Michelle Dean
Author
Language
English
Description
"Dorothy Parker, Rebecca West, Hannah Arendt, Mary McCarthy, Susan Sontag, Pauline Kael, Joan Didion, Nora Ephron, Renata Adler, and Janet Malcolm these brilliant women are the central figures of Sharp. Their lives intertwine as they cut through the cultural and intellectual history of America in the twentieth century, arguing as fervently with each other as they did with the sexist attitudes of the men who often undervalued their work as critics...
Author
Language
Español
Description
La agudeza en una conversación es muestra del ingenio ágil, de la capacidad de ofrecer un enfoque diferente ante lo cotidiano, en definitiva, de tener una opinión propia. Las mujeres de este libro comparten una cualidad: todas ellas destacan por sus aportaciones al pensamiento y a las transformaciones culturales del siglo xx.
Hannah Arendt, Joan Didion, Nora Ephron, Mary McCarthy, Dorothy Parker, Susan Sontag, Rebecca West, Janet Malcolm, Pauline...
Publisher
ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Sarah Weinman brings together an exemplary collection of recent true crime tales. She culls together some of the most refreshing and exciting contemporary journalists and chroniclers of crime working today. Michelle Dean's "Dee Dee Wanted Her Daughter To Be Sick" went viral when it first published and is the basis for the TV showThe Act and Pamela Colloff's "The Reckoning," is the gold standard for forensic journalism. There are 13 pieces in all...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
From writers Nick Antosca (Channel Zero) and Michelle Dean comes The Act, based on Dean's 2016 Buzzfeed article "Dee Dee Wanted Her Daughter To Be Sick, Gypsy Wanted Her Mom To Be Murdered" and explores the tragic relationship between young Gypsy Blanchard and her overprotective mother Dee Dee (Patricia Arquette, in her Primetime Emmy winning performance). As Gypsy strives to break free from her mom's controlling influence, she begins to uncover a...