Smart Pop is a line of smart, fresh, funny essays on the best of pop culture tv, books, and film (says so right on our banner!), with a particular focus on science fiction and fantasy television and literature.
Our writers are New York Times bestselling authors, television writers, psychologists, philosophers . . . anyone with a love of pop culture and something worth sharing about it.
Since 2003 we’ve published over 4 dozen titles on everything from Star Wars to Gilmore Girls to the work of Joss Whedon, and you can read a new free essay from those books here every day. You can also browse through all our titles and read excerpts of all our essays; just click on “Every Smart Pop Essay” over there on the right.
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Leah Wilson
Editor-in-Chief, Smart Pop
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Leah first sent her resume to BenBella because she saw Seven Seasons of Buffy on the homepage, and she’s been working with the Smart Pop series since 2003, when she graduated from Duke University with a degree in Culture and Modern Fiction. Fall season premiere schedules make her a little giddy.
Jennifer Canzoneri
Marketing Manager, Smart Pop
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Jennifer graduated from Texas A&M University with degrees in English and History, so it shocks no one more than her that she’s now marketing Smart Pop books for a living. It’s a rather pleasant surprise, though. She’s been with BenBella Books for almost five years, and she’s been known to share her thoughts on the evolution of book marketing at quite a few dinner parties. Her DVR is full of both Food Network shows and Gilmore Girls re-runs, but nothing will ever fill the hole left by Veronica Mars.
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