this book was more on the idealized version of WWII in Japan and how Geishas were. Some of the thinking of Chiyo I feel could be chalked up to white men ideal sexualization, but overall I really enjoyed this book! Plus the fan who read it was really into her characters and she made the experience really fun.

74. Be Prepared: 5/5 stars. When you’re poor, Russian, and have the All-American-Girls as your best friends, life is extremely hard. No one likes your Russian food, the smallness of your home, and listening to a language not their own. VERA NEEDS SOME FUCKING NEW FRIENDS. As someone whose best friend is Russian, has a sister-in-law who is Russian, and a nephew learning to speak Russian, some people are really insensitive and it drives me nuts. I know a lot of people are upset with this book because it’s not a “full memoir” and yet is described as a memoir. I’ll just pose the question, can you remember 1 month straight at 10 years old, from people to dialogue? No? Yeah, cut the book some slack. This has great representation in terms of Russian culture and learning through it from little Russian eyes.

75. Kiraide Isasete: 5/5 stars. It’s another gay manga.

76. I married my best friend to shut up my parents: 4/5 stars. While I appreciate this story is light-hearted, it seems a bit far fetched for my taste. Also the main character doesn’t believe she’s gay, so I find it hard that a) she would actually get married and b) would just readily fall in love with her friend when she’s literally had no sexual desire for anyone. But other than that, it’s a ridiculous love story and it’s to the point!

78. Heartstopper V.2: 5/5 stars. I already read this awhile ago but I finally got my copy! So I’m just putting it in my list!

79. Raven: 5/5 stars. Raven is the first installment of the origins of the Teen Titans characters. I really loved this novel since Raven has always been a dark character in the original show. This book explores her experience with death, coming to terms with her birth origins, and New Orleans with ancient magic. A great start to a series I’m looking forward to reading the rest of!

80. Heartless. 4/5 stars. A child is taken care of by a succubus (male) after a religious cult burns down a hospital to get rid of the succubus. This story is intense in the gore and horror, but pretty light in plot. There’s no real driving force behind the characters and what they do, no explanation, it’s all just there for the reader to assume it just happened. But the characters were dynamic and interesting with superhuman powers and abilities.

81. The Adventure Zone Vol. 2: 5/5 stars. Every time I see Madame Director I sigh in relief because she exactly looks how I envisioned her while listening to the podcast many years ago. The story line is short, I feel like some of the build up jokes are lost or the frustration Griffin has with his brothers and dad that make the podcast so hilarious are missing, but it’s a really beautiful comic and also a great way for people to start listening to TAZ and MBMBAM

82: The Wind in the Willow: 4/5 stars. An audiobook I listened to. I had the paperback but it was too much reading for my mind for a classic children book. When I found the option on Libby, I listened to it as I started my preparations for the start of my final semester as an undergraduate! It went by fast, the actors were in their characters and there were some songs performed. I really enjoyed it, even if Mr. Toad is ANNOYING AS FUCK. Would recommend for those wanting to kill 2 hours of their time.

83. Classmates: 5/5 stars. High school sweethearts? Can’t express their feelings well? Uh, sign me the FUCK uP.

84-108. W Juliet: 5/5 stars. I haven’t read W Juliet since I was in 7th grade. I remember that I loved it so much that when I was in high school I began collecting the volumes and proudly put it on my shelf. I used to have two bookshelves worth of manga, and when I grew older I sold them but only kept two series: Marmalade Boy and W Juliet (I’m gonna read Marmalade Boy next). I’ve been wanting to reread W Juliet recent and revisit Mako and Ito’s silliness, and with the long weekend I did. I was not prepared for the analysis it would give me to my own life. Like, holy shit. This manga series was so important in developing me who I was as a kid, (some of them very mild kinks that my rp friends are subjected to), the loss Ito has and her issues with gender and like 100000% me and how I don’t like masculine guys at all with their toxicity (hello Mako, you summer child boy). I honestly want to do a fucking research paper on this series with an analysis of myself because of how much I love this series and how I connect to it. You can bet your ass this manga is coming with me for the rest of my life.

109-117. Marmalade Boy: 3/5 stars. Marmalade Boy was the manga that started it all. I remember being 8, having found the manga section with my best friend, and we decided to share reading Marmalade Boy. I was so captivated by the story that I made her wait in the car at her house, refusing to let her have the book until I finished it. It was the final of the volume, and it wouldn’t be another 3 years until I read the series OUT OF ORDER. I kept rereading this series, picking it up, I remember it felt like watching a movie. As an adult? God this series is really awful. The characters are very annoying, the teacher is very creepy, the plot moves WAY too quickly, and no one knows what consent is. It’s fucking insane. 1-7 volume is trash, but the 8th volume really put to life in the characters. For one, they’re older, it's been a few years, and they can step back from the crazy lives of high school. If it wasn’t for the sheer nostalgia, I would be giving these books away. But you gotta pay respect to those books that introduced you to life changing moments.

118. Ouji to Kotori. 4/5 stars. An art student, a prince who buys him, trying to escape, foreign lands, a story that has a “romantic” but is open ended. I liked the flow of the story, the art, and the characters were actually believable.

119. Mean Girls Club. 3.5/5 stars. Mean Girls Club is a 1950s tale of girls rising against the patriarchy through sex, survivor, drugs, and murder. The art style is amazing. But the story line is flat and feels rushed. Not a favorite, but still pretty enjoyable.

120. Grumpy Monkey. 5/5 stars. Grumpy Monkey is the story of a monkey who wakes up grumpy. Despite everyone not believing he can be so grumpy on a beautiful day, him denying that he’s grumpy, and getting angry at people telling him HE’S grumpy, is such a goddamn mood. Nothing pisses me off more than people telling me my mood. You don’t know me. Fuck off. Anyways, this also felt like a mental health book for kids, letting them know it's ok to NOT feel ok. As long as someone is willing to listen and not wanting to fix your grumpiness.

121. Dia de los Muertos. 4/5 stars. A children’s informational book about the Day of the Dead. Short, simple, great education.

123. Wild Cherry. 4/5 stars. Wild Cherry is a poetry book I’ve been totting around for 2 months but have had no energy to pick it up. I’ve been very depressed that I haven’t had time to read, and despite me falling asleep right now, I forced myself to read it. It felt very repetitive after a while with her constant calling back to long lost love, death, and April, but I appreciated the 1923 themes that were NO doubt soo popular.

124. Through the Woods: 5/5 stars. A horror comic book that reminds me a lot of “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.” I lent it to my co-worker since he loves these types of stories!

