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Kristen Lopez

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Kristen Lopez is the former Film Editor at TheWrap and former TV Editor at IndieWire. She has worked as a journalist and pop-culture essayist for nearly two decades, and her work has appeared in Variety, Forbes, MTV, Roger Ebert.com, and The Hollywood Reporter. Some of her more memorable (or controversial) articles on disability include her discussions of how The Shape of Water broke down barriers with regards to sex and disability, Joker utilized mental illness as a punchline, and Shazam promoted one's “best self” as being able-bodied. She is the author of But Have You Read the Book, from TCM/Running Press (2023). She was nominated in 2021 for a SoCal Journalism Award for her reporting on IndieWire about the lack of a ramp at the Emmys. In ...more

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Average rating: 3.39 · 1,184 ratings · 248 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	But Have You Read the Book?: 52 Literary Gems That Inspired Our Favorite Films 3.37 avg rating — 1,163 ratings — published 2023 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Popcorn Disabilities: The Highs and Lows of Disabled Representation in the Movies by Kristen Lopez (Goodreads Author), Ben Mankiewicz (Foreword) 4.24 avg rating — 21 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Upcoming Book Appearences

Wow, I still cannot believe my book is out, let alone that I'm going to be doing public appearances for it. But, if you've ordered the book and want to meet me or get it signed I have a few events coming up.

-March 29 at 7pm: I'll be doing my official book launch and a signing at the famous Larry Edmunds bookstore on Hollywood Blvd.
-April 1 at 2pm: If you're in Gardena, CA then head over to the Gar Read more of this blog post »

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High Concept

by Charles Fleming

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Scarface and the Untouchable: Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and the Battle for Chicago

by Max Allan Collins (Goodreads Author)

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The Last Tsar: The Abdication of Nicholas II and the Fall of the Romanovs

by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa

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“This method of telling the story compels the reader to consider how they internalize and interpret the tales they love, and how memory tinges the way a story is told.”
― Kristen Lopez, But Have You Read the Book?: 52 Literary Gems That Inspired Our Favorite Films

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“the power of memory is shaped by the individual and, when a death happens, those memories only become hazier or clearer in the desperate hope of believing someone saw it coming.”
― Kristen Lopez, But Have You Read the Book?: 52 Literary Gems That Inspired Our Favorite Films

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“life isn’t fair, but that it’s fairer than death.”
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