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<\/a><\/p>\n\nRecently, I wrote a small piece which could be given a High School English class title: What James Dean and East of Eden<\/i> meant to me.<\/a> When I wrote it, I was deep in research for a huge piece which finally went live. It’s for the new film site, part of The Library of America, The Moviegoer<\/a>. It’s been up for a year and already has an impressive archive, written by an illustrious roster of writers. I can’t tell you how proud I am to be included in such company. (Also, the Library of America! I mean, look at this bookshelf<\/a> of mine.) The idea is: writers write about film adaptations of books in the Library of America catalog. When the editor, Michael Sragow, reached out to me, he asked for a bunch of pitches, books I was interested in covering. I went through the catalog, and picked out a bunch of possibilities. He immediately asked me to write about East of Eden<\/i>. The thought of my personal history with that film made his choice so exciting, so daunting to me. Bonus was that, unbelievably, I had never written about the film before in any in-depth way. Probably BECAUSE the history is so personal. Now, finally, I got the chance.<\/p>\n Here’s the essay: <\/p>\n Unforgettable lonely boy James Dean carries East of Eden<\/i> on his narrow shoulders<\/a><\/big><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Recently, I wrote a small piece which could be given a High School English class title: What James Dean and East of Eden meant to me. When I wrote it, I was deep in research for a huge piece which … Continue reading