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Want to Win an Oscar? Base Your Movie on a Book

Want to Win an Oscar? Base Your Movie on a Book

Bruce Davis, former Director of the Academy, Runs the Numbers

By Brangien Davis | February 26, 2016

The Oscars: Who Will Win, Bookish Edition

The Oscars: Who Will Win, Bookish Edition

A Particularly Literary Year at the Oscars is Almost As White As Publishing

By Nandini Balial | February 26, 2016

What Bill Cosby Taught Me About Sexual Violence and Flying

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Kiese Laymon on Justice, Honesty, and American Violence

By Kiese Laymon | February 16, 2016

A Day in the Life of a West Virginia Coal Miner

A Day in the Life of a West Virginia Coal Miner

Cave-ins, explosions, and hard, brutal work

By James Green | January 25, 2016

Are the Kids All Right?

Are the Kids All Right?

Larry Clark's Proto-Hipster Teen Grotesque Turns 20

By Moira Weigel | January 22, 2016

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Noel Coward, Reluctant Screenwriter

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