Emily St. James
Emily St. James is a writer and critic whose work has appeared in Vox, The A.V. Club, and the New York Times. She is the co-creator of the podcast Arden and a writer on the TV series Yellowjackets.
Babylon Berlin: "Episode 5" and "Episode 6" (with Emma Fraser)
In which lazy summer days are here and Lotte and Gereon are just adorbs you guys you guys you guys
Babylon Berlin: "Episode 3" and "Episode 4" (with Liz Shannon Miller)
In which the show's tonal audacity becomes apparent and Emily really hopes a certain two people kiss
An incomplete list of things I miss
Mourning without mourning
Babylon Berlin: "Episode 1" and "Episode 2" (with Libby Hill)
In which Gereon Rath gets to Berlin, Lotte wears a great hat, and Emily finds a new favorite TV show
Name a TV character. How are they handling quarantine?
How are we all doing?
Life during wartime
On Tolstoy, Talking Heads, and slow-motion tragedy
What would you like this newsletter to cover?
And now Marianne and Heloise from Portrait of a Lady on Fire go to see Hadestown
Or: Sophie the maid has some thoughts on capitalism
Green light
Or: Some things I realized about men once I finally admitted I wasn't one
Why I'm leaving New York
And what it means to come home