Create dangerously.
27 Oct
From this Salon article on the wonderful, phenomenal, Edwidge Danticat:
Art, then, becomes a way of reclaiming what power will take, in the face of “both external and internal destruction.” She compares the work of immigrant artists to the ancient Egyptians, with their “pyramid and coffin texts, tomb paintings, and hieroglyphic makers,” and especially their tombs, which were arranged to try to make more bearable the life that follows this one. She writes: “We are still trying to create as dangerously as they, as though each piece of art were a stand-in for life, a soul, a future.”
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There’s a new interview between me and paranormal romance author, Stephanie Chong. In fact, it’s the first of four interviews between us — this is part one.
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Right now you can purchase A Dream of Stone and Shadow, a Dirk & Steele novella (with gargoyles falling in love with psychics, and crazy evil witches) for $.99 on Amazon. It’s a good time to check out the series if you haven’t already (and each story stands alone). Don’t forget there’s a prequel story to the series that’s also available for the same price.
A pyrokinetic and former car thief, Eddie cannot refuse an assignment to cross the continent in order to rescue an extraordinary woman in peril…even though he fears losing control of the destructive power of flame at his fingertips.
The last of her shape-shifting kind, Lyssa hides in the abandoned tunnels beneath Manhattan. Like Eddie, fire is her weapon, her destiny…and her curse. For beneath Lyssa’s extraordinary beauty are dangerous secrets…and even darker, nearly irresistible urges... (November 2011)
When the bond Maxine Kiss shares with Zee and the boys-the demons tattooed on her skin-is deliberately severed, the hunter is left vulnerable and unprotected. For the first time in ten thousand years, the boys have a taste of freedom-without Maxine’s guiding influence.
As they grow more violent and unpredictable, Maxine starts to fear the little demons will lose their minds without their attachment to her. But reuniting won’t be easy, as a great temptation waits for her little demons : a chance to return to their lives….and unleash hell on earth. (December 2011)
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