If you are trying to build a creative, imaginative life, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed by the dictums of science and society. Does the daily work of a writer, an artist, a performer really "matter"? This scholarly study is a thrilling account of William Blake's solution to that problem: I hope it will bring you insight and delight.

I have used The Matrix films in my classes for the last 15 years.

For this promotion, I wanted to choose a book to honor my husband, who has always been incredibly supportive of me throughout my career. Poetry was one of the first things that brought us together, and early in our relationship he bought me a book of Thomas Hardy poetry. I picked this book to thank him for his editorial support and encouraging partnership on this journey.

It was one of the first books I read that used data in an accessible manner to debunk some common myths about success.

"'The Year of Magical Thinking' was the most overtly personal of Didion's books," as one of her obituary writers suggested, "but in a sense all her journalistic writing was personal. Whether the subject was Nancy Reagan, Eldridge Cleaver, Death Valley or Los Angeles freeways, her sensibility - ironic, yearning and uneasy - guided her grapplings with the outside world. Her pieces exuded what the New York Times Book Review called 'her highly vulnerable sense of herself.'" And, now in our own, Year of Magical Thinking surrounding Didion's passing, we must reflect upon what Didion has meant to us. As Didion aptly acknowledged in January 2004, just some two or three days after the death of her husband, "Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends." In the years since, these words have become radiant truths that we all have come to understand firsthand amid a global pandemic. In making sense of her husband's death, Didion shared the Episcopalian adage that "in the midst of life we are in death." Perhaps truer words were never written, but by returning to the work of Didion, perhaps we can make sense of our collective past and present moments and come to find again meaning in "the repeated rituals of life." As Didion once said, "we tell ourselves stories in order to live," and perhaps we can learn to truly live again by embracing these stories.

The study of sexuality in emerging adulthood is of vital importance. Sexuality is a complex and multi-faceted aspect of individual identity. This edited book examines sexuality during emerging adulthood in a thoughtful and theoretically informed manner, drawing upon cutting edge research from the top scholars in this field of science.

I chose this book because my uncle is an amazing man. He has been a father figure to me and all of those around him by providing love, guidance, and advice. He taught us to try our best no matter what the task, to love ourselves, and to be forgiving of others. He served our Country for 25 years in the military with 7 of those being active duty and 18 being in the Air National Guard. Finally, he has strong ties to the University of Tennessee. His daughter Kristin graduated from the College of Nursing. His grandson Bryson is currently serving in the Air National Guard and is a current UT student and then there's me, his niece. Graduating from the College of Nursing (twice) and working there for 24 years now. I hope you will consider this book. My words are inadequate to describe the greatness and impact on many lives that Charles Thomas Kring has had (Marcia, you too). I love you both!