Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers and Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction were the big film winners at the strike-delayed 2024 Writers Guild Awards, which were handed out Sunday in Los Angeles and New York. Jefferson — who also was honored with the WGA West’s Paul Selvin Award — followed his Oscar win for Adapted Screenplay as the […]
An excerpt from ‘Yatra: An Unfinished Novel’, by Harekrishna Deka. Translated from the Assamese by Navamalati Neog Chakraborty.
FRANKLIN – Franklin College will welcome writer Monica McClure as part of the Carlson-Stauffer Visiting Writer Series. McClure will speak at 6 p.m. today in the Hamilton Auditorium, located inside B.F. Hamilton Library. McClure will read from her second poetry collection, “The Gone Thing.” Continue reading at The Republic News.
“Blue-eyed white devils” are not very popular nowadays. At least not with a recent migrant thrown off an airline flight for calling his fellow travelers thus. The man was drunk, or he might have been a New York Times reader. Or watched network news, especially NBC, because he really had it in for white people. […]
So, you want to be a writer? Me too.Before I give you my short lesson on writing for dough, allow me to fill in my supervillain origin story.I always wanted to be a writer. Well, first I wanted to be a doctor like my dad, but then I got a D in chemistry and came to my senses. Writing it would be.So, I graduated from a nice “elite” college with a BA in English literature, where I read (and pretended to read) books and wrote papers but didn’t take a single writing class of any kind.My dad loved to...
The energy transition as a concept is itself in need of a transition. We
In the continuous grief of watching Israel's bombardment of Gaza, I have begun reimagining what a Palestinian future looks like.
Behind most every tech billionaire is a sci-fi novel they read as a teenager. For Bill Gates it was Stranger in a Strange Land, the 1960s epic detailing the culture clashes that arise when a Martian visits Earth. Google’s Sergey Brin has said it was Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash, the cyberpunk classic about hackers and computer viruses set in an Orwellian Los Angeles. Jeff Bezos cites Iain M. Banks’ Culture series, which unreel in an utopian society of humanoids and artificial intelligences,...
Some architects believe virtual reality will lead to more efficient and effective design. Others see it as little more than a gimmick.
While the Bears hold the first overall pick in Thursday night's NFL draft, the big question is what will they do with their second first-rounder, the ninth overall.
Writing is a part of our lives in so many ways: from everyday tasks like to-do lists, emails, and thank-you letters to personal moments of reflection like journaling or poetry. Outside the classroom, children become stronger writers with encouragement and modeling from parents and adults. Consistent access to writing and drawing tools can help young learners make writing a part of their day-to-day routines, allowing them to explore at their own pace. For older children, giving thoughtful prompts...
Rose D’Amora The Nation speaks to Jessi Jezewska Stevens about her new short-story collection, which dramatizes late-capitalist living.