The Booker Prize is the “leading literary award in the English-speaking world,” or more succinctly, it is a prize that transforms the winner’s career. Each year, a panel of judges reads hundreds of books in literary fiction, selecting a number to longlist based on literary excellence. Being longlisted for the Booker Prize alone garners a […]
The name William Shakespeare is nearly synonymous with that of his greatest play, Hamlet. But did you ever stop to consider that the essence of the story wasn’t really his? Instead, according to the Folger Shakespeare Library, ol’ Will, along with many predecessors, borrowed it from ancient Norse legend. The tale of a son avenging […]
Ahead of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter running from September 27 to November 3 in the Kilstrom Theatre, take the opportunity to familiarize yourself with the source material. A National Book Award Finalist and New York Times Bestseller, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sánchez tells the story of Júlia, […]