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The Language That Poetry Shares With Comic Books

Eve Ewing, multihyphenate creative person (and sociology prof), calls writing poetry and writing comic books her most meaningful "cross-pollination." - The New York Times

An Indigenous Perspective On Frida Kahlo

Basically: "Kahlo, born to an affluent German father and mestiza mother (Spanish and Purépecha), adopted the popular fetishization and sanitization of the Tehuana favored by the cosmopolitan bourgeois, intellectual, and artistic circles of Mexico City." - Hyperallergic

Men Still Don’t Read Women

This remains true, with big financial and other consequences: "Why does this matter? For a start, it narrows men’s experiences of the world." - The Guardian (UK)

Is This 51,000-Year-Old Giant Deer Bone Carving Art?

Depends on whom you ask. "Dr. Terberger prefers to call it a complex decoration, perhaps a precursor to art." - The New York Times

Chekhov, Munro, And Endings That Change It All

If you want to be surprised, to have everything recast for you in light of new information, read Alice Munro's stories to their ends. - LitHub

Thomas Cleary, Who Translated Classic Works Of Eastern Philosophy, 72

Cleary "translated scores of Buddhist, Taoist, ancient Chinese and other texts into English, greatly broadening access to these works in the West." - The New York Times

Will Indie Films Survive The Pandemic?

Independent film producers don't have studios' deep pockets - and "a loss of insurance coverage and a surge in production costs have created a heavy burden." - Los Angeles Times

How To Have A Massive Hit In England

Get your men's sports teams to play well, and the rest follows. - The Guardian (UK)

Are We In The Metaverse Now?

Have you played Animal Crossing during the pandemic? Zoomed into work? You're in it. (We're all in it.) - The New York Times

The NYer Short Story Cat Person Goes Viral Again

This time the discourse is about whether writers can, or should, use real-life details in their fiction. - The Guardian (UK)

Despite The Headlines, There Is No Debate Over Actual Critical Race Theory

CRT critics "aren’t arguing against anti-racist thinkers. They aren’t arguing against critical race theorists. These critics are arguing against themselves." - The Atlantic

Celebrating LA’s Spoken Word And Poetry Culture

Summertime tells the stories of "a diverse community of young artists who turned to poetry as a way of coping with hardship." - Los Angeles Times

Making Dance More Visible At The Venice Biennale – And Always

Royal Ballet choreographer Wayne McGregor is out to change how we all see, and feel, dance, especially after living through the pandemic. - The Observer (UK)

One Of The Last Members Of Auschwitz’s Women’s Orchestra Has Died

Esther Bejarano played the accordion in the orchestra and then "dedicated her life to music and to the fight against racism and anti-Semitism." - France24

Taking Photographic Inspiration From Ovid

The Metamorphoses is the classic work on nature and change, in both of which we've all been immersed for months. - The New York Times

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