(Image credit: Paramount+) I think Doug Jones ‘ role as Saru in Star Trek: Discovery is one of the best things he’s done in his career, so imagine my disappointment when I saw him absent for a chunk of what would be the show’s final season . The Kelpien was promoted off the ship to […]
A bulletin board compiled of scrapped newspapers on the wall in the English and Creative Writing Department on the fifth floor of the 33 E. Ida B. Wells Drive building on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. “Foundations of 21st Century Writing” is now the only required English course for first-year students. In previous years, both “Writing […]
At the beginning of “The Spirit of the Beehive” (1973), Víctor Erice’s sublime first feature, a travelling projectionist arrives at a remote Castilian village, bearing a print of James Whale’s “Frankenstein.” It’s 1940, not long after the end of the Spanish Civil War, and the townsfolk, eager for entertainment, are soon transfixed by this sad, […]
This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter— sign up here . I’m not great with technology. I find no sensory pleasure in screens. I’m a person who prefers to roll down the window of the car with that little handle. (I drove a 1986 Ford Escort until the paint flaked off, and […]
From “Hekla & Laki.”Credit…Marine Schneider Children’s Books Two dreamlike picture books explore the ennui particular to the colossus. From “Hekla & Laki.”Credit…Marine Schneider Dave Eggers is the author, most recently, of the picture book “Soren’s Seventh Song” and the Newbery Medal-winning novel “The Eyes & the Impossible.” Aug. 16, 2024 When I was 8 years […]
Since the launch of CBS All Access — which is now called Paramount+ — in 2017, Paramount has debuted a massive spate of new “Star Trek” shows. This began with “Star Trek: Discovery,” followed quickly by “Star Trek: Short Treks,” the “Next Generation” throwback “Star Trek: Picard,” the two animated shows “Star Trek: Lower Decks” […]
