Ada Limón Announced as the New Host of the Slowdown Podcast
Poet Ada Limón has been named the new host of the Slowdown podcast. The podcast is a collaborative effort between American Public Media and the Poetry Foundation, and its goal is to offer up a poem and a moment of reflection every weekday. The podcast will return for its third season on September 21st. Limón posted the news on Instagram, claiming this is the week “when all my secret projects get dragged into the light!” In addition to the upcoming premiere of season 3 of Slowdown, Limón’s got other projects in the works: her new book The Hurting Kind will be out in May 2022, and she’s just signed a new, three-book deal with Milkweed Editions. She’s also working on an anthology of animal poems called Beasts, which will be out in 2024.
Immortal Hulk #50 Will Be Joe Bennett’s Last Comic with Marvel
Marvel Comics has announced that they will no longer be working with Joe Bennett on any future Marvel projects. While Marvel did not explain the reason for the break in their statement, the news follows a statement from Bennett’s Immortal Hulk partner Al Ewing in which the writer called the artist’s work “reprehensible” and said he would no longer be working with him. The statement is in reference to bigoted artwork Bennett has drawn in the past, specifically a political cartoon, which caricatures some people as rats. “This isn’t the first issue with Joe that I’ve been made aware of,” Ewing said in a tweet. “I’ve spoken behind the scenes, but that’s no comfort to people at the sharp end of this kind of brutal propaganda.” Immortal Hulk #50 will be the last comic Joe Bennett creates with Marvel. He has been working with Marvel since 1994.
The Horror Writers Association Reveals Cover for Upcoming Inclusive Anthology
The Horror Writers Association has announced an upcoming inclusive horror anthology, coming out on July 19, 2022 from Mariner Books. And earlier this week, they revealed the cover for the upcoming book, featuring an illustration from Venezuelan graphic designer Pablo Gerardo Camacho. The anthology, entitled Other Terrors, is edited by Bram Stoker Award winners Vince Liaguno and Rena Mason. Other Terrors includes new works from Stephen Graham Jones, Alma Katsu, Tananarive Due, S.A. Cosby, Jennifer McMahon, Michael Thomas Ford, Ann Dávila Cardinal, and others.
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