Join hosts JD Barker, Christine Daigle, Jena Brown and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week’s entertainment news, including Gabriel García Márquez’s sons publishing his final novel, Elon Musk releasing Chatbot Code, and US publishers filing a brief opposing internet archive’s appeal. Then, stick around for a chat with author Cynthia Pelayo!
Cynthia Pelayo is a Bram Stoker Award winning and International Latino Book Award winning author and poet.
Pelayo writes fairy tales that blend genre and explore concepts of grief, mourning, and cycles of violence. She is the author of Loteria, Santa Muerte, The Missing, Poems of My Night, Into the Forest and All the Way Through, Children of Chicago, Crime Scene, The Shoemaker’s Magician, as well as dozens of standalone short stories and poems.
Her forthcoming novel, The Forgotten Sisters, will be released by Thomas and Mercer in 2024 and is an adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid.”
Her works have been reviewed in The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, LA Review of Books, and more.
Check It Out!
Forgotten Sisters: https://www.amazon.com/Forgotten-Sisters-Novel-Cynthia-Pelayo/dp/1662513917
Gabriel García Márquez’s sons are publishing his final novel, which he wanted ‘destroyed’ – https://ew.com/gabriel-garcia-marquez-final-novel-published-against-wishes-by-sons-until-august-8605081
In Latest A.I. War Escalation, Elon Musk Releases Chatbot Code – https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/17/technology/chatbot-xai-code-musk.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dk0.hOQ0.McHQ-koZtDdo&smid=url-share
Getting AI to Behave—and How We Can Find Out When It Doesn’t – https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/94609-getting-ai-to-behave-and-how-we-can-find-out-when-it-doesn-t.html
US Publishers File Brief Opposing Internet Archive’s Appeal – https://publishingperspectives.com/2024/03/us-publishers-file-a-brief-opposing-the-internet-archives-appeal/
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