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Daniel Cohen
Featured Stories Remembrance 

Daniel Cohen, RIP

September 25, 2023September 27, 2023 Neal Pollack 11 Comments Daniel Cohen

Trivia genius and invaluable contributor to our publication and podcast has passed away at age 40

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Hengjun
CREATORS Politics Writers 

The Persecution of Yang Hengjun: Where’s the Global Outrage?

September 7, 2023September 7, 2023 Michael Washburn 0 Comments Australia, China, PEN America, Peter de Vries, Salman Rushdie, Yang Hengjun

Imprisoned Australian-Chinese writer’s health has taken a severe turn for the worse, but not many in the literary community seem to care

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Alan Dean Foster
CREATORS Writers 

Alan Dean Foster: The BFG Interview

August 9, 2023August 16, 2023 Michael Washburn 3 Comments Alan Dean Foster, Bob Iger, Eric Frank Russell, H.P. Lovecraft, Harlan Ellison, Hugh Grant, Ray Bradbury, Wonka

We speak to the longtime prolific science fiction writer about A.I., the Hollywood strikes, and whether or not Ray Bradbury actually is “the greatest sci-fi writer in history”.

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Friedkin
FILM Remembrance 

We Lost a Lot More Than William Friedkin Yesterday

August 8, 2023August 12, 2023 Ben Schwartz 1 Comment Dirty Harry, Fritz Lang, Gene Hackman, Linda Blair, Sorcerer, Star Wars, The Exorcist, The French Connection, William Friedkin

A way of making movies, and thinking about movies, is vanishing

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publishing
FICTION NON-FICTION Remembrance 

Elegy for the Publishing Industry

July 25, 2023August 1, 2023 Rebecca Kurson 2 Comments Cormac McCarthy, Hachette, HarperCollins, Joyce Carol Oates, Knopf, Penguin Random House, Publishing, Tom Wolfe

Recent wave of editorial layoffs reminds us that the book world we loved is gone

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Kundera
Remembrance 

Milan Kundera, RIP

July 13, 2023July 17, 2023 Michael Washburn 1 Comment Milan Kundera

The world has lost a brilliant satirist and a champion of intellectual freedom

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Debray
Writers 

The Enigma of Régis Debray

July 6, 2023 Michael Washburn 0 Comments Che Guevara, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Marcel Proust, Régis Debray

The French intellectual who ran around with left-wing insurgents and knew many famous writers looks back on his life

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arkin
CREATORS FILM Remembrance 

The Best of Alan Arkin

July 3, 2023July 3, 2023 Lani Gonzalez 0 Comments Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine, So I Married an Axe Murderer, The In-Laws, The Russians are Coming, Wait Until Dark

Clips from the long and excellent career of one of our best character actors, who passed away last week

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Abdi Nazemian
CREATORS FICTION Writers Young Adult 

Abdi Nazemian: The BFG Interview

June 28, 2023 Lily Moayeri 0 Comments Abdi Nazemian, Call Me By Your Name, Only This Beautiful Moment, The Chandler Legacies

Queer author and film producer opens up about his experiences to a fellow Iranian-American

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Ezra Miller
Actors CREATORS 

The Devil and Ezra Miller

June 14, 2023June 16, 2023 Jake Harris 0 Comments David Zaslav, DC, Ezra Miller, James Gunn, Jonathan Majors, Joss Whedon, Justice League, The Flash

The troubling timeline of DC’s current marquee superhero star

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McCarthy
CREATORS Remembrance Writers 

Cormac McCarthy Is Dead

June 13, 2023June 20, 2023 Christopher Farnsworth 0 Comments All The Pretty Horses, Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy, No Country For Old Men, Stella Maris, Suttree, The Passenger, The Road

A poet of violence and horror goes peacefully into the sunset

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Houellebecq
adblock CREATORS Writers 

Michel Houellebecq, Accidental Porn Star

June 7, 2023June 23, 2023 Michael Washburn 0 Comments KIRAC 27, Michel Houellebecq, Quelques mois dans ma vie

A breakdown of the French author’s latest controversy, plus a rare English-language review of his new work

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CREATORS Remembrance Writers 

Considering Martin Amis

May 22, 2023 Michael Washburn 0 Comments Christopher Hitchens, Kingsley Amis, Martin Amis, Sebastian Junger

Revisiting the literary legacy of a gadfly and provocateur

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Kundera
CREATORS Writers 

Lessons From Milan Kundera

May 10, 2023May 10, 2023 Michael Washburn 0 Comments A Kidnapped West, Franz Kafka, Milan Kundera, Woody Allen

The Cold War is still with us in a HarperCollins reissue of essential essays by the Czech writer

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The Rock
CREATORS FILM 

Everything That’s Wrong With The Rock

April 5, 2023April 12, 2023 Jake Harris 0 Comments Black Adam, Dwayne Johnson, Moana, Shazam!, The Rock, Zachary Levi

What can we say except ‘no, thank you’?

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Bill Maher
Featured Stories Podcasts 

Don’t Party With Bill Maher

September 28, 2023September 29, 2023 Dr. Carlos Flores 6

The waking nightmare of “Club Random”

Comedy
Featured Stories Humor 

The Comedy Specials You Need To Be Watching Right Now

September 26, 2023September 27, 2023 Robert Dean 0
Daniel Cohen
Featured Stories Remembrance 

Daniel Cohen, RIP

September 25, 2023September 27, 2023 Neal Pollack 11
Barbie
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Barbie Naked Sex Party

August 3, 2023September 29, 2023 Ayun Halliday 0

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