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The Rumpus Saturday Essay: Stain
One summer afternoon when I was twelve, I walked my dog a bit further than usual and we ended up under the viaduct where I-75 crossed above our heads. It was so dark under the metal bridge that I...
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In the New Statesman, Oliver Farry investigates the times we notice anachronisms in film, television, and literature—and why we care.Related Posts:Wikipedia’s Sausage PartyFolk Talk: Authors Talk...
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Folk Talk: Authors Talk Television
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To marry the traditions of the Victorian novel to modern technology, allowing the reader, or listener, an involvement with the characters and the background of the story and the world in which it takes...
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At the Atlantic, Megan Garber explores the revival of the serial with the recent release of Belgravia, a serial novel-and-app from Julian Fellowes, the creator of Downton Abbey.Related Posts:A Modern...
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A Man’s ABCs of Miscarriage
A is for Alphabet. Long before Patty got pregnant, my Facebook friends populated my newsfeed with articles discussing the importance of words in a child’s development. So when, a couple years later,...
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The Rumpus Review of Bridget Jones’s Baby
In 2001’s Bridget Jones’s Diary, we met Renée Zellweger’s Bridget sitting alone in her apartment, drinking wine and lip syncing to a cover of “All By Myself.” Zellweger, who would be nominated for an...
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