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Sally Rooney’s New Book Hits Weird New Benchmark
The data show that Beautiful World, Where Are You is the most reviewed book of all time. - LitHub
In Film, People With Autism Are Often Depicted As Brilliant Or Exceptional
Think, of course, of Rain Man. Austistic folks say they would make some different choices. - The Guardian (UK)
Christo’s Fleeting Farewell To Paris
Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris: "Christo overwhelms us, prods us, makes us talk. ... He plays with light, with the Paris sky that...
A Decade After Occupy, Thinking About Art’s Place In The World
"At times, the radical optimism of Zuccotti Park seems like a distant planet. Other times, it seems like we broke the ice to a...
What If You Could Own A Piece Of An Invaluable Piece Of Art?
A good investment? Possibly. However, art investor funds have a mixed track record (including a lot of failures). - FastCompany
The Best Ever Sword And Sorcery Books
Or the best for this not very fantastic time on the planet, anyway. - Washington Post
The Marvelous Music Cafe Of Manchester
The café, which has managed to remain open during the pandemic, helps people with dementia sing, dance, and play instruments. Some even manage to...
Who Should Win The Emmys Tonight?
And who will win? - Los Angeles Times
Adalberto Alvarez, 72, Bandleader Who Revitalized Cuban Dance Music
Álvarez "was known as 'El Caballero del Son' (the 'Gentleman of Son') because of his passion for the genre and the infectious enthusiasm with...
A College Honors Class Turned Its Zoom Fan Fiction Into A Film Deal
Last year, The Great Gatsby came out of copyright, and that's a good thing for a The Great Gatsby 2.0 honors seminar at the...
The Podcast About The Book Reporting On The Massive Flop That Was Bonfire Of...
Julie Salamon's book stunned the country - especially Hollywood. It "portrayed the world of big-budget studio filmmaking as a high-stakes battle, in which three...
The Awful Way The CIA Used Louis Armstrong
The CIA used the musician in what was then the Congo. "It’s genuinely heartbreaking. He was brought in to serve an interest that was...
The Creative Arts Emmys Have Crowned Multiple Winners Already
Primetime Emmys are coming up soon, but some shows cleaned up early at the Creative Arts Emmys as well. Here's the whole list. -...
Triomphe de Christo: Wrapping the Arc
At the Arc de Triomphe, "most in the crowd of onlookers just held their breath. It was a slow and meticulous operation, requiring ...
The Larger Narrative Arc Of Colson Whitehead’s Novels
Basically, it's weird jobs. "All these different jobs provide existential questions about how the world works and how they work, how they function, I...
Coronavirus Art, But Make It Optimistic
When a retired nurse saw that hundreds of vaccine vials were empty and going in the trash, she set about creating something from them...
The Movie Museum Is Finally Open
The new PR line is that "the long-awaited cathedral of movies is landing at just the right time — perhaps when the film industry needs it...
The Paintings Within A Painting Of Matisse’s The Red Studio
A new show puts it all in context - and explains why Matisse suddenly decided, when the painting was finished, to make it red....
Could This Facebook Ruling In Australia Eventually Lead To The End Of Comments?
A court ruling "promises to upend what has been a core principle of who gets blamed for bad behavior online — in ways that,...
Glasgow Gets Back Its 26-Ton Floating Head
After decades forgotten and unclaimed in a boatyard, then carefully restored, Richard Groom's Floating Head is back. - The Guardian (UK)
Nicaragua’s Government Is Arresting Prominent Writers Before A Presidential Election
"State prosecutors in Nicaragua have ordered the arrest of one of the country’s most prominent writers, Sergio Ramírez, accusing the 78-year-old novelist of inspiring...
Theatre Has An Internship Problem
Or, you might say, an exploitation problem. - American Theatre
Michel Laclotte, Champion Of The Musee D’Orsay And The New Louvre, 91
Though debate was hot about the M d'O, as it's now marketed in Paris, that "was a tepid academic tiff compared with the one...
Nino Castelnuovo, Star Of The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg, 84
"If he achieved international notice with Umbrellas, he did not truly attain fame in Italy until 1967, for his role as Renzo in a television...
Lashana Lynch And The Case Of The Long-Delayed Bond Movie
The actor still won't talk about her potential future in the franchise. Lynch: Bond "could be a man or woman. They could be white,...
