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Articles by Rien Fertel
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books The Method tells the story of the 20th century’s most controversial acting practice
By Rien Fertel February 1, 2022 | 2:00pm
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books Camera Man chronicles the extraordinary life and work of Buster Keaton
By Rien Fertel January 24, 2022 | 2:00pm
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books The A.V. Club’s 15 favorite books of 2021
By Laura Adamczyk, Erin Somers, Bradley Babendir, Danette Chavez, Alex McLevy, Rien Fertel December 15, 2021 | 6:00am
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books All the best stories, trivia, and tidbits from Mel Brooks’ memoir, All About Me!
By Rien Fertel November 29, 2021 | 4:00pm
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books Beautiful World, Where Are You is Sally Rooney’s best novel yet
By Rien Fertel September 7, 2021 | 5:00am
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books The A.V. Club’s favorite books of 2021 so far
By Laura Adamczyk, Danette Chavez, Rien Fertel, Ashley Naftule July 8, 2021 | 5:00am
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aux The Storm Is Upon Us ventures into the eye of QAnon
By Rien Fertel June 21, 2021 | 11:00am
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aux The South got something to say in Chronicling Stankonia
By Rien Fertel February 22, 2021 | 4:00pm
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aux The A.V. Club’s 15 favorite books of 2020
By Laura Adamczyk, Danette Chavez, Alex McLevy, Randall Colburn, Rien Fertel, Samantha Nelson, Ashley Naftule, Bradley Babendir, Ines Bellina December 16, 2020 | 6:00am
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aux The lights go out in Don DeLillo’s familiar yet slight The Silence
By Rien Fertel October 19, 2020 | 1:00pm
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aux Like H Is For Hawk before it, Helen Macdonald’s Vesper Flights soars
By Rien Fertel August 25, 2020 | 3:00pm
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aux “Who is Alex Trebek?” and 6 other questions asked and answered by the Jeopardy host’s memoir
By Rien Fertel July 22, 2020 | 2:30pm
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aux From infectious diseases to fake news, The Rules Of Contagion examines how things spread
By Rien Fertel July 7, 2020 | 6:00pm
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aux 7 books from the first half of 2020 that more people should read
By Laura Adamczyk, Taylor Moore, Rien Fertel, Samantha Nelson July 7, 2020 | 11:00am
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aux Samanta Schweblin’s Little Eyes sees the dark side of social connectivity
By Rien Fertel May 5, 2020 | 3:00pm
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aux Final Draft assembles the best of David Carr, a reporter who pulled no punches
By Rien Fertel April 6, 2020 | 2:00pm
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aux Cool Town reconstructs the musical hotbed that birthed R.E.M., The B-52s, and Neutral Milk Hotel
By Rien Fertel March 23, 2020 | 3:00pm
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aux The Big Goodbye asks, “Why can’t we forget Chinatown?”
By Rien Fertel February 3, 2020 | 2:00pm
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aux The A.V. Club’s 15 favorite books of 2019
By The A.V. Club, Danette Chavez, Samantha Nelson, Rien Fertel, Ines Bellina, Bradley Babendir, Adam Morgan December 11, 2019 | 12:00pm
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aux A Marvelous Life doesn’t sugarcoat the enthralling origin story of Stan Lee
By Rien Fertel October 31, 2019 | 1:00pm
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aux With Grand Union, Zadie Smith proves she’s a master of short stories, too
By Rien Fertel October 7, 2019 | 1:00pm