Notable NYC: 7/27–8/3
Literary events in and around NYC this week!
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Posts Tagged: Emily Nussbaum
Notable NYC: 4/7–4/13
Literary events and readings in and around New York City this week!
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Literary events and readings in and around New York City this week!
...moreNotable NYC: 3/25–3/31
Saturday 3/25: Lucy Ives and Lila Zemborain join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5. Sunday 3/26: Ariena Reines, Lauren Hilger, T Kira Madden, Rachel Aydt, and Meghan Trask Smith join the Pigeon Pages, hosted by Allison Wood. Powerhouse Arena, 4:30 p.m., free. Monday 3/27: Deborah Clearman, Ben Dolnick, Lauren Sanders, Iromie Weeramantry, and […]
...moreYA Television
This summer’s debate over young adult literature has raised questions ranging from whether adults should read YA to what even counts as thee genre in the first place. The New Yorker’s television critic Emily Nussbaum extends these questions to the world of television, where adolescent dramas have had a different impact on the development and […]
...moreLove at First Sight
It seems counterintuitive to say the least, but there were 100 takes filmed of the love-at-first-sight scene in Blue Is the Warmest Color, the French film that has garnered attention for its 10-minute lesbian sex scene, an epic length for movie standards. The result is a striking physical moment when the actresses’ eyes lock. In a […]
...moreThree Ways of Looking at Sex and the City
In this week’s New Yorker, TV critic Emily Nussbaum grapples with the cultural legacy of Sex and the City: High-feminine instead of fetishistically masculine, glittery rather than gritty, and daring in its conception of character, “Sex and the City” was a brilliant and, in certain ways, radical show. It also originated the unacknowledged first female anti-hero […]
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