Lawsuit Filed Over Rights To Truman Capote’s Breakfast At Tiffany’s
A lawsuit filed claims that Truman Capote set up a charity trust before his death which owns the rights to a prequel, sequel, or television series inspired by the 1961 film Breakfast At Tiffany’s, which is based on Capote’s novella of the same name. The purpose of the lawsuit is to get back the rights that were sold to Paramount for $300,000 in 1991 since they have yet to make anything and others have shown interest.
The Root Launches New Podcast
For bookish podcast fans, here’s a new one to keep your ears warm: The Root Presents: It’s Lit! “The Root Presents: It’s Lit! centers the voices and ideas of Black writers—not only authors but journalists and essayists; thought leaders and dreamers; poets and playwrights; screenwriters and songwriters. It’s Lit! stands at the intersection of Black literature and Black lives—because both matter.”
Raven Leilani’s Luster Wins $50,000 Kirkus prize
The Kirkus Prize for fiction winner is Raven Leilani’s Luster, a novel about a young Black artist who begins a relationship with a white man in an open marriage which ultimately leads to her relationship with his family. Two other $50,000 honors were announced: Stakes Is High: Life After the American Dream by Mychal Denzel Smith for best nonfiction; I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James for best young people’s literature.