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Writers Need To Put Some Thought Into Building Trust With Readers
And that doesn't just mean adding werewolves to chapter one. - LitHub
Some Scientists Have Fallen A Little Too Hard For The Multiverse
The author of a new book argues that while math can give some pretty cool possibilities, the real-world evidence isn't there. She argues that...
James Stewart Polshek, Architect Who Steadfastly Designed For Humans, Has Died At 92
Polshek was the opposite of a starchitect. He "went the other way, embracing a modest approach to architecture that prioritized a design’s social value...
The Future Of A James Joyce Museum Is No Longer In Doubt
Volunteers held the line for a decade, but now local government has stepped in to save and shore up the tower in Dublin where...
The Danish Musician Who Powers His Concerts With Wind And Batteries
The average outdoor concert, powered by diesel generators, "releases 500 metric tons of carbon dioxide—that’s roughly the same as driving 100 gas-powered cars in...
Images Of Queen Elizabeth II Dominated British Life For Decades
Even protest art understood what she meant to Britain. "If you don’t care about something, you don’t need to deface it. In 1977, only...
A Documentary About Photographer Nan Goldin Wins The Golden Lion At Venice
Filmmaker Laura Poitras' All the Beauty and the Bloodshed takes home the top prize, rare for a documentary. "The film examines Goldin’s art, life...
A Kidnapped Goddess Returns To Italy
"More than 70 stolen antiquities, some more than 2,000 years old, were seized from collections in the U.S. and returned to their native countries...
Movable Type Is Older Than The Gutenberg Bible, But How Old?
And did the Germans learn the idea from Korean or other Asian printing presses? Time to ask a particle accelerator. - Wired
The Readers Driving Romance To The Top Of The Bestseller Lists
BookTok is real. A co-owner of The Ripped Bodice in Los Angeles says, "'We'll get a rush of customers asking for something random and...
The Streamer Bloodbath Is Just A Course Correction
A course correction, or even a tax write-off, but "the streaming industry and the entertainment industry in general trained consumers to think they could...
Doing Edward Albee In A Small Town On The Oregon Coast
Rising Tide Theatre co-founder George Dzundza (The Deer Hunter, Law & Order, Grey's Anatomy) says "Theater is a blood event." While movies are set...
The Best Actor You Probably Don’t Know At All Disappears Into Her Roles
Scottish actor Kate Dickie says, "I’ve had people tell me, ‘Oh, I saw a film you were in and I didn’t even realise it...
Leaving LA, The Modern Version
"I went to an Erewhon supermarket in a hazmat suit. I chopped vegetables and did nothing with them. I put on makeup and rolled...
A Stonemason Working On Britain’s Stately Homes Says More Women Should Get Into Masonry
Alice Eaton, who's 30, has helped restore Haddon Hall - set of parts of Princess Bride, Pride and Prejudice (the Keira Knightley version), and...
Composer William Bolcom Went Forty Years Between Piano Concertos
Pianist Igor Levit "described Bolcom as one of 'the very essential composers of our time,' and also recounted with delight the way in which...
How Marvel’s Superhero Bodies Have Changed Everyone’s Body Issues
It's especially, but not only, an issue for men. "People want to look like an action star, but may not be aware that every...
London’s History Isn’t Even History
Just ask the mudlarkers in the Thames. - Hyperallergic
Two Young Innovative Filmmakers Killed In Car Accident
Nate Brubaker, 27, was putting Baltimore and D.C. "on the industry map for its ability to make high-quality films" when he and fellow...
The Multiple Ways To Experience Dance
A dance show by a disability arts ensemble makes a critic muse about what information the audience needs, and learn new ways to connect....
Trump Silenced Guantanamo’s Artists
"Until the end of 2017, Guantanamo detainees were allowed to take their art with them when they were released, or give it to their...
Maybe American Theatre Can Stop Worrying About Shakespeare
Or not. Many new productions "essentially take his work for granted —both in the sense that, sure, Shakespeare is foundational, indispensable even, and in...
Canada TV Finally Gets Its Controversial Exec On Leave
It's been a long few weeks of controversy for Michael Melling, the head of CTV News, who recently ousted host Lisa LaFlamme, after reports...
Edinburgh Fringe Predicts 25 Percent Drop In Attendance From 2019
In its 75th anniversary year, the return of the Fringe sees lower crowds - probably virus-related; possibly also related to fewer reviewers discussing shows....
Movie Theatres Try A Massive Special Pricing Fest To Get People Back
With Regal's parent company filing for Chapter 11, this is a last-gasp plan. "If successful, National Cinema Day could flood theaters with moviegoers and...
