A desert awakening: Florence resident Celia Jeffries pens debut novel, ‘Blue Desert’
Tuaregs in Mali, outside Timbuktu, in 2012. They are sometimes called the “blue people” or “blue men” for their indigo-dyed clothing. Photo by Alfred Weidinger/Wikipedia/public domain
“Blue Desert” is the debut novel by Celia Jeffries of Florence, a former newspaper editor and educational publisher who now teaches at the Pioneer Valley Writers Workshop in Williamsburg. The book’s striking cover is by Florence graphic designer Lisa Carta. SUBMITTED
The main character in “Blue Desert,” Alice George, travels with a group of Tuareg, semi-nomadic Muslims shown here. Tuareg traditionally have lived in parts of the Sahara Desert stretching from modern-day Libya to southern Algeria, Niger, Mali and Burkina. Photo by Alfred Weidinger/Wikipedia/public domain
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ARTE documentary: Isabelle Eberhardt
Rather than perpetuate the romanticised image of the Orient commonplace in 19th century literature, writer and nomad Isabelle Eberhardt traversed and explored the Maghreb with a critical eye. She not only condemned French colonialism, but also the established gender roles of her era.
Missy Mazzoli is a composer with eclectic and fascinating interests. For example, her opera
Song from the Uproar: The Lives & Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt, which had its world premiere in 2012 with NEA support, tells the story of this Swiss explorer, writer, and cultural rebel of the early 20th century, while
Breaking the Waves follows Lars von Trier’s 1996 film about a young woman torn between love, faith, and obedience. Her third major opera,
Proving Up, is based on a short story about homesteaders in mid-19th century Nebraska. The opera had its world premiere in Washington, DC, in January 2018, and will premiere at Opera Omaha in April 2018 with NEA support.