Carrie Courogen
@carriecourogen.bsky.social
writer for hire
author, miss may does not exist: the life and work of elaine may, hollywood's hidden genius: https://bit.ly/missmaylanding
editor @ bright wall/dark room
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author, miss may does not exist: the life and work of elaine may, hollywood's hidden genius: https://bit.ly/missmaylanding
editor @ bright wall/dark room
prev: video @ conde nast (conde union 4ever)
Pinned
contrary to previous reports that i would “never write a book again” because “writing biographies is for insane people” i have in fact been working on book no. 2 for a bit now, because for better or worse, i *am* one of those insane people
it never occurred to me that the secret to becoming a wildly successful writer was to be a terrible writer
November 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
it never occurred to me that the secret to becoming a wildly successful writer was to be a terrible writer
miss may does not exist is out in paperback out today if u even care bookshop.org/p/books/miss...
November 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
miss may does not exist is out in paperback out today if u even care bookshop.org/p/books/miss...
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This week on @podcastlikeits The 1990s Patreon I started a brand new miniseries on Mike Nichols 90s films by talking Postcards From The Edge with @carriecourogen.bsky.social! We talk Meryl, Mike, Carrie (Fisher), Gene and of course Debbie! Great movie! Great episode!
November 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This week on @podcastlikeits The 1990s Patreon I started a brand new miniseries on Mike Nichols 90s films by talking Postcards From The Edge with @carriecourogen.bsky.social! We talk Meryl, Mike, Carrie (Fisher), Gene and of course Debbie! Great movie! Great episode!
Andrew Cuomo: I pay $7800 in rent
Andrew Cuomo's actual rent: $8242
Andrew Cuomo's actual rent: $8242
October 17, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Andrew Cuomo: I pay $7800 in rent
Andrew Cuomo's actual rent: $8242
Andrew Cuomo's actual rent: $8242
i'm in new york straight up "globalizing it"............ and by "it" haha. well,,,,,,,......,,,let's just say "the intifada"
October 16, 2025 at 11:26 PM
i'm in new york straight up "globalizing it"............ and by "it" haha. well,,,,,,,......,,,let's just say "the intifada"
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Wrote about something I've never talked about before (Warren Beatty's REDS) for @bwdr.bsky.social
It's Always Winter in 'Reds' (1981)
It’s always winter in Reds, and someone is always fighting, someone is always hoping, someone is always gritting their teeth and doing the work.
bit.ly
December 20, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Wrote about something I've never talked about before (Warren Beatty's REDS) for @bwdr.bsky.social
Reposted by Carrie Courogen
I’m visiting my mom and it’s 10:30pm here which means the only way available to me to watch Reds is on my phone which I guess means I’m gonna watch Reds on my phone at 10:30pm, now
October 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I’m visiting my mom and it’s 10:30pm here which means the only way available to me to watch Reds is on my phone which I guess means I’m gonna watch Reds on my phone at 10:30pm, now
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New today on the site!
"The Courage to Teach" - @eccantwell.bsky.social on George Roy Hill's SLAP SHOT
(🎨 by @garymillsfineart.bsky.social)
"The Courage to Teach" - @eccantwell.bsky.social on George Roy Hill's SLAP SHOT
(🎨 by @garymillsfineart.bsky.social)
Slap Shot (1977): The Courage To Teach
One could criticize Reggie Dunlop (Newman), “player-coach” of the Charlestown Chiefs in George Roy Hill's chaotically raunchy Slap Shot, for a wide variety of character flaws & professional failings—b...
www.brightwalldarkroom.com
September 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
New today on the site!
"The Courage to Teach" - @eccantwell.bsky.social on George Roy Hill's SLAP SHOT
(🎨 by @garymillsfineart.bsky.social)
"The Courage to Teach" - @eccantwell.bsky.social on George Roy Hill's SLAP SHOT
(🎨 by @garymillsfineart.bsky.social)
wrote about robert redford bit.ly/redfordfamin...
a famine of beauty
Robert Redford represented all that was good—and fleeting—about America
bit.ly
September 17, 2025 at 1:39 AM
wrote about robert redford bit.ly/redfordfamin...
the greatest to do it.
on sneakers, for @bwdr.bsky.social: www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2023/08/23/s...
on sneakers, for @bwdr.bsky.social: www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2023/08/23/s...
September 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
the greatest to do it.
on sneakers, for @bwdr.bsky.social: www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2023/08/23/s...
on sneakers, for @bwdr.bsky.social: www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2023/08/23/s...
realizing the rilo kiley reunion tour is millennials' equivalent of boomers' fleetwood mac reunion tour i'm gonna be sick
September 10, 2025 at 1:28 AM
realizing the rilo kiley reunion tour is millennials' equivalent of boomers' fleetwood mac reunion tour i'm gonna be sick
New York’s hottest club is Lawrence of Arabia on 70mm at the Paris Theater. This club has everything: an honored intermission; elderly people standing up randomly before that; men’s room line of 520 women’s room line of 15; a Dimes Square girl saying “there aren’t any fucking women in this movie”
August 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM
New York’s hottest club is Lawrence of Arabia on 70mm at the Paris Theater. This club has everything: an honored intermission; elderly people standing up randomly before that; men’s room line of 520 women’s room line of 15; a Dimes Square girl saying “there aren’t any fucking women in this movie”
Reposted by Carrie Courogen
Real talk (reel talk?):
BWDR recently lost a partnership that covered nearly half our operating budget, so things are suddenly very tough. If what we do has ever meant something to you, or you’ve ever thought about subscribing, now’s the time—it *truly* makes a difference.
