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Noah Cruickshank
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Noah Cruickshank has been a contributor for The A.V. Club since 2011. During the day, he's the Marketing Manager for Open Books, a Chicago-based nonprofit that works in schools to promote literacy and creative writing. You may remember him from hosting that one Undercover at a Ferris Wheel, and arguing with you about the quality of The Walking Dead comics.
Nov 4 2013
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Mother-daughter relationships are Amy Tan’s bread and butter. Since The Joy Luck Club (her first and most famous…
Oct 28 2013
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Lou Reed's death received an outpouring of response from artists (Spin and Rolling Stone collected statements from…
Oct 28 2013
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Oct 28 2013
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Who doesn’t love a surprise slasher? Here are 17 unexpected tributes to slasher films.
Oct 24 2013
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Ghosts have long been fixtures in the entertainment world. Houdini’s counterparts tried to call on them in séances,…
Oct 21 2013
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There’s a good book somewhere inside Dan Simmons’ The Abominable. Flashes of a deft, fast-paced thriller appear…
Oct 14 2013
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Oct 7 2013
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Oct 4 2013
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This week’s question comes from contributor John Semley: What fictional concert would you love to attend?
Sep 30 2013
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Sep 30 2013
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Malcolm Gladwell has made a mint taking true-life stories and statistics, then wrapping them up together into an…
Sep 27 2013
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This week’s question comes from reader Stefan Robak:
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Building a television ensemble is a tricky proposition. There must be enough outsized characters to keep the laughs…
Sep 23 2013
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Creative-writing teachers around the world use the trite adage “show, don’t tell” to help fledgling writers think…
Sep 20 2013
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Welcome back to AVQ&A, where we throw out a question for discussion among the staff and readers. Consider this a…
Sep 16 2013
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Sep 16 2013
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Thomas Pynchon is a pesky, devilish genius. Since the early ’60s, he’s created a myriad of conspiracies, both within…
Sep 16 2013
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They may not be as complicated as the MCU multiverse, but here are more than a dozen alternate realities within…
Sep 13 2013
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This week’s question comes from reader Wade Carney: