Mar 11th, 2010 · While the Abraham Lincoln is widely lauded for saving the Union and freeing millions of slaves, his valiant fight against the forces of the undead has remained in the shadows for hundreds of years. Seth Grahame-Smith, author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, sheds light on the "true" story.
Jan 19th, 2010 · In U.S. dramas, African-Americans are often limited to portraying impoverished characters, like slaves or street thugs. So Lydia Diamond wrote a play about the opposite: An extremely wealthy black family vacationing on Martha's Vineyard.
May 14th, 2009 · Pope Benedict XVI greeted tens of thousands of adoring followers in Jesus' childhood hometown with a message of reconciliation Thursday, urging Christians and Muslims there to overcome recent strife and "reject the destructive power of hatred and prejudice."
Mar 30th, 2009 · Jane Austen is one of the most popular writers to rip off — or expand upon — of all time. Whether you've read the original Pride and Prejudice or not, commentator Madhulika Sikka says you've probably heard the storyline anyway.
Mar 29th, 2009 · Jane Austen's original text has been ever-so-slightly altered to accommodate brand-new scenes of the Bennet girls forming "The Pentagram of Death" and taking on hordes of the undead, along with a ninja or two.
Feb 19th, 2009 · Author Jane Austen might be rolling over in her grave. A book called Pride and Prejudice and Zombies promises "all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie action." And there's the film: Pride and Predator. The New York Times says it will "Juxtapose brooding aristocrats with a brutal alien that lands in 1800s-era Britain, attacking residents and leaving them with neither sense nor sensibility."
Oct 10th, 2008 · Jamaican-American novelist Michelle Cliff's essays — urgent, stripped of lyrical excess, discomfiting but illuminating — bear witness to a rough life that has shaped a radical, powerful and essential artist.
Oct 2nd, 2008 · In the past few presidential elections, Pennsylvania's Fayette County has voted Democratic. But Barack Obama faces some challenges: Hillary Clinton won nearly 80 percent of the vote there during the Democratic primary, and a new poll shows Republican rival John McCain has a 20-point lead among white male voters.