Archive - Susie Bright’s Journal

Susie’s Movie Awards: The 12 Who Will Stand the Test of Time

Film critics in America are flapping our dodo bird wings this last month of the year, and championing our darlings in cinema excellence.

Dec 17 • Susie Bright

Behind the Scenes of “The Celluloid Closet”

Remembering Vito Russo, with Love - Susie Live in Ithaca NY

Dec 10 • Susie Bright

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The Most Realistic Book Club in the World

State of the Art in English-Language Pleasure Reading

Dec 9 • Susie Bright

If Music Be the Food of Love, Play On

What We Listened to the Past Year, with Feeling

Dec 4 • Susie Bright

What You Asked Santa! — Here Comes 2026

I’ve Got Your Number and Your Wish List

Dec 2 • Susie Bright

November 2025

Let’s Twist Again Like We Did Last Year

Our readers (with extremely good taste) named the books, movies, and music they are likely to return to this winter

Nov 27 • Susie Bright

Thanksgiving at the Very Last Moment

A Feast and Peace in 3 Hours — A Holiday Special

Nov 25 • Susie Bright

Sit in My Lap and Spill - A Reader Survey for a Dark & Stormy November Night

Hey, it’s that time of year again, those contemplative early winter nights.

Nov 21 • Susie Bright

If One More Toady Starts Talking About the Age of Consent

Kelly tells on herself and why we need a little honesty in the room

Nov 18 • Susie Bright

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Brian Evenson: What We Talk About When We Talk About Raymond Carver

When I was producing audiobooks in the early 00s, when audio went digital and fever was in the air, every so often I got to produce the entire catalog…

Nov 13 • Susie Bright

Real Thirsty Coyote Stories

Bill and Susie, on the legends you grow up on

Nov 11 • Susie Bright

Socialist Back-Seat Driver: I Know a Couple Things — post-Mamdani-election

I too was once a founding member of a tiny cadre that toppled a massive institution— here’s what it’s really like

Nov 7 • Susie Bright

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