125. Dancing with Mr. Darcy: 1/5 stars. I read the first story which was Jane Austen crossing the River Styx and facing her judgement and then I tried to read the rest and it was all so fucking boring??? I put the book down and will not be continuing.

126. The Night Diary: 5/5 stars. So this was an audiobook I listened to during the week I had awful vertigo. I couldn’t go to work or university and I laid on the couch, glasses off, just listening to this story. If it hadn’t been read to me, I don’t think I would have loved it as much. It follows Nisha who is forced to leave after WWII when India is split into New India and Pakistan. All muslims are allowed to stay, but all Hindus must leave for New India because of territorial wars. It follows the dreadful path during the desert, the violence they faced, and the child’s innocence slowly being robbed from her. It’s all told through Nisha’s diary who pens it to her mother. The voice actor did a wonderful job.

127. We Contain Multitudes: 5/5 stars. Tiny twink nerd falls in love with Giant Jock football star. And then he falls in love with the nerd and they’re hormonal and coming out and angst with love. I understand why people are upset with the novel: the plot twist seems like a total cop out that the author placed and a 15 year old dating a 18 year old can get borderline statutoary rape. However, I absolutely loved this book. It was refreshing to have a “coming out” narrative that wasn’t focused on coming out, but rather these two boys falling in love through letters, reading the cringe of HS romances, and desperately following these boys through it all. It’s definitely a favorite I read this year!

128. Lovely War: 4/5 stars. This is the third book I read while going through vertigo, and my second audiobook. It’s set during WWI, following two love narratives but told through the perspectives of the Greek God. It was really refreshing, the voice acting was excellent, and I really enjoyed listening while dizzy constantly. I would have given in a 5 star rating, but near the end, Hazel’s pixie-manic girl stereotype was getting out of hand and her hypocrisy was really fucking annoying. However, up until that point, I really enjoyed it and recommended it to several friends!

129. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge: 4.5/5 stars. I really struggled not giving this book five stars, but I thought some of the narration and story-telling could have done a tiny bit better. This was a great audiobook to listen to while I packed and finished projects before my plane ride to my first ever work conference. I was bummed out that I couldn’t listen to this audiobook on the plane because Libby requires wifi, but I really enjoyed the fantasy comedy of this book (even though fantasy tends to be a topic I don’t dare approach because it just through you into a world with no explanation). 10/10 would recommend to strangers on the street.

130. Aaron and Ahmed: 4/5 stars. I read this books during my great “aaaAH I’M GRADUATING TIME IS UNREAL” So these will be short. A story about after 9/11 and the brutality American soldiers went to gain answers, even if there were none.

131. The Tea Dragon Festival: 5/5 stars. Dragons? Tea? LGTB+? Who could ask for more??

132. Roadqueen: Eternal Roadtrip to Love: 5/5 stars. Lesbians calling out how trashy other lesbians treat girls who generally like them. “Fuck Boy” was used a lot and I loved this.

133. Skull-face Bookseller vol. 1: 5/5 stars. A skeleton tries to sell manga and explores the crazy customers who come in, the social mistakes foreigners make with Japanese booksellers, and Honda-san doing her best to survive in her job.

134-136. Beastars Vol 1-3: 5/5 stars. I saw a bit of the anime and realized there was a manga. I bought the two volumes I could and then the third one from amazon. I really enjoyed this series and look forward to reading it more!

137. I hear the Sunspot Vol 2: 5/5 stars. It’s nice to see the couple going on, even if its GUT-WRENCHING and stupid how they refuse to communicate!!!!! But it hits hard topics of the community for the hard of hearing and functioning in a world where signing is considered not important enough to teach.

138. Pink: 5/5 stars. A sex worker who spends all her money feeding her alligator and the trouble she gets into. Weird art style and at first I opened this book and didn’t buy it. 3 months later, decided to buy it and I adored it.

139: Restless: 4/5 stars. I don’t remember much about it, but I think it was cute. Maybe boyfriends find each other again?

140. How can one sell the air?: 5/5 stars. I’ve had this “calling” to start really reading native american stories and heritage. This is a controversial book with Suquamish people as they either see their leader finally giving up or instilling courage to stay firm even as the world does their best to destroy them. I really enjoyed reading his speech.

141. Skull-face Bookseller Vol. 2: 5/5 stars. Honda-san comes back again with her friends and exploring working in the shop with more crazy customers but also with her new found fame being a manga artist.

142. Gold Rush Women: 4/5 stars. A lot of white women with these narratives, which was disappointing since most of the Gold Rush Women were indegenious or came from other areas of the world rather than just Europe or East America. Wish there were more stories on the black, mexican, indegineous, or chinese women who were forced into slavery or abused or helped create the west.

143. No one is too small to make a difference: 5/5 stars. Greta Thornberg amazes me. Here we have a 15 year old with aspergers who is doing her best to inspire scientists, politicians, and anyone in the world to take charge of our climate change issues. It also amazes me how many people are threatened by a 15 year old and she’s forced to repeat herself in her speeches because people refuse to listen to what she has to say. She’s amazing.

144. Ookami he no Yomeiri: 3.5/5 stars A bunny and a wolf get married. What more can I say?

145. Monody: 3/5 stars: Monody is a strange poetry book. The lyrical writing leaves lacking in terms of uniqueness and deep thought, but aesthetically it is beautiful. Blue font paired with geographical maps of Reno, Nevada, the poetry book comes off more of an art piece.

146. Usagi no Mori: 3/5 stars. Uhmmm. Don’t remember…

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DGM 227 - Panthaleia’s Translation Notes

Hello friends, long time no see! I know things have been very quiet on the Starbuds front these last few months, but we are definitely still here and in the game! I hope you've all been enjoying everyone else's translations of Gray Log, since I’ve been flaking on that so super hard. (Sorry. In my defence, I’ve been very busy and also had pneumonia.) >__>

On with the show!

You can read the chapter HERE on Mangadex, courtesy @krorys.

1.) HOW BEAUTIFUL IS THAT COVER

SO BEAUTIFUL, RIGHT

2.) Kanda being all annoyed that Johnny didn't summon him when he needed help is just so. Overwhelming. He's come so far! Can you imagine vol. 02 Kanda, Mr. "if you fuck up have fun dying I guess", being mad because someone didn't ask him for help? His character arc has been so damn satisfying.

3.) Tiedoll's greeting in Japanese was "Yaa," which I had to struggle not to translate as "yo" or "sup." Cool as a cucumber, that guy.

