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Michelle E. Moore

@memoore6.bsky.social
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Professor Film and Lit, Author of Chicago and the Making of American Modernism (Bloomsbury Academic, Historicizing Modernism Series), coeditor Refocus: The Films of John Waters and Refocus: The Films of Paul Schrader (EUP).

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Mr. Dan Kelly @mrdankelly.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Just interviewed @memoore6.bsky.social about her new book, The Films of John Waters, which gives the Pope of Trash his academic due. Watch for the interview on @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social (or, you know, here, because I always share links to my articles).
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Michelle E. Moore @memoore6.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The burning questions answered! John Waters sits down with coeditor Michelle E. Moore and chapter authors to dive deep into the world of Refocus: The Films of John Waters. Watch now: youtu.be/Py6epI3PsdA Don't have your copy yet? Preorder now! edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-refocus...
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John Waters interview with Michelle E. Moore, celebrating ReFocus: The Films of John Waters
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Edinburgh University Press @edinburghup.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
🌟 Name a more iconic duo... Our author @memoore6.bsky.social met with the legendary John Waters for a chat about his films and their cultural impact! Watch the interview: edin.ac/4fX5rNj Pre-order the paperback: edin.ac/4yKh8yl
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Angry Algonquin @angryalgonquin.com · 28/07/2026
"ReFocus: The Films of John Waters" Please buy/order at your local independent bookstore or @bookshop.org. John Waters is a legend! Link to his interview with @memoore6.bsky.social in post below. #BookSky 📚 💙
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Edinburgh University Press @edinburghup.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
📽️ A fun Friday watch! To celebrate the highly anticipated paperback release of ReFocus: The Films of John Waters, co-editor Dr. Michelle E. Moore sits down for an exclusive interview with the legendary filmmaker himself!
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John Waters interview with Michelle E. Moore, celebrating ReFocus: The Films of John Waters
To celebrate the highly anticipated softcover release of ReFocus: T...
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Michelle E. Moore @memoore6.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The burning questions answered! John Waters sits down with coeditor Michelle E. Moore and chapter authors to dive deep into the world of Refocus: The Films of John Waters. Watch now: youtu.be/Py6epI3PsdA Don't have your copy yet? Preorder now! edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-refocus...
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John Waters interview with Michelle E. Moore, celebrating ReFocus: The Films of John Waters
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Michelle E. Moore @memoore6.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Video coming soon.... paperback available for pre-order... amzn.to/4f5mg7f #JohnWaters #EUP #Movies #Camp #Trash
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Michelle E. Moore @memoore6.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Video coming soon.... paperback available for pre-order... amzn.to/4f5mg7f
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Michelle E. Moore @memoore6.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Video coming soon.... paperback available for pre-order... amzn.to/4f5mg7f #JohnWaters #EUP #Movies #Camp #Trash
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Michelle E. Moore @memoore6.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Video coming soon.... paperback available for pre-order... amzn.to/4f5mg7f
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Michelle E. Moore @memoore6.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Pre-orders for the paperback are finally available! Out September 30th. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1399...
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ReFocus: The Films of John Waters (ReFocus: The American Directors Series)
Amazon.com: ReFocus: The Films of John Waters (ReFocus: The American Directors Series): 9781399543934: Moore, Michelle E., Brems, Brian: Books
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Michelle E. Moore @memoore6.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Pre-orders are finally available for the paperback. Out September 30th!
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Nolan Void @wolter.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Oh so now copyright matters.
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Michelle E. Moore @memoore6.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
So much fun doing this podcast about my new coedited volume Refocus: The Films of John Waters. Thanks John for the invitation! @edinburghup.bsky.social #johnwaters #film
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Jake Cole @jakecole.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
This is a beautiful sentiment. The only thing you can do when a near-centenarian dies is to celebrate a long life, but in the same way de Oliveira’s passing was sad, or Scorsese’s will be, his was not merely a life well lived but still actively being lived.
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Darkness Pauls @paulle.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Somehow I didn't know about George Michael's lasagna recipe until now. Half a jar of mayonnaise and hard-boiled eggs, you say?
