This author crafts powerful narratives for young readers and adolescents, focusing on themes of survival, resilience, and finding one's voice. Her style is often poetic and unflinchingly honest, capturing complex emotions and experiences with profound sensitivity. Through her compelling stories, she aims to give voice to the silenced, exploring the importance of storytelling for healing and empowerment. Her work resonates deeply with readers for its authenticity and commitment to confronting difficult truths.
New York Times bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson (Speak, Shout) and artist Leila del Duca reimagine Wonder Woman s origins in this timely story about the refugee experience, teenage activism, and finding the love and strength to create change. číst celé
Exploring the multifaceted career of a renowned performance artist and musician, this book is curated by Laurie Anderson herself. Celebrated for her innovative approach, Anderson seamlessly blends music and fine art while pioneering the use of technology in her work. Her diverse talents span performance art, composition, fiction writing, and filmmaking, with notable projects like the acclaimed "Heart of a Dog." Central to her artistry is a deep exploration of language and storytelling, showcasing her unique ability to intertwine these elements across various mediums.
The blistering conclusion to the Seeds of America trilogy that began with the bestselling Chains and continued with Forge.
Set in 1776 during the American struggle for independence, this powerful novel follows a girl's quest for freedom in a society where she is seen as property. It was shortlisted for the 2010 Carnegie Award.
Night Life is Laurie Anderson's diary of a year of dreams. Its pages recreate each night's mental show as a work of art, employing Anderson's skill in theater, lyrics and narrative to investigate the workings of her mind in the languages of dreams, drawings and text. She describes the book For the last year I've been on the road with a solo performance. Every night another theater, another hotel room. Gradually my dreams became wild, vivid, more and more relentless. Headless singing squirrels, vast empty spaces, bizarre clatterings and invasions. My own dark and private theater was slowly taking over. I began to draw these dreams literally out of self-defense. I kept the computer drawing tablet next to the bed and tried to capture them in their most raw state. After many months of drawing my dreams I was drawn into the odd language and logic of the images. Often I drew my own head in the foreground. What did that mean? Who's watching who? Often the dreams were alternate versions of the day's events. Sometimes they were heavily charged atmospheres, sensations, emotions. Depictions of bewilderment, ecstasy, weightlessness, abandonment, freedom.