Showing results for "The History of Color" in Literature & Fiction

Dive into the vivid world of the second Boer War through the eyes of Australian expatriate artist Mortimer Menpes. As a correspondent for the London weekly Black and White magazine, Menpes not only showcased his artistic prowess with 99 stunning watercolours in his book, War Impressions, but also captivated readers with his engaging storytelling. His unique perspective offers a glimpse into the lives of key military leaders and notable figures like Cecil Rhodes, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Rudyard Kipling, all while painting a picture of life behind the British lines. Although he witnessed little ...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Women of the Silk and The Samurai's Garden comes a gorgeous and evocative historical novel about a Japanese-American family set against the backdrop of Hawai’i's sugar plantations. Daniel Abe, a young doctor in Chicago, is finally coming back to...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Brotherhood A Goodreads Choice Awards 2019 Semifinalist One of BookBub’s Best Science Fiction Books of 2019 One of Book Riot’s Best Books of 2019 So Far One of The Nerd Daily’s Best Debut Novels of 2019 Featured in The Millions “A...

Like No Country for Old Men and Snow Falling on Cedars, a haunting, suspenseful, and dazzlingly written novel of secrets, corruption, tragedy, and vengeance from the author of Crazy Heart—the basis of the 2009 Academy Award-winning film—an electrifying crime drama and psychological thriller...

“Meticulously researched and beautifully crafted.... This is glorious work.” — Washington Post “A gripping, deeply relevant book.” — New York Times Book Review From Paulette Jiles, author of the critically acclaimed New York Times bestsellers Enemy Women and Stormy Weather, comes a...

“Both a heartbreaking and heart-warming story, Melody Razak’s debut transports the reader into the home of a Brahmin family in 1940s Delhi. . . . The character portrayal is so intricate that as the plot twists and turns, you'll truly care what happens to them.”—The Independent (UK) A...

Born to an English father and a French mother, lieutenant Charles Saunders Hayden's career is damned by his "mixed" heritage. Assigned to the HMS Themis, an aging frigate under the command of a captain reviled by his crew for both his brutality towards his men and his cowardice in battle...

In this two-part series, The Protest and the Play, we look back at two very different plays that were cancelled before they hit the stage – Behzti in 2004 and Exhibit B in 2014 – and use their 10 and 20-year anniversaries as a jumping-off point to ask: where do the limits of artistic freedom lie? Who has the right to tell certain stories? And would these plays be commissioned today?Behzti, a play by Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, was cancelled by the Birmingham Reparatory Theatre after protests by members of the Sikh community, who were angered by the playwright’s depiction of a rape in a ...

Inspired by the My Words exhibition, this series features a collection of self-selected and specially audio recorded poems, performed by nominated poets based in the north of England, for Museum of Colour and Manchester Poetry Library's archives.For a closer look at My Words, please visit: https://museumofcolour.org.uk/my-words/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to My Words: Response Exhibition podcasts. A central component of the Museum of Colour's offer is contemporary artists from the global majority, responding to British history. This set of podcasts provides an opportunity to hear the poets describe the approach taken to their responses and at the end, each one shares their poem. These poets had the opportunity to select an item from the Royal Albert Memorial Museum collections and reflect on the impact the item had on them and their poetic imaginations. This is a rare opportunity to hear poets describe their response process. To read ...

This series provides an opportunity to meet some of the remarkable poets of colour who have changed the poetic landscape and influenced all the culture that we enjoy today. We bring you voices from the 18th and 19th century through to 2016. We hope that you enjoy their portraits, donations and stories, as much as we have enjoyed collecting them. Artists are grouped in the time period that they emerged as poets, spoken word artists and orators. You can enjoy their portraits at www.museumofcolour.org.uk/my-words Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.