film, dec ‘24

# 204

BLITZ
dir Steve McQueen, 2024

Empire of the son.

#drama #London #WWII #adventure #childhood #Dickens #picaresque #stevemcqueen #colonialism #empire

#CfP for the panel "The Ends of the Road: Rethinking the Borders of the #Picaresque" at the next #ACLAorg Annual Meeting, which will take place virtually from May 29 to June 1, 2025.

🗓️Deadline abstracts: October 14, 2024

📌More Information:
https://www.avldigital.de/de/vernetzen/details/callforpapers/the-ends-of-the-road-rethinking-the-borders-of-the-picaresque-acla-2025/ #fidavlnews @litstudies @germanistik #LiteratureGenre @italianstudies #LiteraryHistory #LiteratureHistory

In my new Q&A with author Elwin Cotman about his short story collection "Weird Black Girls," one line instantly convinced me this was one to read: "Whenever I write a new story, I'm trying to write something different from the story before."
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-weird-black-girls-author-elwin-cotman/
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#ElwinCotman #ElwinCotmanInterview #ElwinCotmanWeirdBlackGirls #ElwinCotmanWeirdBlackGirlsInterview #Books #Reading #CosmicHorror #PsychologicalHorror #Picaresque #ShortStory #ShortStories

‘Piesque? PIESQUE? What on earth … ?’

‘Your flipping loveable rogue only nicked the car, didn’t he?’

#picaresque
#VSS365

What a picaresque! , said the ronin. From the town of Vendetta, to the City of Ambrosia and the Great Library.
We met tiger boulders! said the rock with teeth.
We met Groundfog, said the fox-girl.
We came to the kingdom of cats, said the baby badgers,
And our adventure continues, said the bobcat.

#vss365  #picaresque

“He thinks he’s the main character in his own #picaresque adventure,” said Mia.
“But I’m not a damsel in distress,” said Ava.
“Problem is your colleagues think his bouquets are some sweet gesture & not something that sets up an obligation on you.”
“What’s his endgame?” #vss365

As they exited the mountain pass Grant surveyed the village in the valley below.
“It doesn’t look that pretty or quaint to me,” he said.
“No, I said #picaresque,” his guide replied. “It’s full of rogues and thieves. We’d best be careful.”
“Right you are.”
#vss365

When I met you, I knew it was the beginning of a #picaresque adventure.

It was fun, and light-hearted, and dangerous ... and I enjoyed every moment. It felt like I was the only one who could trust you.

That was my mistake.

#vss365
#WritingCommunity

#LGBTQ related #Wikipedia article created 6 hours ago

Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Takes_the_Form_of_a_Mortal_Girl
Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl is a novel by American writer Andrea Lawlor. It was published in 2017 by Rescue Press. The picaresque novel, which took the author 15 years to write, follows a protagonist who can shapeshift as he uses this ability to change his gender expression while roaming the United States

#Shapeshifting #Picaresque #Gender #Magic

Regarding to #Dalí's oil on canvas,in general the representations of the crucified #Christ are made at the foot of the cross or from a point that shows the crucified person from the front.
#Spain has given two genres to universal literature: the #picaresque and the Christian #Mysticism during our Golden Age. Dalí's painting is based on a drawing attributed to
San Juan de la Cruz,a Spanish mystic and Carmelite #Friar
This prevented the painting from being censored by the Catholic Church in #Spain