4.) Allen suspecting Johnny and Kanda of still being loyal to the Order stung so much. This from the guy who's been willing to trust the literal enemy in the past. Seeing him reduced to suspecting Johnny, who is so obviously genuinely devoted to him (to the point of dropping his entire life to follow him), is so upsetting. :((

5.) That "culprit invocating this prison carriage" line is going to haunt me, oh my god. I know it doesn't sound like something anyone would ever say in English, I know, but it was honestly the best I could do. The original Japanese was this: 目の前にこの檻馬車を発動してる張本人がいるんです Me no mae ni kono oribasha wo hatsudoushiteru chouhonnin ga irun desu

Oribasha is an invented compound of "prison/gaol" and "carriage," chouhonnin means "perpetrator/ringleader/originator," and of course hatsudou is the word used throughout the series for the invocation of Innocence. I could not find a way to translate that less literally and still keep all the meaning, so I had to lean more literal than readable this time. Sigh.

6.) Yes, I realize that "kick his ass and bust out" is rather Red-like of Allen, despite the Mana-like tone of much of the rest of his lines in this chapter, but uh.

ぶっとばして逃げるに決ってるでしょ Buttobashite nigeru ni kimatteru desho

I didn't take all that many liberties with this one, tbh. It’s a very shounen line.

7.) Ohhhh nooooo, Krory. ;A; Chaozii won't mind fighting Allen at all, considering his opinion of our bleeding heart hero, but Krory obviously minds very much and I'm really worried that Allen won't manage to give them the slip and he'll have to fight against his friends in the Order directly. That would be excruciating, soooo Hoshino's probably drawing it as we speak.

8.) Kanda and Allen snarking at each other while trying to murder each other (but not murder Johnny) in a magic carriage driven by fairy godmother Tiedoll is pretty much everything I've ever wanted in my life. The end, bye.

9.) Allen saying hurtful things in order to push them away for their own safety is so painful but also so so lovely. He's too good for his own good, honestly. And then realizing what he’d done but miserably sticking to his guns. I could weep.

10.) Can I just point that Kanda has like half a dozen speech bubbles in a row that are just [GRITTED TEETH] followed by an insult and then a threat of violence. That pretty much sums up my boy's way with the world, doesn't it.

11.) Honestly, thank god Johnny's here. They'd never get anywhere without him to mediate between their high-strung, dysfunctional asses.

12.) The whole page with Tiedoll gently and teasingly encouraging Kanda to talk to someone like a human being is just beautiful. He's just like "hey I know you're super bad at this but it's a skill you're about to need a lot soooo do your best my son! I believe in u!" Best fairy godmother.

13.) Oh my god, the """"""salt."""""" I hadn't slept the night before and was literally so out of it when I got to this page that I didn't realize it wasn't actually salt until way later and it was awful. I actually thought at first that Johnny and Allen had misheard Tiedoll's shoikomu (to shoulder something, take it on, see something through) as shiokomu (shio = salt), and had a whole punny wordplay there regarding "betraying the salt," but blessed @togaochi gently steered me back to reality. After that we just made terrible salt jokes and now I need someone to photoshop Tiedoll's face onto Salt Bae because of reasons.

ETA: The splendiferous @krorys comes through again:

14.) I love how Kanda asks what the fuck Apocryphos is and then... answers his own question, lmao? He actually might know more than Allen at this point, I think?? At least until Allen recovers all his memories. So I have to wonder if Kanda only asked his questions to ease his way into telling Allen that Tim had ~returned to dust~ because he knew Allen would be really sad and wasn’t looking forward to it.

15.) Relatedly, if Allen ends up crying on someone's shoulder in the next chapter I will Die.

16.) That last line of narration on the last page:

相棒の変わり果てた姿。。。 Aibou no kawarihateta sugata...

Togaochi saved my ass again here, because I initially translated this as if it were something homophonous with it but with one different kanji:

相棒の代わり果てた姿。。。 Aibou no kawari hateta sugata...

Which would have meant "The form of that which met its end in its partner's place."

Kawarihateta as a compound verb, however, means "to have changed form completely," as in "to have become unrecognizable." Which actually is not as firm about Tim being permadead as I thought it was at first. There's still some hope! Some!!

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In summary, this chapter was a gift from on high and I loved working on it. I love working on this series more and more every time a new one comes out, honestly. I'm so grateful to the rest of Starbuds for making this possible. I love you guys, and I'm looking forward to our future endeavours so much. ♥ @panthaleia out~

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Indigenous Participation in D-Day and the Second World War – Active History

By: Shawkay Ottmann

Indigenous veteran Clarence Silver as soon as stated, “When I served overseas I was a Canadian. When I came home I was an Indian.”[1] These two strains illustrate the Indigenous expertise in the Second World War. Indigenous troopers fought in all major battles Canada participated in, including D-Day, aspect by aspect with non-Indigenous soldiers. The distinction was in the state of affairs Indigenous soldiers came from and returned.

D-Day, 6 June 1944, was a pivotal day in the Second World War. When the Allied forces landed on five seashores in Normandy it signaled the beginning of the finish of Nazi Germany. Likewise, the conflict was pivotal for Indigenous peoples in the battle for Indigenous rights and equality. In each conditions, these experiences turned decisive influences in the course of history.

Reportedly there were three,090 Canadian Indigenous individuals in the Second World War. This quantity solely reflects a portion of those who served. Métis, Inuit, and Non-Status First Nations individuals have been excluded from the rely, along with Indigenous individuals who served in American Forces.[2] Amongst those who served and have been present on D-Day have been Francis William Godon, a Métis man in the Royal Winnipeg Rifles, George Horse from Thunderchild First Nation who joined the Elite Sapper Battalion, and Tom Naphtahli “Little Chief” Settee with The Regina Rifle Regiment.

Francis Godon (on right) with two of his buddies at Shilo, Manitoba, simply earlier than going abroad, 1943. Picture from Francis Godon by way of The Memory Challenge.

The primary barrier Indigenous peoples faced was at enlistment. Indigenous peoples primarily served in the infantry, both on account of the quantity of manpower the infantry required and the entrance restrictions many Indigenous individuals could not cross in other branches of the army. Each the air pressure and the navy initially required enlistees to be white.[3] Additionally, meeting the instructional normal was a challenge for many Indigenous individuals. In Godon’s group, the white faculty wouldn’t admit Indigenous youngsters, and so Godon was rejected from the army 3 times earlier than he discovered a place in the army kitchens and ultimately labored his approach into the infantry.[4] It was only after making it into the infantry that the Indigenous expertise was just like the non-Indigenous expertise. Certainly, becoming a member of the army provided new freedoms to Indigenous peoples, most noticeably from the rampant discrimination confronted in Canadian society.

