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‘books’ + ‘Chat Room’

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Posted 11/14/08 in Vulture

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Natasha Wimmer on Translating Bolaño’s ‘2666’

We asked Alan Page, translator of the screenplays '21 Grams' and 'Babel,' to find out how Wimmer did it.

Posted 11/07/08 in Vulture

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Director Deepa Mehta on ‘Heaven on Earth,’ Adapting Rushdie’s ‘Midnight’s Children,’ and the X-Men

Mehta spoke to Vulture from Toronto about Bollywood, Hollywood, magical realism, and the X-Men.

Posted 10/14/08 in Vulture

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Richard Belzer on His Debut Novel, Hulk Hogan, and Not Being Related to the Fonz

Belzer raps with Vulture on playing Detective Munch and suing the Hulkster.

Posted 10/09/08 in Vulture

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Anne Rice on Her New Memoir, Finding God, and Ditching Vampires

Rice spoke with Vulture about Hollywood, the election, and not watching 'True Blood.'

Posted 09/16/08 in Vulture

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First-Time Novelist Chuck Klosterman on ‘Downtown Owl,’ His Subpar Farming Ability, and His Adoring Fans

Klosterman raps with Vulture on the switch to fiction.

Posted 09/09/08 in Vulture

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24-Year-Old ‘SNL’ Writer Simon Rich Could Use Your Help Finishing His Novel

Rich spoke to Vulture about the new book and the upcoming season of 'SNL,' premiering this weekend.

Posted 08/29/08 in Vulture

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Satirist Christopher Buckley on Tackling the Supreme Court, Competing With Actual Headlines

'I've always said that the hardest part of writing satire or farce in America is that you're in competition with tomorrow's front page of 'USA Today.''

Posted 08/21/08 in Vulture

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Paul Auster on ‘Man in the Dark’ and Seceding From the Union

Paul Auster on ‘Man in the Dark’ and Seceding From the Union

Auster talks to Vulture about his critics and why he'd like to see New York become a city-state.

Posted 08/12/08 in Vulture

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Rebecca Miller on ‘The Private Lives of Pippa Lee,’ the Novel — and the Movie

Rebecca Miller on ‘The Private Lives of Pippa Lee,’ the Novel — and the Movie

The novelist and filmmaker on the wisdom of not casting her husband, Daniel Day-Lewis.

Posted 07/22/08 in Vulture

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Neil Gaiman on the Twentieth Anniversary of ‘Sandman’

Neil Gaiman on the Twentieth Anniversary of ‘Sandman’

'Nobody was quite sure what this thing was and who was buying it. But everybody was very happy about it.'

Posted 07/16/08 in Vulture

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Author and Joke Expert Jim Holt Practices His Insult Comedy on Vulture

Author and Joke Expert Jim Holt Practices His Insult Comedy on Vulture

The author of 'Stop Me If You've Heard This: A History and Philosophy of Jokes' grants Vulture a deadly serious interview.

Posted 06/19/08 in Vulture

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Author David Wroblewski on ‘The Story of Edgar Sawtelle,’ Hamlet, and the Golden Age of Dog Fiction

Author David Wroblewski on ‘The Story of Edgar Sawtelle,’ Hamlet, and the Golden Age of Dog Fiction

The Stephen King–blurbed author talks to Vulture about his debut novel.

Posted 06/12/08 in Vulture

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Grandmaster Flash on Hip-hop, His Memoir, and Why It’s Better to Be a Basehead Than a Crackhead

Grandmaster Flash on Hip-hop, His Memoir, and Why It’s Better to Be a Basehead Than a Crackhead

'I went home and I cried, cried, cried, cried. Nobody got it! I tried to go to different clubs, get on for five or ten minutes, and I heard excuses.'

Posted 06/09/08 in Vulture

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‘While They Slept’ Author Kathryn Harrison on Not Getting Over It

‘While They Slept’ Author Kathryn Harrison on Not Getting Over It

'My response to people who say, "Oh, there goes Kathryn Harrison talking about her father again" is "I'm not getting over this!"'

Posted 05/08/08 in Vulture

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Author Paula Uruburu on Evelyn Nesbit, ‘American Eve,’ and What We Can All Learn From Miley Cyrus

Author Paula Uruburu on Evelyn Nesbit, ‘American Eve,’ and What We Can All Learn From Miley Cyrus

The author of Nesbit's new biography convinces Vulture not to pose topless for 'Vanity Fair.'

Posted 04/15/08 in Vulture

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‘n+1’ Founder Keith Gessen on His Debut Novel and Men Behaving Badly

‘n+1’ Founder Keith Gessen on His Debut Novel and Men Behaving Badly

Gessen talks about 'All the Sad Young Literary Men' and his portrayal of women.

Posted 03/26/08 in Vulture

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David Hajdu on the Great Comics Scare

David Hajdu on the Great Comics Scare

"I think there’s still a very deep-rooted fear that our kids are going to turn against us like Dobermans."

Posted 03/11/08 in Vulture

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‘The Blue Star’ Author Tony Earley on the Pleasures of Returning Home

Posted 03/04/08 in Vulture

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Richard Price on ‘Lush Life,’ Martin Scorsese, and Michael Jackson

Posted 02/28/08 in Vulture

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Author Philippa Gregory on ‘The Other Boleyn Girl’, Scarlett Johansson, and Bodice-Ripping