The diversity of perspective, the unwillingness to generalise - those are good traits in countries as they are in art. — Michelle Dean Art Copy Share Image
Few reporters get to do what Kelly McEvers does in every episode of 'Embedded': go deep into a story and tease out… — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
Telling a story about someone has enormous power. People forget a headline. They remember a story. — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
When James Frey's 'A Million Little Pieces' turned out to be largely bunk, critics everywhere secretly rejoiced. They knew it, they said. — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
Summer is always a tricky time to recommend new literary fiction. The big releases do not hit until fall. — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
The real discovery of having your consciousness raised was never that you'd be handed tools; it was the discovery that the only… — Michelle Dean Consciousness Copy Share Image
There is an unfortunate side effect of being a person of few words: Sometimes people will assume you are less intelligent than… — Michelle Dean People Copy Share Image
The phenomenon of Instagram poets - who are also, to be fair, Tumblr poets and Pinterest poets - has been one of… — Michelle Dean Age Copy Share Image
When Paul Beatty's 'The Sellout' was first published in America in 2015, it was a small release. It got a rave review… — Michelle Dean America Copy Share Image
Most academic historians accept that historians' own circumstances demand that they tell the story in a particular way, of course. While people… — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
Research can be a boon to a novelist - there are more things in heaven and Earth than can be dreamt of… — Michelle Dean Earth Copy Share Image
“The more everyone knows just what a nerdfighter is, the more the definition hardens. The most beautiful and intriguing parts of any… — Michelle Dean Nerd Copy Share Image
The 'World Wide Web', as people quaintly called the Internet in 1996, was more or less made up of text. There was… — Michelle Dean Internet Copy Share Image
For a long time, it seemed as if podcasting was a male realm, but no longer. Sure, there are lots of men… — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
The children of the 1980s were the last before a lot of things changed. We were the last generation not to have… — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
We do learn a thing or two from art. It may not be the one-to-one instruction of a moral lesson or the… — Michelle Dean Art Copy Share Image
People spend their entire lives trying to construct something to grab onto: a family, a home, a business. Rarely does anyone seem… — Michelle Dean Business Copy Share Image
It's become a cliche to say that a piece of drama is about 'the nature of truth.' But 'Rectify' so openly plays… — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
Hillbilly stereotypes have always made it easier for middle-class whites to presume that racism is the exclusive province of 'that kind' of… — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
Literary novelists who have a strong handle on plot are often characterized as good vacation reads because they manage to transport you… — Michelle Dean Facts Copy Share Image
There are many things to like about 'Mr. Robot,' the most ephemeral and yet memorable of them being the opening credits. — Michelle Dean Being Copy Share Image
Peak TV has resulted in beautiful shows that have nothing in particular to tell us about humanity. — Michelle Dean Beautiful Copy Share Image
The Festival of Books is indeed a well-oiled machine, one which leaves most of the other literary festivals in America, including vaunted… — Michelle Dean America Copy Share Image
I still think, most of the time, when people called shows like 'The Sopranos' or 'Deadwood' 'art' that they were correct. — Michelle Dean Art Copy Share Image
Trump has been fiercely mocked in the media since the 1980s. But Trump learned from someone to let all the mockery roll… — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
Beauty pageants in general are foreign and noxious to me: I can barely muster the energy to put on lip gloss and… — Michelle Dean Beauty Copy Share Image
In an age where television is viewed as the best medium to 'tell stories,' narrative often stands in for substance on would-be… — Michelle Dean Age Copy Share Image
A presidential candidate changing churches is hardly unusual. Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, and Rand Paul have all aligned themselves with different faiths… — Michelle Dean Candidate Copy Share Image
Mass market paperback thrillers are a dime a dozen. The trick is to find something that actually sticks to the ribs. — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
I've come, even as a feminist, to dread the phrase 'female friendship,' because it tends to signal overdetermined relationships. — Michelle Dean Female friendship Copy Share Image
Saying that you spend Christmas alone is, to most middle-class Americans, akin to confessing a terminal illness. — Michelle Dean Alone Copy Share Image
Hollywood versions of watershed moments in American history are generally high-minded shlock. 'JFK,' 'The People vs. Larry Flynt,' even 'Lincoln': all of… — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
For a long time now, movie characters have generally been articulate, even chatty. Call it the influence of Woody Allen, but we… — Michelle Dean Influence Copy Share Image
While 'Twilight''s popularity was undeniable among both the teenagers they were aimed at and middle-aged women who flocked to the series in… — Michelle Dean Criticism Copy Share Image
A certain kind of person in America loves to note that they're currently soldiering through the latest Pulitzer winner for history, in… — Michelle Dean America Copy Share Image
There is nothing wrong with wanting to publish - or read - books that have a wide potential audience. But it does… — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
I like debate and argument, so I'm usually all right with disagreement, and I'm even all right if the critic doesn't come… — Michelle Dean Argument Copy Share Image
Push the envelope too far as a female artist, and you may only earn an ocean of ink expressing concern for your… — Michelle Dean Art Copy Share Image
A lot of people produce podcasts in which they simply ramble on for hours about themselves and their lives. There is something… — Michelle Dean Desire Copy Share Image
Prestige podcasts, like prestige television shows, tend to have an audience that believes itself literate, well-informed, and reasonable. Listening to podcasts, in… — Michelle Dean Audience Copy Share Image