As such, Godon and Horse have been like many Canadian soldiers who didn’t see action previous to D-Day. Godon educated on the Isle of Wight earlier than boarding the ship taking him to Normandy, and Horse educated off the coast of Scotland. Each men knew that they have been coaching for an invasion, however the particulars beyond that have been minimal. Godon stated, “we knew we were going to the invasion, but we didn’t know where.”[5] The secrecy that surrounded the assault was properly guarded to take care of the factor of surprise. Horse stated, “The Germans thought we were going to cross at Dover to Calais but we landed… where they least expected us.”[6]

On D-Day over 155,000 British, American, and Canadian troops crossed the English Channel. On the ground, the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division and the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade have been tasked with taking Juno Seashore. 14,000 Canadians landed on the seashore that day.[7] When the time got here, the males have been loaded onto ships and taken across the English Channel. Godon recalled a commanding officer saying, “you boys now, I guess you know what you’re getting into. Well, we’ve been waiting for this, we trained for this… I’m going to tell you something that’s not very good… most of you guys won’t be coming home.”[8] The officer’s warning proved truthful. During the Battle of Normandy, Canadians have been to endure the highest casualties in the British Military Group, 359 soldiers dying on D-Day alone, 33 of the 359 Indigenous.[9]

All three soldiers recall men falling on the seashore. Godon described making the seashore after leaping off the touchdown craft, operating for his life, and crawling off the seashore. He said, “So you had to keep going. Which was a hard thing to do because the beach was something like ketchup…That’s how blood red the beach was.”[10] Likewise, Sofa recalled, “I don’t know how I ever made it. Guys were dropping here and there; we kept running.”[11] In what was a very widespread expertise, the seashore was a battlefield that required velocity and resulted in the deaths of many. In this occasion, the sacrifice paid off. D-Day was finally successful. Settee stated, “Finally we got into town [Courseulles-sur-Mer] and started street fighting… We held that town there. We held it.”[12] By opening a further front, D-Day gave the western Allies the foothold they wanted to liberate France and finish the conflict in Europe on 8 Might 1945.

Tommy Prince (left), Canada’s most highly adorned First Nations soldier, and Tom Settee pose collectively during training. Image from Tom Sofa by way of The Memory Undertaking.

Like when enlisting, Indigenous veterans confronted distinctive challenges upon returning to Canada. Indigenous peoples weren’t Canadian citizens however wards of the state till 1960. The Department of Indian Affairs was tasked with caring for Indigenous peoples with the final objective to “do away with the tribal system and assimilate the Indian people in all respects with the inhabitants of the Dominion…”[13] The objective was enfranchisement, which might permit for movement off reserves and the proper to vote, however would also remove an individual’s Indian Standing and access to Treaty Rights. Whereas it was not necessary to enfranchise to hitch the army, some Indian Brokers instructed it was a requirement. Those that did enfranchise have been evicted from their communities after the conflict as they have been not Standing Indians and have been subsequently not allowed to stay on reserves. For many who didn’t enfranchise, Indigenous veterans acquired no or lesser advantages in comparability to non-Indigenous veterans. This was as a result of the undeniable fact that many Indigenous veterans’ solely access to Veteran Affairs was via Indian Affairs, who have been paternalistic and continued to see Indigenous individuals as incapable of operating their very own lives.[14] As such, it took 21 years of preventing for Godon to obtain his pension after the warfare.[15] A further battle based mostly solely on Indigenousness.

On one hand, many Indigenous veterans fell into addictions after returning to Canada. As an example, Godon turned an alcoholic until his son helped him get sober.[16]

On the other, the army additionally taught Euro-Canadian discipline and management expertise that led to the information and political group required to improve communities and stand up to the Canadian authorities. This created a surge of organizations preventing for Indigenous rights and equality, led by Second World War veterans. Indigenous veterans’ leadership additionally grew on a group degree. Settee taught morals and discipline via boxing in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, helping many younger men off the streets by means of the sport. Certainly, the Tom Sofa Boxing Membership still exists in Prince Albert.[17]

Tom Sofa standing next to the portray he ready of Juno Seashore in 2010. Historica Canada.

Moreover, as a consequence of Indigenous involvement in the struggle, non-Indigenous help elevated. After preventing a struggle towards racism, Canadians have been discomforted by the remedy of Indigenous peoples in their own nation. Subsequently, with Indigenous management and non-Indigenous help, the government created the Particular Joint Committee of 1946-48, which would result in modifications in the Indian Act in 1951.[18]

D-Day was a pivotal day in the Second World War and the struggle towards Nazi Germany. Likewise, Indigenous participation in the conflict was pivotal in the battle for equality and rights in Canada for Indigenous peoples. Whereas D-Day was only the begin of the Battle of Normandy, the struggle was solely the start of a battle, persevering with an older warfare with the Canadian government to deal with Indigenous peoples as allies and sovereign nations as an alternative of wards, as that they had been prior to 1830.[19] Storming Juno Seashore required velocity and leaving the fallen behind however the struggle for Indigenous rights is far slower. It’s also a struggle in which stopping for the fallen is a necessity. In the strategy of reconciliation, the sacrifices will pay off, identical to the sacrifices of those that fell on Juno Seashore.

Shawkay Ottmann has a Main in History and a Minor in Style Design from Ryerson College. She is of combined heritage, her ancestors encapsulating the three I’s: Indigenous, Invader and Immigrant. She is Anishinaabe from Fishing Lake First Nation in Saskatchewan, as well as British, German, Polish and Norwegian.

Additional Reading:

Davison, Janet Frances. “We Shall Remember: Canadian Indians and the World War II” Dissertation. Trent University. 1993.

Godon, Francis William. “Veteran Stories: Francis William Godon” The Reminiscence Challenge. Accessed 15 April 2019. http://www.thememoryproject.com/stories/539:francis-william-godon/

Macdonald, John A. to L. Vankoughnet, January three 1887, Sessional Papers of the Dominion of Canada, Vol. 16, First Session of the Sixth Parliament, Session 1887 (No20B), p. 20B-37. Accessed February 2019. http://eco.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_08052_20_16/502?r=0&s=1

Miller, J.R., Skyscrapers Cover the Heavens. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000.

