Thomas Harris’s 1988 novel tried to paint an irredeemable villain. Instead, it captured something real about trans experience
I always admired “Stranger Things” for insisting on imagination and nonconformity, but then the show betrayed its message
The genre taps into our culture’s deepest anxieties about the trustworthiness of women
“Wicked: For Good” blissfully forgets the lingering pain and permanent damage of fascism
Fennell’s film is not a faithful adaptation; it’s a testament to the contagiousness of the energy and pleasure in Brontë’s writing
Characterized by the wish for peace, his art is being shunned during war
“Even if You Beat Me” traces the future author’s climb from anonymous college debater to Europe’s number one competitive debater
George Saunders’s new novel examines the line between sympathy and complicity
Latine activism is an unusual addition to Paul Thomas Anderson's milk-pale oeuvre
Watching lavish lives corrupts our national psyche during times of extreme income inequality, social unrest, and violence
Fanfiction assumes what any literary scholarship worth its salt must acknowledge: Narrative is a social act
Once I’m confident that I exist outside of other people’s survival and pleasure, I can forget myself
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