BWDR recently lost a partnership that covered nearly half our operating budget, so things are suddenly very tough. If what we do has ever meant something to you, or you’ve ever thought about subscribing, now’s the time—it *truly* makes a difference.
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August 17, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Real talk (reel talk?):
BWDR recently lost a partnership that covered nearly half our operating budget, so things are suddenly very tough. If what we do has ever meant something to you, or you’ve ever thought about subscribing, now’s the time—it *truly* makes a difference.
BWDR recently lost a partnership that covered nearly half our operating budget, so things are suddenly very tough. If what we do has ever meant something to you, or you’ve ever thought about subscribing, now’s the time—it *truly* makes a difference.
The reaction I get from people when I tell them I’m watching Mad Men for the first time is more enthusiastic than if I told them I was getting married
August 14, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The reaction I get from people when I tell them I’m watching Mad Men for the first time is more enthusiastic than if I told them I was getting married
audrey girls where u at
"The older I get, the more I find myself impressed by Audrey Hepburn as an actor who was great in spite of her packaging; by the evolution of her raw and untrained talent over the span of her relatively short career; and most of all, by the undeniably prickly undercurrent of her most iconic films."
An Audrey Girl
The older I get, the more I find myself impressed by Audrey Hepburn as an actor who was great in spite of her packaging; by the evolution of her raw and untrained talent over the span of her…
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July 30, 2025 at 2:43 AM
audrey girls where u at
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In my debut for @theatlantic.com, I wrote about the disappearance of cultural listings from major New York media outlets, and what it portends for artists, audiences, institutions, and journalists. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Why No One Knows What’s Happening Tonight
A love letter to music listings
www.theatlantic.com
July 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
In my debut for @theatlantic.com, I wrote about the disappearance of cultural listings from major New York media outlets, and what it portends for artists, audiences, institutions, and journalists. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Coming home from the beach and showering and sitting on the couch nice and clean with a popsicle and a fresh tan wet hair so happy tired because what a fun day you had and you see THE PARENT TRAP is on tv………………………………..lowkey that may be the moment in which god is real
July 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Coming home from the beach and showering and sitting on the couch nice and clean with a popsicle and a fresh tan wet hair so happy tired because what a fun day you had and you see THE PARENT TRAP is on tv………………………………..lowkey that may be the moment in which god is real
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The mass starvation & killing of Palestinians in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli gov’t is a chillul hashem, a desecration of God.
Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
forward.com/opinion/7575...
Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
forward.com/opinion/7575...
Gaza is starving. Where are the American Jewish leaders?
A fear of being labelled antisemitic still deters American Jews and Jewish institutions from taking a position that is morally correct.
forward.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The mass starvation & killing of Palestinians in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli gov’t is a chillul hashem, a desecration of God.
Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
forward.com/opinion/7575...
Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
forward.com/opinion/7575...
hulk hogan rest in piss bitch
July 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
hulk hogan rest in piss bitch
wrote about buckingham nicks everyone act surprised!!!!
hate gave you me for a lover
on buckingham nicks
bit.ly
July 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
wrote about buckingham nicks everyone act surprised!!!!
it's so beautiful that Fleetwood Mac running out of archive material of which to release a millionth cash grab super deluxe reissue forced their hand to finally trot out Buckingham Nicks but in the most go girl give us nothing way possible lmao
July 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
it's so beautiful that Fleetwood Mac running out of archive material of which to release a millionth cash grab super deluxe reissue forced their hand to finally trot out Buckingham Nicks but in the most go girl give us nothing way possible lmao
wrote about HAVING A COLD and being TOTALLY NORMAL ABOUT IT !!!
diary of a hypochondriac
2,000 or so words about having a summer cold
bit.ly
July 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
wrote about HAVING A COLD and being TOTALLY NORMAL ABOUT IT !!!
I am not a chid of divorce but I am a fan of both Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham, and that's got to count for something, right
July 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I am not a chid of divorce but I am a fan of both Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham, and that's got to count for something, right
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for @bwdr.bsky.social’s jonathan demme issue i wrote about rachel getting married, a movie that is very special to me for reasons vulnerable to admit but that i put into words anyway.
thank you to @ohhhaeee.bsky.social for the gorgeous art and @carriecourogen.bsky.social for her brilliant edits!
thank you to @ohhhaeee.bsky.social for the gorgeous art and @carriecourogen.bsky.social for her brilliant edits!
Rachel Getting Married: Yesterday Is Gone & Tomorrow Is Not Here
So much of Jonathan Demme's 2008 film Rachel Getting Married is about needle-fine moments of grace and clemency.
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July 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
for @bwdr.bsky.social’s jonathan demme issue i wrote about rachel getting married, a movie that is very special to me for reasons vulnerable to admit but that i put into words anyway.
thank you to @ohhhaeee.bsky.social for the gorgeous art and @carriecourogen.bsky.social for her brilliant edits!
thank you to @ohhhaeee.bsky.social for the gorgeous art and @carriecourogen.bsky.social for her brilliant edits!
an absolutely incredible piece of writing from @lindseyromain.bsky.social. i mean, fuck.
New today on the site!
The Jonathan Demme issue continues, with @lindseyromain.bsky.social on RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
(art by @ohhhaeee.bsky.social)
The Jonathan Demme issue continues, with @lindseyromain.bsky.social on RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
(art by @ohhhaeee.bsky.social)
Rachel Getting Married: Yesterday Is Gone & Tomorrow Is Not Here
So much of Jonathan Demme's 2008 film Rachel Getting Married is about needle-fine moments of grace and clemency.
www.brightwalldarkroom.com
July 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
an absolutely incredible piece of writing from @lindseyromain.bsky.social. i mean, fuck.