Prince Albert Day by day Herald. “Thomas Naphthali Settee”, InMemoriam.ca, 2012. Accessed Accessed 20 April 2019. http://www.inmemoriam.ca/view-announcement-292672-thomas-naphthali-settee.html

Settee, Thomas Naphtahli. “Veteran Tales: Tom Naphtahli “Little Chief” Sofa”, The Memory Challenge, Accessed 15 April 2019. http://www.thememoryproject.com/stories/2525:tom-naphtahli-little-chief-settee/

Sexsmith, Pamela. “George Horse – a veteran tells his tale”, AMMSA.com, 2003. Accessed 15 April 2019. https://ammsa.com/publications/saskatchewan-sage/george-horse-veteran-tells-his-tale

Veterans Affairs Canada. “Canada Remembers – D-Day and the Battle of Normandy”, Veterans Affairs Canada, 6 March 2019, Accessed 20 April 2019. https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/history/historical-sheets/d-day

Veterans Affairs Canada. “Outstanding Accomplishments – Branching Out”, Veterans Affairs Canada. Accessed 14 February 2019, Accessed 15 April 2019. https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/those-who-served/indigenous-veterans/native-soldiers/branching

Veterans Affairs Canada. “Two Decades Later”, Veterans Affairs Canada, 14 February 2019. Accessed 15 April 2019. https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/those-who-served/indigenous-veterans/native-soldiers/second_response

Xavier, Jules and Stag, Shilo. “Francis William Godon 1924-2019 Métis D-Day veteran passes 75 years after harrowing experience at Juno Beach”, Government of Canada, 26 February 2019. Accessed 25 April 2019. http://www.army-armee.forces.gc.ca/en/news-publications/national-news-details-no-menu.page?doc=francis-william-godon-1924-2019-metis-d-day-veteran-passes-75-years-after-harrowing-experience-at-juno-beach/jskwaa54

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[1] Janet Frances Davison, “We Shall Remember: Canadian Indians and the World War II” Dissertation. Trent University. 1993: 88. [2] Veterans Affairs Canada, “Two Decades Later”, Veterans Affairs Canada, 14 February 2019, Accessed April 15, 2019. https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/those-who-served/indigenous-veterans/native-soldiers/second_response [3] Veterans Affairs Canada, “Outstanding Accomplishments – Branching Out”, Veterans Affairs Canada, Accessed 14 February 2019, Accessed 15 April 2019. https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/those-who-served/indigenous-veterans/native-soldiers/branching [4] Francis William Godon, “Veteran Stories: Francis William Godon”, The Reminiscence Venture, Accessed 15 April 2019. http://www.thememoryproject.com/stories/539:francis-william-godon/ [5] Godon, “Veteran Stories: Francis William Godon” [6] Pamela Sexsmith, “George Horse – a veteran tells his tale”, AMMSA.com, 2003, Accessed 15 April 2019. https://ammsa.com/publications/saskatchewan-sage/george-horse-veteran-tells-his-tale [7]Veterans Affairs Canada, “Canada Remembers – D-Day and the Battle of Normandy”, Veterans Affairs Canada, 6 March 2019, Accessed 20 April 2019. https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/history/historical-sheets/d-day [8] Godon, “Veteran Stories: Francis William Godon” [9] Veterans Affairs Canada, “Canada Remembers – D-Day and the Battle of Normandy” [10] Godon, “Veteran Stories: Francis William Godon” [11] Thomas Naphtahli Sofa, “Veteran Tales: Tom Naphtahli “Little Chief” Sofa”, The Memory Undertaking, Accessed 15 April 2019. http://www.thememoryproject.com/stories/2525:tom-naphtahli-little-chief-settee/ [12] Ibid. [13] John A. Macdonald to L. Vankoughnet, January three 1887, Sessional Papers of the Dominion of Canada, Vol. 16, First Session of the Sixth Parliament, Session 1887 (No20B), p. 20B-37 http://eco.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_08052_20_16/502?r=0&s=1 [14] Davison, “We Shall Remember”, 85-6. [15] Jules Xavier and Shilo Stag, “Francis William Godon 1924-2019 Métis D-Day veteran passes 75 years after harrowing experience at Juno Beach”, Authorities of Canada, 26 February 2019, Accessed 25 April 2019. http://www.army-armee.forces.gc.ca/en/news-publications/national-news-details-no-menu.page?doc=francis-william-godon-1924-2019-metis-d-day-veteran-passes-75-years-after-harrowing-experience-at-juno-beach/jskwaa54 [16] Ibid. [17] Prince Albert Day by day Herald, “Thomas Naphthali Settee”, InMemoriam.ca, 2012, Accessed Accessed 20 April 2019. http://www.inmemoriam.ca/view-announcement-292672-thomas-naphthali-settee.html [18] Davison, “We Shall Remember”, 90-95, 110. [19] J.R. Miller, Skyscrapers Disguise the Heavens, (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000), 118-119.

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Indigenous Participation in D-Day and the Second World War – Active History

By: Shawkay Ottmann

Francis Godon (on right) with two of his buddies at Shilo, Manitoba, simply earlier than going abroad, 1943. Picture from Francis Godon by way of The Memory Challenge.

Tommy Prince (left), Canada’s most highly adorned First Nations soldier, and Tom Settee pose collectively during training. Image from Tom Sofa by way of The Memory Undertaking.

On one hand, many Indigenous veterans fell into addictions after returning to Canada. As an example, Godon turned an alcoholic until his son helped him get sober.[16]

Tom Sofa standing next to the portray he ready of Juno Seashore in 2010. Historica Canada.

Additional Reading:

Davison, Janet Frances. “We Shall Remember: Canadian Indians and the World War II” Dissertation. Trent University. 1993.

Godon, Francis William. “Veteran Stories: Francis William Godon” The Reminiscence Challenge. Accessed 15 April 2019. http://www.thememoryproject.com/stories/539:francis-william-godon/

Miller, J.R., Skyscrapers Cover the Heavens. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000.

Prince Albert Day by day Herald. “Thomas Naphthali Settee”, InMemoriam.ca, 2012. Accessed Accessed 20 April 2019. http://www.inmemoriam.ca/view-announcement-292672-thomas-naphthali-settee.html

Sexsmith, Pamela. “George Horse – a veteran tells his tale”, AMMSA.com, 2003. Accessed 15 April 2019. https://ammsa.com/publications/saskatchewan-sage/george-horse-veteran-tells-his-tale

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Indigenous Participation in D-Day and the Second World War – Active History

By: Shawkay Ottmann

Francis Godon (on right) with two of his buddies at Shilo, Manitoba, simply earlier than going abroad, 1943. Picture from Francis Godon by way of The Memory Challenge.

