The writer-director made hit after hit movie, until he didn’t. But he doesn’t let it get him down.
Category: Writing and Writers
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Henry David Thoreau Impersonator Says Farewell to Walden Pond
After 26 years in character as the 19th-century transcendentalist writer, Richard Smith is hanging up his straw hat.
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Henry David Thoreau Impersonator Says Farewell to Walden Pond
After 26 years in character as the 19th-century transcendentalist writer, Richard Smith is hanging up his straw hat.
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Stephanie Burt on Taylor Swift and Her Favorite Books
She put aside a bunch of projects, including a book about Walt Whitman, to publish “Taylor’s Version: The Poetic and Musical Genius of Taylor Swift.”
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‘The Paper’ Is Hollywood’s Latest Take on Journalism
Sometimes, journalists are heroes onscreen. Other times, they can’t help but fall in love.
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Steve Hayden, Writer Behind Apple’s ’1984’ Commercial, Dies at 78
The ad for the Macintosh computer — which ran just once, during the Super Bowl — is considered one of the most memorable commercials ever made.
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A Novelist Asks: Am I Bob Dylan’s Son?
In his autobiographical novel, Sam Sussman grows up wondering if his affinity for the great singer-songwriter goes beyond a striking resemblance.
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Exploring Daphne du Maurier’s Cornwall
The county in southern England was where the British writer, known for her psychological mysteries and romantic novels, found herself ‘as a writer and as a person.’
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Following the Sounds of Arabic to Rediscover Paris
A language student’s guide to the French capital highlights the culinary, literary and musical influences that quietly shape everyday life.
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How Harry Potter Fans Are Driving the Romantasy Trend
Romantasy is propping up the fiction market. Thanks to a generation that grew up reading about a boy wizard.
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This Wedding Singer Has Co-Written a Novel, and the Songs That Go With It
Along with his side gig, Jens Lekman has put out five albums. Now he’s collaborated with David Levithan on the novel “Songs for Other People’s Weddings.”