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Alissa Wilkinson

@alissawilkinson.bsky.social

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Critic @nytimes.com. Author AFTERGLOW (forthcoming), WE TELL OURSELVES STORIES (Liveright) and SALTY (Broadleaf). Teaching writing and criticism (Whitworth MFA, NYU XE).

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Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · Sep 9

THRILLED to be back at @liveright.bsky.social with @giaquinta.bsky.social for my next book! I'm convinced that if we're to retain our humanity in the face of mounting technocracies and forces that want to make us into little atomized profit units, we've got to re-engage with big, bold, communal art.

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Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 21m

Goodbye, reading for fun, I’ll see you in … 2027 I guess

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 1d

Wrote about one of my favorite Diane Keaton performances:

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/m...

Diane Keaton in ‘Reds’: A Remarkable Performance but Also a Returning Point

www.nytimes.com

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Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 17h

I think there's another Left Behind property on the way, so I am pretty sure I'll have one soon ...

Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 18h

no idea, but the concern is the noreaster

Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 18h

I'm not sure I'd survive

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Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 18h

I cannot decide if trying to take a train from NYC to Albany tomorrow is a good idea or not

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Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 20h

That’s why I mentioned seven years back

Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 20h

And I do not mean the movie

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Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 20h

it has occurred to me lately that if I was still working Vox but the version that existed about seven years ago I would 100% be gearing up to write an antichrist explainer right now

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Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 1d

Wrote about one of my favorite Diane Keaton performances:

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/m...

Diane Keaton in ‘Reds’: A Remarkable Performance but Also a Returning Point

www.nytimes.com

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Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 2d

Zoom in

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Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 2d

Talk about superhero cinema

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Kate Erbland @katerbland.bsky.social · 2d

Even if you never read the original script for AFTER THE HUNT (which has a vastly different finale), you probably have some questions about, uh, all that. I talked to screenwriter Nora Garrett about the changes that made it to the final film: www.indiewire.com/features/int...

‘After the Hunt’ Writer Nora Garrett Unpacks That Ending — and How Luca Guadagnino Pushed for Essential Changes

Spoilers: The original 'After the Hunt' script imagined a different conclusion for Julia Roberts' character. Luca Guadagnino was eager to change it.

www.indiewire.com

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Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 2d

It was well acted, at least

Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 2d

I am firmly in the It Is Okay camp but I enjoyed Channing Tatum

Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 2d

Hahaha well they’d have had to tweak that bit for the genre

Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 2d

(There’s actually a little thing in the credits where I was like … they really could have done that and it might have made more money)

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Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 2d

For about two minutes I actually thought that was where it was going and I’m still not totally convinced it shouldn’t have just gone for it

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Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 2d

Perhaps the most interesting thing to me about ROOFMAN is how narrowly it avoided being a Christian Movie ™

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Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, I still think it's my favorite, but I saw Aspen this year and that movie is so savage that I kind of love it

Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 3d

Fascinating! That's good to know!

Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 3d

I think Welfare is a good bet.

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 3d

Hey East Coasters! Just a reminder that if you're coming to the Morristown Festival of Books, come see meeeeeee talk about GANDOLFINI, and sign copies, tomorrow at 1:20pm! morristownbooks.org/2025-authors

2025 Festival Authors - Morristown Festival of Books

PLAN YOUR DAY Announcing the 2025 Festival Day schedule Please see below for the full Saturday schedule and list of authors who will join us in person! Scroll down to browse the list, and click on all...

morristownbooks.org

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Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 3d

I mentioned Her. But Hal is sentient, and Transcendence is also about a sentient AI, right?