Bøker av Laura Moriarty

A collection of forty-five poems and eight prose sections that explore walking, writing, and art making as divinatory practices.Which Walks begins with a prologue that introduces its themes of endlessly walking while aging and existing—even thriving—in this strange current world. It was also written in relation to the visual practice taken up by the author after an approximately fifty-year break. From the prologue: “An inveterate Blakean, she rereads The Four Zoas as well as his Laocoön with its assertion that “Practice is Art If you leave off you are lost.” This motto of her youth continues to work in her old age. Her witchiness is not a choice but how she is seen by others. It is a strong, if vexed, position from which to work and see.”

A mesmerizing exploration of the intensity and power of volcanoes in personal, geologic, and spiritual time.

A collection of poems. It features poems that examine the historically gendered gaze of artistic and cultural narratives and their impact upon the individual, the symmetries that interlink to figure our social and political horizons, or the destructive forces that both expose and explode our meaning of self.

Bare noen få år før hun blir en berømt stumfilmstjerne og et ikon for en hel generasjon, forlater den femten år gamle Louise Brooks Kansas for å studere ved den prestisjefylte Denishawn School of Dancing i New York. Til sin store ergrelse får hun følge av en trettiseks år gammel ledsagerske som verken er moren hennes eller en venn. Cora Carlisle, en komplisert men tradisjonell kvinne som har sine egne grunner for å ta turen, har ingen anelse om hva hun har i vente. Unge Louise, som allerede er slående vakker med sin berømte, svarte bob-frisyre, er kjent for sin arroganse og mangel på respekt for sosiale konvensjoner. Til slutt vil de fem ukene de tilbringer sammen forandre livene deres for alltid. Laura Moriartys Ledsagersken er gjennomsyret av tjue- og trettitallets rike historie - fra togene med foreldreløse barn, til Prohibisjonen, de såkalte "Flappers"-kvinnene, begynnelsen på Den store depresjonen og den voksende bevegelsen for like rettigheter og nye muligheter for kvinner - og boken illustrerer hvor raskt alt var i endring på denne tiden, fra mote og skjørtelengder til verdier og holdninger, og hvilken enorm innvirkning det hele hadde på livene til Louise Brooks, Cora Carlisle og andre som dem.

What makes a family? That's what nineteen year old Veronica is wondering. Her family have always made her feel safe and protected but that's all been snatched away from her and she's beginning to wonder if she really knows her family at all . . .With a homeless mother and a missing father Veronica has to grow up fast. Real life is a frightening wake-up call and as truths and tensions percolate and bubble to the surface there are devastating consequences. Can Veronica save those she thought she loved? Will her best intentions lead to her worst transgressions? And who will be left to catch Veronica when she falls?

A new collection of poetry from the important experimental writer of the "A Tonalist" lyric

Controversies in Victimology features original works of noted scholars and practitioners, aiming to shed light on the debates over, the media attention on, and the psychology behind victimization. This book discusses the controversies from all sides of the debate, and attempts to reconcile the issues in order to move the field forward.

Soon to be a feature film from the creators of Downton AbbeyOn a summer's day in 1922, Cora Carlisle boards a train from Wichita, Kansas, to New York City, charged with the care of a stunningly beautiful young girl with a jet-black bob and wisdom way beyond her fifteen years.The girl is Louise Brooks and, for her, New York offers a chance of stardom beneath the bright lights of Broadway. For Cora, whose formative years were spent at The New York Home for Friendless Girls, the trip offers the opportunity to discover the truth about her past. It will also, although she doesn't realize it yet, offer her the chance for a very different future.Set in a time of illicit thrills and daring glamour, a time when prohibition reigns and speakeasies thrive behind closed doors, The Chaperone tells Cora's story as she finally discovers who she is and - more importantly - who she wants to be.'What a beautiful book. I loved every page' Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife'This is that rare, precious and fabulous thing - a proper story, with characters you care about desperately and root for right to the end . . . I can't recommend this novel highly enough' Daily Mail'A lovely novel, full of humanity' Sunday Times

Sheds light on the debates over the media attention and the psychology behind victimization. This book discusses the controversies from various sides of the debate, and attempts to reconcile the issues in order to move the field forward.