Sam Briger

November 14, 2018

19:29

Steven Yeun Won't Say Whether Or Not His 'Burning' Character Is A Psychopath

The Walking Dead actor plays a South Korean playboy who may or may not be murdering his girlfriends in Burning. "To this day, I'm the only one who knows who Ben really is," Yeun says of the character.

Actor Steve Yeun smiles on stage in a pair of glasses

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November 7, 2018

18:52

Novelist Revisits The Assassination And Conspiracies That Fueled Colombia's Civil War

Juan Gabriel VÃ¡squez's novel, The Shape Of The Ruins, centers on the 1948 assassination of Jorge Eliécer GaitÃ¡n, the years of violence that followed and the conspiracy theories surrounding his death.

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Juan Gabriel VÃ¡squez

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October 15, 2018

04:45

Novelist Esi Edugyan On Depicting The 'Forgotten Figures' Of Scientific History

Edugyan's latest novel, Washington Black, tells the story of a boy who escapes slavery and embarks on a voyage of scientific discovery. It has been shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker Prize.

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Esi Edugyan

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Steven Yeun Won't Say Whether Or Not His 'Burning' Character Is A Psychopath

Novelist Revisits The Assassination And Conspiracies That Fueled Colombia's Civil War

Novelist Esi Edugyan On Depicting The 'Forgotten Figures' Of Scientific History

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