5×5: Women Horror Authors Share Their Wisdom
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As we rush to sink our claws into our favorite monster tales before the ghostly season is over, these five horror authors are just the women to give us all the gruesome details about what is takes to write horror and why the genre matters.
Book Adaptations on Hulu You Should Definitely Check Out
Michael Schmitt
On July 1st, Hulu added "The Color Purple," "Beloved," and "Mary Shelley" to their ever-increasing catalog of movies. All three are based on either the works or the lives of famous female writers, and all three are recommended for fans of the books, or for people interested in learning more about these great classics.
Quotes About Life According to Toni Morrison
Amy Schatz
Celebrate Toni Morrison's legacy with these powerful reflections on life and death.
Literary Master Toni Morrison Passes Away
Toni Morrison, celebrated author of at least 30 books, has passed away, the BBC reports today. Image via People Morrison's most famous novels include The Bluest Eye and Song of Solomon, and Beloved won both the Pulitzer Prize and The American Book Award in 1988. Morrison won more than 30 across her 40 year writing career, including the Nobel Prize for Literature, Commander of the Arts and Letters, Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction, The Presidential Medal of Freedom, and honors from several prominent universities. Morrison is quoted, as well, on The National Memorial for Peace and …
Nobel Prize-Winner Toni Morrison's New Book Links Past, Present, and Future
Francesca Contreras
This insanely talented author has something incredible for us. Or maybe it's a lot of things in one. The award-winning Morrison recently released her new book The Origin of Others (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures) and we have no doubt it will be as classic as the rest of her work. Image Via Amazon It was back in the Spring of 2016 that Morrison delivered a series of Norton Lectures within Harvard University touching on subjects of race, literature, human fears, and social movements. Now those lectures have become six essays stitched together in one eye-opening volume. Image Via CNN Morrison takes …