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Arrival
. Here's the latest Ted Chiang story headed to adaptation glory.
By
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| December 17, 2020
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And then some.
By
Emily Temple
| December 12, 2019
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A Poem by Anne Carson
From the New
Freeman's
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By
Anne Carson
| November 18, 2019
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By
Emily Harnett
| April 19, 2017
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The King Clan, Anne of Green Gables, Dune at Last?
By
Emily Temple
| April 7, 2017
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By
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The Year in Literary Adaptations (And What's on the Horizon)
By
Peter Nowogrodzki
| December 28, 2016
Ted Chiang on
Arrival
, the Boredom of Moviemaking, and
The Princess Bride
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Peter Nowogrodzki
| November 29, 2016
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