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"We had been in the cottage for a week when the cormorant was
delivered, that October evening." When a young family inherit a
remote mountain-side cottage in north Wales, giving them the chance
to change the course of their lives and start over, the one
condition of the will seems strange but harmless. They are to care
for a cormorant until the end of its life. But the bird is no tame
pet, and within its natural state of wildness there is a malevolent
intelligence and intent towards sharp, unexpected violence.
However, it is the fascination it holds for Harry, the couple's
precious only child, that really threatens their dreams of rural
contentment. A Somerset Maugham Award Winner when it was first
published, the tale of The Cormorant continues to exert its
considerable power.
' An] artful first novel, reminiscent of the tales of Poe . . .
Gregory uses a low-key style and subtle lyricism to build an
atmosphere of nightmarish horror in a tale that could become a
classic.' - "Publishers Weekly"
' A] first-class terror story with a relentless focus that would
have made Edgar Allan Poe proud.' - "New York Times"
' N]o summary can do justice to the subtlety of Gregory's first
novel, with its fresh, vivid, sensual prose and its superb
descriptive and evocative power. An extraordinary novel - original,
compelling, brilliant.' - "Library Journal"
'A work of tremendous self-assurance that leaves the reader with a
lingering sense of unease and announces the arrival of a
considerable new talent.' - "British Book News"
A young family receives a welcome surprise when old Uncle Ian dies
and leaves them a cottage in north Wales. For Ian's nephew and his
wife Ann, it seems a stroke of incredible good fortune, enabling
them to leave their unfulfilling lives in the city for a newfound
freedom in the remote seaside cottage. There's just one catch.
Uncle Ian's will has a strange condition: the couple must care for
his pet cormorant or forfeit the bequest. They think nothing of it
at first: Uncle Ian was eccentric, and the bird is amusing in a
way. But when the cormorant begins to show a violent and malevolent
side, they soon find that Uncle Ian's gift may not be a blessing,
but a curse.
Stephen Gregory's first novel, "The Cormorant" (1986), received
widespread critical acclaim, winning the prestigious Somerset
Maugham Award and earning comparisons to the works of Poe. This
edition includes a new introduction by the author, in which he
reveals how this enduring and haunting tale had its origins in his
own experiences during a bleak Welsh winter.
In "Black Corona," Steven Gregory examines political culture and
activism in an African-American neighborhood in New York City.
Using historical and ethnographic research, he challenges the view
that black urban communities are "socially disorganized." Gregory
demonstrates instead how working-class and middle-class African
Americans construct and negotiate complex and deeply historical
political identities and institutions through struggles over the
built environment and neighborhood quality of life. With its
emphasis on the lived experiences of African Americans, "Black
Corona" provides a fresh and innovative contribution to the study
of the dynamic interplay of race, class, and space in contemporary
urban communities. It questions the accuracy of the widely used
trope of the dysfunctional "black ghetto," which, the author
asserts, has often been deployed to depoliticize issues of racial
and economic inequality in the United States. By contrast, Gregory
argues that the urban experience of African Americans is more
diverse than is generally acknowledged and that it is only by
attending to the history and politics of black identity and
community life that we can come to appreciate this complexity.
This is the first modern ethnography to focus on black
working-class and middle-class life and politics. Unlike books that
enumerate the ways in which black communities have been rendered
powerless by urban political processes and by changing urban
economies, "Black Corona" demonstrates the range of ways in which
African Americans continue to organize and struggle for social
justice and community empowerment. Although it discusses the
experiences of one community, its implications resonate far more
widely.
Poems putting voice to characters that took part in the Passion of
Christ. Poems and prayers about aspects of Stations of the cross
This is a collection of poems and short stories written over a long
period of time. This is just a part of what I have written, there
is more to come. Poetry is something I love to write, from my faith
to life to everything in between.
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