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Favorite Women Writers of the '00s
Each month we bring you the best new books with the Must Reads, but we rarely talk about the writers behind them. Check out some of our favorite contemporary female writers of the decade, and vote on your favorite at the end.
Don't forget to check out the rest of our Best of Decade and Best of 2009 coverage, and defend your favorites in our Best of 2009 group!
The Significant Objects Project, Or, How to Sell Stuff on eBay
What makes an object significant, and possibly valuable? Some writers wagered that it's the story behind the object, and they set out to test their theory.
The Significant Objects Project pairs writers with an object and asks them to write a fictional story about it, with the belief it will then become significant to someone.
Have Cafe Novelists Replaced Boozin' Writers?
In the past, the writer's life was often a lush life. Many great American novelists — including Ernest Hemingway and John Cheever — were notorious drunks. In fact, according to an article by Tom Shone in the new issue of More Intelligent Life, five of America's seven Nobel literary laureates were alcoholics:
In America William Faulkner and Scott Fitzgerald were the Paris and Britney of their day, caught in the funhouse mirror of fame, their careers a vivid tabloid mash-up of hospitalizations and electroshock therapies.
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The Ghost Writer — See It or Skip It?
Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan star together in The Ghost Writer, a political thriller from Roman Polanski. McGregor plays The Ghost, a writer who flies to an island off the US's East Coast to complete the memoirs of former Prime Minister Lang (Brosnan) after his predecessor mysteriously dies. One day in and Lang is accused of a war crime, bringing reporters and protesters to the mansion where he is staying with his wife (Olivia Williams) and PA (Kim Cattrall), and The Ghost begins to uncover clues to the truth behind the mystery.
Movie Preview: McGregor and Brosnan in The Ghost Writer
No matter how you feel about Roman Polanski, it's not really debatable whether he's a talented director. Despite ongoing controversy, his latest film, The Ghost Writer, is still emerging, and this week brings us the trailer for the thriller.
Ewan McGregor plays an author who's recruited into a lucrative deal to be the ghost writer for former Prime Minister Adam Lang, played by Pierce Brosnan.
Magical Penny Scissors to End the Writers' Strike?
The writers are striking! The writers are striking! And it's becoming increasingly apparent that the only way to end the dispute is with a pair of magical penny scissors.
Website of the Day: OmmWriter
There are those days when I sit down to write and can't get past the writer's block, email notifications, or IM messages hurling at my brain. Sometimes, I wish I could sit in an empty room with nothing to distract me. Fortunately, I can find that calming and serene place to think with OmmWriter.
Ask a Writer: Help With My Boyfriend's Kidney-Stealing Parents!
Conventional Wisdom is a different kind of advice column. Your questions will be answered by people from all walks of life rather than by advice experts. Today, a nonfiction writer will offer her common sense advice.
More Actors Come Out to Join the Picket Lines
The striking Writers Guild members were joined on the picket line by veteran and current TV as well as movie stars yesterday. While most of the focus thus far has been the effect of the strike on our television, the movie writers are out there too. Jack Black and Ben Stiller were there holding down the film actor front.
Governors Ball Chair Says the Party Will Go On
Even if the Writers' Strike doesn't end soon — fingers crossed, Buzz says it could potentially end this week — Governors Ball Chair Cheryl Boone Isaacs is confident that the Oscars will happen and that the ball will go on. While at the Governors Ball preview, I was able to sit down and chat with Cheryl. When asked about the Writers' Strike she said:
The Oscars will happen and the ball will go on .
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