From Rolling Stone's 22 Films We Can't Wait to See at SXSW: "God bless Ken Kwapis, one of The Office's go-to directors, for giving [The Shaggs] the even-handed music doc they deserve, and digging into how, after years of obscurity, the Shaggs suddenly found themselves a bona fide cult sensation."
"God Bless Ken Kwapis" - I've been saying that for 40 years! So proud of his incredible film!
Went to the Dijon concert in Chicago. Dijon and the band were incredible but I kept looking at this guy thinking: hey, didn’t he spend the first 18 years of his life in my house?
Chicago/North Shore friends: I'll be in Glencoe on Dec. 9th. at 7pm. You can register (free) at thebookstall.com/event/2025 @the_book_stall . @glencoepubliclibrary I'd love to see you!
I’m so thrilled to see AT LAST included in the Joyce Carol Oates Prize Longlist. This is just the end of the alphabetical list which includes so many authors whose work I admire so much. What an honor to be among them.
On the latest episode of LITERARY PROSPECTS, critically acclaimed author Marisa Silver discusses her beautiful new novel, AT LAST, leaving film for literature, finding the medium for the kind of story you want to tell, the enduring importance of art, and so much more.
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In interviews, on panels, at coffee houses and on email threads, David Ulin and I have been talking about form and meaning in fiction for years. Thanks to @altajournal for publishing David's beautiful piece drawn from our most recent conversation. Link in bio. #DavidLUlin #At Last #authortalk #bookdiscussion #writerslife📚 #warrenwilsonmfa
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