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On the occasion of the publication of Carrie Rickey's A COMPLICATED PASSION: THE LIFE AND WORK OF AGNÈS VARDA, FLC welcomes the author for a special double bill of Varda’s LE BONHEUR (1965) and LES CRÉATURES (1966) on September 17! 🎟️ now on sale: filmlinc.org/varda

My short review of Gillian Linden's "absorbing, funny and intensely engaging first novel" Negative Space is in this week's The TLS (W. W. Norton & Company Matt Weiland) the-tls.co.uk/regular-featur…

.Carrie Rickey writes for Air Mail about her new biography of Agnes Varda airmail.news/books/2024/8/t…

An insane request to post to this cursèd Web site but: do I know any philosophers/philosophy professors who also have an abiding & joyful interest in contemporary pop music & might want to talk on the record (with attribution, not on background) for a possible New Yorker story?

Witold Rybczynski has been called "the poet laureate of what you haven’t noticed that’s probably right in front of you" (Robert Sullivan). His new book is "a comprehensively researched, highly entertaining examination of all aspects of car design over 150 years" (Shelf Awareness).

Hearty congrats to Adelle Waldman and her magnificent novel HELP WANTED for being included on so superb a list.

Congrats to Carrie Rickey on her biography of the great Agnès Varda, out today. “I devoured A COMPLICATED PASSION happily and so, I suspect, will you.”—Dwight Garner, NYT “The definitive biography… This is a must for cinephiles.”—PW (starred review)

Agnès Varda mania continues with this new biography, which shows how her life inspired her deceptively light meditations on the passage of time, women’s rights, and more. Tap the link in our bio to see what else you’ll want to know about this summer: tinyurl.com/4ptp8knr

Highly recommended: A Complicated Passion, Carrie Rickey's newly published biography of Agnès Varda, with its detailed narrative that doesn't just illuminate the films but seems continuous with them: newyorker.com/culture/the-fr…

We are incredibly proud to present an excerpt from Carrie Rickey's new book about the life and work of Agnès Varda, one of the most important filmmakers in the history of the form. Read: rogerebert.com/features/book-…

It was lovely to have my book chosen to represent Arizona at the National Book Festival. I'm told they sold out of copies, hooray! Laurie Abkemeier Matt Weiland W. W. Norton & Company

“Carrie Rickey cried when her professor, artist Manny Farber, played Agnès Varda’s film Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962) for the class. It was 1971, and she had not known that women made movies.” Agnès Varda, Pragmatic Dreamer hyperallergic.com/941890/agnes-v…

I'm flying to Austin to accept the JenkinsMedal.com Lifetime Achievement award on behalf of Subscribe to GrantWahl.com tonight. His legacy lives on. ⚽️🏀🏆🌈

Coming this month: PARIS IN RUINS by Pulitzer Prize-winning The Washington Post art critic Sebatian Smee -"Deft, vibrant cultural history."―Kirkus⭐ -Boston Globe “20 Books We Can’t Wait to Read” -Next Big Idea Club “Must-Read Book”

25 years ago today, 69 Love Songs was released. We played a record release show in NYC at the old @knittingfactorynyc a couple of days later. Our friend, Gail O’Hara (chickfactor 🌲) took these pictures from the event. Claudia still has the one of her & Sam framed on her wall.

I started ⁦Carrie Rickey⁩’s book before I left for Venice, but had to leave it behind. Now I’m back and tearing through it. WOW! This is how you do a biography of a complicated, elusive, and (of course) delightful figure. I don’t want it to end.

I’m deeply excited to have brought the marvelous Adam Dalva to The Yale Review — we are looking forward to your fiction! Submissions open now. 🎉🎉🎉

RIP Herbie Flowers, the English "old jazzer" behind the immortal bass intro to Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side." Here he explains how he created it in 20 minutes in the studio... youtube.com/watch?v=XBXUP5…