Arrival of new virus sparks songs across Latin America
Friday, 8 May 2020, 07:34
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
Street performer Angel Alvarado saw long lines of people waiting to buy overpriced face masks and cleaning products at stores in Ecuador's second largest city days after an outbreak of a global virus...
Taylor Kitsch plays a bad guy with nuance and special skills
Friday, 8 May 2020, 07:28
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
Actor Taylor Kitsch bristles at the notion that the criminal he plays in the new police drama "21 Bridges," is a cold-blooded killer. He says he worked to find the "emotional beats" of his...
Author Lee Child explores origins of hero concept
Friday, 8 May 2020, 07:26
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
"The Hero," TLS, by Lee Child "The Hero," a non-fiction essay by author Lee Child, opens with Child looking at language and how words have different meanings over the space of time. Child also...
In 'Knives Out,' a whodunit for the Trump era
Thursday, 7 May 2020, 08:43
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
Rian Johnson's "Knives Out" unravels not just a good old-fashioned murder mystery but the very fabric of the whodunit, pulling at loose threads until it has intricately, devilishly woven together...
17 stories inspired by great American paintings
Thursday, 7 May 2020, 08:42
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
"From Sea to Stormy Sea: 17 Stories Inspired by Great American Paintings," Pegasus Books, edited by Lawrence Block Writers take their inspiration from a variety of sources: an unforgettable face,...
National Book Prize and Terramaxka 2020 – the longlist
Tuesday, 5 May 2020, 09:37
Last update: about 8 years ago
The National Book Council is publishing the list of eligible titles that have been submitted to the National Book Prize and Terramaxka Prize 2020, for books published in 2019. All books have been...