I’m certain that we haven’t interviewed anyone who is as talented and multi-hyphenated as the one and only Jana Kramer . Settle in, you’re in for a real treat. Zach: Today we’re joined by actress, country star, podcaster, author, mother, you name it…Jana Kramer. Welcome! Jana Kramer: You’re very sweet. Thank you. Zach: I’m curious, […]
NCTBS Credit Megan Cullen 2 hi res (1) 9-2024 f1 nick cave It’s Monday afternoon in London, and Nick Cave is feeling happy. “It’s a beautiful sunny day today, amazing weather,” he says cheerfully by way of introduction, stepping outside while we talk to soak it all in. This presents a stark contrast to the […]
Lady Gaga’s Joker character echoes every issue Phillips has had with female roles in the Hangover movies and beyond If you buy something from a Polygon link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Photo: Niko Tavernise/Warner Bros. Pictures Todd Phillips’ Joker sequel, Joker: Folie à Deux , is catching flak from […]
Around fifteen years ago, an old college friend of mine had a close call in the mountains. He and a companion were on a ski trip when they decided to hike away from the top of the chairlift to find a cool, unofficial ski run they’d heard about. They seemed to be heading in the […]
Electric Literature is pleased to reveal the cover of Leave: A Postpartum Account by Shayne Terry , which will be published by Autofocus Books on February 25, 2025. You can pre-order your copy here . Shayne Terry’s fourth trimester is not going as planned. Instead of bonding with her new baby, she’s stuck on the […]
Bertha Mason, the famous “madwoman in the attic,” in “Jane Eyre.” In Bertha’s groans, Dionne Brand writes, we can hear the suffering of the enslaved under Britain’s colonial rule. SALVAGE: Readings From the Wreck , by Dionne Brand Dionne Brand is a poet, novelist and essayist who was born in Trinidad and moved to Canada […]
Jason Reitman is on a barnstorming tour for Saturday Night , telling everyone about his amazing week in 2008 as an SNL guest writer. Guest writer? How does that work exactly? Do you book a session like an Airbnb? Does Lorne Michaels bring you in like a lecturer in Copenhagen? Turns out Reitman isn’t alone […]
Cuthbert’s third book, Self-Made Monsters, is a hybrid collection of feminist horror, and contains stories and poems featuring women as villains and victims, as bystanders and enablers, exploring the quiet moments of magic and horror in women’s lives. FREDONIA – Writers have their own ways of getting their words onto the page. For Rebecca Cuthbert, […]
