The author, who died at 51, only had time to produce three books in her series, but her agent says, "I’ve lost track of ... the number of publishers, scouts and film companies who’ve used her name to describe a genre of writing they want." - The New York Times
Roy Moore, whom history will remember for putting a marble Ten Commandments monument at the Alabama Judicial Building and being banned from a mall for his interactions with teenage girls, just had his $95 million lawsuit against Sacha Baron Cohen for a "pedophile detector" TV episode tossed. - Washington Post
Indie bookstores are positively booming - and they're more diverse than ever. This is a shock (a wonderful shock), considering that in the early days of the pandemic, "hundreds of small booksellers around the United States seemed doomed." - The New York Times
Andrea Bowers's show opened on June 24, the day that the Supreme Court of the United States overturned Roe. "When you enter the first gallery, you’re greeted immediately by a big, blinking yellow and red neon sign that reads, 'My Body My Choice Her Body Her Choice.'" - Los Angeles Times
"When seeds of this amazing plant first made their way to Victorian England from South America, they sparked off a race among the British aristocracy as to who could be the first to get one to flower." But there was no space big enough. - The Guardian (UK)
For instance: "He was unforgettably perfect — carnal, wild, exciting. Caan may not be the actor you first think of in relation to The Godfather, with its astonishment of legends, but the film is impossible to imagine without his volatile, kinetic performance." - The New York Times
Let us now praise things that bring us joy, like the person who determined to walk across the United States in a cartoon bear suit, and succeeded in his goal. "A good meaningless goal is an act of protest against the self-optimization hamster wheel." - The Atlantic
Documenta apparently told the group to rely on a private security firm and German police, both of which organizations proved, the artists say, to be not just unhelpful but damaging to artist and attendee safety. - Hyperallergic
How to handle, or how not to handle, memes about your movie: "The difference between the Morbius flop memes and the GentleMinions trend is that Sony mistook ironic fondness for the real thing." - Slate
When Dinnerstein was 27, "he traveled to Alabama with fellow artist Burton Silverman, a high school classmate, to chronicle the bus boycott in Montgomery." And they chronicled the living heck out of it, including prayer meetings and a trial of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - Washington Post
Thomas Woodruff traded his career as an art professor for a full-time career as an artist. Like others who experienced the Great Resignation, he's found it freeing, even exhilirating. - The New York Times
