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Required Reading: The 7 Books That Inspired Anika Jade Levy’s ‘Flat Earth’
While it’s likely enough that you’ve encountered tales of rivalries between best friends or biting portraits of coastal arts scenes,…
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Required Reading: The Five Books That Changed Chris Kraus’s Life
If you’ve ever pored over the pioneering autofiction classic I Love Dick (or, for that matter, watched its Joey Soloway-helmed 2016 TV…
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Required Reading: 7 Books and Authors That Inspired Elizabeth McGovern’s New Play
“It just blew my mind, because it takes a person all the way from high school age to maturity. That really fascinates me as an actor, the…
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Writer-Director Durga Chew-Bose on Françoise Sagan’s ‘Bonjour Tristesse’—And 7 More Books That Inspired Her First Film
As for the film’s source material, Chew-Bose says that making Bonjour Tristesse significantly deepened her appreciation for Sagan’s very…
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From André Leon Talley to Zora Neale Hurston: A “Superfine” Reading List
In recent years, the theme of the Costume Institute’s big spring exhibition—and, in turn, the Met Gala—has often had an establishing…