Purpose: This page will pass for a temporary guide/portfolio of my longer writing samples on this particular blog.
Credit: All writing copyright 2010-2012, Maria Esposito. All rights reserved. Please do not reproduce without permission and proper credit. I'm always looking for writing positions and opportunities. Please feel free to contact me, if interested in my writing.
Year: 2010
Topic: Pop culture documentaries and cultural preservation
Documentary #1: 'Rewind America' (and my discussion of cultural preservation) [August 2010]
Documentary #2: 'Keepers Of The Frame' (and further editorializing on cultural preservation) [September 2010]
Documentary #3: 'Delorean' and 'Opening In Moscow' [September 2010]
Documentary #4: 'Spine Tingler!: The William Castle Story' [November 2010]
Topic: Television, select short and long articles
Sit, Hubu, Sit! Good dog. (a short run-down about the new retro cable channel, the HUB) [October 2010]
United Monster Talent Agency (a short article on a cool online short film) [October 2010]
On The Television Auction Block (longer article comparing the merits of the currently popular auction/collectible reality genre on cable -- with an emphasis on my two recommendations, Discovery's Auction Kings and Syfy's Hollywood Treasure) [December 2010]
Topic: Film including Fluorescerama series (musings of varying length highlighting movies I've enjoyed)
84 Charing Cross Road (1987) [July 2010]
It Happened One Night (1934) [August 2010]
On The Waterfront (1954) [August 2010]
Race With The Devil (1975) [October 2010]
The Blue Dahlia (1945) [November 2010]
Topic: 2010 lists
Pop Culture Gift Guide 2010 (a personally curated list of pop culture emporia and gifts for Christmas or any time) [December 2010]
Movies In Review 2010 [January 2011]
Year: 2011
Topic: Book reviews
Amy Sedaris, Our Googly-Eyed Guru (review of Simple Times: Crafts For Poor People by Amy Sedaris) [January 2011]
Totally Tubular 80s Toys (review of Totally Tubular 80s Toys by Mark Bellomo) [February 2011]
Whatever Happened To Pudding Pops? (review of Whatever Happened To Pudding Pops?: The Lost Toys, Tastes, & Trends of the '70s & '80s by Gael Fashingbauer Cooper and Brian Bellmont) [August 2011]
The Encyclopedia of Guilty Pleasures (review of The Encyclopedia Of Guilty Pleasures: 1,001 Things You Hate To Love by Sam Stall, Lou Harry, and Julia Spalding) [October 2011]
Topic: Film including Fluorescerama series (musings of varying length highlighting movies I've enjoyed)
America, Be Scented (article about the history of Smell-O-Vision) [January 2011]
Eau d'Orson (read: 'Ode to Orson') [August 2011]
Equinox (1970) [November 2011]
Topic: Television, select short and long articles
2011 TVLand Awards [April 2011]
Carry On Luggage: BBC's Come Fly With Me (review of the BBC series Come Fly With Me) [June 2011]
Nick Knack: The 90s Are Back (article about the return of 1990s programming on Nickelodeon) [July 2011]
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace: A Guide [August 2011]
Survey Says: Game Shows! (a review and recap of GSN's history of game shows 1970s-90s series) [September 2011]
Pop Culture Documentary #5: 'A Flea Market Documentary' [October 2011]
Topic: Pop culture miscellanea, select short and long articles
Thoroughly Modern Miltons (short 'on this day in history'-style article about the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Pop-Tarts) [February 2011]
Ken Carson: This Is Your Life (short 'on this day in history'-style article about Mattel's Ken doll) [March 2011]
'I'm Hep Daddy-O! I'm Into The Ramones!' (short 'on this day in history'-style article about the Ramones' movie, Rock n' Roll High School) [August 2011]
Macy's 85th Thanksgiving Day Parade (list of eleven historical facts about the Thanksgiving Parade) [November 2011]
Year: 2012
Topic: Book reviews
M-G-M: Hollywood's Greatest Backlot (review of M-G-M: Hollywood's Greatest Backlot by Steven Bingen, Stephen X. Sylvester, and Michael Troyan) [April 2012]
Mozipedia: The Encyclopedia of Morrissey (review of Mozipedia: The Encyclopedia of Morrissey and the Smiths by Simon Goddard) [May 2012]
Topic: Television, select short and long articles
Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (article about the series and further discussion of cultural preservation) [February 2012]
