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My Mother Was Also a First Mermaid of Color

My Mother Was Also a First Mermaid of Color

Anri Wheeler on the Importance (and Limits) of Representation

By Anri Wheeler | June 6, 2023

Noah Baumbach is publishing a book.

Noah Baumbach is publishing a book.

By Dan Sheehan | June 5, 2023

A Guide to the 2023 Cannes Film Festival’s Literary Offerings

A Guide to the 2023 Cannes Film Festival’s Literary Offerings

Jihane Bousfiha on The Zone of Interest, Killers of the Flower Moon, and More

By Jihane Bousfiha | June 2, 2023

As Seen on TV: Charlotte Gill on Adjusting to American Life

As Seen on TV: Charlotte Gill on Adjusting to American Life

“I learned that shame lived in the silence.”

By Charlotte Gill | June 2, 2023

37 <em>Drag Race</em> Contestants (and RuPaul) on Drag as an Art Form and the Show’s Legacy

37 Drag Race Contestants (and RuPaul) on Drag as an Art Form and the Show’s Legacy

“What’s brilliant about drag is that it is actually the truth of who we all are.”

By Maria Elena Fernandez | June 1, 2023

Line for (Picket) Line: How Authors Are Standing With the WGA

Line for (Picket) Line: How Authors Are Standing With the WGA

Alexis Gunderson on the Power of Writerly Solidarity

By Alexis Gunderson | June 1, 2023

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From the Ashes of Failure: On Cary Grant, Crop Dusters, and Character Arcs

By Meg Shaffer | June 1, 2023

Part of Our World: On the Mermaids of Walt Disney, Hans Christian Andersen, and W.B. Yeats

By Gabrielle Bellot | May 31, 2023

How Hugh Howey Imagines the Real World as a Science Fictional Version of Reality

By Keen On | May 31, 2023

Paul Schrader’s <em>Master Gardener</em> Doesn’t See the Forest for the Trees

Paul Schrader’s Master Gardener Doesn’t See the Forest for the Trees

The Third of Schrader's “God's Lonely Men” Trilogy Promises a Fruitful Plot but Is Sadly Under-Seeded

By Olivia Rutigliano | May 26, 2023

From Streaming Wars to Star Wars with Erich Schwartzel

From Streaming Wars to Star Wars with Erich Schwartzel

In Conversation with John Burnham Schwartz on Sun Valley Writers’ Conference’s Beyond the Page

By Sun Valley Writers' Conference | May 26, 2023

Saying Goodbye: Hannah Lillith Assadi on Brian Cox, Logan Roy, and Her Father

Saying Goodbye: Hannah Lillith Assadi on Brian Cox, Logan Roy, and Her Father

“Who am I going to laugh with now?”

By Hannah Lillith Assadi | May 26, 2023

Finding the Humor in Watergate: Co-Author Matthew Krogh on the <em>White House Plumbers</em> Adaptation

Finding the Humor in Watergate: Co-Author Matthew Krogh on the White House Plumbers Adaptation

(And What He'd Like to See Adapted Next)

By Matthew Krogh | May 25, 2023

On Jane Austen and The Lovable Unlikability of Emma Woodhouse

On Jane Austen and The Lovable Unlikability of Emma Woodhouse

Emily Harding Can't Separate the Independent Streak from the Austen Worldview

By Emily Harding | May 24, 2023

Martin Amis on the Genius of Jane Austen (and What the Adaptations Get Wrong)

Martin Amis on the Genius of Jane Austen (and What the Adaptations Get Wrong)

Or: Trapped in a Movie Theater with Salman Rushdie, c. 1996

By Martin Amis | May 22, 2023

How Screenwriting Can Help You Write Stronger Fiction

How Screenwriting Can Help You Write Stronger Fiction

Crystal Smith Paul Offers Craft Advice that Spans the Spectum of Genre

By Crystal Smith Paul | May 19, 2023

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