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March 23rd, 2009

The Last Book I Loved: Jen Sullivan Brych, The Road

imagedb4This semester, I decided to teach The Road by Cormac McCarthy. After I got my desk copy, I was sitting on BART, on my way home, and I started re-reading the ending to try to figure out how McCarthy made it so moving when the pages building up to it are written in such a spare, Hemingway-esque, reportage style. And suddenly, there I was, surrounded by commuters, my tears, snot and sobs spurting out. Dammit, he did it to me again. The tiniest glimmer of hope he offers the reader (after chapters and chapters of desolation) is painfully beautiful. …more

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December 31st, 2008

A Rabid Fan of the Novel Revolutionary Road Compares It to the Film

Dear Hollywood,

It has come to my attention that you keep adapting my favorite novels [see Atonement, Revolutionary Road, et. al.], and turning them into mediocre movies. Cease and desist! Get your own ideas! …more

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Jen Sullivan Brych has written for the Los Angeles Times and Wired.

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