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.
Category: Writing and Writers
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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?
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Hollywood Writers and Studios to Restart Talks After Standoff
A strike by writers and actors has caused nearly a complete production shutdown of scripted entertainment.
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Julian Barry, Who Made Lenny Bruce Into ‘Lenny,’ Dies at 92
Mr. Barry’s scripts for a hit Broadway play and later a Hollywood movie about that rule-breaking comic helped give Mr. Bruce a lasting place in pop culture lore.