Month: August 2023

TODAY: In 1631, John Dryden, England’s first Poet Laureate, is born.    Lewis Buzbee laments the difficulty of getting rid of books: “I don’t get rid of them, per se; rather, I set them afloat, in search of new homes.” | Lit Hub “A certain step toward falling in love.” On the pleasure and communion of Jane Austen’s country
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Despite production delays, there’s still more than enough new TV to go around. For now. By Grant Rindner August 18, 2023 Omni-Man voiced by J. K. Simmons in Invincible, 2021.Courtesy of Amazon Prime Video Despite a recent meeting between the Writers Guild of America and the studios to try and reach a mutually amenable deal,
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By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘The Electrocution’ is an early short story by the American fantasy author Ray Bradbury (1920-2012), included in his 1996 short-story collection Quicker Than the Eye but first published in The Californian in 1946 under the pseudonym William Elliot. Summary ‘The Electrocution’ is about a carnival double act, Johnny and
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Renowned Serbian melodic techno artist, Space Motion, joins forces with acclaimed melodic sensation Jordan John and celebrated UK songstress Charlotte OC to create an epochal track titled ‘Baby Blue,’ released on August 11. This highly anticipated collaboration promises to be a late summer dancefloor masterpiece that seamlessly blends emotive vocals with powerful electronic elements. Fresh
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The once strong-willed icon has become a proverbial punching bag on ‘And Just Like That…’. Can her style evolution save her? By Natalie Michie Date August 18, 2023 Facebook Twitter From the moment And Just Like That… entered the zeitgeist, fans have been mourning Miranda Hobbes. She didn’t pass away — but something about her
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The following is from Cleo Qian’s debut book Let’s Go Let’s Go Let’s Go. Qian is a writer from southern California. Her work has been published in The Guardian, Shenandoah, Pleiades, The Common and elsewhere. She lives in New York City. LiLi’s head was in my lap. Her hair, falling away from her face, was
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