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David Lazar’s ‘Celeste Holm  Syndrome’ Appreciates Hollywood’s Unsung Character Actors

David Lazar’s ‘Celeste Holm  Syndrome’ Appreciates Hollywood’s Unsung Character Actors

David Lazar's Celeste Holm Syndrome documents how character actor work is about scene-defining, not scene-stealing.

Patrick Madden’s ‘Disparates’ Makes Sense in These Crazy Times

Patrick Madden’s ‘Disparates’ Makes Sense in These Crazy Times

There's no social distancing with Patrick Madden's hilarious Disparates. While reading these essays, you'll feel like he's in the room with you.

Reflections and Refractions: ‘Apple, Tree: Writers on Their Parents’

Reflections and Refractions: ‘Apple, Tree: Writers on Their Parents’

The contributors to Apple, Tree: Writers on Their Parents identify nuance; frequently framing themselves and their parents through multiple lenses.

Randon Billings Noble’s ‘Be With Me Always’ Will Stay With You

Randon Billings Noble’s ‘Be With Me Always’ Will Stay With You

Randon Billings Noble's Be With Me Always, a PopMatters' Pick, is a quiet and at times profound search through secret places in the heart.