Emina Melonic writes about culture, film, and books. Her work has been published in Claremont Review of Books, Los Angeles Review of Books, Modern Age, and The New Criterion, Law and Liberty, among others. She’s currently writing a biography of Edward G. Robinson and a book on Ronald Reagan’s Hollywood years.
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