Stories

Stand back, PST: Here comes the Further Triennial. The name - in honor of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters’ famous bus - “is about the connection to the past and a certain kind of openness, creativity, a disrespect for the way things have always been done.” - San Francisco Chronicle

On the literary importance of money in fiction (even Raymond Carver agreed). - LitHub

Millennials want to share their shows with their kids - and, in addition, “the world is a little bit hectic and crazy right now, and having familiarity in our programming is just nice and it's something we like to retreat into.” - CBC

It’s the two-apple problem. - LitHub

“The number of independent bookstores has grown by 200 from 2022 to 2023, and the number has more than doubled between 2016 and 2023.” Then there’s the internet - for indies. - Salon

Artist Tacita Dean says, "He connects to the classical world in a way that is deeply emotive. … I’m interested in where your mind goes when you look at one of his works.” - The New York Times

First of all, Hollywood studios are a bit risk-averse right now. Then there’s the pull, for actors, of high-prestige indies. Witness Zoe Saldaña, starring in Emelia Pérez - “a musical in Spanish with a French director and transgender hero.” - Variety

Television shows that are 50 years old aren’t thick on the ground. But SNL strikes a thread of absurd comedy from time to time that goes viral. The latest is centered on … George Washington? - The Atlantic

Only if we want computer chips. Which we definitely do. - Wired

Gilmour: “The music industry is a tough one these days, and for people who are recording in it, the rewards are not justifiable. The rich and the powerful have siphoned off the majority of this money.” - The Guardian (UK)

So please - make sure they’re stored somewhere else as well (preferably not in a cloud). - Slate

Michiko Kakutani called him “probably the funniest and most malicious” of all the postmodernist novelists. - The New York Times

And she knows the real Appalachia - one, she says, a certain vice-presidential candidate doesn’t. - The Guardian (UK)

Matt Mullenweg “has muddied the boundaries between three essential entities that lead a sprawling ecosystem powering almost half of the web. To Mullenweg, that’s all fine.” - The Verge

“People are looking for serious change in the approach to the environment around us, and yes, there is an appetite to see design charting new approaches to our public domain. We want to be excited by our shared spaces.” - The Guardian (UK)