Salman Rushdie Serializing New Novella on Substack
Salman Rushdie is launching a newsletter with Substack, where he will publish new fiction exclusive to the platform. It’s all starting with a new novella, The Seventh Wave, which will be published in his newsletter, Salman’s Sea of Stories. In first post, Rushdie explained, “The point of doing this is to have a closer relationship with readers. To speak freely, without any intermediaries or gatekeepers. There’s just us here, just you and me, and we can take this wherever it goes.” The newsletter will be free, but paying subscribers will have access to additional content, including more newsletters, “personal stories” and “the stories behind the stories I’ll be telling,” according to Rushdie. There will also be private forums where Rushdie can interact directly with readers.
Season 3 Will Be the Last Season of Dickinson
Apple announced earlier today that the third season of Dickinson will be its last, which is just as creator Alena Smith envisioned. The 10-episode final season will include guest stars Ziwe as Sojourner Truth, Billy Eichner as Walt Whitman, and Chloe Fineman as Sylvia Plath. Creator/showrunner Smith said, “When I set out to make Dickinson, I envisioned the show as a three-season journey that would tell the origin story of America’s greatest female poet in a whole new way, highlighting Emily’s relevance and resonance to our society today…I can’t wait to share our epic final season with the world, and to bring our audience along with us to the conclusion of Emily’s coming-of-age saga.” The first three episodes of Dickinson‘s final season will be available on November 5th, and then the show will release new episodes weekly, with the series finale set for December 24th.
School’s Book Ban Targets Authors of Color
Central York High School has released a list of banned books, movies and other teaching materials. One teacher, who requested anonymity, responded to the four-page list by saying, “This is disgusting. Let’s just call it what it is — every author on that list is a Black voice.” The ban was the product of a school board decision in response to social studies curriculum inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement. Banned books include Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad and So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo. You can see a full list of banned books, documentaries, and other materials here. “They’re banning material from ‘Sesame Street,’ but not David Duke. They’re banning PBS, but not the KKK,” Lauri Lebo, a spokesperson for the Pennsylvania State Education Association, said in an email. “They’ve even banned the Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators’ statement on racism — which acknowledges that racism exists and is bad.” Another teacher who wished to remain anonymous stated her concerns with the ban: “This targets Black people, and now my concern is you have teachers afraid to teach.”
Is DC Really Making Superman Gay?
Are the rumors true? Is DC really making Superman gay? Here’s how that rumor got started and the truth behind it.