American Wife Curtis Sittenfeld Random House September 2, 2008 American Wife began as a 2004 non-fiction article in Salon where writer Curtis Sittenfeld, a self-identified “staunch liberal,” confessed her love for first lady Laura Bush. This fascination eventually evolved into American Wife, Sittenfeld’s third novel. American Wife follows the life of Alice Lindgren, a bookish…
The MultiWWsity: Definitely Not a Lot of Supermans
The Multiversity. Grant Morrison and his prize dolls hop from one DC universe to another, generating many strange adventures and also comic books. Team WWAC makes such a journey and finds a super-person in every universe. We’re reinventing the wheel, off-brand. You’re safe for now, Morrison.
Marvel’s Luke Cage Netflix Show Has Found Its Showrunner/Writer
We now have a showrunner and writer for Marvel’s Luke Cage, the third show of Netflix’s four series order. Who is this individual? Here are some resume bulletpoints: Started off as a journalist before writing the script for the rap biopic Notorious in 2009 Was a supervising producer and writer on the award winning show Southland (his writing earned him a 2013 NAACP Image…
The Thursday Book Beat: Who Wants Some Good, Clean Reading?
Toronto Public Library’s Sell Books Program Has Been Scraped The program was supposed to decrease the wait time for held books by increasing the number of copies while also getting books for cheap ($5) in this time of budget uncertainty, but it seems like more money was spent than the TPL realized. The library bought…
YA Bloggers Read Gotham Academy, A Roundtable
At the start of the year, I thought about the ways in which comics could market itself more successfully to a wider audience. More specifically, how can Marvel and DC Comics sell certain titles to an audience that isn’t already tapped into comics (or at least into their vast universes) but who would love some of their current…
The Spider-Gwen Playlist You’ve Always Wanted
We finally got our Spider-Gwen series and the first issue was fantastic! While reading it, I couldn’t help but get a vibe that could only be explained as a rock and hip hop fusion. Urban angst with an arrogant bass. Of course, I decided to make you all the essential Spider-Gwen playlist for your reading enjoyment. You’re…
Breaking Down Canada Reads’ 2015 Barrier Breaking Debate
Update: Ru by Kim Thúy has won Canada Reads 2015. Congratulations to the author and the book’s defender, Cameron Bailey. I, like the panelists, must preface this by saying that all five books featured on Canada Reads 2015 belong on the show. That’s not up for debate. What’s up…
Canada Reads: And The Birds Rained Down
This year the theme of Canada Reads is “What is the one book to break barriers?” Some of our writers decided to join in and defend some of the short listed titles. And The Birds Rained Down Jocelyne Saucier Translated by Rhonda Mullins Coach House Books
The Secret History of Wonder Woman Review
The Secret History of Wonder Woman Jill Lepore Alfred A. Knopf October 28, 2014 **Disclaimer: I received this copy from the publisher for an honest review
Batgirl, The Killing Joke and Criticism
People much smarter than I have explained again and again why The Killing Joke‘s treatment of Barbara Gordon aka Batgirl is terrible. Sue from DC Women Kicking Ass has written a great piece about it. It’s a story that has nothing to do with her as an active character. She’s used as a tool to hurt the men in…
The Thursday Book Beat: Fantasy Author Terry Pratchett Dies and The Andrew Smith Debate
Fantasy Author Terry Pratchett Dies at Age 66 Terry Pratchett was a fantasy author best known for his Discworld series. His publisher released a statement: “I was deeply saddened to learn that Sir Terry Pratchett has died. The world has lost one of its brightest, sharpest minds. In over 70 books, Terry enriched the planet…
Dogears: Fantasy, Feminism and Child Stars
All Fall Down (Embassy Row #1) Ally Carter Scholastic January 20 2015 I love Ally Carter and she’s one of the few authors that I consider an autobuy thanks to her wonderful Gallagher Girls & Heist Society series. Sadly, this new series started out not with a bang but a pretty disappointing whisper. Its lead,…
