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Stotty 'n' Spice Cake brings together regional recipes, dialect,
social history and kitchen technology to give us an insight into
how kitchen skills, tools and diets have developed. Bill Griffiths
takes us on a journey through cooking history - from the griddle on
an open fire and the 'beehive' oven to the widely used, much loved
and polished kitchen range (th' yuven). This book describes the
changing tastes - as well as changes in supplies of meat, fish and
grain over the years to include traditions such as the popularity
of oatcakes, broth and bread. Recipes from across the region, such
as Leak Pudding, Carlins, Singin'-hinny, Taffle Apple, Barley Broth
and wartime recipes 'Warton Pie' (Wartime Pie) of course, all
served with much home grown North East humour. A joyous celebration
of the history of the food and its people from the North East of
England.
From Bill Griffith, the acclaimed creator of Zippy the Pinhead,
comes the story of Ernie Bushmiller and his iconic comic strip
Nancy, told in an original graphic novel that recounts the history
of comics and the secrets of comic book storytellingFrom Bill
Griffith, creator of Zippy the Pinhead and Nobody’s Fool, comes
Three Rocks, a biography of cartoonist Ernie Bushmiller, creator of
the iconic comic strip Nancy. But this graphic novel is more than
just the bio of a single comic book artist. It is the story of this
American art form, tracing its inception in 1895 with the Yellow
Kid, the creation of Nancy in 1933, and all the strips that
followed, including Peanuts and The Far Side. When Bushmiller died
in 1982, Nancy was running in almost 900 daily newspapers—a
number few syndicated cartoonists ever achieve—and today it is
experiencing a resurgence thanks to the work of new writer/artist
Olivia Jaimes.Nancy is hailed as the “perfect” comic strip by
fans and cartoonists alike. The title Three Rocks refers to the
trope of three hemispherical rocks often seen in a Bushmiller
landscape—enough to communicate environment to the reader (two
wouldn’t read properly, and four is one too many). This
distillation helped contribute to the iconic, diagrammatic look of
Nancy, making it a comic strip not about childhood, like Peanuts,
but about the nature of what it means to be a comic strip—the
perfect avatar for Griffith to expand upon his philosophy of
creating comics, specifically humorous comics.
Reality Street published Bill Griffiths' Collected Earlier Poems
(1966-80) in 2010. This successor volume collects work from the
following decade, bringing back into print poetry that appeared in
hard-to-obtain small editions or was previously uncollected or
unpublished. Bill Griffiths was a poet, Anglo-Saxon scholar, book
designer, small press publisher, biker, pianist, archivist and
social historian. He died in 2007 at the age of 59.
The diversity and development of early English law is sampled here
with a selection of several law-codes in translation; the laws of
Ethelbert of Kent, the first code to be issued in England, the laws
of Alfred the Great, and short codes from the reigns of Edmund and
Ethelred the Unready.
With enormous enthusiasm for the language of ordinary northerners,
this scenic portrait of coastal peoples combines history,
etymology, and recollections to record a folk culture that strives
to survive against current worldwide trends of uniformity. The
examination delves deep into the boat and fishing traditions that
shape this small angler community, including smuggling, the
scenery, and the surrounding wildlife. The increasing threat that
globalization poses to these sea populations makes this an
important preservation--as well as an excellent source of factual
information and reference material about those who live on the
North Sea.
Tapper Morre was a lucky, fairly happy person enjoying New Orleans
in the late 60's. There was a lot going on, and he was having a
pretty good time. However, the Vietnam War was escalating and the
threat of being drafted was real. A lot of Tapper's friends had
been given an all expense paid trip to Southeast Asia courtesy of
the U.S. Army, Navy, or U.S. Marine Corps after they let their
grades slip, or got put on suspension for one reason or another.
Upon graduation from College, Tapper decided to go to Graduate
School rather than be drafted. He just hadn't decided to declare
war on Vietnam yet. Until they invaded South Louisiana he was going
to be content to further his education. His College Advisor
recommended Law School, and signed him up for the LSAT against his
wishes. He had no interest in Law. It wasn't what he had planned
for his future but, as luck would have it, he scored in the upper
ten per cent, and along with his grades, which were pretty good,
found himself in Law School at Tulane University- New Orleans,
Louisiana. This was not the worse place to be at that time. There
were plenty of pretty girls around, the Race Track was near to bet
on horses, a card game was in the back room of a thousand bar
rooms, and the food was good in and around New Orleans. This is the
adventure of Tapper Morre.
Poetry. This volume brings together for the first time a complete
collection of the poetry of Bill Griffiths (1948-2007) up until
1980. The text, edited by Alan Halsey in consultation with Ken
Edwards of Reality Street, includes the full "Cycles" and "War w/
Windsor" sequences that so astonished readers when they first
appeared, as well as much other poetry that was published by his
own Pirate Press imprint, Writers Forum and other small presses
during the 1970s; and also poems and performance texts that have
only made fleeting appearances in ephemeral pamphlets and
magazines, or have never been published before.
Spud Tatum, a native of South Louisiana, was given a second chance
He was physically re-engineered and endowed with World Class Speed.
With this talent he traveled to Savannah, Georgia and tried out as
a "walk on" Defensive Back- (Strong Side Safety) with the "Savannah
Colonels" at the insistence of Dan Wells, Head Scout for the
Colonels. Dan was his girlfriend's Uncle, and a chance
acquaintance. Blinding speed, perfect timing and opportunity turn
Spud into an NFL Star with the "upstart" Savannah Colonels, a young
Expansion Team that was not expected to go far in the league.
Something intangible happens to the team, and they rally around
Spud to play far beyond their means. Spud makes friends, helps
others, and is consumed by a young lady, "Lessy," a teenager in a
wheelchair. Savannah is a great city full of real characters and
the story is a rolling account of how Spud keeps his head on his
shoulders by fishing, hunting, and grounding himself with friends,
and a "family" he constructs from scratch Something he sorely
lacked, and didn't know it.
This exciting volume combines the diverse talents of an impressive
range of writer-critics in an engaged and lively response to the
poetry of Geraldine Monk. Monk's reputation as one of the most
exciting and provocative writer-performers on the British scene has
been established for some time and this new collection aims to
reflect critically on a prolific career which has spawned fourteen
major works in the last twenty five years. The contributions within
pursue several lines of enquiry beginning with considerations of
the early pamphlets published in the late seventies and early
eighties, the substantial works of the mid-late 80s and 90s and the
major collections of the beginning of the twenty first century.
Unsurprisingly what many consider as one of Monk's finest books,
1994's Interrregnum (now available in the new Salt Selected Poems)
- a stunningly complex evocation of the fate of the Pendle Witches
- is examined from a variety of angles concerning its poetics of
difficulty, its relationship to ideas of place, nature and
eco-criticism, and its politics. Other contributors look at the
presence of the 'eerie' in Monk's work; the role and function of
children's games throughout her oeuvre and the ways Monk engages
with the visual and the sonic aspects of language. This will be the
first collection of critical responses to Monk's poetry and will be
a must for any reader interested in engaging with this dynamic and
strenuous writer.
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