Wendy Lesser is the founding editor of The Threepenny Review and writes regularly on film for the Prospect. She is the author of The Amateur and several other books of non-fiction. More by Wendy Lesser

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Wendy Lesser is the founding editor of The Threepenny Review and writes regularly on film for the Prospect. She is the author of The Amateur and several other books of non-fiction. More by Wendy Lesser