Posted inArchitecture Books and Literature Mirrors Textiles
4 Books That Reflect on Faces, Fragments and Torments
New reading relates the history of mirrors, patchwork and a monumental teahouse, plus the struggle to make design more just.
Posted inBlack People Books and Literature Brooks, Gwendolyn Cooper, J California (1932-2014) Demby, William (1922-2013) Hairston, Andrea (1952- ) Hansberry, Lorraine Himes, Chester Kaufman, Bob McPherson, James Alan Poetry and Poets Reed, Ishmael Spence, Eulalie (1894-1981) Theater Toomer, Jean Writing and Writers
The New Black Canon: Books, Plays and Poems That Everyone Should Know
A guide to some of the undervalued 20th-century works that testify to the richness of the Black American literary archive.
Posted inBlume, Judy Books and Literature Brooks, James L Craig, Kelly Fremon Documentary Films and Programs internal-sub-only Movies Oppenheimer, Mark Television Writing and Writers
Judy Blume Finally Got a ‘Yes’ From Hollywood
Decades after she first discussed translating her work to film and television, the Blume-aissance is upon us. All it needed was for Judy Blume fans to take charge in the entertainment industry.
Posted inAcademy Awards (Oscars) Books and Literature Carr, Allan Movies Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears (Book) Schulman, Michael (Author) The Academy and the Award (Book) Trumbo, Dalton Weinstein, Harvey
Two Histories of the Scandal-Soaked Academy Awards
On the eve of Hollywood’s big, if diminished, night, two deeply researched books dig into the scandal-soaked history of the Academy Awards.