#ComingofAge

2025-05-05

Want to grab a quick, free read? Here's the opening story from my "Gyllene Tider" series in a working translation.

Friendship, coming of age, and finding your own place while being torn between cultures and world - but also simply being a teenager in the (just slightly alternative) 1980s are the main vibes of the series.

Read the first one free: gniazdoswiatow.net/wn/wp-conte

The image is a book cover titled "GYLLENE TIDER" by Bartek Biedrzycki, with a Swedish subtitle "Sista gången jag såg Annie" (which translates to "The last time I saw Annie").
The illustration features three young characters standing together in a forested setting: on the left is Jerzyk (with blonde/yellow hair), in the middle is Emma (with red hair wearing a light blue hoodie), and on the right is Iwo (with brown hair holding what looks like a book or notebook). There's also a small red fox near Iwo's feet. The bottom of the image indicates this is a "Free demo."
The artwork has a watercolor/illustrated style with a dark textured background for the title area and green forest elements in the lower portion. It has paper scratches and tears.
2025-05-05

“Hey, I picked up your new book, The Movie Never Ends, really enjoyed it, and gave you a 5-star review. It was a great read!”

This is the true story of one young man’s journey into manhood! #comingofage #youngadult #motorcyclediaries
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNQCKQCK

„Hey, #StrangerThings , go fuck yourself.“ Ok, #GoodBoys is no #Standbyme or #Goonies either, but perhaps the right thing for a rainy Sunday. #Filmsky #Movies #comedy #comingofAge

Good Boys Poster
SFO Museum's Instagram Botinstagram@collection.sfomuseum.org
2025-05-02
"NOW PLAYING: AJ Baldwin’s coming of age film captures the emotional highs and lows of first love, and sadly, its conclusion, with emotionally resonant performances and first-person narration providing a level of wisdom that belies the youth of the protagonist. See "Fifteen" by AJ Baldwin, now playing in the Video Arts Room located pre-security in the International Terminal. http://bit.ly/2J575fc" This was posted to our Instagram account on June 24, 2019 – https://millsfield.sfomuseum.org/instagram/1947425493/
2025-05-02

“Hey, I picked up your new book, The Movie Never Ends, really enjoyed it, and gave you a 5-star review. It was a great read!”

This is the true story of one young man’s journey into manhood! #comingofage #youngadult #motorcyclediaries
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNQCKQCK

2025-04-30

“Hey, I picked up your new book, The Movie Never Ends, really enjoyed it, and gave you a 5-star review. It was a great read!”

This is the true story of one young man’s journey into manhood! #comingofage #youngadult #motorcyclediaries
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNQCKQCK

Klaus-Peter Gartenfeldunrepariert@metalhead.club
2025-04-29

Da stöbere ich nichts ahnend durch den Bahnhofskiosk in Warnemünde und finde eine sehr positive Kritik zum eigenen Buch ("Ein Leben in der zweiten Reihe") in meiner absoluten Lieblingszeitschrift. Deaf Forever ist nach wie vor das Nonplusultra für geschriebenen Heavy Metal! Schön, dass auch ich darin stattfinde!

#autor #buchtipp #comingofage #subkultur #musikroman #heavymetal #punk

2025-04-29

Coming up next, but also coming when it's done, basically, is another collection of stories by me.
Friendship, coming of age, trying to fit in, and finding your own unique place when you are torn and displaced, but also awe, joy, and being yourself are the predominant vibes of this collection, with individual stories titled after and inspired by the songs of the Swedish pop supergroup Gyllene Tider. All of that with just a hint of magic.

The image shows a book cover titled "ZŁOTE CZASY" by BARTEK BIEDRZYCKI. The title means "Golden times" in Polish. The title is displayed at the top with "ZŁOTE" in teal and "CZASY" in pink against a dark background in the style of the Miami Vice logo.
The illustration features three teenagers standing in a forested area. From left to right: Jerzyk (a blonde-haired boy in a green military-style jacket), Emma (a girl with short ginger hair wearing a light blue hoodie and denim shorts with striped leggings), and Iwo (a brown-haired boy in a light jacket holding what appears to be a book or notebook). A small fox-like animal is visible near Iwo's feet. The artwork is done in watercolors with an inked lineart.
Torsten Hessetorsten_hesse
2025-04-26

„Viel mehr könne Tristan am Telefon darüber nicht sagen.“ (Seite 9)

Jimmy und Tristan sind Freunde. Und das ist ihre Geschichte. […]

Mehr schreibe ich hier: tinyurl.com/4x8k9hyw

Kurz und gut: Manchmal braucht es nicht mal 120 Seiten. Unbedingt lesen!

