Category: Writing and Writers

Egos! Drama! Desmond Child, a Pop Hitmaker, Is Telling His Story.

He helped write indelible hits by Bon Jovi, Katy Perry and Ricky Martin. Now he’s written his own life story.
Warner Bros. Suspends Deals With Top Show Creators

The move, which affected star writers like Mindy Kaling and J.J. Abrams, is an escalation of the standoff between Hollywood studios and the Writers Guild of America.
Read Your Way Through Seoul

Han Kang grew up in Seoul, a city that embraces “thousands of years of turbulence.” She recommends reading that draws from the various eras that have made up her hometown.
An Unexpected Hotbed of Y.A. Authors: Utah

A tight-knit community of young-adult writers who belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has yielded smashes like “Twilight.” But religious doctrine can clash with creative freedoms.
Veteran Studio Negotiator Faces Striking Writers and Actors

Carol Lombardini, the studio voice in union talks, values a low profile. That hasn’t kept striking writers and actors from casting her as a villain.
Paul Brodeur, Reporter Who Exposed the Hazards of Asbestos, Dies at 92

In his long career at The New Yorker, he specialized in writing about this and other threats to people’s health, including chlorofluorocarbons.
What Alex Jones, Woody Allen and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Share

Skyhorse Publishing has built a reputation for taking on authors that other houses avoid. And its founder has helped Kennedy mount a bid for president.
Striking Writers and Studios Agree to Restart Negotiations

The two sides in the Hollywood stalemate will formally meet on Friday, after an informal sidebar session last week.
Emmy Awards Are Pushed to January Because of Hollywood Strikes

It is the first time the show will be moved out of its planned time slot since after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
Read Your Way Through Appalachia

Barbara Kingsolver, whose Pulitzer-winning “Demon Copperhead” offered a variegated portrait of the region, guides readers through a literary landscape “as bracing and complex as a tumbling mountain creek.”
A New Frontier for Travel Scammers: A.I.-Generated Guidebooks

Shoddy guidebooks are flooding Amazon. Their authors claim to be renowned travel writers, but are they A.I. inventions? And how big is the problem?
Read Your Way Through Hanoi

Hanoi, long a city of storytellers, has been devastated and reborn time and time again. Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai guides readers through the literature that has played a part in that renewal.