In an historical novel (real or fantasy variant), this is the “female pirate” or “werewolf harem mistress” or “Once and Future King”. This requires explanation… it can’t just be hoisted into the plot whole with the expectation that the rest of the world’s mechanism can just roll...
Not surprising though since it's one of the most important characters in American literature. Edit: Also stumped it with the The Judge from Blood Meridian (although it did get The Man from The Road after 25 questions) Honestly, with enough books, you could stump this thing for days. Since...
“I’m afraid it’s all rather disgusting really,” he tells his spellbound admirer, “but they seem to like the American touch.” Sim’s line readings and scenes of physical comedy, including a shoplifting spree and a day in court, provide some of the film’s biggest laughs, but the...
It’s the first Las Vegas casino to be owned and operated by a Native American tribal band. (The casino at Virgin Las Vegas, formerly the Hard Rock Hotel, is operated by the Mohegan band out of Connecticut, but the property is owned by Virgin Hotels.) The new owners reopened the ...
The American Warship destroyed by his submarine (in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea) is named the Abraham Lincoln. If you want survivors, understanding public sanitation would help! Here’s one way to preserve the knowledge. Why do people wash their hands before and after every meal, bat...
Suzanne Scanlon is a writer, actor, and educator living in Chicago, where she teaches in the English Department of Columbia College. Her writing has appeared inPindeldyboz, Fail Better, elimae, 580 Split, The American Scholarand elsewhere. As an actor, Suzanne has worked with The Bread and...
And if an aside in an article written by an obscure writer in an obscure article in the Guardian is seen as “a ‘hit’ piece, intended to denigrate, on an American populist author with little impact on his British scene” that will be “targeting an audience who might possibly go to ...