Gatsby Forever American
There another Gatsby adaptation in the works. F Scott Fitzgerald’s American masterpiece has resurfaced over and over again—as a couple films, as an orchestral production by the Madison Symphony, a...
View ArticleA Wild Adaptation
Have you heard? A film adaptation of Sugar/Cheryl Strayed’s Wild is in the works! Pacific Standard, a new production banner from actress Reese Witherspoon and producer Bruna Papandrea has bought the...
View ArticleR.I.P. Richard Matheson: Why Film Adaptations of His Work Have Been So Terrible
Legendary science fiction author and screenwriter Richard Matheson, who unfortunately passed away a little over a month ago, has had his work adapted into a plethora of movies—I Am Legend, The Box, The...
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The Saturday Rumpus Review of Wild
I can’t imagine losing my mother. It’s not that I can’t fathom the possibility, or that I’m particularly dependent on her. I actually think one of the greatest gifts my mom gave me was the ability to...
View ArticlePower Ballards
If you could bring one J.G. Ballard novel to a deserted island, what would it be? Although the film adaptations of Crash and the upcoming High-Rise might make those popular choices, Jason Guriel argues...
View ArticleMore Magic Than Movies
Books live in our collective unconscious as well as our individual imaginations. It’s best to air these stories occasionally so that we may examine the myths we hold dearly. Movies may be messy but...
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Literary Rim Shots: A Chat with John Grisham
When John Grisham first sat down to write a book in 1985, he didn’t know much about writing. All he knew was that he was a bored lawyer turned lawmaker, resentful of the demands placed on him by...
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The Promise of Werfel’s Musa Dagh: Portraying Genocide in Fiction
Three days before Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day in 2017, I requested the afternoon off to attend an opening night showing of The Promise with my father. Half-full, too loud, and littered with...
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If You Lived Here, You’d Be Home Now
My Lyft ride home from work was always the same tour of things I’d long forgotten. I lived in Hackensack for a few short years as a child, but barely recognized it as an adult. Night after night, I...
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