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The Last Laugh of S.J. Perelman

September 21, 2021September 27, 2021 Michael Washburn 0 Comments Adam Gopnik, Marx Brothers, Nathaniel West, S.J. Perelman, The Day of the Locust, The New Republic

An iconoclast whose only rule was to be funny joins the Library of America

CREATORS Writers

Jean Hanff Korelitz Doesn’t Lose ‘The Plot’

September 8, 2021September 8, 2021 Ayun Halliday 0 Comments @booksteahenny, Jean Hanff Korelitz, The Plot

An audio interview with the master suspense writer

CREATORS FICTION Writers

O. Henry Joins the Greats

August 9, 2021August 12, 2021 Michael Washburn 0 Comments 101 Stories, Ambrose Bierce, David Foster Wallace, Library of America, Louis L'Amour, Mark Twain, O. Henry, Upton Sinclair, Zane Grey

The Library of America enshrines a satirical wit who portrayed desperate writers

CREATORS NON-FICTION Writers

Appreciating the Late Peter de Vries

July 14, 2021August 3, 2021 Michael Washburn 5 Comments Janwillem Van de Wetering, Joran Van der Sloot, Natalee Holloway, Peter de Vries, Portrait of a Monster

The literary legacy of the Dutch crime reporter and author who attackers shot in Amsterdam on July 6

CREATORS Politics Writers

The SCBWI Tries To Regroup

July 14, 2021August 4, 2021 Sharyn Vane 2 Comments April Powers, Razan Abdin-Adnani, SCBWI, Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators

The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators goes super-bureaucratic to battle charges of antisemitism and Islamophobia

CREATORS FICTION Politics Writers

J.R.R. Wolkien

June 28, 2021July 2, 2021 G.L. Ford 2 Comments Christopher Tolkien, J.R.R Tolkien, The Lord Of The Rings

The ancient world of Middle Earth runs into contemporary identity politics

CREATORS FICTION Writers

The Enduring Appeal of Conan

May 19, 2021August 3, 2021 Michael Washburn 5 Comments Arnold Schwarzenegger, Conan the Barbarian, Dr. Seuss, J.K. Rowling, Norman Mailer, Renée Zellweger, Renegades and Rogues, Robert E. Howard, Stephen King, Todd Vick, Vincent D'Onofrio

The elusive Robert E. Howard’s lasting contribution to popular culture

CREATORS DOCUMENTARY FICTION FILM NON-FICTION TELEVISION Writers

Documentary Captures the Real ‘Hemingway’

April 27, 2021August 3, 2021 Michael Washburn 3 Comments A Farewell to Arms, A Moveable Feast, Edna O'Brien, Ernest Hemingway, For Whom The Bell Toll, Hemingway, John Dos Passos, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, Martha Gellhorn, Tobias Wolff

Ken Burns’s film avoids hagiography as it weighs a writer’s virtues and flaws

CREATORS FICTION FILM Remembrance Writers

Larry McMurtry Was One Lucky Bastard

March 29, 2021March 31, 2021 Michael Giltz 1 Comment Brokeback Mountain, Cybill Shepherd, Diana Ossana, Doc?, E. Annie Proulx, Hud, James L. Brooks, Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove, Martin Ritt, Paper Moon, Paul Newman, Peter Bogdanovich, Polly Platt, Terms of Endearment, The Last Picture Show, The Murder of Mary Phagan, What's Up

The late Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist has Hollywood to thank for his biggest successes

CREATORS FICTION Remembrance Writers Young Adult

America Mourns Beverly Cleary

March 28, 2021March 30, 2021 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Beverly Cleary, Faith Salie, Jenny Han, Judy Blume, Ramona Quimby, Reese Witherspoon, Viola Davis

Tributes pour in for beloved children’s author, who passed away last week at 104

CREATORS FICTION Writers

‘A Bright Ray of Darkness,’ Ethan Hawke’s Pretentious, Whiny Autofiction

February 5, 2021February 11, 2021 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments A Bright Ray of Darkness, Ethan Hawke, Henry IV

OJ’s ‘If I Did It’ for the pseudo-intellectual set

Actors CREATORS FILM Writers

Unpromising Old Reviewer

January 29, 2021 Jake Harris 0 Comments Carey Mulligan, Dennis Harvey, Emerald Fennell, Margot Robbie, Promising Young Woman, Variety, Zendaya

‘Variety’ apologizes for ‘Promising Young Woman’ review, but the Internet demands blood

CREATORS DOCUMENTARY FICTION FILM Writers

The Tragedy of Karl Edward Wagner

January 28, 2021August 3, 2021 Michael Washburn 9 Comments Dennis Etchison, Karl Edward Wagner, Peter Straub, Ramsey Campbell, Robert E. Howard, S.T. Joshi, The Last Wolf

Documentary explores the decline of a cult horror and fantasy writer

Biography CREATORS NON-FICTION Writers

Spying on Louise Fitzhugh

January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Harriet The Spy, Judy Blume, Leslie Broady, Louise Fitzhugh, Nobody's Family Is Going To Change, Sometimes You Have To Lie, The Long Secret

A new biography casts light on the private life of the queer author of ‘Harriet The Spy’

CREATORS TELEVISION Writers

A Few Evenings With Fran Lebowitz

January 27, 2021February 5, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Andy Warhol, Belinda Carlisle, Fran Lebowitz, James Levine, Martin Scorsese, Pretend It's A City, Toni Morrison

Martin Scorsese’s Netflix documentary series about a great American wit

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