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Rochester's South Wedge follows the hundreds of ambitious and ordinary people who have formed a distinct community for 185 years. Immediate neighbors include Mount Hope Cemetery, the nation's first municipal cemetery and final resting place for the Frederick Douglass family and Susan B. Anthony; and Highland Park, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. Close by are the University of Rochester and Colgate Divinity School. With its northern boundary on the original Erie Canal, the South Wedge became home to laborers, craftsmen, and shopkeepers who contributed to the boatbuilding industry in the 1800s. The world-famous Ellwanger and Barry Nurseries covered parts of the South Wedge and surrounding area.
In this revisited edition, the rich picture history of Rochester's South Wedge, first shared in 2005, is expanded with new insights and stories. Since moving to the area in the summer of 1976, the author has dedicated 13 years to working on The Wedge newspaper, committed to sharing positive news about city life. Over those years, technological advancements drastically transformed the way the newspaper was produced, and an explosion of online information became available. This edition captures these significant changes and offers a more comprehensive view of the South Wedge's evolving narrative, reflecting the dynamic interplay of community and technology.
Ghinwa Jawhari's debut collection is a meditation on the Arabic word bint (بنت), or girl. The girl in these pages attempts to reconcile an American identity as a mite of the wooden house. At the onset of her acned year, she is polluted with breasts, suddenly aware of her body and its reaction to other bodies.
In BINT, the palate succumbs to pleasure-crested pricks just as the din of tradition continues to conjure a valley of mirrors. The thrill of the unknown contrasts with what is taught, contextless and insistent. Through it all, the future is discernible, and glistens on in the smoke, like Beirut's blue neon of a prayer bead.
In the post-apocalyptic town of Ashenridge, where scientific brilliance thrives amidst ruins of the past, the villagers live under the illusion of safety. But beneath the surface of their orderly existence lies a secret-a sinister force known only as The Splitter. An ancient entity that feeds on pain, guilt, and hidden truths, The Splitter has silently ensnared the hearts and minds of the town's inhabitants for generations.
When a horrific event shatters the fragile peace of the town, Hamilton, a reluctant leader, finds himself thrust into a battle he cannot fully comprehend. With the mysterious arrival of Mara, a young woman from the forbidden woods, and her enigmatic family, the villagers are forced to confront the truth about The Splitter. As Mara reveals the entity's dark history, the line between science and the supernatural begins to blur, threatening the town's very identity.
As secrets unravel and old wounds are exposed, the villagers unite in a desperate attempt to destroy The Splitter once and for all. But even as hope begins to take root, a remnant of the ancient evil lingers, a silent promise that its hunger is far from sated.
Ashenridge is a haunting tale of survival, resilience, and the devastating power of secrets. Perfect for fans of atmospheric horror and intricate storytelling, this gripping short story explores what happens when science and the supernatural collide, and the true cost of keeping the darkness at bay.
Morgan of Earth has reluctantly accepted her duties as the Revered Mother, and she is becoming painfully aware of the magnitude of responsibility that title carries. In addition, she learns of an aspect of herself that changes her perspective-and destiny- forever.
To complicate matters further, there is another being that desperately wants to show her what he has to offer, creating even deeper consequences.
In Serpents in the Temple, the second installment of The Revered Mother of Prymiah, Morgan takes her place as Prymiah's Spiritual Leader. But she learns even more about her heart, and how deeply she loves not only Earth, but Prymiah.
Harold Knutt, a hero of the French & Indian war, returns to England and begins his search for Sinclair, daughter of his mentor, Sergeant Major Scott. With the help of a recent acquaintance, he soon falls in love with the independent and willful woman of means.
He wins a seat in the House of Commons, speaking out against the onerous taxes levied on those who bled for the English Empire in the fight against the French. He soon realizes his journey through the shadowed halls of politics might lead him back to the red path, with the conflict between colonies and the crown looming on the horizon.
He soon finds himself pitted against a secretive cabal made up of politicos, pamphleteers, and men of commerce, holding the reins of power firmly in their hands, manipulating events in the colonies to their personal advantage, backed by a sinister group of 'unnamed men' striking from the shadows against anyone daring stand in the way.
