In our series “Can Writing Be Taught?”, we partner with Catapult to ask their course instructors all our burning questions about the process of teaching writing. This month, we’re featuring Jubi Arriola-Headley a Blacqueer poet, author of original kink (Sibling Rivalry Press), and winner of the 2021 Housatonic Book Award. Check out the 6-week generative
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: AT&T (T) – AT&T announced plans to spin off its stake in the WarnerMedia/Discovery Communications (DISCA) combination to its shareholders when that merger is completed later this year. Shareholders will receive 0.24 shares of Warner Brothers Discovery for each AT&T share they now
Silvergate Capital CEO Alan Lane told CNBC on Monday the bank holding company hopes to launch a stablecoin by the end of this year, following its acquisitions of assets and intellectual property from Mark Zuckerberg’s beleaguered cryptocurrency project. The California-based financial firm, which through its subsidiary Silvergate Bank operates the crypto-focused payments platform Silvergate Exchange
Lionsgate’s feature take of Judy Blume’s classic Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret has been scheduled for Sept. 16 this year. As Deadline first reported in early March 2020, the studio won the film rights to Blume’s 1970 novel in an auction, green lighting the feature with a $30M production cost and Kelly Fremon Craig directing
WASHINGTON — A SpaceX Falcon 9 placed an Italian radar mapping satellite into orbit Jan. 31 after four days of delays caused by range and weather problems. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 6:11 p.m. Eastern. The rocket’s upper stage deployed its
Fitbit is offering users the ability to view the highlights of their fitness data from the past year as part of the ‘2021 Year In Review’ feature. Users will be able to look at useful details of their activity and sleep from 2021, while looking at information in easy-to-understand metrics like average hours of sleep,
U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) departs after attending a bipartisan work group meeting on an infrastructure bill at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., June 8, 2021. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s campaign raised over $1.5 million toward the end of 2021 as she opposed key elements of her own party’s agenda, according
News Ravyn Lenae and Steve Lacy Share New Song “Skin Tight”: Listen A new collaboration recorded in Los Angeles By Matthew Strauss February 1, 2022 Facebook Twitter Ravyn Lenae, photo by Jean Philippe Joseph Facebook Twitter Chicago-born arist Ravyn Lenae has released the new single “Skin Tight,” featuring Steve Lacy. The musicians recorded their collaboration
A general view during a meeting of the U.N. Security Council on the situation between Russia and Ukraine, at the United Nations Headquarters in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., January 31, 2022. Andrew Kelly | Reuters WASHINGTON – Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations said on Monday that Kyiv still hopes for a diplomatic resolution
Following Rihanna’s big reveal that she is pregnant with her and A$AP Rocky’s first child, People spoke to multiple sources about what their relationship is like now and how Rihanna is feeling with her pregnancy. Rocky and Rihanna are smitten, and it was Rocky that made Rihanna feel ready to become a mother. A source
Pieces are coming together in the past to help us understand the present. We got to know some of the other characters better on Promised Land Season 1 Episode 2, and if we thought the last secrets and revelations were a shocker, they gave us another round. And the drama is delicious. Carmen is a
I have always held a keen interest toward the processes of myth formation and how beliefs about family identity are handed down through generations. My debut novel Defenestrate tells the story of a family in the midst of reckoning with superstition and inheritance, the long-held beliefs that can shape both the collective identity of a
Stock futures declined in overnight trading Monday after Wall Street wrapped up a tumultuous month with steep losses as investors grappled with the Federal Reserve’s policy shift. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 80 points. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures both traded 0.3% lower. While stocks pulled off a tech-driven rally
Living compasses: chinook salmon have cells in their noses that contain magnetic crystals. (Courtesy: Zureks/CC BY-SA 3.0) Tiny crystals of iron-based magnetite have been found in specialized receptor cells in the noses of salmon, suggesting that the crystals are used by the fish to navigate using Earth’s magnetic field. The research was done by an
Completely at random, the world ended.Trade in shares was lively, the weather splendid.Lovers lay in beds and some on the sand.Artists painted nature, if not the lay of the land.Professors wrinkled brows and wrote of weighty things.The season was any season: fall and also spring. The plumber changed a pipe and mended a leak.The bridegroom’s
After being forced to sit out the annually lucrative Chinese New Year period as the Covid crisis was just beginning in 2020, Chinese box office blasted to an all-time high during the comparable 2021 session. This week, the Year of the Tiger will be ushered in with eight movies beginning February 1, and with potential
WASHINGTON — The European Commission is rolling out a new program to offer investment for European startups to keep those companies on the continent. Officials from the European Commission, European Investment Bank and European Investment Fund announced Jan. 25 they were committing at least one billion euros ($1.12 billion) over five years to Cassini, a
macOS Monterey 12.2 is causing battery drain during sleep mode for some users. The issue seems to be impacting users due to Bluetooth accessories frequently waking MacBooks, resulting in battery draining. A few users have reported the battery draining problem on social media, including Reddit and Twitter. However, the issue doesn’t seem to have impacted