(Übersetzung: Helga van Beuningen)

2025-04-26

“Hey, I picked up your new book, The Movie Never Ends, really enjoyed it, and gave you a 5-star review. It was a great read!"

This is the true story of one young man’s journey into manhood! #comingofage #youngadult #motorcyclediaries
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNQCKQCK

2025-04-26

Ein Junge. Ein Traum. Und die große Bühne. Junpei liebt Ballett – doch zwischen Männlichkeitsdruck und Selbstzweifeln kämpft er um seinen Platz im Rampenlicht. Emotional, mutig und mitreißend gezeichnet.
#MangaReview #DanceDanceDanseur #Tokyopop #Ballett #ComingOfAge #GeorgeAsakura #MangaLiebe #Sumikai

sumikai.com/mangaanime/manga/d

Mr. Woolf 🇺🇦rdwoolf
2025-04-25

“The 400 Blows” / “Les quatre cents coups” (1959) on The Criterion Channel

Directed by François Truffaut
Starring Jean-Pierre Léaud, Albert Rémy, Claire Maurier

Blu-ray: amzn.to/4jUozei

A young boy, left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime.

Who Is Marisol Espinal? A Character Study in Not-Belonging

You won’t notice her at first. She blends in—on purpose. She’s the quiet one in the corner, hoodie up, shoulders tense, eyes always scanning. Not because she’s timid, but because she’s learned that watching is safer than being seen.

Marisol Espinal is not your typical heroine. She’s not trying to save the world. She’s just trying to survive herself.

There’s a kind of restlessness that simmers in her. The kind you get when the world keeps telling you who you’re not. Not Dominican enough. Not American enough. Not spiritual enough. Not normal enough. So she stays in the margins, trying not to be a problem, trying not to be noticed—until not being noticed starts to feel like disappearing.

But Marisol isn’t disappearing. She’s gathering. Gathering pieces of herself she was taught to be ashamed of. Gathering the questions that never had safe places to land. Gathering memories she thought were too painful or too strange to matter.

She doesn’t want to believe in magic. But it believes in her.

She doesn’t want to revisit the past. But it keeps calling her name.

What drives her isn’t courage in the traditional sense. It’s a quiet desperation. A longing to understand what made her—and what might unmake her if she doesn’t face it.

There’s a weight she carries that most won’t see. Grief she’s wrapped in sarcasm. Guilt she tucks under sharp comebacks. A hunger for belonging that she hides in rolled eyes and cold silences. But beneath all that? She wants to be whole.

She wants to feel like her skin fits. Like her mind isn’t a battleground. Like her ancestors are more than whispers in the walls.

And in so many ways, she’s a reflection of my own journey.

I’ve always felt fundamentally different—like I was never going to fit in no matter how hard I tried. I have a lazy eye, and from a young age that made me feel marked, like I stood apart from everyone else. Add to that a phenotype that refuses to conform—I’ve been told I look Italian, Persian, Portuguese… everything but Dominican. And when I say I’m Dominican, I get that look. The one that asks me to prove it. To explain myself. To perform my identity.

At first, I tried. I wanted so badly to fit the mold, to belong somewhere without being questioned. But as I grew and started embracing all the fragments of myself, I realized that I don’t owe anyone a performance. The only person I have to prove anything to is me.

That’s the journey I gave Marisol. It’s not loud. It doesn’t end in a clean resolution. But it’s real. It’s raw. It’s honest.

Marisol Espinal is the kind of character who doesn’t shout her arrival. She creeps in quietly, under your skin, until you’re thinking about her long after you’ve closed the book.

You won’t always agree with her. You might not always like her. But you’ll understand her.

And maybe, just maybe, you’ll see pieces of yourself reflected back.

#characterProfile #comingOfAge #DominicanIdentity #latineStories #magicalRealism #marisolEspinal #ownvoicesAuthor #psychologicalFiction #spiritualJourney #TheOrdinaryBruja

KeenGamerkeengamer
2025-04-23

🎬 Heartstopper Movie Announced
Netflix is producing a Heartstopper film to wrap up Nick and Charlie’s story after Season 3.

🔗 keengamer.com/articles/news/he

2025-04-23

“Hey, I picked up your new book, The Movie Never Ends, really enjoyed it, and gave you a 5-star review. It was a great read!"

This is the true story of one young man’s journey into manhood! #comingofage #youngadult #motorcyclediaries
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNQCKQCK

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