Another year, another New Year’s resolution to read all the books I’ve been putting off reading for the last five years or so. It’s always the same story: “This year I’m going to do it! I’m going to do more yoga and learn French and finally read War and Peace!” Well, after almost two months […]
The 90s weren’t all grunge rock, Snackwells, and Doc Martens. They were also a golden era for classic-lit inspired movies, each of them given a totally 90s modernizing treatment: Jane Austen met California rich girls, and Shakespeare mashed up with high school cliques. Here are four of our favorite 90s movies with an awesome literary pedigree.
Kirsten Smith is a Hollywood screenwriter with more than a few big credits to her name: 10 Things I Hate About You, Legally Blonde, and Whip It, for example. She’s also the author of the fantastic novel-in-verse The Geography of Girlhood. Her new young adult novel, Trinkets, has a cover that made me stop and stare. Kirsten’s here to talk about […]