Cultural History
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From ![]() NEW! CodaOn the Land From: Ghosts in a Photograph |
The conclusion reflects on the author’s life since buying her parents farm, writing her books, connecting two both her identities as Ukrainian and as Canadian, settler colonialism, and … | Myrna Kostash | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! CodaGuess Who’s Coming to the Awards Dinner From: Thinking While Black |
In this chapter the author reflects on Armond White’s and Paul Gilroy’s careers as film and culture critics and intellectuals within the rebel generation. The author specifically … | Daniel McNeil | 20 | 2022 | $2.00 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! ConclusionCulinary Carry-On |
In the conclusion John Lorinc reflects on the family tree and map of dumplings, improvisation and change, tradition and culture. | John Lorinc | 7 | 2022 | $0.70 Add |
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From ![]() ConclusionThe Immortal Uncle Tom From: Uncle |
In the concluding chapter, Thompson summarizes her arguments, and suggests that Uncle Tom is quite possibly the most resilient figure in American history. | Cheryl Thompson | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() ConclusionThe Memory of Ourselves From: On Nostalgia |
Nostalgia is an acutely modern condition. As our future seems more in doubt, our past seems to offer more clarity and comfort. Beyond that, nostalgia helps us reconcile the dissonence of our … | David Berry | 3 | 2020 | $0.30 Add |
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From ![]() Dance and Song Before StoryWas Flower Drum Song a Phantasy? From: Bigotry on Broadway |
Ishmael Reed interviews Shawn Wong regarding anti-Asian racism in Flower Drum Song, other theatre productions, and the industry at large. | Shawn Wong | 18 | 2021 | $1.80 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Dumplingware: The Allure of PorcelainThe Sauce |
Marie Campbell discusses the history of chinaware, the silk road, porcelain and its ties to status, food history, and material culture. | Marie Campbell | 5 | 2022 | $0.50 Add |
![]() NEW! Earthkeepinglove notes to tough times |
The author of Alder Music, Gary Saunders returns with an evocative, lyrical, and immersive collection of personal essays on our relationship with nature and with each other. In nine sections, … | 316 | View | ||
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From ![]() NEW! EcologyPart Two From: Earthkeeping |
Part Two contains the sections: Peeper Spring, Cornsequences, Chipmunk Penance, Nova Scotia’s 2003 Floods, A Calendar of Roadside Flowers, Tough Little Trees of the Fringe, Leaf Thief I and Leaf … | Gary Saunders | 37 | 2022 | $3.70 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Enlarging the American CinemaArmond White vs. the Straight Middle-Class White World (and the Black Bourgeoisie) From: Thinking While Black |
In this chapter the author examines Armond White’s wildly overlooked film criticism of the 1980’s and 1990’s to shed light on his contributions to resistance aesthetics and film … | Daniel McNeil | 44 | 2022 | $4.40 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Eternal Memory вічная пам’ять Vichnaia Pamiat’From: Ghosts in a Photograph |
Chapter Eleven focuses on the lasting memory of her forbearers reflecting on their lives and deaths in both their birth places and their adopted homes of Canada. | Myrna Kostash | 9 | 2022 | $0.90 Add |
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From ![]() Everyone Tells My West Side Story but MeFrom: Bigotry on Broadway |
The author explores the history, storyline, and issues of West Side Story, looking at issues of typecasting and racism. The author argues that Puerto Ricans are not the ones telling their West … | Nancy Mercado | 9 | 2021 | $0.90 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Fedor/Fred Kostash(chuk) 1871 – 1938From: Ghosts in a Photograph |
Chapter One focuses on Fedor/Fred Kostash(chuk), the author’s paternal grandfather or “Dido.” Topics discussed include Peter Svarich, “Uncle Peter” and his memoirs, Ukrainian … | Myrna Kostash | 43 | 2022 | $4.30 Add |
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From ![]() ForewordIs Broadway about Dollars and Cents? From: Bigotry on Broadway |
The author explores bigotry on Broadway, highlighting various concerning statistics. | Carla Blank | 24 | 2021 | $2.40 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! ForewordFrom: Earthkeeping |
Forward from Tom Dawe, St. John’s Poet Laureate from 2010-13. | Tom Dawe | 1 | 2022 | $0.10 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! ForewordFrom: Ghosts in a Photograph |
The forward reflects on the author’s connection to the past and connection to their family through old photographs, discussing emigration, immigration, the old country of Galicia, … | Myrna Kostash | 7 | 2022 | $0.70 Add |










