Susan Weiner Libri

Exploring the duality of good and evil within God's creation, this collection weaves together poetry and song lyrics to celebrate joy stemming from God's covenant with humanity. It features a range of works, from Christmas poems to lullabies, illustrating the wonder of a divinely designed world. An insightful exchange with "The Father of Lies" delves into themes of reconciliation and redemption amid radical evil. Ultimately, the book emphasizes gratitude and love as the cornerstones of mature Christian belief, bridging the gap between the psychology of evil and spiritual good news.

Eerie poems introduce a whimsical world where a lady pirate dons stolen ball gowns, a cannibal opts for vegetarianism, and a ghost unexpectedly joins a family car ride. With a blend of humor and spookiness, the book features a cast of quirky characters, including pirates, parrots, mummies, and mermaids, promising an entertaining adventure that combines fun with a hint of the macabre. Get ready for a unique journey filled with laughter and chills!

Focusing on post-World War II France, the book examines how teenage girls were redefined from traditional figures to "bad girls," reflecting societal anxieties about identity in a changing cultural landscape. Weiner explores the representation of youth in various media, highlighting how girls became symbols of social order and disorder amid the country's trauma from the Nazi Occupation and the Cold War. By analyzing texts from magazines to films, the work reveals the complexities of youth identity and the significant role of girls in shaping and challenging societal norms.

In Law in Art Susan Weiner explores Melville's major fictions as imaginative responses to crucial conflicts within nineteenth-century American law. Of paramount importance were the transition to a marketplace economy, the problem of slavery, and the conflict between morality and the law. Drawing upon the insights of the Critical Legal Studies movement as well as those of the New Historians, Weiner examines the suppositions of legal reasoning and discusses the extent to which literary discourse offers a challenge to legal discourse. In so doing she argues that literature can play a dynamic role in bringing law closer to justice.