Ted Scheinman

Ted Scheinman is a senior editor at Smithsonian magazine and a contributing editor at the Los Angeles Review of Books. His first book, Camp Austen: My Life as an Accidental Jane Austen Superfan, is available now via FSG Originals.

The Wrath of the Gods: Surviving the Pandemic with Petronius, Fitzgerald, and Eliot

The "Satyricon" shaped two of the most important texts of the 20th century — and the Petronian "anti-epic" is still funny, even during Covid....

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FICTION

The Dead Girl Speaks: “Ophelia,” Reviewed

Ted Scheinman revisits “Hamlet” through the eyes of its heroine with “Ophelia,” a film adaptation from director Claire McCarthy and writer Semi Chellas....

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FILM

GENDER & SEXUALITY

The Bob Odenkirk Files

Considering the comedian’s legacy, and future, in light of his recent book....

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