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Sadly, I only found out about the Where The Wild Things Ought to Be contest after the winner was picked. Sponsored by We Love You So, the official blog of the Spike Jonze film adaptation of Where The...
View ArticleMy Dog Tulip, the Movie
J.R. Ackerley’s My Dog Tulip is one of those books that you either warm to right off the bat or never. At least that’s my conjecture, since I personally have a soft spot for it a mile wide. Or more...
View ArticleIn Auteur Words: Soft Skull’s Deep Focus
Is it too wretched of a pun to say that I’m on record as being a huge fan of Continuum’s 33-1/3 books? I love the package, those beautiful little paperbacks in which various writers go in deep about...
View ArticleGood Dog! My Dog Tulip, the Movie
Early this year I noted how much I was looking forward to the animated adaptation of J.R. Ackerley’s My Dog Tulip. Producer Norman Twain said recently, “The process of making the movie took three...
View ArticleThe Birth of the Trailer
The history of book trailers dates back to the arrival of broadband Internet access and personal computers, for good reason—how else would you watch them? But there were a few outliers: TV spots for...
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