It’s a big season for Zadie Smith. While most of us eagerly await the publication of her latest book, NW, the author’s earlier work, On Beauty, is set to become a feature film. Smith’s first book to be dramatized on film was White Teeth, a UK mini-series from 2002 based on her book of the same name. (And available online if you have Hulu Plus.)
Zadie Smith’s Headed to Hollywood
Authoring Change
The Boston Globe profiles Daniel Coquillette, co-author of the first comprehensive history of Harvard Law School. “Deeming the previous attempts lackluster, Coquillette and Bruce Kimball resolved to produce an honest, critical look at Harvard Law School’s founding -- and its oftentimes bigoted history.” His book inspired students to take action to retire the school’s crest.
Tuesday New Release Day: Rash, Gavin, Hainey
New this week: a pair of highly anticipated collections, Nothing Gold Can Stay by Ron Rash and Middle Men by Jim Gavin. Also out is Michael Hainey's intriguing memoir chronicling his investigation into his father's mysterious death, After Visiting Friends.
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Poe’s Back
After a period of uncertainty, Baltimore’s Edgar Allan Poe House is finally scheduled for reopening. To celebrate the victory, check out Édouard Manet’s illustrations for the French edition of “The Raven.”
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Conferenceness
"Can a conference really transcend its essential conferenceness?" For a conference on Geoff Dyer, that's the essential question, and the Los Angeles Review of Books has an answer. Pair with Dyer's Year in Reading and Janet Potter's review of Another Great Day at Sea.
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More Baffler
We recently noted the return of The Baffler. Robert Birnbaum recently interviewed the magazine's new publisher John H. Summers.
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Tedious and overrated tweeting.
Apparently Bret Easton Ellis is not a DFW fan.
Writers on Reading
How do writers read? Elisa Gabbert asked ten writers, including Teju Cole and Laura Van Den Berg (who wrote about her pet wolf Natasha for The Millions), about their reading habits for The Believer.
Thanks for the heads-up on the White Teeth adaption. Loved the book; had no idea it had made TV.