Bøker i Arcana-serien

The tarot was never just a deck of cards. Once upon a time, a girl named Charity with a bit of a temper and some fire magic ran away from a secret city ruled by the living tarot. She escaped, made an awesome best friend, lived an ordinary life, and her weird, messy, magical past was never a problem. Ever. The end.Yeah, right. I don’t believe that either.It’s been seven years since I left the City behind, but my magical past just caught up with me - in the form of the powerful and homicidal Knight of Swords.It’s time to dust off my tarot deck, summon a fireball or two, and remind everyone who is in charge of the life of Charity Waits.What could go possibly wrong?

The infinite power of the Magus. A formidable House divided. More magic, more problems…Following a magical soirée with seismic revelations, Charity Waits is tied to the beleaguered people of the House of Wands—whether they want her or not.The Wands are embroiled in a war of assassins, so now Charity is too. She must learn to control her power and use the cards of the tarot while surviving the deadly streets of her enchanted city.The stakes are rising fast, and Charity will need to meet them with all her heart—or lose the battle she’s been running from for seven years.The Magus’s House is Part Two of Arcana, a dark and whimsical fantasy series. 

Charity’s life was always complicated. Now it’s broken.After an unnervingly narrow escape, Charity Waits believes her situation can’t get any worse.Stranded, cut off from the magical world, Charity has nothing. No money. No ID. No friends. No tarot cards. She’ll have to take whatever help is offered—from whoever is offering.While Charity struggles to find a way home and hold together a fragile alliance, she runs afoul of a truth the ordinary and magical worlds agree on: Anything that can get worse, does.The High Priestess’s Vigil is Part Three of Arcana, and completes the first book of this spellbinding fantasy series. 

Answering a need for critical attention towards experimental and avant-garde music, Arcana is a ground-breaking work--as far-ranging and dynamic as the current generation of musicians. Through manifestoes, scores, interviews, notes and critical papers, performer/composers address composing, playing, improvising, teaching and thinking in and through music, Rather than an attempt to distill or define musicans' work, Arcana is a remarkable book--challenging and original--essential for composers, musicians, theorists and fans alike. Edited by John Zorn, it includes contributions from Bill Frisell, Marc Ribot (on earplugs), Ikue Mori (on drum machines), Bob Ostertag (on a string quartet) There's a discussion on plunderphonics with John Oswald, an overview from Elliott Sharp on his group Carbon, and David Mahler expounds his responses to a set of nine questions posed by Pauline Oliveros. The writings range from brief 2 or 3 page entries (Mike Patton's "How We Eat Our Young," Marilyn Crispell's "Elements of Improvisation") to long and elaborate essays (Scott Johnson's "Counterpoint," David Rosenboom's "Propositional Music"). Some of the contributions are more unusual, such as Zorn's "Treatment for a Film in Fifteen Scenes," Fred Frith's notebook extracts, or Peter Garland's journal of his trip to Australia's Northern Territory. All of them provide for inspiring and thought-provoking reading, making this an invaluable book for both fans of these artists and aspiring musicians of the avant garde. An appendix of brief bios for each artist ends the book, along with short lists of recommended listenings.

John Zorn's acclaimed Arcana series, now in its seventh installment, is a major source on new music theory and practice in the twenty-first century. The most varied collection to date, Arcana VII includes personal essays by New Music luminaries Pat Metheny, Bryce Dessner, Irvine Arditti, Thurston Moore, Kenny Werner, Eugene Chadbourne and David Krakauer alongside articles on musical theory and practice by veterans Joe Morris, Matt Shipp, Ben Goldberg, Ches Smith, George Steel, Billy Martin, Hilda Paredes and Gloria Coates and insightful new views by younger musicians Chris Otto, James Moore, Theresa Wong, Shanir Blumenkranz, Jay Campbell, Du Yun, James Ilgenfritz, Chuck Bettis, Aya Nishina and many others. A kaleidoscope of manifestoes, scores, interviews, critical papers, musical studies, rants and more, Arcana VII is a fascinating compendium from first word to last.

A major resource for new music theory and practice in the twenty-first century, the acclaimed Arcana series looks at the inner workings of the artistic process through manifestoes, scores, interviews, notes and critical papers written by the practitioners themselves, providing insight into the work, mind and methodologies of some of the most remarkable creative minds of our time. Contributors to this volume include Duck Baker, Eve Beglarian, Karl Berger, Chuck Bettis, Claire Chase, Anna Clyne, John Corigliano, Jeremiah Cymerman, David Fulmer, Jeff Gauthier, Alan Gilbert, Judd Greenstein, Mary Halvorson, Hillary Hahn, Jesse Harris, David Lang, Mary Jane Leach, Steve Lehman, Steve Mackey, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Denman Maroney, Brad Mehldau, Jessica Pavone, Toby Picker, Gyan Riley, Jon Rose, Steve Schick, Jen Shyu, Dave Taylor, Richard Teitelbaum, Julia Wolfe, Kenny Wollesen, Nate Wooley and Charles Wuorinen.