All Essays

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  Dueling Revolutions: Abel Gance's 'Napoleon'

  On Abel Gance's five and half hour silent film, 'Napoleon'

  Jon BoorstinJul 19, 2012
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  Killing Our Monsters: On Stephen King’s Magic

  All King's novels, even the stinkers, have resonance.

  Sarah LanganJul 17, 2012
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  A Response to Matvei Yankelevich

  Marjorie PerloffJul 16, 2012
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  The Space Between the Lines Is Your Life

  On neuroplasticity and narrative

  Elizabeth KochJul 15, 2012
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  How to Read a Prophecy

  On 'Voyager' and 'Address' by Srikanth Reddy and Elizabeth Willis

  Jennifer ChangJul 14, 2012
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  The Gray Area: An Open Letter to Marjorie Perloff

  Matvei YankelevichJul 13, 2012
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  In Hell, “We Shall Be Free”: On “Breaking Bad”

  Walter White's Rebellion

  Albert Wu, Michelle KuoJul 13, 2012
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  Sculpting in Time: Geoff Dyer on Tarkovsky

  On Geoff Dyer and Andrei Tarkovsky, 'cinema's great poet of stillness'

  Jacob MikanowskiJul 12, 2012
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  The Imagination of Norman Manea

  Reginald GibbonsJul 11, 2012
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  The Nature of Cinderella

  There is no one authoritative tale of Cinderella, only a hall of mirrors...

  Marie RutkoskiJul 9, 2012
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  Old Media: On Aaron Sorkin

  The writer is king on television, in part because Aaron Sorkin staged a coup.

  Phillip MaciakJul 8, 2012
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  LARBlog: Castellucci’s Class Notes

  Free Period

  Cecil CastellucciJul 7, 2012
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  My Stephen King Problem: A Snob’s Notes

  On the beguiling appeal of Mr. King

  Dwight AllenJul 3, 2012
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  The Memory Hole Riot and Rodney King

  Rest in Peace, Rodney.

  Jervey TervalonJul 2, 2012
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  What’s Wrong With a Happy Childhood?

  A mother's attempts to protect her son from her own past

  Cylin BusbyJul 2, 2012
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  Salvage Operations

  Reprint publications are crucial to maintaining an institutional memory for these popular genres.

  Rob LathamJul 1, 2012