Cameron Crowe Shows the Power of Connection
In his new memoir ‘The Uncool’ the filmmaker blends family grief, rock-journalism, and a lifelong faith in music.
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CREATORS
Unbearable Tensions: The Life, Work, and Bizarre Death of Yukio Mishima
Remembering a troubled Japanese master on his centenary
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Pollack Out
My time at Book and Film Globe has ended, and the world weeps
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The Fiction of Captain Quint
On the 50th anniversary of ‘Jaws,’ we look at the intriguing literary persona of Robert Shaw, one of its stars
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The Real Pee Wee
Two-part documentary pulls back the curtain on the true story (and charisma) of Paul Reubens
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Don’t Forget About “Ray” Carver
Writer Alex Perez pens a reading list for the Modern Literary Man
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Richard Sala’s ‘Night Drive,’ Back In Print
Fantagraphics revives a macabre classic of alternative comics
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A Tribute To Peter David
Comics writer who revived the moribund ‘Hulk’ and ‘Aquaman’ books passed away this week
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Jordan Peterson: God’s Warrior Carnivore
He talks and talks for hours, wrestling with spiritual questions, but who are we supposed to be worshipping?
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The Brief Wondrous Cancellation of Junot Díaz
Exclusion from the Norton Anthology aside, he seems to be doing pretty well for a “canceled” writer
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Mario Vargas Llosa…Has Died
The last Titan of the Latin American literary boom has fallen
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Val Kilmer: ‘Top Secret,’ His First Movie, Was His Best Movie
Sunday? That’s Simchas Torah.
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Bill Burr Is On A Freakin’ Tear
The comedian is going hard in the paint against billionaires…while also promoting a Broadway show
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Eulogy For a Jester: The End of Tom Robbins
A champion of literary playfulness, dead at 92
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Ambrose Bierce, Muckraker
A Seattle publisher issues a new series of the iconoclast’s collected nonfiction, with all its merciless exposure of fraud and abuse
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