Confessions of the Hired Spatula is the first book by author, Deborah Carlton -- a collection of humorous camp stories from a neophyte backcountry cook with comic illustrations of the colorful characters, rich cover art from her original oil canvases and recipes appearing as perfect endnotes to the stories. Many of the recipes were learned while cooking under fire with long hours and endlessly biting pests. Yet Deborah finds such humor that the reader will laugh out loud, and the circumstances are so unusual and interesting that this book will become a treasure to return to over and again. Related websites: D. R. Schrader Custom Saddles. Fine hand-crafted custom saddles for horses and mules. www.schradersaddles.com www.mulesandmore.com www.flyhooked.com www.art- exchange.com/art-exchange/ArtResult.asp
The news is not good for black women when it comes to finding a partner. Where not long ago there were roughly two married women to every single woman, those numbers have gradually reversed over the past few decades--now, more than 60 percent of black women have either never married or are divorced. These numbers are far greater than those of any other social group, and the trend shows no sign of reversing. Mathis brings the skills of an astute veteran journalist and the passions of an attentive and articulate storyteller to uncovering the truths in single black women’s lives today. Sole Sisters is certain to ignite public debate on how and why so many black women remain single and spark discussion as to what semi-permanent singlehood means for so many.
Deborah C. De Rosa examines the multifaceted nature of domestic abolitionism, a discourse that nineteenth-century women created to voice their political sentiments when cultural imperatives demanded their silence. For nineteenth-century women struggling to find an abolitionist voice while maintaining the codes of gender and respectability, writing children's literature was an acceptable strategy to counteract the opposition. By seizing the opportunity to write abolitionist juvenile literature, De Rosa argues, domestic abolitionists were able to enter the public arena while simultaneously maintaining their identities as exemplary mother-educators and preserving their claims to "femininity." Using close textual analyses of archival materials, De Rosa examines the convergence of discourses about slavery, gender, and children in juvenile literature from 1830 to 1865, filling an important gap in our understanding of women's literary productions about race and gender, as well as our understanding of nineteenth-century American literature more generally.
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