Ready to make your iPhone even smarter? With the latest iOS 18.1 update, Apple Intelligence brings many powerful new features to your fingertips. Before you dive into these exciting tools, let’s get your device updated and set up. Don’t worry—it’s a quick and easy process. And once you’re all set, you’ll be amazed at how […]
Stephen Sondheim, in 1994, backstage at the production of his musical “Passion.” , by Richard Schoch In the early 1980s, the librettist and director James Lapine asked the composer Stephen Sondheim what sort of musical he wanted to write. The pair were in the early stages of creating “Sunday in the Park With George,” their […]
How ‘Moana 2’ Filmmaker Dana Ledoux Miller Saw Herself Writing and Directing This Disney Sequel The first Moana movie was a giant hit for Disney and became part of the cultural lexicon. Now, as the second film approaches, there were some pretty big shoes to fill. Luckily, Dana Ledoux Miller , the first Pasifika woman […]
by Jessie Carson and Jenn Snider Cruise [top left to right] Carolee Mason – WINNER Adults 30+; Mattea Crabtree – WINNER 17 and under; Sara Jane O’Neill – RUNNER-UP 2nd place Adults 30+; Mike Sobel – RUNNER-UP 3rd place Adults 30+. Not pictured: Georgia Walker – WINNER Young adults 18 – 29 Produced by Almonte […]
Photo by Pema G. Lama on Unsplash Electric Literature Urgently Needs Your Help For the 15,000 people who visit our site every day, reading Electric Literature costs nothing. And yet Electric Lit is not free. We need to raise $25,000 by December 31, 2024 to keep Electric Literature going into next year. If the continued […]
Dragon Age Dorian David Gaider, creator of the Dragon Age universe during his time at Bioware (and the lead writer on Origins, Dragon Age 2, and Inquisition) has been on a bit of a tell-all spree lately. Seemingly seized by an unquenchable thirst to show you behind the curtain, Gaider’s been revealing truths about the […]
When OpenAI’s GPT models first emerged a few years ago, sparking the ongoing AI frenzy, I’ll admit, I was more than a little apprehensive. Source: www.unsplash.com While most people I knew were eagerly jumping on to the LLM-powered bandwagon, I couldn’t help but wonder whether us writers would inevitably be replaced by the very technology […]
Credit…Rebecca Clarke By the Book Poems About Dead Relatives Irk Billy Collins “If I come across ‘Dad’ or ‘Mommy,’ I’m out,” says the former U.S. poet laureate. “‘Grandma’ gets a pass.” His new collection is “Water, Water.” Credit…Rebecca Clarke Have you ever gotten into trouble for reading a book? I got into trouble several times […]
I have a feature at my Substack, Nathan Rabin’s Happy Place, called The Joy of Positivity. It’s a paid subscriber-only thrice-weekly column where I recommend a movie, television show, album, book, or haiku I love and want to share with my readers. It’s a fair amount of working putting out three of those pieces a […]
ver the centuries, women’s true selves have been trivialised and suppressed. Only when female bodies fulfil the male gaze of film and literature, can it be discussed or presented to us, which is evident in the danger of the New Woman within the late 19th century, where Stoker’s overtly sexual vampire brides are voraciously evil. […]
