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From Infatuation to Contempt: The Roland Barthes Valentine
Nothing works out, but it keeps going on.
 • Susie Bright
Ice Athletes, Bad Bunny, & Knights in Shining Armor
Special Escapist BlowOut Edition
 • Susie Bright
The Shunning
This will be remembered as The Day the Movies Broke
 • Susie Bright
Wanda Sykes is My Favorite MLK
I’d Follow Her Anywhere
 • Susie Bright
Falling in Love with “The Romantics”
I will remember Pankaj Mishra’s Indian memoir, in the quiet hours on New Year’s cusp, the abyss edge of the Donroe Doctrine.
 • Susie Bright
One for the Money, Two for the Show - My Favorite Xmas Film, and the Absolute Worst
I’d like to share, all wrapped in a bow, the Christmas movie that touched me like few others: Tangerine.
 • Susie Bright
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.
 • Susie Bright
Behind the Scenes of “The Celluloid Closet”
Remembering Vito Russo, with Love - Susie Live in Ithaca NY
 • Susie Bright
3:44
The Most Realistic Book Club in the World
State of the Art in English-Language Pleasure Reading
 • Susie Bright
If Music Be the Food of Love, Play On
What We Listened to the Past Year, with Feeling
 • Susie Bright
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
 • Susie Bright
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…
 • Susie Bright
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