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The Shining"> Jack Torrance and Me: On Writing and Self-Loathing in <em

Jack Torrance and Me: On Writing and Self-Loathing in <em

The Shining">Jack Torrance and Me: On Writing and Self-Loathing in The Shining

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By Maggie Su | January 27, 2025

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Friends">Smarter Than You Think? On the Literary Side of Friends

Greg Cwik Examines the Reading Habits in the Iconic 90s Sitcom

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The Shining to the Big Screen"> How Stanley Kubrick Brought Stephen King’s <em

How Stanley Kubrick Brought Stephen King’s <em

The Shining to the Big Screen">

The Shining to the Big Screen">How Stanley Kubrick Brought Stephen King’s The Shining to the Big Screen

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The Scariest, Creepiest, and Most Frightening Animals in Fiction

The Scariest, Creepiest, and Most Frightening Animals in Fiction

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Dorothea Lasky on the Power of Horror

The Shining and Sylvia Plath's “Tulips”">The Poet Considers Kubrick's The Shining and Sylvia Plath's “Tulips”

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How Iowa City, Hub of Literature, Became a Landmark for Cinephiles

How Iowa City, Hub of Literature, Became a Landmark for Cinephiles

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