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Olivia Rutigliano

Olivia Rutigliano is a PhD candidate and fellow in the department of English and comparative literature and the department of theater at Columbia University. A staff writer at LitHub and CrimeReads, she has also published work in Vanity Fair, Lapham’s Quarterly, The Baffler, Politics/Letters, The Toast, Truly Adventurous, PBS Television, and elsewhere. icon

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Deep Focus: “The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming”

By Olivia Rutigliano

It’s hardly a secret, but, for a land that bills itself as a land of freedom and ...

Blood Brothers: Dracula vs. Nosferatu

By Olivia Rutigliano

Many of the vampires that swarmed the last hundred years of cinema are descended from one of two forefathers: one is a striking, elegant, and even ...

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