Julie Grossman is professor of English and communication and film studies at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York. Her books include Rethinking the Femme Fatale in Film Noir: Ready for Her Close-Up; Literature, Film, and Their Hideous Progeny: Adaptation and ElasTEXTity; and Ida Lupino, Director: Her Art and Resilience in Times of Transition (with Therese Grisham). She is co-editor with R. Barton Palmer of the book series Adaptation and Visual Culture and the collection Adaptation in Visual Culture: Images, Texts, and Their Multiple Worlds. Will Scheibel is associate professor in the Department of English at Syracuse University, where he teaches film and screen studies, and is affiliated with the Goldring Arts Journalism Program. He is the author of American Stranger: Modernisms, Hollywood, and the Cinema of Nicholas Ray and, with Steven Rybin, co-editor of Lonely Places, Dangerous Ground: Nicholas Ray in American Cinema.
"Grossman and Scheibel explore blurrings and categorical confusions. If I have to take a side in the ironic clash between binaristic art/commerce and liminal complexity, as Fox Mulder might argue, it's in the complicated latter that I want to believe. --Matt Hills ""Journal of Popular Television"" In this very smart book, Grossman and Scheibel draw upon their expertise in matters of performance, gender, and genre to brilliantly tap into the 'electricity' that charges and animates Twin Peaks and its remarkable Return. Like 'a damn fine cup of coffee' this book stimulates and satisfies in equal measure. --Constantine Verevis ""Monash University"" That the authors have found a fresh approach to a series that is 30 years old is noteworthy and prompts a reappraisal of, not only the much derided season two of Twin Peaks, but the critically scorned Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. --Kim Akass ""Critical Studies in Television: The International Journal of Television Studies"" The handiest and most encompassing look at the Twin Peaks phenomenon to date. --Mike Segretto ""Psychobabble"" There's a brand-new book about Twin Peaks that captures some magical resonances between various sets of two worlds. Published as part of the TV Milestones Series at Wayne State University Press, Twin Peaks, by Julie Grossman and Will Scheibel, delivers a compact presentation of academically rigorous research and analysis written that is accessible and compelling for curious non-academic audiences. Whether you're an aficionado of the series Twin Peaks or keen to explore milestone developments in television, this book will enchant and enlighten you. --Andy Hageman ""25yearslater.com"" This book is one of the first to investigate all of the Twin Peaks universe, including the recent Showtime series and the many paratexts spiraling from it. Julie Grossman and Will Scheibel create an accessible and vital work that reestablishes how significant this series continues to be in the history of television. --Lindsay Hallam ""senior lecturer in film, University of East London"""