Writing and Writers – Page 5

Hollywood Can Be Hell for a Writer, as Two New Books Remind Us

Dorothy Parker worked on the script for “A Star Is Born,” but the tragic ending was all hers, while Bruce Eric Kaplan manages to find the mordant laughs in today’s industry foibles.

By Alexandra Jacobs

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Tina Brown, the Queen of Legacy Media, Takes Her Diary to Substack

She made her name leading glossy magazines. Now she’s joining the newsletter flock.

By Jessica Testa

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Modern Love Stories That Changed Readers’ Lives

For 20 years, Modern Love has recorded peoples’ lives. The column has also had real-life reverberations on readers.

By Miya Lee

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Modern Love Essayists Write Letters to Their Younger Selves

We asked essayists to write a letter to the person they were when they published their Modern Love essay. Here’s what they shared.

By Miya Lee Daniel Jones and Fahima Haque

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