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Marie Yovanovitch
Germany welcomes release of writer sought by Turkey
Germany's foreign minister welcomed the release Sunday of Dogan Akhanli, a German writer detained in Spain on a Turkish warrant.
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This casting director likes you for your idiosyncrasies
The first thing that casting director David Rubin does when he reads a screenplay is to forget the writer’s character descriptions. Instead, he’s on the lookout for an actor’s authenticity, as well as diversity. Rubin offers his Brief But Spectacular…
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The editor of the New Yorker on helping writers find their voice
David Remnick has been a writer for The New Yorker since 1992 and its editor since 1998. In the age of modern media, his job requires not only producing a quality magazine, but also keeping up financially and technologically. One…
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Writer Jay Parini considers how people experience God through the story of Jesus…
Jay Parini talks the 'spiritual journey' of writing book on Jesus…
In depicting American slavery, Hollywood has long left some of the most brutal realities largely unseen. But the filmmakers behind "12 Years a Slave" tried not to flinch in showing the full system of human subjugation. Jeffrey Brown talks to…
From the Archives: Writer Doris Lessing's unfinished business with 'Ben in the World'…
In 'Boy Detective,' writer Roger Rosenblatt investigates his Manhattan childhood…
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