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
My parents and I - I'm an only child - are not particularly religious, but I was christened and raised in that… — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
Television was not cool among the young people of my era, the last years of the '90s and the early '00s. It… — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
Television became defensible - and, frankly, worshipped - because the shows started to be so carefully structured, so attentive to language, and… — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
Bad criticism recites rote arguments. The shame of rote arguments isn't just that they're cliches, though they are, but that they tend… — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
Book awards - in America, at least - are not like the Oscars. Awards are not cumulative, and in the case of… — Michelle Dean America Copy Share Image
Among journalists, there is a saying: 'If it bleeds, it leads.' This can result in some serious hustling - and some serious… — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
Great novels are maps of complication, leading nowhere in particular, taking stances only provisionally and obliquely, happy to be tangled and to… — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