Legacy's Road: The Shadowed Way is a novel about people choosing to set morals aside, joining themselves with vile men intent on countering Harold's efforts. Political warfare ensues, ending in acts of violence as deadly as those he fought through in Legacy's Road: The Red Path.
Join the citizens of the American colonies, native peoples, and members of Harold's family as they discover their destinies along the shadowed way.
Frederick and Anna Douglass's 11-year-old son Lewis is shocked to learn the family is moving from their gracious home on Alexander Street in Rochester, NY. He is even more shocked to learn he must drive a team of horses to help with the move. What could go wrong?
My dad was born in London. My grandparents were English and they became citizens. Their British outlook on life didn't match my mother's Brooklyn Irish Catholic ways or what I had learned from living in France with my family as a girl. Growing up, I watched generational and cultural clashes at holiday meals and saw how grown-ups believed their opinions were right.
Reading became an escape from conflicts at home and a way to make sense of life beyond our house. Decades later, my need to know made me wonder what life was like for Frederick and Anna Douglass's family at the dinner table in Rochester in the 1850s.
During the pandemic, I had time to look into the greater abolitionist circle that the Douglass family was a part of. Pulling together what I learned from scholarly texts and biographies, led me to write ALL RIGHTS FOR ALL: Working for Justice.
Imagine a world free of oppression, and built on social justice and community support instead. What would it look like?
Be the Change! is a coloring book of thirty-five stunning images by the Justseeds Artists' Cooperative, a collective using art and design to envision radical social transformation and pathways towards a more just world. People of all ages will find inspiration here. In a world that is getting faster every day, slow down and celebrate art and resistance. Make the revolution bright, colorful, and irresistible! Together we can be the change we want to see!
An elegiac illumination of personal and political histories misremembered and censored, There Is Still Singing in the Afterlife is animated by the intimate language of spirits--living, loved, and gone--singing to us from the hereafter.
A poet of deep noticing, JinJin Xu interrogates the nature of witness and memory, taking seriously the consequence of confession in a foreign land, in a language not her own. Xu grapples with a forbidden language--blending the lyric with confession and erasure to sing the unspeakable, to open our eyes to seek the light. This is a stellar debut from a poet you should watch out for.
Paul, a resident of a small town in Down-East Maine, discovers a deceased child tied to a cedar cross on a remote island.
Adrian, a former investigator with the FBI, enlists Paul in the search for the killer. Adrian has spent several years tracking down an unknown murderer. One she believes to be responsible for the deaths of dozens of youthful victims. Their bodies found in remote sites, forming the center and four cardinal points of a cross-shaped killing field.
A desperate search begins, with the two of them working together to identify where the next sacrifice will take place. The chase between good and evil leads to a violent confrontation.
Follow Paul and Adrian as they search through remote areas in the Maine countryside, hunting an emotionless killer before he strikes again.
An ordinary room in Cairo. A man, now alone. An assemblage of household objects that aren't so inanimate.
The objects we own bear witness to our secret lives. In We Are All Things, a quiet room becomes a noisy backdrop to heartbreak and other forces of sentience. Here, pillows bemoan lost touch, lamps flicker with the memory of darkness, and the stereo coos a forgotten melody. This illustrated prose poem marries the rhythmic melody of poetry with the fluidity of visual narrative and invites us to imagine the mystery of feeling and the longing nature of existence.
Equal parts Maurice-Ponty and Yahyā al-Tāhir 'Abdallah, We Are All Things is the first collaboration between Elliott Golla and Ganzeer.
How would you color the Mona Lisa? Would you trade the blues in Van Gogh's Starry Night for another color? What radical coloring choices would you make if you had access to a classic work of art, but without its characteristic colors? With Fanning the Flames, you can answer that question for yourself!
As an essential political artist of the new millennium, Molly Crabapple's pens and inks have taken her from the cobblestoned alleyways of Paris to the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp. She has illustrated court proceedings, scenes from ISIS-occupied Syria, moments from the Occupy Wall Street movement, and even Marvel anthologies. With Fanning the Flames, fans and fellow artists will have a chance to experience some of Molly's earliest drawings stripped down to their outlines so they can color in and outside of the lines. Featuring surrealist illustrations of beautifully daring burlesque dancers, Fanning the Flames is a coloring book where adults can be as creative, whimsical, and bold as their hearts desire.