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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

We finally have a trailer for <em>Killers of the Flower Moon</em>.

We finally have a trailer for Killers of the Flower Moon.

By Dan Sheehan | May 18, 2023

The Person Who Wrote It Is Eating Ramen: Samantha Irby on Writing for TV

The Person Who Wrote It Is Eating Ramen: Samantha Irby on Writing for TV

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

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Murakami Bingo: Is Animation the Ideal Form for Adapting the “Undadaptable” Author?

Murakami Bingo: Is Animation the Ideal Form for Adapting the “Undadaptable” Author?

A Survey of Murakami Reimaginings, from Burning to Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

By Ryan Bedsaul | May 18, 2023

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The Stakes of the Writers’ Strike: Benjamin Percy on the WGA Walkout, Streaming, and the Survival of Screenwriting

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We Are Not Alone: Phillip Maciak on His Summer Obsessing Over UFO Videos

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Benedict Cumberbatch will star in <em>Grief is the Thing With Feathers</em>.

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Shailene Woodley is your new Patricia Highsmith.

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Why Does Hollywood Keep Returning to Peter Pan?

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<em>The Five Devils</em> is a Cinematic Gothic Novel for the Contemporary Age

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