Hermione Lee’s biography of the playwright and screenwriter covers his rigorous research and writing habits, his famous friends and his political thinking.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 02:06PMMark Harris’s biography tells the story of the writer and director who formed a beloved comedy duo with Elaine May and directed movies including “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and…
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 02:06PMStefano Massini’s “The Lehman Trilogy,” a novel in verse related to his play of the same name, covers 160 years in the life of the Lehmans and their business.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 11:48AMOne of Ms. Churchill’s merits as a playwright is that she tends to divide people. Her play, “Light Shining in Buckinghamshire,” returns to New York.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 05:06AMWhen Bret Easton Ellis’s novel was published in 1991, he and his protagonist, Patrick Bateman, were equally vilified. But Bateman’s bloodlust, materialism and obsession with Donald J. Tr…
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 10:09AMHarold Pinter’s widow, Antonia Fraser, recalls their years together.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMA biography of Kay Thompson, the eccentric entertainer and author of “Eloise,” written by Sam Irvin.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMA British scholar writes his appreciation of the chuckle- and the guffaw-producing.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMSamuel Beckett’s “Echo’s Bones,” a short story, is being published eight decades after his editor rejected it.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 04:36PMA judgment call for parents: When is it appropriate to introduce children to challenging cultural material — whether it is sexy or profane, creepy or violent, or simply adult and intense?
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 05:36PMIn the new musical “February House,” W. H. Auden, Carson McCullers and Gypsy Rose Lee are unlikely roommates in pre-hipster Brooklyn.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 08:00AMThe only thing better than reading a play like Yasmina Reza’s “God of Carnage” is reading it aloud with people you like. What plays would you enjoy reading with friends?
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 11:07AMNearly 40 years of self-absorbed musings and uneasy feelings written by a searching and troubled artist have been condensed into “The Journals of Spalding Gray.”
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