In which I talk about talking about writing. And editing.
Editing and Cultural Curation: Visiting Hendrix College, November 2021
Thanks to Dr. Joshua Glick at Hendrix College for inviting me to speak about my job at the Los Angeles Review of Books! It was a pleasure to sit down with this engaged group of students to discuss how I select essays to commission, what the internet has done to — and for! — theContinue reading “Editing and Cultural Curation: Visiting Hendrix College, November 2021”
Hope you like HIGH CONCEPT MAD-LIBS
Title of the Movie: ______________________ (Holiday) Opposites ___________ (verb) — and sparks ___________ (verb) — when _________ (female name), a sassy ___________ (profession), and ___________ (male name), a ___________ (adjective) sports reporter, find themselves fighting over the same __________ (noun). But can ___________ (emotion) turn into love? Meanwhile, the reporter’s ___________ (family member)Continue reading “Hope you like HIGH CONCEPT MAD-LIBS”
Let’s Bracket This Conversation
http://www.vulture.com/2013/03/sitcom-smackdown-readers-bracket-finals-vote.html I was recently invited to participate in my friend’s March Madness NCAA Bracket. Two years ago, Josh and I actually won the bracket, with only his near-encyclopedic knowledge of sports and my flair for picking cool names at our disposal. (Seriously, I love a good name. Who wants to accompany me to the horse races?)Continue reading “Let’s Bracket This Conversation”
Dirty Dancing as directed by David Lynch
Just re-watched Dirty Dancing (1987) last night for my class, and I loved it more than I remembered. (Maybe I’d never seen it all the way through, having only caught sections of it on TV?) Anyway, I also saw Flashdance for the first time this week, and Dirty Dancing is clearly the superior film. ThenContinue reading “Dirty Dancing as directed by David Lynch”
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Annie Berke 