Michael Schulman is a writer living in New York City. His newest book is “Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears” (Harper), which the Wall Street Journal called “surely the best book about Hollywood’s biggest night.” His first book, “Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep” (Harper), about the actress’s artistic coming-of-age in the 1970s, was a New York Times bestseller. He is a staff writer at The New Yorker, where he has contributed since 2006 and primarily covers arts and culture. His work has also appeared in the New York Times, Vanity Fair, The Believer, Aperture, and other publications.

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