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...that the month leading up to the release has been busy and interesting as people find out about the movie.Last March “Frontrunners” premiered at South by Southwest, an annual film festival in Austin, Texas. Earlier this month, the movie was screened at The New Yorker Festival—a three-day event in New York featuring writers, artists, intellectuals, and performers—where Zisiadis sat on a panel about the film.“The tons of Facebook friend requests and private messages have been coming in, which is alternately joyful and disconcerting...
...seems to be proving that he is no joke. In his short time as an alumnus, the wunderkind has been frightfully prolific: he is the youngest writer in the history of “Saturday Night Live,” has his work appear regularly in The New Yorker, and has just renewed his contract with Random House after publishing two books with them in the last two years. FM snagged the budding author for fifteen questions...
...what about the bona fide stories on FieldReport? How good are they? "It's such a combination," Petty said. "Unlike The New Yorker, where you have a certain style and standard, here the judging process is much more emotional. In some cases, the judges respond to the reality of the story; in other cases, they respond to really great writing." The winner of the July grand prize, as well as of category prizes in both July and October, was a letter carrier from Portland, Ore., named Murr Brewster, whose folksy commentary on low-rise jeans and other fashion trends...
...after the reading. “I certainly don’t spend my time watching cartoons now, but an author’s poetry deals with his or her environment.” Armantrout’s works have been published frequently in recent issues of The New Yorker and other literary magazines. “Rae’s poetry is finally getting the worldwide attention that it has deserved for decades,” said Stephen L. Burt, an associate professor of English who has also published books of poetry. “No one could mistake...
...Stop Kiss” isn’t a story about “love at first sight.” The couple’s first meeting consists of Sara dropping off her cat, which Callie has agreed to take in. Callie, a veteran New Yorker, immediately takes to Sara, a schoolteacher from St. Louis, but the initial dynamic is one of friendship. As Callie helps Sara adjust to life in New York, going out to restaurants and sharing laughs over beers, an undercurrent of sexual tension becomes evident. Both women, unsure and timid about the attraction they feel...