Photo by Sonette Watt Stephanie McKenzie is a poet and scholar who works for the English Programme at Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland. Her scholarly work has traced the flourishing of Indigenous literature in Canada during the 1960s and 1970s, undoubtedly contributing to the growing interest in studies of Indigenous authors. In 2007 she published
Month: March 2021
There won’t be a fourth season for the Pose TV series. The FX show will come to an end with its upcoming third season which will premiere on Sunday, May 2nd. There will be just seven episodes and the series finale will air on June 6th. Spotlighting the performers, house mothers, and other supporters of
Avatar Source: Walt Disney Studios It seems “Avatar” will be heading back to Chinese theaters this weekend, according to a report from The Hollywood Reporter. Originally part of the rereleases preapproved by China’s Film Bureau in 2020, the 2009 sci-fi epic remained in Disney’s vault during the ongoing pandemic. While China has been able to
Véronique Tadjo / Photo © Odile Motelet Beginning in March 2014 and lasting for roughly two years, the Ebola outbreak ravaged the West African countries of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, infecting more than 28,600 people and killing more than 11,300. Ivorian writer Véronique Tadjo’s new novel, In the Company of Men (Other Press, 2021),
One year into the pandemic, its effects are threatening to undo decades of investment in girls’ and women’s access to education, economic opportunity, and safety. The facts are dire: The crisis has led to an increase in domestic violence; the gender poverty gap will likely worsen, as more women than men have lost work during
National CineMedia, operator of the nation’s largest cinema advertising network, saw sales plunge and it swung into the red last quarter as more than half of all theaters were shuttered. On a conference call, execs noted recent agreements to expand outside of cinemas and said the company will be announcing another, a big one, in
HELSINKI — China has quietly rolled a new-generation Long March 7A rocket at Wenchang ahead of a launch in the coming days. The 60-meter-long kerosene-liquid oxygen fueled Long March 7A was rolled out late March 7 Eastern. Launch could take place as soon as late March 10 Eastern from the coastal Wenchang launch center. The
Apple has released iOS 14.4.1, iPadOS 14.4.1, macOS Big Sur 11.2.3, and watchOS 7.3.2 as important security updates for its devices. The new updates, that come a little more than a month after iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4 release, address a memory corruption issue within the WebKit browsing engine that could have allowed bad actors
New York’s attorney general on Monday appointed a former top federal prosecutor and a leading employment lawyer to head the investigation into claims that Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed several women. Also Monday, a spokesman for New York Assembly Minority Leader William Barclay told media outlets that a Republican-sponsored resolution seeking to begin impeachment proceedings
Exclusive The Naked Cowboy, famous for performing in Times Square, got busted way down in Florida for his same old schtick … and cops say his trusty guitar broke when he resisted arrest. Robert Burck, the nearly naked man behind the Naked Cowboy character, was arrested Saturday on a misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest without
The 10-year Treasury yield ebbed lower on Tuesday morning, but remained higher than 1.5%, as investors watched for the final passage of the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion stimulus package in Congress. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note fell to 1.54% at 4:10 a.m. ET. The yield on the 30-year Treasury bond dipped to 2.246%.
HBO Max accidentally leaked Zack Snyder’s Justice League ahead of its debut later this month, playing the four-hour superhero movie for some users who had been trying to stream Tom & Jerry. Ten days before the movie’s official premiere on the streamer on March 18, many HBO Max subscribers began posting images of themselves watching
Did everyone survive the harrowing winter finale? On 9-1-1 Season 4 Episode 8, the 118 found themselves on the tarmac when a flight attendant reached her limit with her flight’s passengers. Meanwhile, Athena discovered that quarantine had pushed a seemingly steady couple to their breaking point. What did she have to do to stop a
Keep Your Entrails out of My Baby Shower If you enjoy reading Electric Literature, join our mailing list! We’ll send you the best of EL each week, and you’ll be the first to know about upcoming submissions periods and virtual events. Eating for Two Bad things happen when you don’t invite the right people to
Economist Stephen Roach said Monday he believes Wall Street is overestimating a consumer comeback. According to the Yale University senior fellow, demand will snap back like a rubber band later this year as the V-shaped recovery loses momentum. “With vaccines rushing out together with a lot of stimulus, you can just sense this instant gratification of
by Trevor Kimball, March 8, 2021 Alice Braga (Photo: Dennis Leupold/USA Network) USA Network has announced the long-awaited premiere date for season five of the Queen of the South TV series. The last new episode aired in August 2019 and the new season will launch 18 months later, on Wednesday, April 7th. The cable channel
The THALES 3D MR SCANNER from LAP has been developed specifically to support the commissioning and quality assurance of MR-guided radiotherapy machines Automatic assurance: LAP says the THALES 3D MR SCANNER (right) provides a gold-standard dose accuracy check for MR/RT users, supporting their system commissioning and ongoing verification of dose delivery after any major upgrades
Things are looking up for the domestic box office. In recent months, ticket sales have been accelerating, a sign that moviegoers are ready to return to theaters. Encouraged by the trend, some studios have moved up release dates. Over the weekend, ticket sales reached an estimated $25 million, which would be the best showing since
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