Literacy and Community Initiative’s Fourth Annual Reading Celebration Highlights Artwork and Writing for the First Time
Youth from Refugee Hope Partners and Juntos will read their written narratives from two newly released books – Brave Histories and Hopeful Futures, Vol. 2: Voices of a Refugee Community and The Realities of Our World: Las Realidades de Nuestros Mundos–during the LCI 4th Annual Reading Celebration. When Aaliyah, a student in the CORRAL Riding […]
How to use ChatGPT for writing
ChatGPT has taken the world by storm in a very short period of time, as users continue to test the boundaries of what the AI chatbot can accomplish, and so far it’s a lot. And a lot of that is negative like Samsung workers accidentally leaking top-secret data while using ChatGPT, malware scams being pushed, […]
Hollywood Hit With Writers Strike After Talks With AMPTP Fail; Guild Slams Studios For “Gig Economy” Mentality
Getty Images The Writers Guild of America is on strike. “Though we negotiated intent on making a fair deal – and though your strike vote gave us the leverage to make some gains – the studios’ responses to our proposals have been wholly insufficient, given the existential crisis writers are facing,” the WGA said in […]
Strike Chaos Consumes Hollywood: What Made Studios Balk and Writers Walk
Photos: Getty Images; Illustration: Variety The Met Gala may have been the last glitzy event to avoid picket signs. As of 12:01 a.m. on May 2, members of the creative community on both coasts (and production hubs in between) have traded the finery of that event for fire and brimstone on picket lines. The breakdown […]
It’s a strike
Monday night, amidst all the Met Gala madness on the East Coast, the West Coast was the site of the final hours of negotiation before the strike deadline between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), aka the studios that produce movies and TV shows. No deal […]
Accusative Case: 2 Great Ways To Quickly Upgrade Writing
When you sit down to brainstorm your next book, you may not ponder the accusative case and how it could influence your story. However, the accusative case is a hidden gem for great writing. Who knew English class could help you up your chances at hitting that bestseller list? In this article, we’ll review what […]
Book of Eve
The following is from Carmen Boullosa’s The Book of Eve . Boullosa is one of Mexico’s leading novelists, poets, and playwrights. She has published over a dozen novels, three of which have been published by Deep Vellum in English translation. Boullosa has received numerous prizes and honors, including a Guggenheim fellowship. Also a poet, playwright, […]
How the Hollywood Writers’ Strike Will (or Won’t) Affect Music on TV
Kelly Clarkson and Chance The Rapper on “The Voice.” Trae Patton/NBC Late night will be a lot quieter in the midst of the Writers Guild of America strike that began Monday (May 1) after negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers failed to produce a new deal. Related So far, the first […]