Omar: An Opera of the Past and Present, by Marame Gueye Culture [email protected] Mon, 05/15/2023 - 16:11 Scene from the premiere of Omar at the Spoleto Festival in May 2022 / Photo by Leigh Webber / spoletousa.orgThe opera Omar, which had its North Carolina premiere at Carolina Performing Arts on February 23, 2023, is an intense journey into the life of its eponymous character. With the lead performed by Jamez McCorkle, Omar demonstrates Omar Ibn Said’s unwavering faith in Allah, the duress of enslavement, and the powers of writing. Omar Ibn Said / Wikipedia Created by Grammy Award winner Rhiannon Giddens, and co-composed with Michael Abels, who is behind such films as Get Out, Omar is based on the autobiography of Omar Ibn Said (also known as Uncle Moreau or Prince Omaroh), the only known slave narrative written in Arabic. Ibn Said was an enslaved African scholar who was captured in Fouta Toro in the delta of the Senegal River in 1807 at the age of thirty-seven and brought to Charleston, South Carolina. Prior to his capture, Omar had spent most of his life studying under prominent African scholars and was highly educated in theology, astronomy, mathematics, and more. Omar escaped his master and was later imprisoned in Fayetteville, North Carolina, where he was bought by James Owens, who also happened to be the brother of North Carolina governor John Owens. Omar described Owens as being kinder toward him. Impressed by his... Continue reading at 'World Literature Today'
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Nielsen put out a list of the Super Bowl’s TV audience going back to 1967. You were not alone in not watching Super Bowl LV last Sunday. The uneven matchup, in which the Tampa Bay Buccaneers trounced the Kansas City Chiefs, was among the least-watched Super Bowls in recent memory, even as more... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2021-02-09 13:39:34 UTC ]
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“The House on Vesper Sands” and “The Historians” feature appealing characters, who are the true draw of any well-told tale. Continue reading at The Washington Post
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The recycled gossip is tiresome, but what’s most irritating about “A Bright Ray of Darkness” is that it’s really good. Continue reading at The Washington Post
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The author of best-selling books set in medieval England and Wales, she insisted that historical fiction had an obligation to the facts. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-01-29 22:25:25 UTC ]
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Children’s book podcast and radio show "Down the Rabbit Hole" is starting 2021 with a new presenting and production team, including author Sam Sedgman, Scholastic's Hannah Love, Little Tiger's Charlie Morris and The Bookseller's Caroline Carpenter. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-26 02:08:20 UTC ]
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To celebrate the Book Review’s 125th anniversary, we’re dipping into the archives to revisit our most thrilling, memorable and thought-provoking coverage. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-01-25 16:00:20 UTC ]
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Chair of Virago Lennie Goodings is presenting a radio programme about legendary editor Max Perkins and editor relationships today for BBC Radio 4, with guests including Sarah Churchwell, Emma Paterson, Colm Toibin and Linda Grant. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-25 02:43:10 UTC ]
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Puffin is publishing the first children's book by CBeebies presenter and YouTuber Maddie Moate, illustrated by Paul Boston, this September. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Elizabeth Day and Johny Pitts are to be the new presenters of BBC Radio 4’s "Open Book" programme. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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We’ve gathered some unique examples of how authors are tailoring their outreach to meet the needs of students and teachers during the pandemic. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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A group of publishers are donating thousands of books to The Childhood Trust’s campaign, to ensure disadvantaged children in London receive a present this Christmas. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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One of Perry’s unique talents is his ability to tell the same story over and over again, while finding ways to make it fresh and absorbing. Continue reading at The Washington Post
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We’re a little more than a month out from Election Day and the New York Times nonfiction bestseller list is looking predictably odd. In a year when books about anti-racism have reached unprecedented sales, so too has the tide of journalistic blockbusters and books by conservative mainstays been... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-09-25 13:58:38 UTC ]
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In “Breaking Bread With the Dead,” Alan Jacobs argues we should “sift the past for its wisdom and its wickedness, its perception and its foolishness.” Continue reading at The Washington Post
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Hachette Children's Group has signed a two-book middle-grade series from children's presenters Luke Franks and Sean Thorne, who are both debut authors. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-13 21:00:51 UTC ]
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Mirror Books has landed the “extraordinary” true story of Audrey Hepburn and her time as a resistance fighter during World War II, written by Robert Matzen. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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With bookshops still closed in parts of the UK, sales have surpassed last year’s numbers, with 3.8m print books sold in the last weekBritain’s readers have been emerging from lockdown to restock their bookshelves, with book sales – and particularly crime novels – booming in the three weeks since... Continue reading at The Guardian
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The latest installment in Lock’s American Novels series brings together P.T. Barnum and Susan B. Anthony. Continue reading at The Washington Post
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J K Rowling has revealed she is a domestic abuse and sexual assault survivor, in an extended piece on her website dedicated to explaining her views on sex and gender issues. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-11 09:07:50 UTC ]
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