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"Blackbird" was released in May 2020 as Munroe's debut single under the Lady Blackbird moniker, bringing her to mainstream critical attention. [7] Despite having been recorded a year earlier, its release coincided with the Black Lives Matter movement in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd , bringing a sombre contemporary context to the ...
In 1879, the Kosovo Maiden was first painted by Ferdo Kikerec, when historical themes were in vogue at the time — to raise patriotic fervor. [2] Forty years later in 1919 the painting became an inspiration to Uroš Predić, who painted one of the most famous oil paintings of Serbian fine art as part of the cycle of the Carriage of Serbian Sisters.
The poem has influenced works of fiction including Ken Chowder's 1980 novel Blackbird Days [14] and a 2015 novella by Colum McCann titled "Thirteen Ways of Looking". [15] Welsh poet R.S.Thomas wrote a parody of the poem, reversing the perspective as "Thirteen Blackbirds Look at a Man".
The name ladybird contains a reference to Mary, mother of Jesus, often referred to as Our Lady, a convention that occurs in other European cultures where the insect is similarly addressed. In Germany it is the Marienkäfer, where a nursery rhyme runs “Marybug, fly away, your house is on fire, your wee mother weeps” ( Marienkäferchen ...
Sappho 31 is a lyric poem by the Archaic Greek poet Sappho of the island of Lesbos. [a] The poem is also known as phainetai moi (φαίνεταί μοι lit. ' It seems to me ') after the opening words of its first line, and as the Ode to Anactoria, based on a conjecture that its subject is Anactoria, a woman mentioned elsewhere by Sappho.
The poem seems to be associated with a recorded tournament called "The justing of the wyld knicht for the blak lady" held in June 1507 and again in May 1508. The part of the "Black Lady" was played by a woman of the court, perhaps Ellen More. [16] The lavish expenditure on these events was recorded in the Lord High Treasurer's accounts. [14] [17]
WILLA Literary Award honors outstanding literature featuring women's stories, set in the Western United States, published each year.Women Writing the West (WWW), a non-profit association of writers and other professionals writing and promoting the Women's West, underwrites and presents the nationally recognized award annually.
Chase Carter for Polygon listed Lady Blackbird as a "seminal" game of the late aughts "blooming of indie RPG designers", along with Dogs in the Vineyard, Apocalypse World, Fiasco, and the Romance Trilogy. [3] Coleman Gailloreto for Screen Rant recommended it for beginners to tabletop role-playing games. [1]