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LSP talks to award-winning Israeli director Rama Burshtein after a screening of her movie The Wedding Plan at the Tribeca Film Festival. In 2012, Burshtein's debut Fill the Void, about a religious young woman who faces the decision to marry her late sister’s husband, gained worldwide recognition and established her reputation as both a filmmaker and screenwriter.
Read MoreIn an interview with Coates at Festival Albertine this past week, the author and essayist took a break from the frenzy of an event that drew crowds of New Yorkers to the salons of the Fifth Ave bookstore for a moment of introspection. He shared his thoughts on the end of the Obama era, his mentor David Carr, and about writing when nobody's reading.
Read MoreInspired by Trump's "nasty woman" comment during last week's Presidential debate, here are ten of the nastiest women in literature.
Read MoreWaking up yesterday to the news that the champion of a rebellious yet subtle poetic vernacular had been recognized as one of the greatest writers of our time, suddenly overshadowed everything else: beauty, music and complexity had prevailed.
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