The List: Anne Rice — the queen of vampires

Anne Rice, revivalist of the vampire genre in American literature, passed away on Saturday at the age of 80. I have not read any of her work, but her most famous book, Interview with the Vampire, was one of the defining books of the late ‘70s, and paved a clear path for the likes of Twilight, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and other vampiric pop culture hits…