Thursday
Apr142022

"Six Authors in Search of a Character, Part 6: Yukio Mishima" in ZYZZYVA

Sean Gill's latest project––a six-part essay series exploring the unusual and complicated psychology of writers portraying on screen characters they originally created in print––has published its sixth and final online at ZYZZYVA, on the remarkable and disturbing experiment of Yukio Mishima rehearsing his own suicide in Patriotism (1966).

Friday
Mar112022

"Six Authors in Search of a Character, Part 5: Jacqueline Susann" in ZYZZYVA

Sean Gill's latest project––a six-part essay series exploring the unusual and complicated psychology of writers portraying on screen characters they originally created in print––has published its fifth installment online at ZYZZYVA, on Jacqueline Susann's unexpectedly meaningful cameo as a tabloid reporter in Valley of the Dolls (1967).

Thursday
Mar102022

Sean Gill Interviewed in The Cincinnati Review

Sean Gill is the subject of the latest entry in The Cincinnati Review's "Writers' Day Jobs" series, where he is interviewed by Lily Meyer.

Friday
Feb182022

"Six Authors in Search of a Character, Part 4: Mickey Spillane" in ZYZZYVA

Sean Gill's latest project––a six-part essay series exploring the unusual and complicated psychology of writers portraying on screen characters they originally created in print––has published its fourth installment online at ZYZZYVA, on Mickey Spillane playing his iconic private eye "Mike Hammer" in The Girl Hunters (1963).

Tuesday
Feb012022

"Six Authors in Search of a Character, Part 3: Irvine Welsh" in ZYZZYVA

Sean Gill's latest project––a six-part essay series exploring the unusual and complicated psychology of writers portraying on screen characters they originally created in print––has published its third installment online at ZYZZYVA, on Irvine Welsh's performance in Trainspotting (1995).

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