Mixed Media investigates Black and white artists' efforts toward racial integration, from the infamous 1931 Scottsboro Boys trial until Brown v. Board's 1954 desegregation of public schools. Each chapter attends to a distinctive visual ecology fostered by institutions and individuals committed to desegregation to varying degrees, including the nationwide public art initiatives of the New Deal, the imagery and cultural programs of the multiracial Popular Front, graphics pr...

LET'S DRAW MANGA-USING COLOR You've got your black lines down-now what? Will you use paint or markers? Fill in with the computer or use your brushes? Just how do you mix up "skin color?" Where do all of the highlights and shadows go? What colors will you even use?!

"An exceptional work challenging leaders to question their assumptions about how to achieve organizational excellence . . . a new narrative for leading." —Carol Pearson, author of The Hero WithinIf we are to disentangle the extraordinary challenges that we face today in organizations, communities, and nations we must transcend our divisions and develop solutions together. But what enables us to collectively make wise choices and sound judgments instead of splinterin...

A cultural geographer and an art historian offer fresh interpretations of Muybridge’s famous motion studies through the lenses of mobility and race.In 1878, Eadweard Muybridge successfully photographed horses in motion, proving that all four hooves leave the ground at once for a split second during full gallop. This was the beginning of Muybridge’s decades-long investigation into instantaneous photography, culminating in his masterpiece Animal Locomotion. ...

CAN THEY REUNITE TO SAVE EVERYTHING THEY KNOW?After a staggering betrayal that felled her husband and captured his throne, Queen Everys retreated to the Cold Light Forest. She thought she'd be able to regroup and face her enemies--the invading Dalark Imperium and now King Brencis, who stole her husband's crown. But the return of an ancient evil reveals what's truly at stake. Everys is determined to overcome these challenges for both her kingdom and her Siporan peop...

Some battles announce themselves. Others begin quietly a small, hard lump discovered in a shower on an ordinary December morning, the day after a dream job offer arrived in the mail. John Fred Ott was twenty-five years old in 1976 when doctors at Memorial Sloan Kettering told him he had a 30% chance of surviving until the Fourth of July. He was advised to get his affairs in order. He had other plans. Cancer Warrior My Battle / My Blessing is the memoir of a man whose entire life without hi...

Science fiction. Fantasy. Horror. Thriller. Romance. Drama.All in one book. All by one author. All exceptional.Return to the Bewilderness is your ticket to fifteen different worlds:A veteran superhero could be eclipsed by a newcomer, but if he doesn't learn to coexist, thousands could die. Meet an orc who just wants to break stuff but he has to do the opposite. Ride the winds on a methane sea with the unusual man who might hold the key to peace. And so many...

Our first story, "Small Wishes" by Carol Otte, takes us to some fanciful places but tackles some serious themes. Sing a song, make a wish, all your dreams come true. But should they?Next up we have "The Last Man on Earth--A Mini Novel" by Pulitzer Prize nominated poet John Guzlowski; a heartfelt look into the heart and mind of the grieving. Watch for links to the podcast of this story, as well as our interview with John.Last, but not least, we offer "The Cratch, Thy Keeper" b...

WHAT WILL THEY HAVE TO SACRIFICE TO SAVE THEIR KINGDOM?Everys never dreamed she would one day be queen of the Xoniel Dynasty, let alone actually fall in love with the king. But as political compromises, accusations from the former queen, and the unexpected arrival of her father threaten to tear her marriage apart, Everys struggles to find her place and power as queen. With so many crises converging to destroy her husband's reign, she has to save the very family who...

Discover the secrets of Paine, the teacher's son who unexpectedly finds himself at the right hand of the King of the Xoniel Dynasty.Paine would have been content to simply be a teacher in his father's Dynastic school in the small town of Breakwater. But his life takes an unexpected turn when he stumbles into a scandal involving a noble house. This launches him into a world that he never imagined, one where he finds powerful friends and even harsher enemies.Thrust into a lif...

FORCED TO MARRY THE MAN SWORN TO DESTROY HER KINDThe Dynasty claims to be a veritable paradise, where a multitude of races live in peace and harmony. Everys knows better. The Dynasty has been broken since it was founded, with the human nobility oppressing many of the peoples they've brutally conquered, including her own. As an illegal mage, Everys hides in a rundown corner of the capital city, running her family's electronics repair shop, afraid to risk her life to...

This important study of episcopal office and clerical identity in a socially and culturally dynamic region of medieval Europe examines the construction and representation of episcopal power and authority in the archdiocese of Reims during the sometimes turbulent century between 1050 and 1150. Drawing on a wide range of diplomatic, hagiographical, epistolary and other narrative sources, John S. Ott considers how bishops conceived of, and projected, their authority collectively and individua...