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When TV Critics Stop Being Polite (and Start Getting Real)
When New Yorker TV critic Emily Nussbaum received the Pulitzer in 2016, the committee cited her “television reviews written with an affection that never blunts the shrewdness of her analysis or the easy authority of her writing.” That description holds as true for her Twitter commentary (one of many only a few issues I miss concerning the chicken app) as for her book-length work, and it’s tremendous thrilling that her subsequent e-book will tackle actuality TV. Cue the Sun comes out in June, and man, I like to see a considerate critic take “lowbrow” leisure critically and method it with intellectual evaluation. Nussbaum does this higher than anyone. Put it in my veins.
Spice Up Your Life
We’re Book Riot, after all we’re going to write a headline that mashes up 90s pop and Dune. With just below a month to go earlier than Dune: Part Two hits the massive display screen, now can be a bizarre time to resolve to learn all of the Dune books so as. But folks do issues, and if 1000’s of pages of sci-fi is the way you wanna spend your February, Adrienne Westenfeld has obtained you lined. I’m curious: how typically do you learn the supply materials earlier than seeing an adaptation?
Apocalypse Where?
You’ve seen one apocalypse, you’ve seen ‘em all. At least, that’s what I’m telling myself concerning the very unhappy 1/5 rating I obtained on this quiz concerning the settings of well-known apocalypse novels.
Yes, Virginia, You Can Ban Book Bans.
A brand new invoice launched within the Virginia state senate would ban e-book bans by faculty boards. This actually hits shut to dwelling for me, as I’ve watched the varsity board only one county over (I stay in Richmond, VA) imbue itself with the authority to take away books from faculty libraries, efficiently ban 75 titles, and defeat a community-driven poll initiative to transition to a board elected by residents moderately than appointed by politicians. May Senator Ghazala Hashmi and her colleagues’ efforts succeed. Call your reps, of us.
5 Great Books That Bring the Screen to the Page
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