Cette auteure explore les liens complexes entre l'humanité et l'environnement, les identités ethniques et les thèmes médicaux à travers une prose captivante. Son style d'écriture est réputé pour mêler habilement des éléments de mystère procédural, de fiction historique et de satire mordante. Au-delà d'une gamme variée de récits de fiction, elle contribue également de manière significative à la poésie et à la critique littéraire, révélant un profond engagement envers l'art d'écrire lui-même. Actuellement, elle compose un mémoire promettant un éclairage supplémentaire sur ses expériences de vie uniques.
This collection features a diverse array of poems from a prominent American poet known for their contributions to literature as both a novelist and critic. The work showcases the poet's unique voice and perspective, exploring various themes and emotions through rich imagery and thought-provoking language. Readers can expect a blend of personal reflection and broader societal commentary, making this collection a significant addition to contemporary poetry.
Focusing on the life and diverse works of Langston Hughes, this encyclopedia offers an extensive overview of his contributions to literature and the arts during the Harlem Renaissance. It highlights his versatility as a writer across genres such as poetry, drama, and music, and details his collaborations with prominent figures like Zora Neale Hurston and Kurt Weill. With hundreds of alphabetically arranged entries, readers can explore the depth of Hughes’ influence and legacy in American culture.
Set against the backdrop of a contentious environmental struggle, a woman named Mary Bluestone takes a stand against a dam project threatening a river in California's High Sierra. Her passionate activism leads to an unexpected confrontation with her husband, the county sheriff, who arrests her. This conflict explores themes of love, loyalty, and the clash between personal beliefs and professional duties in the face of environmental degradation.
In recent years, stories of reckless lawyers and greedy citizens have given the legal system, and victims in general, a bad name. Many Americans have come to believe that we live in the land of the litigious, where frivolous lawsuits and absurdly high settlements reign. Scholars have argued for years that this common view of the depraved ruin of our civil legal system is a myth, but their research and statistics rarely make the news. William Haltom and Michael McCann here persuasively show how popularized distorted understandings of tort litigation (or tort tales) have been perpetuated by the mass media and reform proponents. Distorting the Law lays bare how media coverage has sensationalized lawsuits and sympathetically portrayed corporate interests, supporting big business and reinforcing negative stereotypes of law practices. Based on extensive interviews, nearly two decades of newspaper coverage, and in-depth studies of the McDonald's coffee case and tobacco litigation, Distorting the Law offers a compelling analysis of the presumed litigation crisis, the campaign for tort law reform, and the crucial role the media play in this process.
The book offers a fresh analysis of Orwell's "Politics and the English Language," stripping away myths and engaging directly with the text. It aims to restore the essay's relevance in today's environment, characterized by misinformation and "pseudocracy." By revisiting Orwell's insights, the author seeks to highlight the importance of clear and honest language in countering the pervasive falsehoods of contemporary society.
