Lena Dunham Wants To Turn 'Catherine, Called Birdy' Into A Movie

Lena Dunham discussed a wide array of topics with writer and author Ariel Levy during the 15th annual New Yorker Festival on Friday night, including her aspirations to turn Karen Cushman's "Catherine, Called Birdy" into a feature film. "This is actually my first time talking about it publicly," Dunham said about the project. "I'm very excited about it. I'm not sure when it'll happen, but I'm in the process of [working on it]." Written by Cushman, the 1994 novel -- which won the Newbury Prize in ...