Tommy Prince (left), Canada’s most highly adorned First Nations soldier, and Tom Settee pose collectively during training. Image from Tom Sofa by way of The Memory Undertaking.

On one hand, many Indigenous veterans fell into addictions after returning to Canada. As an example, Godon turned an alcoholic until his son helped him get sober.[16]

Tom Sofa standing next to the portray he ready of Juno Seashore in 2010. Historica Canada.

Additional Reading:

Davison, Janet Frances. “We Shall Remember: Canadian Indians and the World War II” Dissertation. Trent University. 1993.

Godon, Francis William. “Veteran Stories: Francis William Godon” The Reminiscence Challenge. Accessed 15 April 2019. http://www.thememoryproject.com/stories/539:francis-william-godon/

Miller, J.R., Skyscrapers Cover the Heavens. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000.

Prince Albert Day by day Herald. “Thomas Naphthali Settee”, InMemoriam.ca, 2012. Accessed Accessed 20 April 2019. http://www.inmemoriam.ca/view-announcement-292672-thomas-naphthali-settee.html

Sexsmith, Pamela. “George Horse – a veteran tells his tale”, AMMSA.com, 2003. Accessed 15 April 2019. https://ammsa.com/publications/saskatchewan-sage/george-horse-veteran-tells-his-tale

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Indigenous Participation in D-Day and the Second World War – Active History

By: Shawkay Ottmann

Francis Godon (on right) with two of his buddies at Shilo, Manitoba, simply earlier than going abroad, 1943. Picture from Francis Godon by way of The Memory Challenge.

Tommy Prince (left), Canada’s most highly adorned First Nations soldier, and Tom Settee pose collectively during training. Image from Tom Sofa by way of The Memory Undertaking.

On one hand, many Indigenous veterans fell into addictions after returning to Canada. As an example, Godon turned an alcoholic until his son helped him get sober.[16]

Tom Sofa standing next to the portray he ready of Juno Seashore in 2010. Historica Canada.

Additional Reading:

Davison, Janet Frances. “We Shall Remember: Canadian Indians and the World War II” Dissertation. Trent University. 1993.

Godon, Francis William. “Veteran Stories: Francis William Godon” The Reminiscence Challenge. Accessed 15 April 2019. http://www.thememoryproject.com/stories/539:francis-william-godon/

Miller, J.R., Skyscrapers Cover the Heavens. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000.

Prince Albert Day by day Herald. “Thomas Naphthali Settee”, InMemoriam.ca, 2012. Accessed Accessed 20 April 2019. http://www.inmemoriam.ca/view-announcement-292672-thomas-naphthali-settee.html

Sexsmith, Pamela. “George Horse – a veteran tells his tale”, AMMSA.com, 2003. Accessed 15 April 2019. https://ammsa.com/publications/saskatchewan-sage/george-horse-veteran-tells-his-tale

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Indigenous Participation in D-Day and the Second World War – Active History

By: Shawkay Ottmann

Francis Godon (on right) with two of his buddies at Shilo, Manitoba, simply earlier than going abroad, 1943. Picture from Francis Godon by way of The Memory Challenge.

Tommy Prince (left), Canada’s most highly adorned First Nations soldier, and Tom Settee pose collectively during training. Image from Tom Sofa by way of The Memory Undertaking.

On one hand, many Indigenous veterans fell into addictions after returning to Canada. As an example, Godon turned an alcoholic until his son helped him get sober.[16]

Tom Sofa standing next to the portray he ready of Juno Seashore in 2010. Historica Canada.

Additional Reading:

Davison, Janet Frances. “We Shall Remember: Canadian Indians and the World War II” Dissertation. Trent University. 1993.

Godon, Francis William. “Veteran Stories: Francis William Godon” The Reminiscence Challenge. Accessed 15 April 2019. http://www.thememoryproject.com/stories/539:francis-william-godon/

Miller, J.R., Skyscrapers Cover the Heavens. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000.

Prince Albert Day by day Herald. “Thomas Naphthali Settee”, InMemoriam.ca, 2012. Accessed Accessed 20 April 2019. http://www.inmemoriam.ca/view-announcement-292672-thomas-naphthali-settee.html

Sexsmith, Pamela. “George Horse – a veteran tells his tale”, AMMSA.com, 2003. Accessed 15 April 2019. https://ammsa.com/publications/saskatchewan-sage/george-horse-veteran-tells-his-tale

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Indigenous Participation in D-Day and the Second World War – Active History

By: Shawkay Ottmann

Francis Godon (on right) with two of his buddies at Shilo, Manitoba, simply earlier than going abroad, 1943. Picture from Francis Godon by way of The Memory Challenge.

Tommy Prince (left), Canada’s most highly adorned First Nations soldier, and Tom Settee pose collectively during training. Image from Tom Sofa by way of The Memory Undertaking.

On one hand, many Indigenous veterans fell into addictions after returning to Canada. As an example, Godon turned an alcoholic until his son helped him get sober.[16]

Tom Sofa standing next to the portray he ready of Juno Seashore in 2010. Historica Canada.

Additional Reading:

Davison, Janet Frances. “We Shall Remember: Canadian Indians and the World War II” Dissertation. Trent University. 1993.

Godon, Francis William. “Veteran Stories: Francis William Godon” The Reminiscence Challenge. Accessed 15 April 2019. http://www.thememoryproject.com/stories/539:francis-william-godon/

Miller, J.R., Skyscrapers Cover the Heavens. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000.

Prince Albert Day by day Herald. “Thomas Naphthali Settee”, InMemoriam.ca, 2012. Accessed Accessed 20 April 2019. http://www.inmemoriam.ca/view-announcement-292672-thomas-naphthali-settee.html

Sexsmith, Pamela. “George Horse – a veteran tells his tale”, AMMSA.com, 2003. Accessed 15 April 2019. https://ammsa.com/publications/saskatchewan-sage/george-horse-veteran-tells-his-tale

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Wombwell Rainbow Interviews

I am honoured and privileged that the following poets, local, national and international have agreed to be interviewed by me. I gave the writers two options: an emailed list of questions or a more fluid interview via messenger. The usual ground is covered about motivation, daily routines and work ethic, but some surprises too. Some of these poets you may know, others may be new to you. I hope you enjoy the experience as much as I do.

