Stories

The venerated, invaluable theatre incubator is facing, like so many performance-related sites, money trouble. - The New York Times

Authors love to write, and some choose Beehiiv, Ghost, Buttondown and other alternatives to converse with a similarly word-obsessed public. Here are a few of the best. - The Guardian (UK)

“Certainty serves a powerful social identity function. Declaring a clear position, especially a strong one, signals belonging. … Certainty is rewarded not just with clarity, but with community. Ambivalence, by contrast, is lonely.” - Salon

And Superman himself is hardly an icon of liberal values. Instead, he’s a white dude from Kansas struggling to make it, hiding who he is to survive. - Los Angeles Times (MSN)

Upon reading The Bell, she says, "I realised that a novel, if perfectly executed, could be about absolutely anything.” - The Guardian (UK)

He managed the Paul Taylor Dance Company and Meredith Monk, and he produced modern dance festivals in New York, but “it was as the director of American Dance Festival that Mr. Reinhart had an outlet commensurate with his ambitions.” - The New York Times

And vice versa, of course. For instance: James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, and Oscar Wilde all found some freedom in France, but Charles de Gaulle? He loved Ireland. - Irish Times

“Penguin, publisher of The Salt Path, is delaying author Raynor Winn’s next book after reporting cast doubt over the truth of the 2018 memoir. The decision was taken to 'support the author.’” - The Guardian (UK)

There’s “a growing wave of collaborative projects in which Latin American LGBTQ+ communities preserve and share their struggles and triumphs. They digitize photos, collect testimonies, and build databases of letters, personal memories, and other items that have survived dictatorships, censorship, and stigma.” - Wired

Cow (as the cow character is known) “has become Mario Kart World’s breakout star, validated by her leading role in popular videos on Instagram and TikTok.” - The New York Times

“When you have surgery to look like your best self as shown on a flat screen, the results in three-dimensional reality can be very odd indeed.” - The Guardian (UK)

“Perhaps the best way to understand Tingle’s career plot twist is as part of a trend in horror fiction that speaks to contemporary identity issues.” - Slate

Why in the entire heck did no one previously think of adding a dog? - The New York Times

“Most people aren’t posting, arguing, or fuelling the outrage machine. But because the super-users are so active and visible, they dominate our collective impression of the internet.” - The Guardian (UK)

Well, why not? “Every movie is a new chance for a popcorn bucket artist to shine.” - NPR