You Are What You Read

Julie Gilbert on the making of Hollywood Blockbuster, Giant


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On this week’s episode of You Are What You Read, we are sitting down with bestselling author Julie Gilbert for a conversation about her beloved aunt, Edna Ferber. Julie writes about her Edna Ferber in the biography, Edna Ferber and Her Circle, and in her latest book, Giant LoveEdna Ferber, Her Best-selling Novel of Texas, and the Making of a Classic American Film. Julie has taught Creative Writing at New York University’s School of Continuing Education and currently heads The Writers Academy at The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach, Florida. In this episode, Julie walks us through the Golden Age of Hollywood from the writer's desk of her aunt Edna Ferber, the Pulitizer Prize-winning novelist, short story writer and playwright. 

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