George Szirtes

many books of poetry have won prizes including the T. S. Eliot Prize (2004), for which he was again shortlisted for Bad Machine .Satantango by László Krasznahorkai (whom he interviewed for The White Review was awarded the Best Translated Book Award in the US. He is also the translator of Sandor Marai and Magda Szabo. The Photographer at Sixteen is his first venture into prose writing of his own.

What follows is an extract from his Curriculum Vitae found on his blog:

Poetry 1978 Poetry Introduction 4 with Craig Raine, Alan Hollinghurst, Alistair Elliott, Anne Cluysenaar and Cal Clothier (Faber & Faber) 0-571-11127-0 1979 The Slant Door (Secker & Warburg) 436-50997-0 1981 November and May (Secker & Warburg) 0-436-50996-2 1984 Short Wave (Secker & Warburg) 0-436-50998-9 1986 The Photographer in Winter (Secker & Warburg) 0-436-50995-4 1988 Metro (OUP) 0-19-282096-6 1991 Bridge Passages (OUP) 0-19-282821-5 1994 Blind Field (OUP) 0-19-282387-6 1996 Selected Poems (OUP) 0-19-283223-9 1997 The Red All Over Riddle Book (Faber, for children) 9780571178070 1998 Portrait of my Father in an English Landscape (OUP,) 0-19-288091-8 2000 The Budapest File (Bloodaxe) 1-85224-531-X 2001 An English Apocalypse (Bloodaxe) 1-85224-574-3 2004 A Modern Bestiary with artist Ana Maria Pacheco (Pratt Contemporary Art) 2004 Reel (Bloodaxe) 1-85224-676-6 2008 The Burning of the Books (Circle) 978-0-9561869-0-4 2008 New and Collected Poems (Bloodaxe) 978-1-85224-813-0 2008 Shuck, Hick, Tiffey: Three Regional Libretti (Gatehouse) 978-0-9554770-8-9 2009 The Burning of the Books and Other Poems (Bloodaxe) 978-1-85224-842-0 2012 In the Land of the Giants (Salt) 978-1-84471-451-3 2013 Bad Machine (Bloodaxe) 978-1-85224-957-1 2015 56 (Arc) with Carol Watts to appear later this year 2015 Notes on the Inner City (Eyewear) to appear later this year

Translation 1989 Imre Madách: The Tragedy of Man, verse play (Corvina / Puski 1989) 978-963-13-5850-6 1989 Sándor Csoóri: Barbarian Prayer. Selected Poems. (part translator, Corvina 1989) 1989 István Vas: Through the Smoke. Selected Poems. (editor and part translator, Corvina, 1989) 9789631330694 1991 Dezsö Kosztolányi: Anna Édes. Novel. (Quartet, 1991/ ND 1993) 0-8112-1255-6 1993 Ottó Orbán: The Blood of the Walsungs. Selected Poems. (editor and majority translator, Bloodaxe, 1993) 1-85224-203-5 1994 Zsuzsa Rakovszky: New Life. Selected Poems. (editor and translator, OUP March, 1994) 0-19-283089-9 1998 László Krasznahorkai: The Melancholy of Resistance (Quartet / ND) 0-8112-1450-8 1999 Gyula Krúdy: The Adventures of Sindbad short stories (CEUP, 1999, NYRB) 978-1-59017-445-6 2003 The Night of Akhenaton: Selected Poems of Ágnes Nemes Nagy (editor-translator, Bloodaxe) 1-85224-641-3 2004 Sándor Márai: Conversation in Bolzano (Knopf / Random House, 2004) 0-375-41337-5 2004 László Krasznahorkai: War and War (New Directions, 2005) 0-8112-1609-8 2005 Sándor Márai: The Rebels (Knopf / Random House) 978-0-375-40757-4 2008 Ferenc Karinthy: Metropole (Telegram) 9781846590344 2009 Sándor Márai: Esther’s Inheritance (Knopf/ Random House) 978-1-4000-4500-6 2011 Sándor Márai: Portaits of a Marriage (Knopf / Random House) 978-1-4000-4501-3 2012 Yudit Kiss: The Summer My Father Died (Telegram) 978-1-84659-094-8 2012 László Krasznahorkai: Satantango (New Directions) 9781848877658 2014 Magda Szabó: Iza’s Ballad (Random House) 978-1-846-55265-6

Editing 1991 Birdsuit: writing from Norwich School of Art and Design (9 vols) – 2000 1995 Freda Downie, Collected Poems (Bloodaxe) 1-85224-301-5 1996 The Colonnade of Teeth (co-ed with George Gömöri (Bloodaxe) 1-85224-331-7 1997 The Lost Rider: Hungarian Poetry 16-20th Century, an anthology, editor and chief translator (Corvina, 1998) 963-13-4967-5 2001 New Writing 10, Anthology of new writing co-edited with Penelope Lively (Picador) 9780330482684 2004 An Island of Sound: Hungarian fiction and poetry at the point of change (co-editor) (Harvill) 978-1846555565 2010 New Order: Hungarian Poets of the Post-1989 Generation (Arc) 9781906570507 2012 In Their Own Words: Contemporary Poets on Their Poetry, with Helen Ivory (Salt) 978-1-907773-21-1

Other 2001 Exercise of Power: The Art of Ana Maria Pacheco (Lund Humphries) 9780853318279 2010 Fortinbras at the Fishhouses: responsibility, the Iron Curtain and the sense of history as knowledge. Three lectures. (Bloodaxe) 978-1-85224-880-2

Performed Works (dates, titles and venues of performed works): Over twenty plays, libretti, and other texts for music, mostly performed but not for professional stage

Journalism: BBC radio and TV, The Guardian, The Times, The Independent, The TLS, Poetry Review, Poetry London, Magma, and many others. Mostly reviews of literature or art, some columns or essays, occasional pieces on Hungary and miscellaneous matters.

