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Action Film Director Park Chan-Wook Transports Erotic 'Handmaiden' To 1930s Korea

8:46am October 30, 2016

The new lesbian romance thriller is a big change from the novel it's based on — 2002's "Fingersmith" set in Victorian England. It's also a change of pace for the acclaimed South Korean director.

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Marvel Recognizes Young Black Women As 'Ironheart' Prepares To Don Tony Stark's Suit

8:44am October 30, 2016

Rachel Martin speaks with Ariell Johnson, a black women to own a comic book store, about landing a Marvel cover alongside Ironheart — the newest Iron Man suit occupant, 15-year-old Riri Williams.

Latino Noir: Private Eyes And Really Bad Vatos

12:32pm October 26, 2016

by Felix Contreras

Good guys, bad guys, cops and intrigue — it's all part of the world of Latino noir fiction. Author Carmen Amato takes us on a tour of the genre.

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Novelist Paul Beatty Is First American To Win Britain's Man Booker Prize

7:40pm October 25, 2016

by Lynn Neary

Beatty won for The Sellout, a satire hailed as hilarious about the fraught subject of race in the U.S. The competition was opened recently to any author writing in English and published in the U.K.

Preacher co-creator and artist Steve Dillon arrives at the show's Los Angeles premiere in May.

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Remembering Steve Dillon, Co-Creator Of 'Preacher'

3:24pm October 24, 2016

by Etelka Lehoczky

Comic artist Steve Dillon died this weekend in New York City at the age of 54. He was responsible for some of the most iconic comics of the 1990s, including Hellblazer and Preacher.

Ernest Hemingway: Not just some old white guy going on about a crusty fisherman.

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From Pamplona, With Love: 'The Sun Also' Turns 90

10:00am October 22, 2016

by Juan Vidal

Ernest Hemingway's masterful first novel came out 90 years ago today; the story of aimless American expatriates drinking, fighting and falling in and out of love is regarded as one of his best works.

The Fireside Grown-Up Guide to the Hangover

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The 'Fireside Guide' Has Delightfully Simple Answers To Your Grown-Up Problems

7:00am October 15, 2016

by Jason Sheehan

The new Fireside Grown-Up Guide series is a throwback to the brightly-colored life lessons of your childhood. They're dark and dry and surprisingly funny, a pleasant tonic for your grown-up cares.

Bob Dylan performs in Chicago in 1978. He is the first American to claim the Nobel Prize in literature since Toni Morrison won in 1993.

Bob Dylan, Titan Of American Music, Wins 2016 Nobel Prize In Literature

10:33am October 13, 2016

by Colin Dwyer

The prolific musician is the first American to win the prize for lifetime literary achievement in 23 years. While Dylan long enjoyed favor as an outside shot for the award, few expected him to win.

Swedish Academy Reveals Bob Dylan Wins 2016 Nobel Prize In Literature

9:28am October 13, 2016

by Lynn Neary

The academy on Thursday honored Bob Dylan for "having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition." He is the first American to win the prize in more than two decades.

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Bob Dylan Wins 2016 Nobel Prize In Literature

9:27am October 13, 2016

Dylan won "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition," according to the citation by the Swedish Academy, the committee that annually decides the winner.

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