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68 Books For Every Person On Your Holiday List - BuzzFeed News 68 Books For Every Person On Your Holiday List - BuzzFeed News Posted: 27 Nov 2019 12:11 PM PST For the pop culture–obsessed Maybe you're an aspiring TV writer, or maybe you're just a TV fan who binge-watched all of Phoebe Waller-Bridge's brilliant Emmy award–winning dark comedy Fleabag . If that's the case, Fleabag: The Scriptures is just for you; it contains all filming scripts for the show's two seasons, plus behind-the-scenes commentary from Waller-Bridge. Speaking of iconic TV shows, Sex and the City fans might want to consider We Should All Be Mirandas: Life Lessons from Sex and the City's Most Underrated Character . Written by Chelsea Fairless and Lauren Garroni, the creators of the hit Instagram account @everyoutfitonsatc , We Should is a tongue-in-cheek appraisal of the famous redhead, complete with fun illustrations and how-to g...

NYPL Bans Cell Phones at JD Salinger Exhibit; Rare Artifacts on Display - The Jewish Voice NYPL Bans Cell Phones at JD Salinger Exhibit; Rare Artifacts on Display - The Jewish Voice Posted: 26 Nov 2019 04:13 AM PST An exhibit, titled "JD Salinger," is running through January 19th at the historic Fifth Avenue branch of the New York Public Library in Manhattan. The iconic writer died in 2010 and avoided publicity and media most of his life, A.P reported.  By: Harvey Wassenstein  The N.Y Post reported, all cell phones will be banned at this exhibit so nobody can capture any pictures of these rarely seen Salinger artifacts. Library workers are stationed outside the gallery where more than 200 of Salinger's artifacts are on display, telling patrons they have to check their coats and bags — and tuck their phones inside.  His literary estate approved new print editions for the first time in decades of the four books he allowed t...

Kurt Vonnegut on Making a Living as a Writer - The Nation Kurt Vonnegut on Making a Living as a Writer - The Nation Posted: 11 Nov 2019 12:00 AM PST Kurt Vonnegut. (Seven Stories Press) Part A: From Writing I used to teach a writers' workshop . . . and I would say at the start of every semester, "The role model for this course is Vincent Van Gogh—who sold two paintings to his brother." —Kurt Vonnegut 1 Ad Policy The toughest, most fundamental question for a serious writer or artist of any kind, if you're not born with a silver spoon in your mouth, is how to support your habit. 2 Excerpted from Pity the Reader by Kurt Vonnegut and his former student Suzanne McConnell, just published by Seven Stories Press. Not only must the habit be supported. Like everyone else, the artist must first make the means to eat, clothe, and shelter him- or herself and dependents. So the artist has two major tasks. And one (...