Diana López on Monsters, Myth, and Healing in Her New Book, ‘Felice and the Wailing Woman’

March 28, 2023March 27, 2023 LaKase

Diana López is an educator at heart with a penchant for finding the magic in the seemingly mundane. Whether on the road through her beloved home state of Texas, or sitting by a campfire, or floating through the water, Diana has the ability to peek behind the veil to find a story. In her new book, Los Monstruous: Felice and The Wailing Woman, the author takes us behind the curtain of Corpus Christi to the town of Tres Leches, where the daughter of a monster sets herself on course to undo a nightmare that has become something akin to a myth. Below, she reveals how our stories can heal the wound of trauma and why our monsters are worth exploring with a fresh perspective.

DC Comics, Interview, Television

Navia Robinson on ‘Gotham Knights’ and Reimagining Our Heroes

March 21, 2023March 20, 2023 LaKase

The CW’s Gotham Knights takes place in a world we might all recognize, but for Navia Robinson it represents a turning point in how the audience can connect with — and visualize — our heroes. As Navia astutely noted in the course of our conversation, the world is changing, and our caped crusaders have a chance to change right along with it, leaving us all the better for it.

Books, Fantasy, Reviews

With Swords and Shakespeare, ‘That Self-Made Metal’ is a Welcome YA Fantasy Adventure

March 8, 2023March 9, 2023 LaKase

Magic and superstition swirl around the world of William Shakespeare. While priests at the time decried belief in fairies, the practice of witchcraft, and women speaking on stage, the theater world managed to carve out space where anything was possible.