George Michael's lasagna recipe
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JT Lindroos @oivas.com · 19/12/2025
Recommend. Such a smart and fun look at the literary side of John Waters. With some Divine filth mixed in (in)appropriate doses. 🔥💩😋👀 #filmsky #booksky
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John Bleasdale @www.johnbleasdale.com · 18/12/2025
New Episode at Long Last: Michelle E Moore joins me to worship at the altar of the Pope of Trash John Waters #Johnwaters @bleavnetwork.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/it/podcast/w...
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Michelle E. Moore @memoore6.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
I'm so excited to announce that Refocus: The Films of John Waters is out! Use the discount code NEW 30 for 30% off on EUP's website. @edinburghup.bsky.social edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-refocus... #johnwaters #camp #LGBTQ #film #movies #cult
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ReFocus: The Films of John Waters
ReFocus: The Films of John Waters
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Ryan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
They should invent a university that prioritizes teaching and research
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Chris Levesque @levesque-chris.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Folks, if your library doesn’t have a book you want to read, ask them to buy a copy. Most have a convenient form and will let you know when it comes in. If your library offers ILL, they can even borrow books from other libraries.
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Juan Meneses @dissentum.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Only Canada knows how to do it right...
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Michelle E. Moore @memoore6.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
"Art opens up what is possible."
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Michelle E. Moore @memoore6.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
And we were in skirts following all of the protocol from the Chronicle so we could magically think our way into jobs.
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Sarah Cohodes @cohodes.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
📣 New NBER Working Paper out today 📣 "The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct" Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
Screenshot of working paper: The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct
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Guild Cinema @guildcinema.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Sunday to Wednesday! Quentin Tarantino and John Waters’ idol Tura Satana (cult icon and burlesque legend, star of Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!) is honored with a posthumous legacy documentary narrated by Margaret Cho directed by Cody Jarrett (Sugarboxx)!
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TURA! - the new, kick ass Tura Satana doc
Oct 26 thru 29 Sun to Wed 8:00pm only!
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Michelle E. Moore @memoore6.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
My copies arrived! So wonderful to finally see Refocus: the Films of John Waters in print.
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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
"She is the dream actress that every director should have." —Gillian Armstrong Rest in peace to the great Diane Keaton, fearless and unique, a dream actress indeed. 📷 Norman Seeff, Los Angeles, 1975
Black and white shot of Diane Keaton in a tank top with her hands behind her head. I like this photo for its simplicity; you can feel her personality.
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Michelle E. Moore @memoore6.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
I'm so excited to announce that Refocus: The Films of John Waters is out! Use the discount code NEW 30 for 30% off on EUP's website. @edinburghup.bsky.social edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-refocus... #johnwaters #camp #LGBTQ #film #movies #cult
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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
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Chicago Ald. Jessie Fuentes was detained by federal agents inside Humboldt Park Health, as tensions continue to rise between local residents and officials and immigration agents conducting enforcement...
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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
I've thought a lot about the scene in A Clockwork Orange where Alex finds out that the droogs he used to rampage with are now policemen
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Michelle E. Moore @memoore6.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
My copies arrived! So wonderful to finally see Refocus: the Films of John Waters in print.
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Michelle E. Moore @memoore6.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
I'm so excited to finally announce that ReFocus: The Films of John Waters is now available for pre-order on EUP's website: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-refocus... Use the 30% discount code, NEW30. #johnwaters @edinburghup.bsky.social
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Michelle E. Moore @memoore6.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
And I'm delighted to have it included. These are both excellent volumes.
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Matthew Cheney @melikhovo.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Accurate depiction of what revision sometimes feels like.
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Michelle E. Moore @memoore6.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
I'm thrilled to be offering this class, which runs through May, and coediting the first scholarly volume on Waters. baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/coll...
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College credit for watching John Waters movies? There’s a class next spring.
A college course, a literary tribute, and an award are all on the horizon for Baltimore filmmaker John Waters.
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James Bailey @drjamesbailey.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
When I’m struggling to write, I often go back to this David Lynch quote. ‘I discovered that if one looks a little closer at this beautiful world, there are always red ants underneath’
My childhood was elegant homes, tree-lined streets, the milkman, building backyard forts, droning airplanes, blue skies, picket fences, green grass, cherry trees. Middle America as it’s supposed to be. But on the cherry tree, there’s this pitch oozing out – some black, some yellow – and millions of red ants crawling all over it. I discovered that if one looks a little closer at this beautiful world, there are always red ants underneath.
