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Olga Dies Dreaming
''Olga Dies Dreaming'' is the debut novel of American writer Xochitl Gonzalez. It was published by Flatiron Books in January 2022. __NOTOC__ Writing and development The idea for the novel occurred to Gonzalez on the Q train in New York City while reading the book ''The Battle for Paradise'' by Canadian author Naomi Klein and listening to the song " Rican Beach" by Hurray for the Riff Raff. After leaving the train, Gonzalez went to a Starbucks location, where she wrote the basic concept of the plot on a napkin. The book's title alludes to the Pedro Pietri poem "Puerto Rican Obituary". While writing, Gonzalez eschewed explaining aspects of Puerto Rican culture for a broader audience, drawing inspiration from the " ..inside baseball" jokes in Paul Beatty's novel '' The Sellout''. Critical reception In a review in ''The Washington Post,'' Ron Charles wrote, "rarely does a novel, particularly a debut novel, contend so powerfully and so delightfully with such a vast web of personal, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xochitl Gonzalez
Xochitl Gonzalez (, ; born 1977) is an American writer. In 2022, she published her debut novel '' Olga Dies Dreaming'' which became a ''New York Times'' Best Seller on January 30, 2022. In 2021, she began writing the newsletter "Brooklyn, Everywhere" for ''The Atlantic''. In 2023, she joined ''The Atlantic'' as a staff writer and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for her work there. Early life and education Gonzalez was born in New York City to a second-generation Puerto Rican mother and Mexican-American father and raised by her grandparents in the area between Bensonhurst and Borough Park. Her parents were activists in the Socialist Workers Party, where her mother was a union organizer who ran for office in the Socialist Workers Party. Gonzalez attended Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn and earned a scholarship to Brown University. At Brown she intended to study creative writing but ultimately majored in art history. Reflecting on her time at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Charles (critic)
Ron Charles (born 1962 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a book critic at ''The Washington Post''. His awards include the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award Nona Balakian Citation for book reviews, and 1st Place for A&E Coverage from the Society for Features Journalism in 2011. He was one of three jurors for the 2014 Pulitzer Prize, 2014 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. Charles grew up in Town and Country, Missouri, and graduated from Principia College and Washington University in St. Louis before getting a job as a teacher at John Burroughs School. After a student's parent offhandedly suggested he try making a living as a book reviewer, Charles sent his first book review to ''The Christian Science Monitor'', which eventually hired him. He spent seven years as the ''Monitor''s book review editor and staff critic. In 2005, he was hired by the ''Washington Post''. Sometime after August 2010, with his review of Jonathan Franzen's ''Freedom (Franzen novel), Freedom'', Charles began a series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramón Rodríguez (actor)
Ramón Rodríguez (born in 1979) is a Puerto Rican actor. Since 2023, he has starred as the title character in the ABC series '' Will Trent''. His previous television work included roles in ''The Wire'' (2006–2008) and '' Day Break'' (2006–2007), and in the films '' Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' (2009) and '' The Taking of Pelham 123'' (2009). He portrayed John Bosley in the 2011 reboot of ''Charlie's Angels''. In 2014, Rodríguez starred as Ryan Lopez on the Fox crime drama television series '' Gang Related''. In 2018, he played the role of Benjamin Cruz on the Showtime television series '' The Affair''. Life and career Rodríguez was born in Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1979 and raised on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. In a 2024 conversation with Jimmy Kimmel on his late night talk show, Rodríguez revealed that his birthday is not on December 20th, the date incorrectly shown in this Wikipedia article until December 22, 2024; he joked that he woul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aubrey Plaza
Aubrey Christina Plaza (born June 26, 1984) is an American actress, comedian, and producer. She began performing Improvisational theatre, improv and sketch comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. After graduating from New York University Tisch School of the Arts, Plaza made her feature film debut in ''Mystery Team'' (2009) and gained wide recognition for her role as April Ludgate on the NBC political satire sitcom ''Parks and Recreation'' (2009–2015). In film, Plaza had a supporting role in ''Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'' (2010) and a leading role in ''Safety Not Guaranteed'' (2012). From 2017 to 2019, Plaza portrayed the Shadow King and List of Legion characters#Lenny Busker, Lenny Busker in the critically praised FX (TV channel), FX superhero series ''Legion (TV series), Legion'', and produced and starred in the 2017 black comedy films ''The Little Hours'' and ''Ingrid Goes West''. She also starred in the romantic comedy ''Happiest Season'' and thriller ''Black Bear ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon (sometimes Alfonso Gómez-Rejón; born November 6, 1972, in Laredo, Texas) is an American film and television director. He made his directorial film debut with the slasher film '' The Town That Dreaded Sundown'' (2014). He has since directed the coming of age film '' Me and Earl and the Dying Girl'' (2015), and the historical drama '' The Current War'' (2017). His television program credits include the FOX teen musical series ''Glee'' (2010-2012), the FX horror series ''American Horror Story'' (2011-2014), and the Amazon Prime limited series '' Hunters'' (2020). He received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing For a Miniseries or Movie for '' American Horror Story: Coven''. Early career In high school, Rejon would "borrow a friend's camera" and "make shorts in lieu of presenting a report in front of the class." He began his professional career as personal assistant to Martin Scorsese, Nora Ephron, Robert De Niro and Aleja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hulu
