From the team behind Poldark, a new adaptation of Nobel Prize winner John Galsworthy's The Forsyte Saga, which follows a new money British family in the early twentieth century.
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Keeley Hawes Will Play Jane Austen's Sister in a New Miniseries
Daniel HautzingerThe British star will play Cassandra Austen, who burned much of her correspondence with her sister Jane after Jane's death, in an adaptation of Gill Hornby's novel Miss Austen.
A Q&A with the Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author of 'Poverty, By America'
Daniel HautzingerMatthew Desmond won a Pulitzer Prize for his book Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City. His newest book tries to answer the questions, "Why is there so much poverty in the United States, and how can we finally end it?”
The Co-Editor of a New Encyclopedia of Indian Cuisine Explores Her Neighborhood, Along Devon Avenue
Daniel HautzingerFrom the Archive: Chicago Author and Nobel Laureate Saul Bellow
Daniel Hautzinger"I am an American, Chicago born," Saul Bellow's The Adventures of Augie March famously begins. Watch Bellow discuss winning the Nobel Prize and the sudden overwhelming media attention it brought in a segment from a 1977 WTTW show.
The Major Differences Between 'Magpie Murders' the TV Show and Book
Daniel HautzingerA Recipe for a Vegan Sri Lankan Curry from Oak Park Writer Mary Anne Mohanraj
Daniel HautzingerHow the Oak Park Author Mary Anne Mohanraj Filled "A Hole in Her Heart" By Writing a Sri Lankan Cookbook
Daniel HautzingerA Novel About Jane Austen Is Being Made into a Miniseries for PBS
Daniel HautzingerJane Austen is once again being adapted for the screen, but this time it's her life, not her books, that is the subject. Gill Hornby's novel Miss Austen, which tells the story of Jane and her sister Cassandra, is becoming a series that will air on WTTW and PBS stations via Masterpiece.