Hillary Kelly is a book, television, and cultural critic and, since 2017, a contributor to Vulture, where she has profiled writers like Susan Choi, Rivka Galchen, Emily St. John Mandel, and Olivia Laing; charted the rise and fall of the Literary Jonathans, and the unending rise of the "villainous bitch" trend in literature; and interviewed luminaries like Hilary Mantel and Jenny Offill. She has worked as a books editor at the New Republic, a contributor to Glamour, and a writer for outlets such as The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, and The Atlantic.
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The Handmaid’s Tale Recap: Halo EffectJune fought like hell to get to Canada, but now that she’s there, she may have to sacrifice her most vital relationships in order to enact revenge.
The Crown Found Its Scoundrel in CharlesIf the Netflix series once wanted us to see the prince as a sensitive man dragged along by an unfeeling system, it certainly doesn’t anymore.
The Good Lord Bird Recap: Jesus Walks“Hiving the Bees” painstakingly recounts just how exquisitely John Brown fumbled his planning for the raid at Harpers Ferry.
The Vow Season-Finale Recap: Take Back Your LifeThe Vow concludes having given us only the briefest of glimpses into what culpability really looks like. Then again, there’s always next season.
The Good Lord Bird Recap: Divided in HalfA slower, moodier episode pulls back on Brown’s scene-stealing hijinks and switches the narrative from savior-focused to slave-focused.
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The Vow Recap: The Body Keeps the ScoreA two-pronged episode fills in an important element of Keith’s backstory, as Catherine Oxenberg inches closer to legal action against him.
Snowpiercer Recap: I Saved Humanity, Audrey!Does Layton really have the stomach to take control of Snowpiercer in the finale? Or does Melanie have him right where she wants him?
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Snowpiercer Recap: RevoluciónThe engine is under assault from virtually every passenger onboard, just as Layton hoped.
Snowpiercer Recap: Runaway Train“Trouble Comes Sideways” asks us to consider where Melanie falls in a very particular post-apocalyptic version of the trolley problem.