Bookworms love a good retelling. Some romantic ships, like Pride and Prejudice’s Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy, we will read or watch over and over, in every possible setting, without ever getting tir…
5 Songs for a Night at Gatsby’s
From decade to decade and dusk till dawn, the last name Gatsby is passed down between generations like a bottomless flute champagne glass. I invite you inside the mansion to get a closer look, or rath…
Into the Past: Assessing Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby
After nearly ten years of production qualms, Baz Luhrmann’s The Get Down is soon to be made available for streaming. With trademark flashy visuals and slightly overblown spectacle, Luhrmann tend…
Read of the Week: ‘Even in Paradise’ by Chelsey Philpot
Even in Paradise by Chelsey Philpot When Charlotte meets Julia, she never imagines they’ll become anything more than just acquaintances, but after a few unusual run-ins, she’s being invite…
Read of the Week: Great by Sara Benincasa
In Sara Benincasa’s contemporary retelling of The Great Gatsby, a teenage girl becomes entangled in the drama of a Hamptons social circle, only to be implicated in a tragedy that shakes the summ…
Celebrate Your Right to Read: Banned Books Week
In honor of the American Library Association’s Banned Books Week (www.ala.org/bbooks), beginning September 21, the country will celebrate its essential, inborn freedom of reading literature. Ban…
Interview: The Great Gatsby Cast & Director at the Australian Premiere
TYF Contributor Shane A. Bassett attended the red carpet premiere of The Great Gatsby in Sydney, Australia. He spoke with the cast, director and others about the film and their work. It was raining co…