Promethea, typos, and fantastic beasts
The best reads of the week
This week’s top pick begins as a fairly typical profile of a child genius, albeit one who had to fight through poverty and whose intelligence was remarkable even amongst other highly gifted children. From there, things become altogether darker.
The more she talked, the tenser the room got. Georgia realized that “no one expected to hear the truths that were coming out of her mouth.” About 20 minutes into the speech, a man working the event’s film equipment began yelling, accusing Promethea of blasphemy. When she paused, a cacophony of voices rose from the hall’s tables. Some sounded livid, but not all. “Let her finish!” a burly man roared.
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