Writing Samples

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Writing Sample 1. Film Synopsis.

This synopsis of the film “We Are the Radical Monarchs” was published in the 44th Cleveland International Film Festival program guide in 2020.

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Writing Sample 2. E-Book Chapter (Excerpt).

This e-book chapter excerpt, “Writing & Rewriting Casablanca,” was produced in conjunction with Warner Bros. Digital Publishing and published in the e-book Casablanca: Inside the Script in May 2012. The e-book received the Publishing Innovation Award for Best Digital First e-Book at Digital Book World 2013.

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Writing Sample 3. Magazine Article.

This article, “Projecting Social Change,” was written for the Skirball Cultural Center's annual magazine, Oasis, in 2016.

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Writing Sample 4. Social Media Post.

This social media post was written in 2019 to promote the Skirball Cultural Center’s exhibition Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, based on the book of the same name by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik.

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Writing Sample 5. Conference Abstract.

This conference abstract, for the essay entitled “‘Not All Terms of Endearment’: Shirley MacLaine, Motherhood, and the Evolution of the Star System,” was submitted to and accepted by the Celebrity Studies Conference in London, United Kingdom, June 2014.