God should ___, if he wants me. God should be a nervous slip of a kid. God should pick up the altar and make flower petals float. God should draw a shaky self-portrait. God shouldnotbe indivisible. That was one word that always curled on my tongue, when i stood with my hand pressed to my chest, my fickle fast skeletal chest, and chanted the words with the other children, and the teacher whose good-natured smile would so swiftly turn solemn, devout. under god, indivisible. under god’s invisible. under this god, in the visible. in the visible world, god is an electric pulse. God should be small and many. God should mill thanklessly about, in search of me. God should wait on line, eavesdropping on the women ahead of them. give me an inch, girl. cut me some slack. take this worn billfold heart into the other room. take it and fold it over again. let it be some bug’s miniature shelter. God never knows what to make of these places. God shifts her feet, which ache because they should after a whole half-hour, and watches balls of light unfurl on the eggshell-orange tile. God’s waiting on a renewal of some sort, and there are way too many forms. 

God was never an enemy, because i knew God better than our families. but God’s still learning how to make friends. God’s still leaning against my wall, wondering if they’re on the outside or in. God’s still ____, trying to figure out how to ______. God should ___, but not for me. God’s knuckles should tremble. God should look up, ask if they got the right door. God should try and learn something from the silence. God should have to guess.

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“A closely observed, droll, coming-of-age story . . . An absolute keeper.” —Maureen Corrigan, Fresh Air

"A page-turning narrative with laugh-out-loud scenes, and ultimately a hopeful, affirming book about how words can stir the mystery in us.” —Julia Alvarez, author of Afterlife

A warm and witty story of a young woman who gets swept up in the rivalries and love affairs of a dramatic group of writers.

Carla is stuck. In her twenties and working for a landscaper, she’s been told she’s on the wrong path by everyone—from her mom, who wants her to work at the hospital, to her boyfriend, who is dropping not-so-subtle hints that she should be doing something that matters.

­Then she is hired for a job at the home of Viridian, a lauded and lovely aging poet who introduces Carla to an eccentric circle of writers. At first she is perplexed by their predilection for reciting lines in conversation, the stories of their many liaisons, their endless wine-soaked nights. Soon, though, she becomes enamored with this entire world: with Viridian, whose reputation has been defined by her infamous affair with a male poet, Mathias; with Viridian’s circle; and especially with the power of words, the “ache and hunger that can both be awakened and soothed by a poem,” a hunger that Carla feels sharply. When a fight emerges over a vital cache of poems that Mathias wrote about Viridian, Carla gets drawn in. But how much will she sacrifice for a group that may or may not see her as one of their own?

A delightfully funny look at the art world—sometimes petty, sometimes transactional, sometimes transformative— ­The Poet’s House is also a refreshingly candid story of finding one’s way, with words as our lantern in the dark.

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Paul Stanley discusses the writing and narration of his memoir, FACE THE MUSIC (on-sale 4-8-14). This episode also includes an excerpt from the prologue.

"People say I was brave to write such a revealing book, but I wrote it because I needed to personally reflect on my own life. I know everyone will see themselves somewhere in this book, and where my story might take them is why I'm sharing it."

Well known for his onstage persona, the "Starchild," Paul Stanley has written a memoir with a gripping blend of personal revelations and gritty war stories about the highs and lows both inside and outside of KISS. Born with a condition called microtia (an ear deformity rendering him deaf on the right side), Stanley's traumatic childhood experiences produced an inner drive to succeed in the most unlikely of places: music. Taking readers through the series of events that led to the founding of KISS, the personal relationships that helped shape his life, and the turbulent dynamics among his bandmates over the past forty years, this book leaves no one unscathed—including Stanley himself.

With never-before-seen photos and images throughout, Face the Music is a colorful portrait of a man and the band he helped create, define, and sustain—made larger than life in artfully told stories that are shocking, funny, inspirational, and honest.



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In GBA 331 we get better acquainted with Hel Robin Gurney. They talk writing, fairytales, mythology, folklore, poetry, stories, the process of creating and developing their show The Sleeping Princess and so much more. 

Robin plugs:

5th May Poetry Society 2pm: Fairytale Double Bill: https://www.facebook.com/events/615314005470398/ 

The Sleeping Princess at Manchester Fringe, Reading Fringe, Camden Fringe: https://helgurney.wordpress.com/

April 28th Poetry Cafe: Wilderness:  New Queer Writing: https://www.facebook.com/events/1521948347932126/

The Emergence of Trans: https://transseminars.com/

I plug:

Mansplaining Masculinity: The Book https://unbound.com/books/mansplaining-masculinity/

What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity

http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/

Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad: https://medium.com/@goosefat101/down-to-a-sunless-sea-memories-of-my-dad-d1d2d3a61360

The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/

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We mention:

Howl of the Bantee: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-howl-of-the-bantee
AJ: https://twitter.com/anathemajane
The Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Larousse-Encyclopedia-Mythology-Robert-Graves/dp/185152519X
National Novel Writing Month: https://nanowrimo.org/
Buffy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer
Tempest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tempest_(play)
Miranda: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_(The_Tempest)
Caliban: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caliban
Sycorax: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sycorax
Prospero: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospero
Shakespeare: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare
Kate Tempest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Tempest
James Webster: https://websterpoet.wordpress.com/
Hackney Hammer and Tongue: http://www.hammerandtongue.com/hackney/
Genesis Poetry: https://genesiscinema.co.uk/GenesisCinema.dll/WhatsOn?Film=204877
Midas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midas
Medusa: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medusa
Hollie McNish: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollie_McNish
Andrew Lang's Fairy Books: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Lang%27s_Fairy_Books
Tolkien: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolkien
Lord of the Rings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings
Eowyn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89owyn
Aragorn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aragorn
Faramir: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faramir
The Silmarillion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silmarillion
History of Middle Earth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_History_of_Middle-earth
Galadriel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galadriel
Christopher Tolkien: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Tolkien
The Arda Reconstructed by Douglas Kane: https://www.amazon.com/Arda-Reconstructed-Creation-Published-Silmarillion/dp/1611460891
Briar Rose: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_Beauty
The Trials and Tribulations of Little Red Riding Hood by Jack Zipes: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Trials-Tribulations-Little-Riding-Hood/dp/0415908353
Once Upon A Time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_(TV_series)
Poetry School: https://poetryschool.com/interviews/meet-digital-poet-residence-interview-jay-bernard/
Jay Bernard: http://jaybernard.co.uk/
Ted Hughes Award: http://poetrysociety.org.uk/competitions/ted-hughes-award/

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Desperate to escape a harsh and narrow regime, two runaways unwittingly flee headlong into the centre of a terrible battle. This first sequel to The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe includes all the hallmarks of its famous predecessor, though this time the fate of Narnia is wound up in the lives of its own children – and a talking horse!


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