At this year’s 27th Annual PEN Center USA Literary Awards Festival, writers from all across the book spectrum will be celebrated. The ceremony will take place in Los Angeles on October 27. Along with the judges (listed below), PEN has announced that Ron Swanson himself (Nick Offerman, that is) will host the ceremony. Margaret Atwood, hot off the success of Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” will receive a lifetime achievement award. Image courtesy of Her Campus So, without further ado, here are the judges for each category: Fiction: Chris Abani Alex Espinoza Jervey Tervalon Creative Nonfiction: Dinah Lenney Thomas Page McBee Elizabeth …
With so many characters hatching schemes, even diehard “Game of Thrones” fans can get lost. Luckily, Ozzy Man has got us covered. Take a look at his hilariously understated, rapid fire recap and review of last week’s episode. Here’s one of our favorite quotes: “[Samwell Tarly] discovers Jorah Mormont is in the sick bay. It’s got to be so hard not to pick all of those scabs.” Seeing the return of Jorah was wonderful, even if it was only his scabby arm. Image courtesy of Daily Express New episodes of “Game of Thrones” come out Sundays 9pm EST …
We finally have our first glimpse at the adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s “Alias Grace.” Image courtesy of A Creative Canada Based on a true story, the series takes place in Canada in 1843. It will star Sarah Gadon as Grace Marks, who’s been accused of killing both her employer and his housekeeper. The show is written by Sarah Polley, and helmed by “American Psycho” director, Mary Harron. “Alias Grace” will premier on Canada’s CBC on September 24, and will come to Netflix in the fall. Featured image courtesy of Entertainment Weekly.
On January 31, 2018, the first issue of a new comic series titled “Hungry Ghosts” from Anthony Bourdain will be launched. HUNGRY GHOSTS coming 2018… https://t.co/XP14zs8WxP#BergerBooks @darkhorsecomics @joelrosebooks pic.twitter.com/f6ZkUXzpfJ — Anthony Bourdain (@Bourdain) July 17, 2017 Co-written by Joel Rose, “Hungry Ghosts” is set to be a limited four issue series under the new line of comics called Berger Books. Though the series seems brief, each issue will feature a number of separate stories. It’s a unique structure, but, as Vulture explains, Bourdain has his reasons: The series will be a riff on the Japanese Edo-period game 100 Candles, in which samurai would try …
It’s only the middle of the week and you are waiting to go to the beach or counting down the days until vacation. For some, maybe you’re just waiting for the weather to not be so humid. But some of our favorite books provide even better summer escape destinations. If only these were real… 1. The Capitol from “The Hunger Games” Image courtesy of Pinterest Yes, absolutely, it’s a symbol of oppression and tyranny, but it also seems like a technological paradise. The Capitol lifestyle is needlessly excessive, but some of the excesses are pleasant. For instance, imagine finishing …
