Books Intro for March 14, 2017 Dear Gossips, When was the last time you saw A Room With A View? For me it’s been years. I forgot most of it. I forgot how funny it was. Or maybe it’s funnier to me now in different ways. TIFF kicked off its 7th annual Books On By Lainey • Mar 14, 2017 09:33 am
Zadie Smith Intro for March 6, 2017 Dear Gossips, Did you read the new Zadie Smith this weekend? And did you LISTEN to Zadie Smith reading her own words this weekend? There’s a new book of photographs taken by Jerry Dantzic coming out next month of Billie Holiday. Zadie’s piece Crazy They Call Me, imagined By Lainey • Mar 06, 2017 08:19 am
Zadie Smith Intro for December 30, 2016 Dear Gossips, Back in November, Zadie Smith was in Berlin to receive the 2016 Welt Literature Prize. I’ve been saving the transcript of her remarks to post today, the final blog day of 2016. Zadie’s talk, On Optimism and Despair, came just after the US election, and seems By Lainey • Dec 30, 2016 10:02 am
Zadie Smith Intro for November 21, 2016 Dear Gossips, My weekend: Fantastic Beasts and Zadie Smith. Did you know that the niffler was based on the honey badger? There’s a lot more to say about the movie. But since some of you might be saving it for US Thanksgiving, we’ll hold off on saying much By Lainey • Nov 21, 2016 07:33 am
Books Intro for November 17, 2016 Dear Gossips, New Zadie Smith interview! New Zadie Smith interview! Her book, Swing Time, came out this week. Have you started? Do you love it? I’ve about 100 pages to go to the end, don’t want it to end, and I didn’t have a highlighter with me By Lainey • Nov 17, 2016 10:08 am
Books Intro for October 31, 2016 Dear Gossips, Zadie Smith’s new book, Swing Time, comes out on November 15th. It’s about two friends who meet at a community dance class in the early 80s but only one of them has the gift for dance while the other has the gift of observation. I’m By Lainey • Oct 31, 2016 08:35 am
