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The Woefully Neglected (and Partially Unfilmable) Creations of Alasdair Gray

The Woefully Neglected (and Partially Unfilmable) Creations of Alasdair Gray

Jonathan Russell Clark on Poor Things and Its Adaptation

By Jonathan Russell Clark | December 19, 2023

More, More, <em>More</em>: Why We Love Author Documentaries

More, More, More: Why We Love Author Documentaries

Jonathan Russell Clark Considers New Docs on Joyce Carol Oates, Stephen King, and Tom Wolfe

By Jonathan Russell Clark | October 3, 2023

How to Adapt Stephen King: A Conversation with the Duo Behind <em>The Boogeyman</em>

How to Adapt Stephen King: A Conversation with the Duo Behind The Boogeyman

Jonathan Russell Clark Chats with Screenwriters Scott Beck and Bryan Woods

By Jonathan Russell Clark | July 21, 2023

Why Does Hollywood Keep Returning to Peter Pan?

Why Does Hollywood Keep Returning to Peter Pan?

Jonathan Russell Clark Traces the Evolution of a Pretty Depressing Character

By Jonathan Russell Clark | May 12, 2023

In <em>Knock at the Cabin</em>, M. Night Shyamalan’s Twist is the Lack of a Twist

In Knock at the Cabin, M. Night Shyamalan’s Twist is the Lack of a Twist

Jonathan Russell Clark on the Adaptation of Paul Tremblay’s Novel

By Jonathan Russell Clark | February 10, 2023

<em>Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio</em> Imbues the Fairy Tale with Human Frailty and Historical Darkness

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Imbues the Fairy Tale with Human Frailty and Historical Darkness

Jonathan Russell Clark on Fascists, Fathers, and Federico Fellini

By Jonathan Russell Clark | December 5, 2022

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Three Thousand Years of Longing Grants Few Wishes

By Jonathan Russell Clark | August 30, 2022

Does George Saunders’s Escape From Spiderhead Stand Up on Film?

By Jonathan Russell Clark | June 17, 2022

Older, Grayer, Sober: Aging Alongside the Jackass Dudes

By Jonathan Russell Clark | February 23, 2022

How Reading John McPhee’s Book on Tennis Helped Me Write About Skateboarding

How Reading John McPhee’s Book on Tennis Helped Me Write About Skateboarding

Jonathan Russell Clark Finds Better Ways to Describe the Action

By Jonathan Russell Clark | February 9, 2022

Amy Long on Why Taylor Swift is the Perfect Vehicle Through Which To Talk About Books

Amy Long on Why Taylor Swift is the Perfect Vehicle Through Which To Talk About Books

Jonathan Russell Clark Talks to the Writer Behind the “Taylor Swift As Books” Instagram Account

By Jonathan Russell Clark | November 17, 2021

The Best Books About Books: Part 3

The Best Books About Books: Part 3

From the Critical to the Personal, Reflections on Reading

By Jonathan Russell Clark | May 10, 2017

Entering Scoundrel Time: A New Literary Site Takes on Trump

Entering Scoundrel Time: A New Literary Site Takes on Trump

"Nothing, of course, begins at the time you think it did."

By Jonathan Russell Clark | February 1, 2017

Spoiler Alerts: Any Story Worth Telling Doesn't Need Them

Spoiler Alerts: Any Story Worth Telling Doesn't Need Them

On Misguided Spoiler Panic and Why We Should All Calm Down

By Jonathan Russell Clark | September 6, 2016

The Best Books About Books: Part 2

The Best Books About Books: Part 2

On Works of Criticism by Cynthia Ozick, C.D. Wright, Teju Cole, and More

By Jonathan Russell Clark | July 21, 2016

Borges is Still Dead. (Or Is He? And Which Borges?)

Borges is Still Dead. (Or Is He? And Which Borges?)

On the 30th Anniversary of the Death of Jorge Luis Borges

By Jonathan Russell Clark | June 14, 2016

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