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Jimmy is looking to unload the place. Li blends her own heritage with a sharp eye for humor and interpersonal relationships. It has a whole lot to do with LaCroix. Credit: Margarita Corporan; Henry Holt and Company Read on for her answers to all of EWs burning questions. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What is the first thing ever that you remember writing?LILLIAN LI:Fanfiction! Harry Potter fanfiction to be exact. I co-wrote it with my best friend in fifth grade....

Its just the magic of Nell Freudenberger below, she answers EWs burning questions about her writing process. What is the last book that made you cry?Dolen Perkins-ValdezsWench. Where do you write?At home at my desk, after everyone has gone to work and school. Credit: Knopf Which book made you a forever reader?DAulairesBook of Greek Myths. What is a snack you couldnt write without?CHOCOLATE.

Enter Rao, the debut novelist who has everyone talking this spring. That was the main drama of the story. What is the last book that made you cry?The Remains of the Day, by Kazuo Ishiguro. Carlos Avila Gonzalez; Flatiron Books What is your favorite part ofGirls Burn Brighter?The ending. Which book made you a forever reader?Little House on the Prairie. I had to make him capable of love. Carlos Avila Gonzalez; Flatiron Books...

Divorce is a tricky business, particularly during the back nine of one’s life. They all wind up living together in a seaside Massachusetts house where things get … interesting. What is the first thing ever that you remember writing? Credit: Sharona Jacobs; Flatiron Books A story about a boy who gets blown out to sea on a sailboat. I think it was my fantasy of getting out of the suburbs....

It spans decades of their lives, detailing childhood fiascos and very adult drama. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What is the first thing ever that you remember writing? What is the last book that made you cry? Credit: Mary Grace Long; HarperCollins News of the World, by Paulette Jiles. I finished it on an airplane and cried my eyes out. What is your favorite part ofThe Last Romantics? I really like the last few pages....

Pod save this book! And as many Friends of the Pod know, humor shines through it all. (Well, almost all of it sometimes theyre just plain angry.) Credit: Sarah Deragon; Twelve He didnt listen or respond, and now I am a Democrat. What is the last book that made you cry?Fates and Furies, by Lauren Groff. Which book made you a forever reader?James and the Giant Peach, by Roald Dahl....

When you turn onNetflixthis week, youll see an entirely new kind of special. Its not quite a documentary, its definitely not stand-up, but its somewhere in-between. Brene BrownsThe Call to Courageis a bit of an anomaly in the most Brene way possible. Think of it as a Ted Talk, but supersized. I cant be on the road all the time. And she admits herself that some of the offers she gets are very shiny and exciting....

Here’s what some of the buzziest Oscar nominees have in store. It’s currently slated for a June 28 release. Cooperis currently attachedto direct, co-write, and star in a biography of renowned composer Leonard Bernstein. Credit: Todd Williamson/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank; Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images; Rob Latour/Variety/REX/Shutterstock No release date has been announced, and the project has yet to begin production. After playing Vincent van Gogh inAt Eternity’s Gate, Dafoe has four projects on tap for 2019 alone....

InThe Commuter, Collet-Serra and Neeson are reunited, this time at sea level. But the ordinary dad-in-extraordinary circumstances theme is exactly the same. Oh, hes also an ex NYPD cop. Jay Maidment/Lionsgate This will be important… but Im getting ahead of myself. But before he can, theres the commute to deal with. Her name is Joanna. And shes played by Vera Farmiga, whos all insinuating glances and overly chatty small talk....

Disney Channel released a trailer Friday featuring the first footage from their upcoming live-action TV movie version ofKim Possible. Romano voiced the title character in the original animatedKim Possibleseries, while Oswalt voiced super villain Professor Dementor. In November, EW exclusively revealed the first photos of Stashwick and Ortega in character. Animated Kim Possible and Sadie Stanley as Kim Possible.Courtesy Disney; Disney Channel/Craig Sjodin Its like hes got a blue infection within, Lipovsky said of the new Drakken....

A new season ofCurb Your Enthusiasmwas never a guarantee. So when it turned out that he wanted more, it really felt like a gift. And then the season started. Credit: John P. Johnson/HBO The picture quality was more high-def than anyCurbepisode has any right being. Hell, the first shot of the season used a drone. But settling into the first couple half hours, newCurbwas stillCurb. And yet, something was off....

And as it turns out, limitations can be liberating. (Oh boy, does she enter. Ill have a gin martini!) Credit: Adam Rose/Netflix The thing is, this show seems to know its a mess. The ensemble takes a variety of approaches to this material. As Angelas boss/illicit lover Dr. Ian Harris, Annable openly telegraphs the sinister underbelly of his characters best-boyfriend-ever exterior. (Even his frosty cap of salt-and-pepper hair seems to foretell danger....

Something felt different aboutDeadpool 2the dayCeline Dion dropped her music videofor Ashes. More seriously, it felt likeRyan Reynoldsand his team behind the sequel were attempting to acknowledge a long-festering issue. Deadpool is one of the relatively few LGBTQ superheroes we have in comic books. Credit: Twentieth Century Studios Then came Deadpool by way ofYanis Marshall. She doesnt beat around the bush the way so many other characters in studio films have in the past....