In mid-March, Dial Books, a long-time imprint at Penguin Random House, shut down unexpectedly. No one knew it was happening, including the authors or the editors, many of whom lost their jobs. News about the closure offered no answers as to why this happened and why it happened so swiftly and unexpectedly. Industry chatter suggested
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In December 2023, the U.S. Justice Department sued a Texas land developer it accused of duping tens of thousands of Hispanic residents into predatory mortgages, a landmark case for the Biden administration. Colony Ridge, which sold plots in massive subdivisions north of Houston, had become a “one-stop shop for discriminatory lending,” Kristen Clarke, assistant attorney
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We may earn a commission from links on this page. I’ve previously shared the Good News about mosquito dunks, which stop mosquitoes from being able to breed in standing water. For the fourth year running, I am using dunks to create what’s sometimes called a “mosquito bucket of doom” or a “mosquito death bucket”—a trap
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Afrika Bambaataa, the pioneering hip-hop DJ and founder of the Universal Zulu Nation, has died from complications relating to cancer, TMZ reports. He was 67. Born Lance Taylor in 1957, Bambaataa gained notoriety in New York’s early hip-hop scene for the block parties he threw in the South Bronx. In 1973, he co-founded the Universal
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Nigerian Erotica Writers Bypass Morality Police With Women’s-Only WhatsApp Groups Listen, if I know anything about humanity, it’s
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A Painter of the Night live-action series was announced last year, and now, we have a casting announcement. One of the most iconic BL manhwas out there, with its gorgeous painterly art style and a traumatic story of love, imprisonment, and power, has created an all-time-beloved story. Created, written, and illustrated by Byeonduck, Painter of the Night is
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