LONDON – American novelist Barbara Kingsolver won the prestigious Women’s Prize for Fiction Wednesday with “Demon Copperhead,” the Dickens-inspired tale of a boy’s struggle against the odds in a corner of America scarred by opioid addiction. Kingsolver’s Appalachian coming-of-age tale was announced as winner of the 30,000 pounds ($38,000) award at a ceremony in London. … Read more
NEW YORK – Robert Gottlieb, the inspired and eclectic literary editor whose brilliant career was launched with Joseph Heller’s “Catch-22” and continued for decades with such Pulitzer Prize-winning classics as Toni Morrison’s “Beloved” and Robert Caro’s “The Power Broker,” has died at age 92. Gottlieb died Wednesday of natural causes at a New York hospital, … Read more
KSAT will give out four-pack of tickets to the Superhero Comic Con & Car Show to several lucky KSAT Insiders. See below for the sweepstake entry form! The three-day event — presented by Thomas J. Henry and produced by PMX Events — will feature top celebrity appearances, photo and autograph opportunities, special exhibits, and more. … Read more
LONDON – A late-life masterpiece by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt could become the most expensive painting ever sold in Europe when it is auctioned later this month. Auctioneer Sotheby’s said on Wednesday that “Dame mit Fächer” — Lady with a Fan — will go up for sale June 27 in London, with an estimated price … Read more
Juneteenth celebrates the day back in 1865 that slaves in Texas found out they were free, SAN ANTONIO — Juneteenth is now celebrated on June 19 and is a federal holiday. Accounts of Juneteenth start with the civil war ending in 1865. Nearly four million enslaved people were in the U.S., getting freed as the … Read more
BOSTON – Old North Church played a pivotal role in the nation’s fight for independence and has continued to be an active house of worship for 300 years. Today, one of Boston’s most popular tourist attractions is also, for the first time, a theater hosting an original play. “Revolution’s Edge,” set the day before the … Read more
The tour will make four Lone Star State stops this September. SAN ANTONIO — Fresh off the critical acclaim and box office success of “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” a live-in-concert tour of the first film in the animated superhero franchise is set to stop by Texas this fall. That includes a Sept. 12 date in … Read more