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Author: Melinda Lewis

Melinda Lewis has a PhD in American Culture Studies. She knows more celebrity gossip than basic math and watches too much television.
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08/23/2018

For Shame

A review of Mara Altman's Gross Anatomy

by Melinda Lewis

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08/13/2018

Sailing with Michael Andreasen

An interview with the author of The Sea Beast Takes a Lover

by Melinda Lewis

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07/16/2018

When Being Bad Does Good

An interview with Badass Cross Stitch’s Shannon Downey

by Melinda Lewis

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10/26/2017

Good Graces

Finding our covens

by Melinda Lewis

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09/06/2017

At a Loss

Contemplating Lossless at the Pearlstein Gallery

by Melinda Lewis

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04/12/2017

TV Departed

Unpacking the pleasure of murder television

by Melinda Lewis

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03/08/2017

Girl Afraid

Fear’s deep impact

by Melinda Lewis

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01/27/2017

Left Wanting Moore

Mary Tyler Moore's television legacy

by Melinda Lewis

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08/31/2016

We Got to Talk about Barb

The unsettling nature of Stranger Things

by Melinda Lewis

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07/19/2016

The (Cult)ure Industry

Facing our Neon Demons

by Melinda Lewis

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