Vicky Nguyen on Telling Her Family’s Story with ‘Boat Baby’
NBC News anchor and correspondent Vicky Nguyen is sharing the story of her family’s escape from communist Vietnam and her
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The Middle Geeks Episode 58: Free Palestine with Hannah Moushabeck
We interview Palestinian-American author of “Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine” about the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
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Trailer for ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ Announces October Release
Flanagan-Fans (Flana-fans?) Assemble! The master of horror behind The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, Midnight Mass,
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Author Ayana Gray Discusses Her New Novel, ‘Beasts of Ruin’ and More
Ayana Gray is a New York Times bestselling young adult fantasy author. Her debut novel, Beasts of Prey is being
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Mike Flanagan’s ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ Could Be a Major Formula Shift
Mike Flanagan’s name might sound too new to add to the list of legendary horror writers. He’s been developing some
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Fall in Love With ‘Schitt’s Creek’ All Over Again by Reading ‘Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: The Story of Schitt’s Creek’
Are you ready for the official Schitt’s Creek tie-in book by Daniel Levy and Eugene Levy? Best Wishes, Warmest Regards:
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Barry Jenkins and the Cast of ‘The Underground Railroad’ Discuss the Powerful Limited Series
Colson Whitehead’s novel The Underground Railroad is a necessary reading for the ways it transcends a violent history and navigates
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A ‘Gaze’ into the Soul of ‘The Underground Railroad’
by Barry Jenkins | Originally published on Vimeo In my years of doing interviews and roundtables and Q&A’s for the
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Hard NOC Life: Sir Gawain and the Dark Knight
This week on Hard NOC Life, Dominic and Keith continue their discussion of Birds of Prey and share their thoughts
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Dev Patel Slays in ‘The Green Knight’ Trailer
This summer, English majors of the world will be sure to journey to cinemas to see A24’s first foray into
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Sons of Nowhere: Remembering Nicholas Almand
With June being #LGBTQPrideMonth, I would be remiss if I didn’t pay tribute to my brother and comrade, fellow gay
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Bryan Thao Worra on Lao Science Fiction (From CTRL+ALT)
In our final live edition of Hard NOC Life from the NOC Reading Lounge at CTRL+ALT — the Smithsonian Asian
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NOC Poetry: “Christopher Reeve’s Filipino Nurse”
Years ago, before we knew what shape Secret Identities was going to take, I asked my friend and former professor,
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#DiversityInSFF Roundup: Some Links
The #DiversityInSFF hashtag gave a solid signal boost to the longstanding, often-ignored, ever-trolled, much-needed convos about race and gender, privilege
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Opening the Book on #LitWeekNOC
While this blog regularly gives voice(s) to the perspectives of self-proclaimed nerds of color on speculative media cinematic, televisual, animated,
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