Coming March 10, 2026 from Chicago Review Press
“A solid analysis of Fonda’s film work within the context of her political activism … This valuable reassessment will remind film lovers of what makes Fonda a star.” — Publishers Weekly
“Seamlessly swerves from keen appreciation of each film’s production, popularity and cultural impact to a meticulous evaluation of Fonda’s overriding personal ethos.” — Booklist
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Nelson was a longtime Washington Post theater critic / arts contributor and a staff critic from 2013-19, is the author of the 2014 book American Playwriting and the Anti-Political Prejudice and the David Mamet chapter for Modern American Drama: Playwriting in the 1980s, and has written for American Theatre, the Sondheim Review, the Eugene O’Neill Review and Irish Theatre Magazine. His undergrad degree included a concentration in Film Studies, and he subsidized part of his graduate work by managing video stores in the heyday of home movie rentals. He lives in Delaware.
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