Laura J. Burns

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Laura J. Burns writes books, writes for TV, and sometimes writes TV based on books and books based on TV. She will never, however, write a poem. She’s the managing editor of The Antagonist.

Are We Witnessing the Birth of a Philanthropist on The Gilded Age?

Everybody’s favorite thing about the robber baron Mr. Russell on HBO’s The Gilded Age is his beard. But everybody’s second favorite thing about him is the gooey center inside his flinty exterior. Honestly I can’t even write that without laughing. Mrs. Russell is the tough one in that family, I don’t even know how Mr. Russell got to be a…