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Imaginadium: Challenging 'It's not as good as the book'

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We’ve all had Gatsby fever for months. It seems eons since another film has been so highly anticipated, making the news that Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby may not be so great all the more disappointing. Adapting a novel so dearly loved by so many is a dangerous sport. Walter Salles’ recent…

Did Baz Lurhmann’s Great Gatsby adaptation leave you feeling a little disappointed? Then consider Kate Kelsall’s short list of “utterly compelling cinematic adaptations” to be just what the doctor ordered.

    • #Baz Lurhmann
    • #Imaginadium
    • #Kate Kelsall
    • #Movies
    • #Film
    • #Adaptation
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    • #Novel
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Ireland debuted a new stamp featuring a 224-word short story written by Dublin teenager Eoin Moore. That’s right. Ireland’s so bookish that even its postage is literary.
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Ireland debuted a new stamp featuring a 224-word short story written by Dublin teenager Eoin Moore. That’s right. Ireland’s so bookish that even its postage is literary.

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    • #Ireland
    • #Postage
    • #Stamp
    • #Lit
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    • #Short Story
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Publicity bigwig Paul Bogaards spilled the beans on Twitter Thursday night: Lorrie Moore has a new short fiction collection in the pipeline. It’s slated for March 2014 release.
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Publicity bigwig Paul Bogaards spilled the beans on Twitter Thursday night: Lorrie Moore has a new short fiction collection in the pipeline. It’s slated for March 2014 release.

    • #Lorrie Moore
    • #Lit
    • #News
    • #Author
    • #New Releases
    • #Short Story
    • #Fiction
    • #Writing
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Porn Studies is a new academic journal focused on “cultural products and services designated as pornographic.” Have fun asking your librarian for this one.
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Porn Studies is a new academic journal focused on “cultural products and services designated as pornographic.” Have fun asking your librarian for this one.

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    • #Academia
    • #Scholarship
    • #Writing
    • #Criticism
    • #Theory
    • #Studies
    • #Journal
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From White Russians to Old Fashioneds: cocktails in literature and film.
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From White Russians to Old Fashioneds: cocktails in literature and film.

    • #Liquor
    • #Drink
    • #Cocktail
    • #Film
    • #Lit
    • #Movies
    • #Writing
    • #Novels
    • #Characters
    • #Alcohol
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The first official trailer has been released for James Franco’s As I Lay Dying adaptation. The film will premiere at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

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    • #William Faulkner
    • #Movie
    • #Film
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    • #Adaptation
    • #Trailer
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The Classical is starting a new monthly magazine
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The Classical is starting a new monthly magazine

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“Renowned author Dan Brown got out of his luxurious four-poster bed in his expensive $10 million house and paced the bedroom, using the feet located at the ends of his two legs to propel him forwards.”
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“Renowned author Dan Brown got out of his luxurious four-poster bed in his expensive $10 million house and paced the bedroom, using the feet located at the ends of his two legs to propel him forwards.”

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    • #LOL
    • #Satire
    • #Writing
    • #On Writing
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Since Haruki Murakami’s latest novel came out in Japan, he’s been selling over a million copies a week.
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Since Haruki Murakami’s latest novel came out in Japan, he’s been selling over a million copies a week.

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    • #Japan
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    • #International
    • #Author
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Take an exclusive sneak peek at the first 35 pages of Colum McCann’s forthcoming novel, why don’t you?
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Take an exclusive sneak peek at the first 35 pages of Colum McCann’s forthcoming novel, why don’t you?

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    • #Preview
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