Jewish Life in Harbin, China: A Conversation with Jean Hoffmann Lewanda by Susan Blumberg-Kason Interviews [email protected] Tue, 01/07/2025 - 07:08 Shalama and Paul, Shanghai, 1950. Photo courtesy of Jean Hoffmann LewandaI met the author Jean... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2025-01-07 13:08:24 UTC ]
'Wonder' author R.J. Palacio’s graphic novel 'White Bird,' a sequel of sorts to 'Wonder,' was published in 2019 and five years later, the film adaptation is set to hit the big screen. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
A hip-hop musical about the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury didn’t exactly scream global phenomenon when it launched on Broadway in 2015. But Lin-Manuel Miranda had such a clear vision for Hamilton that it became exactly that, winning a Pulitzer Prize along the way. Miranda’s boundless... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2024-09-24 12:31:42 UTC ]
Lin-Manuel Miranda is wrapping up the recording of a concept album for a new musical co-written by playwright Eisa Davis, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The album will be based on the 1979 movie "The Warriors," whose sympathetic depictions of gang members and gritty... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2024-07-09 10:03:03 UTC ]
What are your favorite science fiction novels that have yet to see a film adaptation? Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-06-27 10:30:00 UTC ]
How author Aimie K. Runyan found a new way to approach story for her “reluctant reader” children. | Lit Hub Parenting “My wife was actually kind of freaked out by how happy I was during that time.” Adrian Tomine on the delight of collaborating on the film adaptation of his graphic novel... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-08-04 10:30:27 UTC ]
Since the 1970 publication of 'Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.,' Judy Blume refused all offers for a film adaptation, until Kelly Fremon Craig wrote Blume an email that changed her mind. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-12 05:00:00 UTC ]
Women’s ministry president Lysa TerKeurst takes two spots on PW’s Religion Nonfiction Bestsellers; the film adaptation of Francine River’s ‘Redeeming Love’ boosts the 17-year-old Western romance to #2 in Religion Fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-09 05:00:00 UTC ]
Interviews Weina Dai Randel burst onto the literary scene a number of years ago with her duology about Empress Wu Zetian, China’s first woman leader. After winning the prestigious Rita Award in 2017 and seeing her novels translated into seven... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2022-01-20 14:33:49 UTC ]
Yesterday, a footnote to an op-ed in the LA Times revealed that Red Badge Films is now producing a documentary about Anthony Broadwater’s conviction and then exoneration of Alice Sebold’s rape, called Unlucky. Red Badge Films is helmed by Tim Mucciante, previously the executive producer for the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-12-03 17:48:54 UTC ]
About 20 years ago, Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane used data and statistics to help his low-revenue team keep pace with wealthier competitors, making for a stronger roster. The resulting success inspired Michael Lewis' bestselling book Moneyball, which in turn led to Brad Pitt... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2021-11-01 21:30:00 UTC ]
It’s been a big year for Michelle Zauner. This spring, her much-lauded memoir Crying in H Mart was published, and last week her band Japanese Breakfast released Jubilee, another critically acclaimed album. And the excitement continues: yesterday, the Hollywood Reporter announced that Crying in H... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-06-08 14:46:24 UTC ]
Natalie Portman is to star in a film adaptation of Elena Ferrante's second novel, The Days of Abandonment (Europa Editions). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-04-14 11:17:10 UTC ]
The movie adaptation of Nico Walker’s Cherry—the best-selling debut novel about an Iraq veteran turned heroin addict turned bank robber—will be released in theaters in two days, directed by the Russo Brothers (who you might know from Avengers) and starring Tom Holland (who you might know from... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-02-24 18:21:44 UTC ]
Netflix has announced a film centered on the ongoing stock saga starring Noah Centineo after MGM acquired rights to a book proposal on the same subjectThe GameStop content race is on, even as the Reddit-fueled market rebellion against billionaire hedge funds continues to play out in real... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-02-01 19:04:34 UTC ]
FASCISTS LOVE Dune: Denis Villeneuve’s film adaptation was highly anticipated on white nationalist sites such as Counter-Currents and the Daily Stormer. As soon as the trailer dropped, they began poring over it for signs of deviation from their pet interpretations of Frank Herbert’s 1965 science... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-11-19 18:00:46 UTC ]
It was announced earlier today that MGM is teaming with Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment, Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Films, and director Kamilah Forbes on a film adaptation of National Book Award-winner Ta-Nehisi Coates’ 2019 bestselling novel, The Water Dancer. Coates’ debut novel tells the story of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-11-11 15:33:22 UTC ]
Richard Barrios’s new book delves into the history of the film adaptation that did boffo business and won multiple Oscars. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-07-29 13:56:23 UTC ]
After spending the week getting destroyed by Gen Z on TikTok, here’s some good news for millennials: every 90s kid’s favorite portmanteau-titled book series is finally(?) getting a film adaptation. For the unacquainted(/Irish), the Animorphs were a scrappy gang of teens who, according to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-06-18 18:44:19 UTC ]
News and Events WLT Bestselling Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid will visit the University of Oklahoma April 6 through 8 for the 2020 Puterbaugh Lit Fest hosted by World Literature Today magazine. Events start on April 6 with a conversation about... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2020-03-02 22:05:09 UTC ]