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Daniel Fienberg @thefienprint.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
"Lynchian" is a fully realized and instantly comprehensible adjective, as concrete a one-word summation of an artist's aesthetic and worldview as has ever been associated with any artist in any medium. Things will forever be Lynchian, but there was only one David Lynch. #RIP
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David Lynch, Auteur Drawn to the Dark and the Dreamlike, Dies at 78
With such hallucinogenic masterworks as 'Eraserhead,' 'Blue Velvet,' 'Mulholland Drive,' 'Twin Peaks' and 'The Elephant Man,' he often left more questions than answers.
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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
From the archives: David Lynch considers the dark side of fifties suburbia.
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BREAKING: David Lynch Has Thoughts on the Dark Side of Fifties Suburbia
That 1950s small-town thing, it’s different, and to catch that mood is important. It’s dreamy, that’s what it is. The 50s mood isn’t completely positive, though, and I always knew there was stuff g…
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Michelle E. Moore @memoore6.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
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David Lynch, Visionary Director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ Dies at 78
Director David Lynch, who radicalized American film with with a dark, surrealistic artistic vision in films like 'Blue Velvet,' has died. He was 78.
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Bloody Disgusting @bloody-disgusting.com · 23/12/2024
Much has already been teased about Bill Skarsgård’s transformation as Count Orlok in #Nosferatu, but what about the vampire's bite? Robert Eggers explains the folk horror origins and sound design behind Count Orlok's feeding habits: bloody-disgusting.com/interviews/3...
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How Classic Folk Vampires Inspired 'Nosferatu' Director Robert Eggers' Version of Count Orlok
Much has already been teased about Bill Skarsgård's Count Orlok in terms of appearance in Robert Eggers' Nosferatu, a new take on the classic 1922 vampire
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BJ Colangelo @bjcolangelo.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
ICYMI: I interviewed Robert Eggers to talk about #Nosferatu, vampires, and why awards bodies are so afraid of horror movies. www.slashfilm.com/1741062/nosf...
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Nosferatu Director Robert Eggers On Why Horror Movies Are Often Undervalued [Exclusive Interview] - SlashFilm
Robert Eggers tells us why horror films are often undervalued by audiences and the Academy Awards, and explains his take on the power of vampire movies.
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Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Peeps, I'm doing the consultation on this...it is onerous but I think it would help to even partially fill it out. A lot of my responses are basically "if I have to write pleading individual emails to grumpy heirs of literary estates then so should Microsoft" www.gov.uk/government/c...
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Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
This consultation seeks views on how the government can ensure the UK’s legal framework for AI and copyright supports the UK creative industries and AI sector together.
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Juan Meneses @dissentum.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Brilliantly put by Jeanette Winterson: ""And I began to realize that what we must not do is accept false choices, fake realities, imposed on us by other people. And for me, one of the things that books have done, literature's done, art has done is refuse those false choices, but rather...
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Michelle E. Moore @memoore6.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
I'm thrilled to be offering this class and coediting the first scholarly volume on #johnwaters! #film #cinema #baltimore baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/coll...
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College credit for watching John Waters movies? There’s a class next spring.
A college course, a literary tribute, and an award are all on the horizon for Baltimore filmmaker John Waters.
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Michelle E. Moore @memoore6.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
I'm thrilled to be offering this class, which runs through May, and coediting the first scholarly volume on Waters. baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/coll...
baltimorefishbowl.com
College credit for watching John Waters movies? There’s a class next spring.
A college course, a literary tribute, and an award are all on the horizon for Baltimore filmmaker John Waters.
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kate kush @whiskeysour.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
John Waters' upcoming film 'Liarmouth' with Aubrey Plaza is no longer happening, Waters stating that he has been told "we don't have a penny of the budget." Source: World of Reel #popculture #filmsky #johnwaters #aubreyplaza
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Scott Heim @scottheim.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Parents, 2020s: "Ban drag queen story hour!" Parents, 1970s: "Come over here, girls, and let Divine do your makeup!"
John Waters film goddess DIVINE applies lipstick to a young girl while other children watch
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