Image of the star V838 Monocerotis reveals dramatic changes in the illumination of surrounding dusty cloud structures. The effect, called a light echo, has been unveiling never-before-seen dust patterns ever since the star suddenly brightened for several weeks.
Wayétu Moore’s powerful debut novel, She Would Be King, reimagines the dramatic story of Liberia’s early years through three unforgettable characters who share an uncommon bond. Gbessa, exiled from the West African village of Lai, is starved, bitten by a viper, and left for dead, but still she survives. June Dey, raised on a plantation in Virginia, hides his unusual strength until a confrontation with the overseer forces him to flee. Norman Aragon, the child of a white British colonizer and a Maroon slave from Jamaica, can fade from sight when the earth calls him. When the three meet in the settlement of Monrovia, their gifts help them salvage the tense relationship between the African American settlers and the indigenous tribes, as a new nation forms around them.
Moore’s intermingling of history and magical realism finds voice not just in these three characters but also in the fleeting spirit of the wind, who embodies an ancient wisdom. “If she was not a woman,” the wind says of Gbessa, “she would be king.” In this vibrant story of the African diaspora, Moore, a talented storyteller and a daring writer, illuminates with radiant and exacting prose the tumultuous roots of a country inextricably bound to the United States. She Would Be King is a novel of profound depth set against a vast canvas and a transcendent debut from a major new author.
Wayétu Moore is the founder of One Moore Book and is a graduate of Howard University, Columbia University, and the University of Southern California. She teaches at the City University of New York’s John Jay College and lives in Brooklyn.
Mankind has colonized the galaxy, but during our interstellar travels, we discovered a terrifying secret out in the Outer Darkness of space. Join Captain Joshua Rigg and the crew of the starship Charon as they encounter demonic possessions, hauntings, cosmic horror, and more!
VWETO II is an astral funk laden mindscape. Best used for long term discussions, late night ciphers, deep contemplation, clearing the air, or starting a brand new day. repeat as needed. Uhuru
This is Asteroid Bennu. It’s 500 meters wide. Its peppered with huge boulders. It revolves around the Sun every 1.2 years and every 6 years it comes very close to earth. There’s a 1 in 2,700 chance of it impacting us between the year 2175-2199.
Black granite statue of the warrior goddess Sekhmet, from Temple of Mut, Karnak. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1391-1353 BC. Now in the Louvre.
Goliathus Regius (Klug, 1835), Goliath Scarab Photography Color (*Photo taken at Cornell University Dept. of Entomology Insect Collection, Ithaca, NY, USA), Photography
Signals of the water first showed up in the 1970s, but until now, nobody
suspected that this huge reservoir trapped in porous rock might run
almost the entire length of the US Northeast.
