"A parent of a student at Bob Graham Education Center in Miami Lakes objected to the poem, for which they erroneously listed Oprah Winfrey as the author/publisher. … It 'is not educational and have (sic) indirectly hate messages,' the complaint said, adding that the poem would 'cause confusion and indoctrinate students.'" - CNN
The essays in “On Women” make clear that, for Sontag, the oppression of women presented an aesthetic and narrative problem as well as a political and economic one. - The New Yorker
"Quite suddenly, I lost most of the hearing in my left ear, and nobody has an explanation for it," he said. As if that weren't bad enough, a case of COVID left him frail. He's not necessarily sorry if this means he can no longer perform, though. - The Hollywood Reporter
Just days after being confirmed as CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, Michael Pack was trying to fire executives suspected of insufficient loyalty to Trump. An inspector general's report found Pack "repeatedly abused the powers of his office, broke laws and regulations, and engaged in gross mismanagement." - NPR
"In interviews, orchestra leaders around the country (said) that things had been deeply disappointing early on this season for them, too — and that their panic had calmed amid winter and spring sales that were, if not boffo, at least not devastating." - The New York Times
"Netflix is bringing its password-sharing deterrents to the U.S. On Tuesday, the streaming giant began rolling out its paid sharing feature in the U.S., which requires that all account users must be in the same household and live in the same location as the primary account holder." - The Hollywood Reporter
"A new exhibition at the National Museum of Antiquities in the Netherlands has sparked controversy by including a contemporary artwork that depicts the Pharaoh Tutankhamun as Black. 'Kemet: Egypt in Hip-Hop, Jazz, Soul and Funk' pairs Egyptian antiquities … with work inspired by ancient Egyptian culture by African diaspora musicians." - Artnet
Many leading playwrights also work as screenwriters — and are thus members of the striking Writers Guild of America. When that union refused to grant a waiver for the Tony ceremony, Tony Kushner, Jeremy O. Harris, Lynn Nottage, Martyna Majok, and colleagues started working the phones. - The New York Times
"(The novel) imagines the 'first clinic of the past,' in which Alzheimer's patients can visit different time periods of their lives on different floors." As The Guardian's reviewer put it, "this funny yet frightening Bulgarian novel explores the weaponisation of nostalgia." - NPR
Only four of the French-American artist’s arachnid creations have ever appeared at auction. In May 2019, another sold for $32.1 million with fees at Christie’s in New York. - CNN
The orchestra "owns more than 5,000 sets of scores and parts, some dating back a half century or more, with even older ones from the earliest days of the orchestra now kept in the orchestra’s historical archives." - Chicago Sun-Times
Much of the research indicates that it can take years for the brain to adjust to the new mode of input via hearing aids. It’s a process that varies from person to person, and can’t be rushed. - Ludwig Van
"It’s every thrifter's dream. Several years ago, a New York woman purchased several ceramic dishes at a Salvation Army store for $8, then found out they were actually rare plates made by Pablo Picasso. She sold them for over $40,000." - Artnet
In what Maggie Tokuda-Hall described as a “Faustian bargain,” Scholastic made the offer contingent on removing mentions of the Japanese American incarceration that tied that history to a broader past during this “politically sensitive” moment. They also asked her to remove the word “racism.” - Seattle Times
