The Many Literary Adaptations of Orson Welles

By Jason Diamond on Jun 30, 2014 Flavorwire

It’s notable that in My Lunches With Orson — the collection of taped conversations between Orson Welles and Henry Jaglom in the last years of the Citizen Kane director’s life — Welles mentions writers Jean-Paul Sartre, Jorge Luis Borges, Dwight Macdonald, James Agee, Joan Didion, and John O’Hara… but in the capacity of their film criticism, not their novels or nonfiction. Reading the conversations, it becomes clear that Welles was a big reader and obviously had a love for great literature — something also evidenced by the many film adaptations of literature he had a hand in. Here’s a selection of the most interesting. … Read More

The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2014 So Far

By Elisabeth Donnelly on Jun 30, 2014 

It’s heartening to realize that there’s a surplus of elegantly written nonfiction books these days — books that can take you to another time, place, and location, and even cause a revolution in your mind. Here’s a sampling of the ten best nonfiction titles, ones that linger in our minds as the first half of the year draws to a… Read More