We're honored to announce the longlist for the 2022 PEN/JACQUELINE BOGRAD WELD AWARD FOR BIOGRAPHY, which is awarded to a biography of exceptional literary, narrative, and artistic merit, and which is based on scrupulous research: https://t.co/akR2vu7yHm #PENLitAwards
This fine documentary by Dawn Porter is based on the great book Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight by the 8th district’s own Julia Sweig. Check it out!
The documentary “The Lady Bird Diaries” cements the notion that this lesser known first lady was a force, a sage and LBJ’s go-to adviser https://t.co/xa21kEtMvO
Ahead of our screening and conversation of “The Lady Bird Diaries” at @FordFoundation, celebrate the legacy of perhaps the most underestimated First Lady of the 20th century by revisiting our #IdeasAtFord conversation with @JuliaSweig. https://t.co/up2UKpCslo
Join us for a conversation and screening of an upcoming documentary from @DawnPorter, @KimReynolds1, and @JuliaSweig inspired by Lady Bird Johnson’s audio diary, shedding light on her political savvy and deep commitment to public service.
🗓️May 11 at 6:30PM @JuliaSweig, NYT best-selling author of Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight joins filmmaker @LynnNovick for a conversation on Lady Bird Johnson.
This conversation will be live-streamed. #LBJFriends are invited to attend in person
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But, if as I surmise, only death can bring Leda a kind of purity in finding herself in her connection to her daughters, at what cost motherhood?
That’s Gyllenhaal’s agonizing question.
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🧵Mother’s Day is a few months off, but I’ve been thinking about @mgyllenhaal 's directorial debut, @thelostdaughter, based on Elena Ferrante’s novel, and decided that although it is a feature-length film, it is fair game for Watchword.
A related digression explains why.
Her last words to her (now found) daughters, “Tell me all about it,” and the expression on Coleman’s face, one of uncomplicated presence and joy in allowing her daughters access, reveal precisely the kind of maternal giving over that Shiv and Beth still crave.