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What Explains The Appeal Of A Book Published More Than A Millennium Ago
For one thing, it feels shockingly contemporary - and for another, "From its opening line, The Tale of Genji signals its author’s focus on...
Scholastic Wanted To License This Book About Romance In The Internment Camps
But Scholastic only wanted the book if author Maggie Tokuda-Hall removed all references to racism in her book about the imprisonment of thousands of...
Successful Video Game Adaptations Have Some Common Threads
Respect the source material, pay for talent, use visual cues from the games, and pick wisely. (The latter seems like it might be the...
Time Might Have Defined The ‘Most Influential’ Writers Of 2023 By Accident
Well, not accidentally, but not on purpose. Its list of the 100 Most Influential People is "surprisingly literary! I mean, it’s not that literary, but considering...
As She Leaves The Arena Stage, Molly Smith Has Some Post-Pandemic Audience Thoughts
How is the DC theatre doing? Well, each production is "either a boffo hit, with tons and tons of people, or it’s small audiences."...
Digital Modeling Is A Key Component In Restoring Notre Dame
Of course, stories abound about the ways artisans skilled in medieval construction have helped recreate the beloved cathedral. "But the builders, architects, and engineers...
Rachel Pollack, Writer Of Groundbreaking Fantasy And Comics, Has Died At 77
Pollack, a transgender activist and tarot creator and interpreter as well, observed that "people think things like comic books, science fiction, can’t have an...
The Nonprofit Theatre Reckoning Is Here
The recent stories about Williamstown and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival have thrown some serious structural issues into relief. "Quality theatre ... is not in...
The High-Drama Music Of Award-Winning Anime
Thanks to the Japanese band Radwimps, anime director Makoto Shinkai has made changes to movie narratives - and won over a lot of new...
Ann-Margret Is Finally Getting Her Chance At Rock And Roll
After years of being thought of as rock 'n' roll adjacent,"it’s only now, at the improbable age of 81, that Ann-Margret is getting the...
It’s OK To Enjoy Yourself – Even To Have Fun – While Writing
Apparently, it's not necessary to be filled with self-doubt or depression while creating a novel. Wild if true. - LitHub
Department Of Justice Asked To Review WB-Discovery Merger In Wake Of Cancellation Of Latinx...
"Opportunities for Latinos and other artists have been reduced," four lawmakers wrote to the DOJ. For instance, "The studio canceled the $90-million movie Batgirl in order...
TikTok May Die, But Long Live TikTok Dance
Even if the app goes away, the style will remain "— a culture marker rather than a passing trend." - The New York Times
A Portrait Of Picasso, By A Tractor In An Italian Wasteland
Land artist "Dario Gambarin said he was inspired by Picasso’s 1907 self-portrait to create what he says is the largest portrait of the Spanish...
ChatGPT Doesn’t Have A Body, And That Means It Doesn’t Know What It’s Saying
"If you need to cover your hair for work in a fast-food restaurant, which would work better, a paper sandwich wrapper or a hamburger...
Why Abbott Elementary Has Teachers – And Millions Of Other Viewers – Hooked
It's all too real: "Philadelphia is the poorest of the country's 10 largest cities, and its school district has long suffered from chronic underfunding....
The Court Ruling Throwing The Future Of Libraries Into Doubt
Look, if the ruling stands, it's a disaster. "Knowledge is too precious to be abandoned entirely to the whims of the profit motive." -...
A Marvel Superhero Holds True To Her Mayan Heritage
María Mercedes Coroy may be a star of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, but "the day after filming her final scene in Los Angeles, ...
Critics Raise New Allegations Of Plagiarism Against Roy Lichtenstein
"'It’s called stealing,' said comic strip artist Hy Eisman, who has just turned 96 and only recently discovered that Lichtenstein had reproduced one of...
The Family Box Office Isn’t Dead
It just needed a couple of Brooklyn plumbers, a princess, and the Mushroom Kingdom to bring it back to life. (Super Marios Bros. generated...
One Of Elon Musk’s Handpicked Writers Quits Twitter In A Fight Over Substack
Why is Matt Taibbi leaving? "Twitter seems to be in a drag-out fight with Substack, blocking users from liking, replying to, or retweeting many tweets...
Revising A ‘Champion’ For The New York Stage
In Terence Blanchard's opera Champion, opening at the Met, "there are not only new arias (and new lines for supporting characters); what will be...
How Portland’s Art Scene Influenced The New Michelle Williams Film
"Before filming, Williams participated in sculpture training sessions, both on Zoom and in-person at Lahti’s art studio in Portland. Lahti began by sculpting...
Jerry Craft Wrote A Sweet, Positive Story About A Black Kid
It was all love for New Kid for a couple of years. And then the bans began. - Washington Post
Kelly Reichardt On The Slow Death Of The Dreams Of Gen-X Artists
"Frustrated hopefuls like Lizzy once formed the backbone of America’s homespun cultural heritage, and without them, we’re headed toward a barren status quo of...
