movies
books
Episodes Monday Rundown Jan. 6-12 2025
Including: Hard Truths, a Polly Klaas book, and Ethel Cain
rundown
Episodes Monday Rundown: Jan. 1 - 5 2025
Speed Racer, Nickel Boys, and two of 2024's most acclaimed novels.
lost
What we miss when we miss Lost
Lost changed how TV is made. But what about the show is missing from TV today?
mailbag
August mailbag
What are the most influential TV episodes of all time? And what's my song of the summer?
writing
Does anybody KNOW themselves? REALLY?
Or: Why do I struggle with the concept of interiority so much?
mailbag
July mailbag
This month: Why does Emily love Little, Big? Also, what are her favorite books of the 21st century so far? Also: More Aaron Sorkin stuff.
romance novels
Romance and the infidelity trap
Should more romance novels involve cheating? I say yes!
books
5 scary books you might not have heard of
Need something to read as the scariest night of the year approaches? Have I got you covered.
romance novels
Class and the modern romance novel
Romance as a genre can't escape the long shadow of that hot rich guy Mr. Darcy. Should it?
books
It's a perfectly adequate life
OR: On longing
books
Moby-Dick: Every part of the whale (repost)
On PTSD and a big white whale