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‘Firework’ is one of Katy Perry’s best-known songs, and its lyrics were inspired by a classic work of literature, so we thought we’d consider Katy Perry’s song from a broadly ‘literary’ perspective. What is the meaning of the song’s lyrics? And which literary classic influenced the writing of those lyrics? ‘Firework’: song meaning The song’s
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Marilyn Manson has one less lawsuit hanging over him at the moment. According to Spin, a California judge has dismissed the lawsuit brought by model Ashley Morgan Smithline against the musician after Smithline failed to hire a new attorney to represent herself during a 90-day window set by the court. Smithline had initially accused Manson
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January 4, 2023, 12:03pm Today, the Robert B. Silvers Foundation announced the winners of their second annual Silvers-Dudley Prizes, which recognize “outstanding achievement in literary criticism, arts writing, and journalism.” The prizes, which carry a total value of $135,000, will award between $15,000 and $30,000 to six writers in three categories. “The Silvers Foundation is
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Best of 2022 is ComingSoon’s weeklong celebration of the entertainment that made this past year so memorable. Sometimes even when you’re looking forward to a movie, you’ll look at the runtime and groan. I wanted to see Robert Pattinson’s take on the Caped Crusader but The Batman being nearly three hours long seemed like a
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After hanging up his wrestling tights, Dave Bautista could’ve made an easy living cranking out one brainless, explosion-happy blockbuster after another. Instead, he’s improbably emerged as a serious thespian trapped in an action hero’s body, and the who’s-who of Hollywood auteurs—from Glass Onion‘s Rian Johnson to Dune‘s Denis Villeneuve—keep lining up to work with him.
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TODAY: In 1920, Spanish novelist Benito Pérez Galdós dies.    Also on Lit Hub: Why I had to get older to write about youth • On translation and inherited trauma (or, what it means to truly inhabit an author’s work) • Read from Tom Crewe’s debut novel, The New Life
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