More Illegal Than Fiction (feat. Natalie Serber & Nick White)
Episode 121
With our dear Noah and several thousand writers visiting Portland for AWP ’19 last week, we cracked the spine live and in-person on a related podcast category: the writer as forger, as plagiarist, as literary Danny Ocean. This time out, Be Reel reviews “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” (2018), “The Hoax” (2007) and “Secret Window” (2004) for a three-movie slate of word crimes. Plus, we’re joined by two esteemed authors who’d never do any of this shady shit — Natalie Serber (“Shout Her Lovely Name”) and Nick White (“Sweet and Low”) — to discuss their favorite films about writers.
Be Reel is brought to you by California College of the Arts’ MFA in Writing program. Noah got to hang out with those wonderful people on his West Coast swing!
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Be Reel is a movie reviewing & reappraising podcast hosted by Chance Solem-Pfeifer and Noah Ballard.
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