Jane Lynch, Roxane Gay, Carrie Brownstein to Star in Dykes to Watch Out For Audiobook
Jane Lynch, Robert Colindrez, Carrie Brownstein, Roxane Gay, and Jenn Collela will offer their voice work in Audible’s Dykes to Watch Out For, an adaptation of Alison Bechdel’s comic series. Of Audible’s production of her work, Bechdel says, “I am blown away…It’s such a great gift to hear the characters and their world come to life on audio, talking and kvetching and playing softball and going to marches.” Audible’s Dykes to Watch Out For was directed by Tony nominee Leigh Silverman and adapted by Pulitzer-Prize finalist and Only Murders in the Building writer Madeleine George. George described Bechdel’s story as “Charles Dickens meets Audre Lorde.” Dykes to Watch Out For will be available to stream exclusively on Audible beginning June 1, just in time for Pride Month.
Megan Abbott’s Beware the Woman Soon to be a Motion Picture
Best-selling author Megan Abbott’s latest novel is being adapted for the big screen. The story is pitched as Rebecca meets Rosemary’s Baby and is set in the remote woods of the Upper Peninsula. In a tweet, Megan Abbott wrote, “I’m so excited about this. Plus: when (& only when) the WGA strike ends and we get our fair contract, I’ll be writing the script.” Abbott’s novel Beware the Woman is coming out on May 30.
Author and YouTuber Hank Green Reveals Cancer Diagnosis
Popular YouTuber and author Hank Green announced Friday that he has been diagnosed with cancer. In a video posted on YouTube, Green said he was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma and will soon be starting chemotherapy treatment. Green assured fans that this is one of the “most treatable” types of cancers and that his treatment should last about four months. “The goal is cure. The procedure to get there is fairly well known if unpleasant,” he said in the video. VidCon also announced that with his cancer diagnosis, Hank Green will miss this year’s convention. VidCon tweeted, “To our Co-Founder, go-to science guy, and only person on the internet who seems to understand where all the candle wax goes: we’re sending all the love from the VidCon community & beyond.”
8 New Magical Realism and Fabulism Books
You’ve read the classics. Now it’s time to dig into new magical realism books that have hit the shelf in recent years.