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 • Kimberly Rooney 高小荣
‘Wuthering Heights’ and the weird intimacy of working for people
no, I have not watched the movie
 • Kimberly Rooney 高小荣
On getting worse as a writer
Thoughts and fears from the process of writing an essay collection
 • Kimberly Rooney 高小荣
Lolita and the invitations of untrustworthy men
On unreliable narrators, the heterosexuality of it all, and finding clarity in “Lolita”
 • Kimberly Rooney 高小荣
“Joyas Voladoras” and what I look for as an editor
How Brian Doyle’s essay shaped the way I think about creative nonfiction + an audio experiment
 • Kimberly Rooney 高小荣
Anti-criticism and how to talk about art without talking about art
Why are we so bad at talking about movies like “The Brutalist” and “Anora”?
 • Kimberly Rooney 高小荣
Learning how to fall behind
The archetype of the unhealthy artist has become a shield for capitalism’s grind culture
 • Kimberly Rooney 高小荣
American Psycho and cutting connective tissue
On editing pacing in prose and watching a Christmas classic
 • Kimberly Rooney 高小荣
How to give artistic feedback
And how to answer the question, “What kind of feedback are you looking for?”
 • Kimberly Rooney 高小荣
When love is not enough
On Kiki’s Delivery Service, creative labor and burnout, and love
 • Kimberly Rooney 高小荣
Night in the Woods and how to read video games
On friendships, capitalism, and how to read the ending of Night in the Woods
 • Kimberly Rooney 高小荣
Night in the Woods and writing better dialogue
On what the video game form has to teach about dialogue writing
 • Kimberly Rooney 高小荣
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