Honours 1980 Faber Memorial Prize for The Slant Door 1982 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature 1984 Arts Council Travelling Scholarship, 1986 Cholmondeley Prize 1990 Déry Prize for Translation The Tragedy of Man 1991 Gold Star of the Hungarian Republic 1992 Short listed for Whitbread Poetry Prize for Bridge Passages 1995 European Poetry Translation Prize for New Life 1996 Shortlisted for Aristeion Translation Prize New Life 1999 Sony Bronze Award, 1999 – for contribution to BBC Radio Three, Danube programmes 1999 Shortlisted for Weidenfeld Prize for The Adventures of Sindbad 2000 Shortlisted for Forward Prize Single Poem: Norfolk Fields 2002 George Cushing Prize for Anglo-Hungarian Cultural Relations 2002 Society of Authors Travelling Scholarship 2003 Leverhulme Research Fellowship 2004 Pro Cultura Hungarica medal 2005 T. S. Eliot Prize, for Reel 2005 Shortlisted for Weidenfeld Prize for the Night of Akhenaton 2005 Shortlisted for Popescu Translation Prize for The Night of Akhenaton 2007 Laureate Prize, Days and Nights of Poetry Festival, Romania 2008 Bess Hokin Prize (USA) Poetry Foundation 2008 Made Fellow of the English Association 2009 Shortlisted for T S Eliot Prize with The Burning of the Books 2013 Shortlisted for T S Eliot Prize with Bad Machine 2013 Best Translated Book Award (USA) for László Krasznahorkai’s Satantango 2013 CLPE Prize for best book of poetry for children with In the Land of the Giants 2014 Made Honorary Fellow of the Hungarian Academy of Arts and Letters (see above) 2014 Made Honorary Fellow of Goldsmith’s College, London 2015 Translator of László Krasznahorkai winner Man Booker International Prize

The Interview

What were the circumstances under which you began to write poetry?

I was in my sixth form at school, not doing well at the wrong subjects (the sciences) and drifting in all kinds of ways when I started picking poetry books off the school library shelves. Poems were small texts with lots of white space, ideal for drifting and dwelling on, for clearing my head and at the same time opening doors to feelings and ideas I was attracted to without fully understanding them., But I did not think to write poems myself until, not much later – I was seventeen at the time – a friend showed me a poem by a mutual acquaintance. Suddenly I wanted to be a poet. So I bought a notebook and started writing, a poem per day or more.

My family was not literary so we had few books, I had dropped English at O Level and, besides, it was my second language (though that thought never bothered me then). I hadn’t read much literature in the past few years and didn’t really know what I meant by being a poet or what made good poems good. It was a decisive venture into unknown territory. In many ways it was the saving of me in that my life changed and I had a purpose. I went to art school instead of university and things went on from there.

2. How aware were you of the dominating presence of older poets?

Hardly at all at the beginning. The poets I first encountered were either dead or elsewhere. But soon I made friends with another pair of boys who were also studying science but had become as involved in poetry as I was. Like me, they came from non-literary backgrounds. Steve’s father was a postman, Ashley’s a scoutmaster. We passed each other books in chaotic fashion – no particular period in no particular order – just whatever we fancied as long as it was available in cheap paperback or at the library. In retrospect, our reading would have been considered ambitious but we had no idea that it was so. That reading included Keats, Rilke, Rimbaud, Ginsberg, Cavafy, and Donne. but many others too. It was not thorough or analytical reading – none of us read through any solid body of work by a poet unless in a thin cheap paperback and we had no language of criticism. We tasted and swallowed poems whole. The poets were just names to us, not histories, but we read them with excitement. Ginsberg was still alive of course but he may as well have been in some other time zone. If I had done English A Level I suppose I would have been reading D H Lawrence, Eliot and Hughes or Plath, but they came along later., mainly under the tutelage of Martin Bell, my first real poet, who taught an afternoon a week at the art school in Leeds. And later still Larkin, Auden, Stevens and the rest. By the time I was reading Larkin I could see how he was a dominant figure in terms of tone – as was Plath in her way but I learned little directly from either because I had arrived there through other channels. Maybe Larkin’s restraint had some effect on me but it was clear that, not being English, I couldn’t simply adapt his voice. At some point I set myself to read through poetry Eng Lit style from Chaucer on. I got a decent way with that.

3. What is your daily writing routine?

My daily routine is to rise about 8am, have breakfast, then come straight down to my desk and spend the rest of the day there with some breaks for exercise. I write something every day – not always poetry, though I do use Twitter as a kind of small-scale literary notebook. I deal with correspondence. I also maintain my posts on Facebook where other thoughts tend to get some initial development. I read and I watch discussions.I am working towards a new collection booked for 2020. The poems come when I give them space to come or where they appear as potential shadows of poems. Most people consider me productive. I suppose I am.

4. What motivates you to write?

I started writing at the age of seventeen because, for the first time in my life, I suddenly understood that poetry was a way of telling some kind of truth about the world. Over the years that understanding gradually became more complex while remaining essentially the same. Now I would say writing poetry is a kind of drive to do with language, the way language moves in and out of reality to create an experience that feels as true as life, so true that it can feel like a physical shudder. That shudder is to do with the way words spring out of and form a sense of reality. It is about meaning and shadows of meaning lodging themselves powerfully in the mind.

That is what continues to motivate me.

5. What is your work ethic?

Work ethic: You don’t let other people or yourself down.

6. How do the writers you read when you were young influence you today?

Mostly exactly as they did before though some who were important then are less important now. My first loves: Rimbaud, Eliot, Rilke, Blake, Auden, MacNeice, Bishop, Yeats, Stevens and Dickinson remain top loves. Add some other figures chiefly from Europe and US, but I don’t want to list them all. There are plenty of others, plus those who have come into the picture since – either because they were really there but I hadn’t read them or because their books were published later – modify my reading of the original list. Some poets go deep early and set the landscape. Those that go truly deep don’t leave you.

6.1. What do you mean by “go deep”?

I mean that by the time the poem has been once or twice read it has left such a mark on the memory it becomes part of the receiving mechanism for whatever is read later..

I can expand on that if you like but that’s a reasonably succinct way of putting it.

7. Whom of today’s writers do you most admire, and why?

The answers to today’s writers will be generational.

Of the generation slightly older than me or roughy the same age: Peter Scupham, Derek Mahon, Ciaran Carson, James Fenton, Penelope Shuttle, Christopher Reid, and Jane Draycott. Then there is Ian Duhig, Don Paterson, Simon Armitage, Kathleen Jamie, Alice Oswald, Imtiaz Dharker, Michael Hoffman; and younger still: Tiffany Atkinson, Jack Underwood, Vahni Capildeo but now I am listing names that occur to me and no doubt I could go on, especially since I am sure to regret having left out people who should certainly be in. It isn’t a particularly original list but they are all admirable. I don’t necessarily write – or could write – like any of them but of those who are perhaps closest to me in terms of angle to the universe, I’d choose Mahon and Fenton. Mahon aesthetically-morally; Fenton: formally and emotionally. Peter Scupham was a wonderful friend and critic. I am very lucky to have met him.

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