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![]() ![]() Incognegro is in part based on the life of Walter Francis White, the Executive Secretary of the NAACP from 1931 until his death in 1955. The rest is just people acting playing roles.” But race is just a bunch of rules meant to keep us on the bottom. That's one thing that most of us know that white folks don't. Add to that a little of Madame C.J.s magic and watch me go invisible. “Since White America refuses to see its past, they can't really see me either. He uses his physical appearance to go “undercover” in the South so that he can report on lynchings and their perpertrators. Zane Pinchback is an African-American journalist who passes for White. Strange fruit hanging from the Poplar trees.įor the rain to gather for the wind to suck,įor the sun to rot, for the tree to drop.Ībel Meeropol writing as Lewis Allan, 1937 ![]() ![]() Blood on the leaves and blood at the root.īlack body swinging in the southern breeze. ![]() ![]() ![]() To the outside world, our protagonist appears to live by himself in his sprawling mansion, but that is a very different picture from the reality he perceives. Our journey begins with Legion, the first novella introducing Stephen Leeds. Speaking as someone who has only listened to the first book in audio back when it was originally released (but somehow never managed to get around to the sequel for years after that), I was happy to finally experience the completed evolution of this extraordinary character and see how his remarkable story arc came to be resolved. Featuring the trilogy of novellas, including the never-published-before Lies of the Beholder, this omnibus collects all the adventures starring our eponymous hero in one handy volume. If you haven’t checked it out yet, Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds is the perfect opportunity to read Brandon Sanderon’s beloved series featuring everyone’s favorite schizophrenic genius detective. ![]() Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds by Brandon Sanderson This does not affect the contents of my review and all opinions are my own. ![]() I received a review copy from the publisher. Book Review: Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds by Brandon Sanderson ![]() ![]() ![]() Besides the implicit shock factor in an image of a toothed vagina, the photograph raises the question of how we approach female genitalia, whether toothed or not. It remits us to the myth of toothed vaginas that’s present not only in ancient mythologies around the world, but also in popular culture, in movies such as Teeth (2007) and in Neil Gaiman’s American Gods. ![]() The image depicts a vulva from which two sharp fangs emerge in a vampire-like fashion. Serrano gives his own take on this controversial topic in a compelling yet shocking photograph titled The Interpretation of Dreams (Vagina dentata -Toothed vagina). Yes, female genitalia, a natural part of the body, is still the source of controversy, censorship, awe, and, believe it or not, fear and disgust. So, it should come as no surprise that for one of his many works he explored a topic that for centuries has both fascinated and horrified society: the vagina. From photographing the dead in a morgue to submerging a Christ in urine, Andrés Serrano’s career has inspired many debates and discussions because of the way he dares to explore and question taboo topics. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In The Price of Admission, Golden names names, along with grades and test scores. Based on two years of investigative reporting and hundreds of interviews with students, parents, school administrators, and admissions personnel-some of whom risked their jobs to speak to the author- The Price of Admission exposes the corrupt admissions practices that favor the wealthy, the powerful, and the famous. In this explosive book, the Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter Daniel Golden argues that America, the so-called land of opportunity, is rapidly becoming an aristocracy in which America’s richest families receive special access to elite higher education-enabling them to give their children even more of a head start. What they may never learn is how many candidates like themselves have been passed over in favor of wealthy white students with lesser credentials-children of alumni, big donors, or celebrities. Every spring thousands of middle-class and lower-income high-school seniors learn that they have been rejected by America’s most exclusive colleges. ![]() |