Jessica Bruder talks Nomadland

“Nomadland,” a film inspired by and featuring non-actor sources from journalist Jessica Bruder’s 2017 nonfiction book of the same name, just swept the Academy Awards. Both book and film explore the life of America’s “new nomads,” who live without traditional housing since losing their savings in the Great Recession. On this week’s Kicker, Bruder joins […] Continue reading at 'Columbia Journalism Review'

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Book to Film Deals, Week of July 10, 2017

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