Category: Non Fiction

Pastel Painting Atelier — Ellen Eagle

By 5t4n5

Pastel Painting Atelier -- Ellen EagleA super good book with Ellen taking us through everything she knows about art and her own approach to working on a artwork, from conception to completetion.

I would consider this book a must read for pastelists, but also i would think that a lot of artists of other mediums would also really enjoy it and get a few take-aways.

It’s also full of some wonderful art works, both by Ellen and others that she has something to point out about.   I would rate it very highly as just a book to look at the pictures if that’s also your thing, as there are a lot of wonderful pictures to browse.

#art #painting #pastels #elleneagles

Will I Live to See My Utopia? — P. Djèlí Clark

By 5t4n5

Will I Live to See My Utopia? -- P. Djèlí ClarkInspired by the TV show Watchmen.   You can read it over at Uncanny.

An interesting and thought provoking essay by one of my favourite writers.   Djèlí is a historian by day and he provides lots of links for you to learn things with.

And for those of you who haven’t watched Watchmen yet, then seriously get the fuck out from under that rock you’ve been living under and turn the computer on and find it.   Seriously good TV.

P. Djèlí Clark’s Page

#watchmen #tv

Dreams Must Explain Themselves — Ursula K. Le Guin

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Dreams Must Explain Themselves -- Ursula K. Le Guin

National Book Award Acceptance Speech
Dreams Must Explain Themselves
A Citizen of Mondath
From Elfland to Poughkeepsie
Why Are Americans Afraid of Dragons?
Is Gender Necessary? Redux
Introduction to The Left Hand of Darkness
The Space Crone
Introduction to The Word for World is Forest
Close Encounters, Star Wars, and the Tertium Quid
Shikasta by Doris Lessing
It was a Dark and Stormy Night: Or, Why Are We Huddling about the Campfire?
The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four and Five by Doris Lessing
Some Thoughts on Narrative
Italian Folktales by Italo Calvino
World-Making
The Princess
Facing It
A Non-Euclidean View of California as a Cold Place to Be
A Left-Handed Commencement Address
The Sentimental Agents by Doris Lessing
Whose Lathe?
Theodora
Science Fiction and the Future
Prospects for Women in Writing
Bryn Mawr Commencement Address
Heroes
The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction
The Fisherwoman’s Daughter
Things Not Actually Present: On The Book of Fantasy and J. L. Borges
Prides: An Essay on Writing Workshops
Indian Uncles by Ursula Kroeber Le Guin
The Writer On, and At, Her Work
Dogs, Cats, and Dancers: Thoughts about Beauty
Introducing Myself
Off the Page: Loud Cows, a Talk and a Poem about Reading Aloud
Reading Young, Reading Old: Mark Twain’s Diaries of Adam and Eve
All Happy Families
The Operating Instructions
The Question I get Asked Most Often
Rhythmic Pattern in The Lord of the Rings
A Matter of Trust
On the Frontier
Old Body, Not Writing
The Critics, the Monsters, and the Fantasists
Collectors, Rhymesters, and Drummers
About Feet
The Writer and the Character
Cheek by Jowl: Animals in Children’s Literature
Why Kids Want Fantasy, or, Be Careful What You Eat
National Book Award Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters Acceptance Speech

Ursula’s Page

#scifi #ursulakleguin

Why Work? — Anthology

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Why Work? -- Collection

Introductions

Beyond Waged Labour — Nina Power – 2016
In Praise of Idleness — Bertrand Russell – 1932
Useful Work versus Useless Toil — William Morris – 1885

The Problems of Work

The Tyranny of the Clock — George Woodcock – 1944
The Problem of Work — Camillo Berneri – 1938
The Art of Shovelling — Ifan Edwards – 1947
Measuring Misery — John Hewetson – 1954
The Wage System — Peter Kropotkin – 1888
“˜Who will do the Dirty Work?’ — Tony Gibson – 1952
The Dominant Idea — Voltarine de Cleyre – 1910

Alternatives and Futures

Reflections on Utopia — SP – 1962
Collectives in the Spanish Revolution — Gaston Leval – 1975
Significance of the “Self-Build” Movement – 1952
Leisure in America — August Heckscher II – 1961
The Other Economy: The Possibilities of Work Beyond Employment — Denis Pym – 1981
Visions: Six Drawings — Cliff Harper – 1975

Production: Need vs Profit

Editorials from Freedom Newspaper – 1958-1962

Changing Times

Wrinklies and Crumblies Discuss Punks and Joblessness — Colin Ward – 1996
Beyond an Economy of Work and Spend — Juliet Schor – 1997
Dark Satanic Cubicles: It’s Time to Smash the Job Culture! — Claire Wolfe – 2005
On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs — David Graeber – 2013
Work — Prole.info – 2005