Verified Purchase. If they ask me, I can say pain scale zero, which has never happened before, not in my entire history of hospitals. Translated by Maria Dahvana Headley Scribe, 2020, 176 pp., $27.99. [22], The short story "Moveable Beast" was published in the anthology Unnatural Creatures in 2013, and was a Nebula Award finalist in the short story category. Read 421 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. history, and as such, it astonishes. New BEOWULF translation, coming 2020. In October, 2015, Farrar, Straus and Giroux editor Sean McDonald acquired The Mere Wife at auction. Entdecken Sie alle Hörbücher gesprochen von Maria Dahvana Headley auf Audible.de. We wait, and one day our waiting is over. [25], Her story "Memoirs of an Imaginary Country", a retelling of a lost tale of Casanova, was published in the Boston Review special 2017 fiction issue Global Dystopias, and published online in 2020. In Magonia, for the first time, she can breathe. There was once a tremendous skeleton here, rib cage curving the wall, tail twisting across the floor. There will be no waking up for me, because it is clearly five AM, and this can only be cruel night phlebotomy. By Maria Dahvana Headley Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020 . Maria Dahvana Headley is a #1 New York Times-bestselling author & editor. THE MERE WIFE from MCD x FSG. Earth’s a thieved place. History and mythology, passion and seduction, witches and warriors combine to bring the timeless story of Cleopatra to life like never before in this stunningly original and spellbinding debut. "Maria Dahvana Headley is a firecracker: she's whip smart with a heart, and she writes like a dream." [6], Headley lived in Seattle for many years before returning to New York City. Her books include the novels Magonia, Aerie, and Queen of Kings, as well as the memoir, The Year of Yes. In our soil there are tree fossils, the remains of a forest, dating from the greening of the world. No one needs to love us for us to exist. We’re an old thing made of everything else, and we’ve been waiting here a long time. "Seeräuber", a short story about a Jenny Haniver, was published by Subterranean Press in late 2012. 1 Hörbuch Ihrer Wahl pro Monat. Headley's plays, Drive Me and Last of the Breed, have been produced at Boise Contemporary Theater in Boise, Idaho. The year is 30 BC. As one of the witches - Chrysate - admits, "beauty was a tremendous part of her currency,"  and much the same could and should be said for Maria Dahvana Headley's genre debut. [2] She was married to Robert Schenkkan[30] from 2004 to 2012. Better, she has immense power. Maria Dahvana Headley is the New York Times-bestselling author of, most recently, THE MERE WIFE (out July 17, 2018 from MCD/FSG). American author Maria Dahvana Headley is the latest to take on the challenge, and she kicks off with an incredible choice of word: “Bro!” “Smart and insightful reported features about modern masculinity.” — The Goods by Vox This site is protected by reCAPTCHA. Her humor and wit and her style is just perfect! [13] The Year of Yes is a 2006 Finalist in The Books for a Better Life Award.[14]. Read it. Since she was a baby, Aza has suffered from a mysterious lung disease that’s making it ever harder for her to breathe, to speak—to live. There's never a dull moment with Aza and Jason, but the ending of it all failed to excite. Dayle Gwynn. But before Aza can consider that thrilling idea, something goes terribly wrong. No one needs to see us for us to exist. As she navigates her new life, Aza discovers that war is coming. In exchange for Antony's soul, Cleopatra is transformed into a vampiric creature of mythical proportions, an immortal shapeshifter with superhuman strength and an insatiable hunger for human blood. Entdecken Sie alle Hörbücher von Maria Dahvana Headley auf Audible.de: 1 Hörbuch Ihrer Wahl pro Monat Der erste Monat geht auf uns. Post navigation ← Older posts. In 2014, HarperCollins acquired the young adult novel Magonia and a sequel. In Magonia, for the first time, she can breathe. Maria Dahvana Headley schreibt Fantasyromane und Phantastik, die bei Knaur Taschenbuch erscheinen und im Bundesamt für magische Wesen erhältlich sind. The voice gets sharper. Weep, even.". - Kirkus Reviews, "...this is fantasy with a swish of alt. It is well structured, wonderfully judged and lavishly crafted. Read it. “I see something, in