The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. ![]() NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. JEFFERSON STARSHIP: (Singing) Would you like to go up for a stroll and keep me company?Ĭopyright © 2016 NPR. #TAMORA PIERCE MOVIE SERIES#Tamora Pierce is part of our series Next Chapter. And we've been hearing music by Paul Kantner and Jefferson Airplane, which she chose. SIMON: Tamora Pierce, author of the "Song Of The Lioness" series. JEFFERSON STARSHIP: (Singing) Have you seen the stars tonight? ![]() (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "HAVE YOU SEEN THE STARS TONITE") I found secretarial work paid the bills but left my brain clear to compose for writing. So I advise people get a job in systems engineering, computer design, secretarial work. Adapt this: Tamora Pierce's 'Song of the Lioness' Thankfully, the smashing success of both the Harry Potter films and the Lord of the Rings series changed all that in the early ’00s. That's why your parents turn green when you tell them you want to be an artist or a rock star or a writer because they'd like you to have those things like regular meals. You have to be willing to give things up. You can do, you can be anything you want. And in the summer following my junior year, I sold my first short story. You were struggling for grade point averages, you were worried if your boyfriend was going to get drafted.īut the cultural experiences were as mind-widening as the classroom experiences. We found that there were our own bills to pay, meals to worry about. There were still those cliques, the pretty girls who were interested in toenail polish and the fashionable sandals. PIERCE: You always dream of something, and then reality always dumps you on your butt. JEFFERSON AIRPLANE: (Singing) Going to move out on the highway, make this moment last. I was tired of shopping on food stamps and getting the fisheye from the women who rang up the groceries. I was cute, not pretty, until I opened my mouth and then a lot of people decided I was smart and a snob. I had black framed glasses because that was all welfare would pay for. My hemlines were about an inch above my knee. I wore proper girl dresses of the early 1970s. PIERCE: My mother, my two sisters and I lived in one room in a residential hotel. SIMON: She brings us back to 1972, the summer before she left for college. TAMORA PIERCE: First, last, foremost and always in my books girls kick butt. #TAMORA PIERCE MOVIE FULL#Her books are full of knights and mythical creatures, but if you haven't read her work before, she says she wants to know that. ![]() ![]() Our first author is a fantasy writer, Tamora Pierce. Throughout August, we'll bring you stories and some advice from authors who've written for young people about the crucial moment when they've left home and set out in the world on their own. So one day they decide to switch places: Thom heads for the convent to learn magic Alanna, pretending to be a boy, is on her way to the castle of King Roald to begin her training as a page. Though a girl, Alanna has always craved the adventure and daring allowed only for boys her twin brother, Thom, yearns to learn the art of magic. And so young Alanna of Trebond begins the journey to knighthood. Ключевые слова: Fantasy Fantasy Magic Fiction Girls Women Juvenile Fiction Magic Policeįrom now on Im Alan of Trebond, the younger twin. Главная / Авторы / Tamora Pierce - (Новинки)Ĭontents Title Page Dedication Map Prologue March 18, 406 H.E.: the Human Era From the journal of Mistress Ilony Cooper Novembur 13, 240 From the journal of Matthias Tunstall November 13, 244 The Journal of Rebakah Cooper Wednesday, April 1, 246 Thursday, April 2, 246 Friday, April 3, 246 Saturday, April 4, 246 Sunday, April 5, 246 Monday, April 6, 246 Tuesday, April 7, 246 Wednesday, April 8, 246 Thursday, April 9, 246 Friday, April 10, 246 Saturday, April 11, 246 Sunday, April 12, 246 Tuesday.
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