Alexander Payne is set to direct The Descendants.

Check out Kaui’s Blog:

Because I Love Her An anthology of essays about mothers and daughters featuring Hemmings, Joyce Maynard, Rachel Sarah, Jacqueline Mitchard, Katherine Center and many more.

A smart, funny encyclopedia with ribald definitions, essays, and stories by some of today’s most exciting writers including, Kaui Hart Hemmings, Steve Almond, Patricia Marx, Phillip Lopate, Stephen Elliott and Antonya Nelson. This alphabetical encyclopedia includes everything you need to know about the language of love and more.

The U.K version of the Descendants has been released by Jonathan Cape.
The Hebrew version by Sifriat Ma’ariv
The Italian version by Newton Compton

Kaui’s essay in the U.K Guardian

A one-of-a-kind anthology of essays by brilliant women writers that provokes readers and encourages them to consider their own inner bad girl. Writers include Erica Jong, Lolly Winston, Kaui Hart Hemmings, Mary Roach.

Stories and essays:
“Trouble” A review of Kate Christensen’s latest novel in The New York Times Book Review
“Other People’s Airs” A review of “Spoiled” by Caitlin Macy in The New York Times Book Review
“Mother Hunting” in Because I Love Her
“Author Questionairre” in Bad Girls: 26 Writers on Misbehaving
“War Babies” in the L.A Times
“Monogamy” in Dirty Words: A Literary Encyclopedia of Sex