Vanity Fair UK April2020

Ann

PATCHETT

“THE BOOK OF REESE”
P. 5 8
Patchett rst
encountered Reese
Witherspoon on
the cover of Nashville
magazine. “She was
15 and had just starred
in The Man in the
Moon,” says the
author of The Dutch
House. “I felt so proud
because she lived
in my hometown.”
For V.F.’s cover story,
the two bibliophiles
met at Parnassus
Books, the Nashville
bookstore co-owned
by Patchett.

Jesse

HYDE

“THE GIRL WHO PLAYED

WITH FIRE”

P. 8 8

“This is a climate

change story.

But it’s also a story

of greed and

consumption,” says

the Salt Lake City–

based writer, whose

report on the

Amazon rain forest

was supported

by a grant from the

Pulitzer Center.

“It made me question

what we’re losing

in the unrelenting

march of what we

consider industrial

and technological

progress.”

Lisa

ABEND

“PUBLISH OR PERISH”

P. 9 8

Copenhagen-based

journalist and author

of The Sorcerer’s

Apprentices Lisa

Abend says she was

initially intrigued

by the gap between

Kinfolk magazine’s

“vision of a perfect,

curated life, and

the messy reality

beneath the surface.

It was only later

that I realized there

was a story about

authenticity

struggling to get out.”

Anthony

BREZNICAN

“WEST SIDE GLORY”

P. 10 6

Steven Spielberg

seems “committed

to doing a version

of West Side Story

that uses the lens of

discrimination

and fear in the 1950 s

to examine those

issues now,” says

Breznican, who has

been covering the

director for 15 years.

“One time he took

me on a golf cart tour

of Universal’s back

lot, telling stories of

sneaking on as a teen

and nding work.”

Hassan

HAJJAJ

“LET THE GREAT WORLD SPIN”

P. 76

Hajjaj, who designs

nearly every element

of his complex,

layered portraits, says

he is “constantly

inspired by the

repeated patterns

found in fabrics at the

souks” in his native

Morocco. A self-

taught photographer,

he spent 10 years

throwing underground

parties in London in

the ’ 80 s, making him

the perfect artist to

capture this month’s

portfolio of DJs.

Contributors

Clockwise from

left: Ann Patchett;

Lisa Abend;

Hassan Hajjaj;

Anthony Breznican;

Jesse Hyde.

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