Hulu (, ) is an American Subscription business model, subscription streaming media service owned by Disney Streaming, a subsidiary of the Disney Entertainment segment of the Walt Disney Company. It was launched on October 29, 2007, initially as a joint venture between News Corporation (later 21st Century Fox) and NBCUniversal, NBC Universal, which was later Acquisition of NBC Universal by Comcast, bought by Comcast. Many companies like AT&T's WarnerMedia, Providence Equity, and the Walt Disney Company bought stakes in the service. Hulu served as an aggregation of recent episodes of television series from the respective Television broadcaster, television broadcasting by its owners. In 2010, Hulu launched a subscription service, initially branded as "Hulu Plus," which featured full seasons of programs from the companies and other partners, and un-delayed access to new episodes. In 2017, the company launched Hulu with Live TV—an Over-the-top media service, over-the-top streaming t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Library Association
The American Library Association (ALA) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world. History 19th century During the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876, 103 librarians, 90 men, and 13 women, responded to a call for a "Convention of Librarians" to be held October 4–6, 1876, at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. At the end of the meeting, according to Edward G. Holley in his essay "ALA at 100", "the register was passed around for all to sign who wished to become charter members", making October 6, 1876, the date of the ALA's founding. Among the 103 librarians in attendance were Justin Winsor (Boston Public Library and Harvard University), William Frederick Poole ( Chicago Public Library and Newberry College), Charles Ammi Cutter ( Boston Athenæum), Melvil Dewey, Charles Evans ( Indianapolis Public Library) and Richa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirkus Reviews
''Kirkus Reviews'' is an American book review magazine founded in 1933 by Virginia Kirkus. The magazine's publisher, Kirkus Media, is headquartered in New York City. ''Kirkus Reviews'' confers the annual Kirkus Prize to authors of fiction, nonfiction, and young readers' literature. ''Kirkus Reviews'', published on the first and 15th of each month, previews books before their publication. ''Kirkus'' reviews over 10,000 titles per year. History Virginia Kirkus was hired by Harper & Brothers to establish a children's book department in 1926. In 1932, the department was eliminated as an economic measure. However, within a year, Louise Raymond, the secretary Kirkus hired, had the department running again. Kirkus, however, had left and soon established her own book review service. Initially, she arranged to get galley proofs of "20 or so" books in advance of their publication; almost 80 years later, the service was receiving hundreds of books weekly and reviewing about 100. Ini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Washington Post
''The Washington Post'', locally known as ''The'' ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'' or ''WP'', is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital. It is the most widely circulated newspaper in the Washington metropolitan area and has a national audience. As of 2023, the ''Post'' had 130,000 print subscribers and 2.5 million digital subscribers, both of which were the List of newspapers in the United States, third-largest among U.S. newspapers after ''The New York Times'' and ''The Wall Street Journal''. The ''Post'' was founded in 1877. In its early years, it went through several owners and struggled both financially and editorially. In 1933, financier Eugene Meyer (financier), Eugene Meyer purchased it out of bankruptcy and revived its health and reputation; this work was continued by his successors Katharine Graham, Katharine and Phil Graham, Meyer's daughter and son-in-law, respectively, who bought out several rival publications. The ''Post ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macmillan Publishers
Macmillan Publishers (occasionally known as the Macmillan Group; formally Macmillan Publishers Ltd in the United Kingdom and Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC in the United States) is a British publishing company traditionally considered to be one of the Big Five (publishers), "Big Five" English language publishers (along with Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group USA, Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster). Founded in London in 1843 by Scottish brothers Daniel MacMillan, Daniel and Alexander MacMillan (publisher), Alexander MacMillan, the firm soon established itself as a leading publisher in Britain. It published two of the best-known works of Victorian-era children's literature, Lewis Carroll's ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (1865) and Rudyard Kipling's ''The Jungle Book'' (1894). Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Harold Macmillan, grandson of co-founder Daniel, was chairman of the company from 1964 until his death in December 1986. Since 1999, Macmi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
