JoAnna Novak (page 2)

JoAnna Novak is the author of the memoir "Contradiction Days: A Writer on the Verge of Motherhood." Her short story collection "Meaningful Work" won the Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Contest and was published by FC2. She is also the author of the novel "I Must Have You" and four collections of poetry. Her latest book is "Domestirexia."

L.A. Confidential; 8 Mile

The essential Curtis Hanson: 10 films that showcase the late director's versatile strengths JoAnna Novak

You too might know a “Loner”: Why Teddy Wayne's Harvard-set novel should be required reading this year JoAnna Novak

rooster sauce

McDonald's comes for sriracha: Assimilation, customization and the fast-food American Dream JoAnna Novak

Bill Cunningham

The purity of driven work: Bill Cunningham, model for a committed creative life JoAnna Novak

Author, Father

My father won't read this, and that's OK with me JoAnna Novak

The Do-Over

Appetite for destruction: Glorifying gun violence on screen despite the sobering reality JoAnna Novak

Victoria's Secret Models

The myth of universal beauty: Actually, we aren't all beautiful—and that's OK JoAnna Novak

Barre Fitness

Pure Barre’s tortured purity: The punishing feminine ideal behind tucking, burning and embracing the shake JoAnna Novak

Everybody Wants Some

Where the boys are: Richard Linklater's "Everybody Wants Some!!" and what women's comedies can learn from the art of the bromance JoAnna Novak

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