Daniel Dae Kim’s Spy Drama Butterfly Lands Series Order at Amazon
Amazon has given a series order to the scripted drama series Butterfly, based on the Boom Studios graphic novel of the same name. Daniel Dae Kim is set to star and executive produce the project. The six-episode series tells the story of David Jung, a former U.S. intelligence operative who lives in South Korea. After decisions from his past come back to haunt him, his quiet life is completely upended and he finds himself pursued by a deadly, sociopathic young agent named Rebecca, who has been assigned to kill him. Right now, it’s unclear when work on Butterfly will continue was the Writer’s Guild of America is currently on strike.
Amanda Gorman “Gutted” After Florida School Bans Biden Inauguration Poem
Poet Amanda Gorman has vowed to defeat book bans in Florida after her poem “The Hill We Climb” was banned in an educational institution in Miami-Dade county. Gorman read the poem at Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration. The poet says she was “gutted” to learn that a complaint from a single parent led to the poem being banned. The parent, who mistakenly listed Oprah Winfrey as the author of the poem, argued that the poem was “not educational and have indirectly hate messages.” In a post on Twitter, Gorman responded, “So they ban my book from young readers, confuse me with Oprah, fail to specify what parts of my poetry they object to, refuse to read any reviews, and offer no alternatives … Unnecessary book bans like these are on the rise, and we must fight back.”
Here’s the Cover for Marie-Helene Bertino’s New Novel Beautyland
Literary Hub has revealed the cover of Marie-Helene Bertino’s upcoming novel Beautyland, which will be published by Farrar Straus & Giroux in January 2024. The cover was designed by Thomas Colligan. Bertino writes of the cover, “Thomas Colligan made this unified burst of color that manages to hold the single life and the epic. The everythingness evoked by a solo star. If I saw this book on someone’s coffee table I’d say, WHAT is that? If it was someone else’s cover, I’d covet it.” The book is available for preorder now and will be available on January 16.
15 Excellent 2023 Short Story Collections by Asian Authors
These new short story collections from Asian and Asian diaspora voices are insightful, deeply strange, intense, and profound.