Category: Writing and Writers

Martin McDonagh Says Art Can Change the World. Just Not as Much as Murder.

The New York Times – Movies:
The writer-director, known for his dark and bleak work, believes in film’s power to change our lives.
R.L. Stine Haunted My Childhood

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
An anxious middle-schooler moved next door to the man who wrote horror for kids. Were those ghosts floating from his chimney?
New Orleans’ Legacy of Death and Rebirth Helped Shaped Anne Rice’s Imagination

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
The Big Easy celebrates the 50th anniversary of ‘Interview With the Vampire,’ the first novel by Anne Rice, whose hometown served as her greatest muse.
How Patricia Highsmith Came to Star in a Ripley-esque Movie

The New York Times – Movies:
“A Talent for Murder” turns the novelist into a suspicious character in a psychological thriller. The author’s caustic personality makes the leap plausible.
How Patricia Highsmith Came to Star in a Ripley-esque Movie

The New York Times – Movies:
“A Talent for Murder” turns the novelist into a suspicious character in a psychological thriller. The author’s caustic personality makes the leap plausible.
No Sleep Till the End of ‘The Bell Jar’

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Spending seven hours and 51 minutes at the second annual marathon reading of Sylvia Plath’s novel in Manhattan.
Tom Hanks Will Return to Broadway in ‘This World of Tomorrow,’ a Time-Travel Romance

The New York Times – Movies:
“This World of Tomorrow,” co-starring Kelli O’Hara, will come to Broadway next fall.
Jim Knipfel, Blind, Dyspeptic Memoirist, Dies at 61

The New York Times – Movies:
His Slackjaw column drew on his life, which included going blind and being locked up in a psychiatric ward. Two of his books were praised by Thomas Pynchon.
‘A Talent for Murder’ Review: Ripley and the Creator

The New York Times – Movies:
Helen Mirren and Alden Ehrenreich star in a psychological thriller about Patricia Highsmith as she grapples with her most famous creation.
My Late Fiancé Never Knew He Had a Daughter

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
And I couldn’t believe a piece of him still existed in this world.
Acclaimed Writers Turn to Classical Music in New Novels

The New York Times – Music:
The challenge for Barbara Kingsolver and Yiyun Li: capturing how dedication to the piano can be a source of joy and pain.
A Trove of Truman Capote’s Possessions Is Up for Auction

The New York Times – T Magazine:
Four decades after his death, a revealing trove of the author’s possessions is up for auction.