residence James Gunn shares the comic books that inspire the Disaster Controller It’s time to update your library! Image via Frank Quiletti / DC Comics Co-President of DC Studios James Gunn Share the comic book stories he uses as inspiration for building his new center console. Earlier this week, Gunn and Peter Safran revealed their … Read more
jPrevious work by Joseph O’Connor has been instrumental in demonstrating that modern historical fiction can mean narratives of ideas and the state of the nation rather than works of populist nostalgia. Writing about espionage and resistance in World War II is brave in this vein — there are plenty of gold-lettered tales of gay espionage … Read more
Karen Golberg, the graphic designer whose pioneering work included the cover art of Madonna’s debut album and thousands of books, has died, including a series of paperbacks by Kurt Vonnegut that revitalized the author’s sales and a reissue of James Joyce’s “Ulysses” that echoed a late-1920s theme. . January 19 at her home in Stanfordville, … Read more
tThe Vijayanagara Empire covered most of southern India in the 15th and 16th centuries. From one angle, it was a wellspring of the globalized modern world, becoming a haven for art and new ideas and an economic powerhouse trading with China and Venice. From another perspective, it was a jungle of intrigue, rocked by rival … Read more
A librarian puts books back on the shelves. (Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman/TNS) While working as a school librarian in Texas, Carolyn Foote watched her profession profile deviate from the stereotype of “shrinking violets behind glasses” classifying headlines as “pedophiles and nuisances.” Mind pollution of the youth of the country. “The librarians came from a highly … Read more
Cookbooks, rare books and the odd bit of fiction filled customers’ arms during the first week at Open Books’ new Logan Square location. A nonprofit organization dedicated to children’s literacy, Open Books operates three stores and an online store to fund free books for children and classrooms across the city. The storefront opened at 2068 … Read more
Return to Oz overcame critical disdain to become a cult classic. It succeeded by staying closer to the books of L. Frank Baum than its famous predecessor. Back to Oz, a live-action film that is not a full-fledged sequel from 1985, survived critical disdain and audience apathy to become something of a cult classic. It … Read more
These must-read books show how stories not only enable us to share information in a memorable way, … [+] But driving meaningful connections. GT For some time now, storytelling has been understood as a powerful leadership tool. When storytelling is promoted in a business setting, the main benefit attributed to it is its ability to … Read more
“Wild Muse: Ozark Nature Poetry” (Cornerstone Press, $19.95 in paperback) is another project edited by Phillip Douglas Howerton, the seemingly indefatigable professor of English at Missouri State University, whose informative and startling anthology, “Literature of the Ozarks” published by the University of Arkansas Press in 2019. Howerton, who also edits two regional academic journals, is … Read more
The finalists for this year’s Minnesota Book Awards — 36 books in nine categories — were announced Saturday afternoon. Minneapolis-based writer Sun Young Shin is a finalist in two categories—poetry and children’s literature. The winners will be announced at the annual award ceremony 2 May at the Ordway Theater in St Paul. Here are the … Read more
