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Writers Need Editors, But Are Popular Grammar Checkers Worth It?
For $30 a month, maybe. But it lacks nuance, and can be "downright self-serving," making suggestions, for instance, to call itself an "excellent" service...
The Armorer For ‘Rust’ Was Set To Earn A Whopping 7,913 Dollars
That's a normal budget for an indie, but it does bring home grim realities of the industry. "The producers of the movie Rust earmarked $650,000 to...
Julie Green, Artist Who Memorialized Death Row Inmates’ Final Meals, 60
Green "planned to paint the meals until capital punishment was abolished, or until she had made 1,000 plates, whichever came first. In September, she...
Authors’ Guild Doubles Down On Support Of DOJ In Suit Against Merger
Boo from the Guild to the proposed Penguin Random House takeover of Simon & Schuster: "Consolidation doesn’t just stifle competition, it also makes acquisition...
Princess Di Is Back In The Public Spotlight, But Why Now?
Not entirely clear, but "Diana’s posthumous framing as a rebel against the establishment with an undercurrent of feminine fragility resonates — even among those...
After An Anti-Racism Review, Scottish Ballet Revamps Nutcracker
"Changes to characters, costumes and choreography will be made to 'remove elements of caricature,'" especially from the Land of the Sweets. In addition, Drosselmeyer...
Why So Many People Die In Concert Crowd Surges
The teens and adults who were killed in a crowd surge Friday night weren't the first, and probably won't be the last. "The music...
Brazilian Star Singer Marilia Mendonca, 26, Dies In A Plane Crash
Mendonça, Grammy winner and social media sensation, was killed in a small plane crash in Minas Gerais. "Her legions of fans found power in...
The Work It Takes To Create A Compelling Memoir
Just ask Laura Davis: "After many failed attempts at story architecture, with the help of several editors, my brilliant coach ... and 127 early...
England’s South West Region Gets A Big Boost From Bridgerton
The Netflix series revives the always-popular with Austenites tourism industry in Bath, but then there's David Attenborough's Our Planet and other productions that, said...
Smithsonian Moves To Return Benin Bronzes
The museum has become "the latest Western cultural institution — and one of the most prominent to date — to agree to explore returning...
How ABBA Became Such Beloved Gay Icons
The group's songs weren't actually popular in gay clubs at the time - but then came the 1980s, when disco was supposedly "dead," and...
A Parent Wants To Criminally Prosecute Librarians
During a tsunami of deeply virulent homophobic, racist protests against books, a parent in Kitsap County, Washington, has asked to prosecute librarians for having...
Who Said Tech Had To Look So Bland?
"I’m tired of tech that caters to the heterosexual, cisgender, male, white, wealthy masses. I’m tired of AirSpace, of minimalism, of bland beige tones. ......
The Artist Who Brought Day Of The Dead Into Focus For The United States
No, today isn't "Mexican Halloween." Just ask artist Ofelia Esparza. "At its core, the tradition is a pitched battle. Forgetting, Esparza said, is what...
The Secrets In Van Gogh’s Olive Trees
It helps to see his paintings near each other, but it's not just viewing that's useful; the knowledge comes from a "years-long, collaborative conservation...
Dance Is Under Serious Threat In British Schools
The pandemic hurt a lot, but "nearly two-thirds of dance educators said teaching had become more difficult in recent years, while half of teachers...
Tracey Emin Says She’s Been Mischaracterized, And Her Art Overlooked
The artist, who shot to fame with the work Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963-1995, says she's been characterized as a narcissist, and...
The Word Of The Year 2021 Is Vax
So says Oxford Languages, publisher of The Oxford English Dictionary. "'All these other vaccine words increased, but nothing like vax,' said Fiona McPherson, a...
Horror Helps Us Deal With The All Too Real Experience Of Loved Ones’ Deaths
Not to mention our own. "In horror, there is no ultimate triumph at the end. Even if the characters survive or defeat the monster,...
What Happens When Everyone Is Literally Writing The Same Book?
As one might suspect, one author says that "when we learned of one another’s existence, it felt a little awkward." - The New York...
The Power – And Virtue – Of Hateful Characters
Oh, it's a joy to hate the Roys on Succession. How refreshing! "Likeability is an odd requirement, as well as a sterile and stifling...
As Lockdown Ends In Australia, Artists Are In Desperate Straits
A Melbourne gallery director says that along with years of massively shrinking arts funding, "the pandemic lockdowns left the industry on its knees. ......
The People Who Want To Ban Toni Morrison’s Beloved Have One Thing Right
One expert on challenged books: "Beloved is an extremely violent book, it’s absolutely true. But that is the point of the book. This mother ?...
There’s An Explanation For Why Some People Loathe Specific Celebrities
Honestly, you might think, who cares about James Corden or Nicki Minaj? Some people really care, and frankly, it's a little scary. "Fan culture,...