the sky. Yes, there’s realism. It was all there. Beowulf is the longest poem that was written in Old English, the language spoken in pre-Norman conquest England. Given that Maria Dahvana Headley’s overhyped and underwhelming 2018 novel The Mere Wife is a modern retelling of Beowulf that recasts both the monster Grendel and particularly his avenging mother as sympathetic protagonists, it was perhaps to be expected that the same author would subsequently produce a full translation of the … She eases herself down to the tiles. [16], The Book of the Dead, a 2013 anthology of science fiction and fantasy stories "all themed around the most mysterious, versatile and, perhaps, under-appreciated of the undead: the mummy," published by Jurassic London and the Egypt Exploration Society, will feature Headley's mummies and candy story, "Bit-U-Men". [citation needed] She has been a featured author at ABA Winter Institute,[29] Bumbershoot, Wordstock, and the Texas Book Festival. And she can use it to change the world. So when Aza catches a glimpse of a ship in the sky, her family chalks it up to a cruel side effect of the medication. So… what is Magonia? She can hear someone on the ship calling her name. Written in Old English, it has been translated many times, with varying interpretations of the text a result of the condition and notations that have been made to this medieval manuscript across the centuries. Desperate to save her kingdom and resurrect her husband, Cleopatra summons the most fearsome warrior goddess, Sekhmet, and against the warnings of her scholars she strikes a mortal bargain. . The cave’s walls are crumbling now, and on top of the stone the tiles are cracking, but the station remains: ticket booth, wooden benches, newspaper racks, china teacups, stained-glass windows facing outward into earthworms, and crystal chandeliers draped in cobwebs. Excerpted from The Mere Wife, copyright © 2018 by Maria Dahvana Headley. Jason, for whom she might have more-than-friendly feelings. Her novel The Mere Wife was nominated for the 2019 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel. She staggers, leans against our wall, and looks up at our ceiling, breathing carefully. As one of the witches - Chrysate - admits, "beauty was a tremendous part of her currency,"  and much the same could and should be said for Maria Dahvana Headley's genre debut. The continuing adventure of Aza Ray, Jason Kerwin, and the skybound country of Magonia. Her books include the novels Magonia, Aerie, Queen of Kings, and the memoir The Year of Yes. A radical new verse translation of the epic poem by Maria Dahvana Headley, which brings to light elements that have never before been translated into English, recontextualizing the binary narrative of monsters and heroes into a tale in which the two categories often entwine, justice is rarely served, and dragons live among us. … The Year of Yes has been optioned for the screen by Paramount Pictures and the Jinks/Cohen Company (producers of American Beauty, and Big Fish, among other films),[12] and has been or will be translated into Korean, German, Dutch, Italian, Hebrew, and Chinese, as well as appearing in an additional English-language edition in the UK and world marketplace through HarperCollins Thorsons Element imprint. Aza’s journey pulls her deep into the question of home, of love, of self, and of just what it means to find them all. By Ruth Frankli n August 24, 2020 Maria Dahvana Headley’s … We’re the wilderness, the hidden river, and the stone caves. “Maria Dahvana Headley is a firecracker: she’s whip smart with a heart, and she writes like a dream.” —Neil Gaiman, bestselling author of The Graveyard Book and Coraline. Report abuse. This is "Beowulf Introduction - Maria Dahvana Headley" by Grand Journal on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. … This nurse has no sense of nice. In early 2010, Dutton purchased Headley's debut novel Queen of Kings, which explores "the transcendent powers of love even beyond death, entwining the true story of Antony and Cleopatra and Rome's invasion of Alexandria with a narrative in which the Queen of Egypt sacrifices her soul to save her fallen husband and in return is transformed into an immortal goddess bent on the destruction of the Roman Empire". ’ s a blurry streak of light, coming from the Mere Wife at auction New. 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