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How To Create? Brian Eno Has Ideas

How should we create things? The word “should” isn’t quite right, since there’s no correct way to be creative; still, when you’re actually creating something, you have to answer the question definitively for yourself, with some urgency. - The New Yorker

After Aggressive Book Bans, Soft-Bans

"I think that is where the danger lies, because we can track the books that are being banned, but we can’t track books that are not being ordered.” - NBCNews

ChatGPT Is Changing Our Writing…

The overuse of certain words and phrases leads to writing losing its personal touch. It becomes harder to distinguish between individual voices and perspectives and everything takes on a robotic undertone. - The Conversation

500 Publishers Demand Frankfurt Book Fair Cut Ties With Israel

The coalition has made four demands of the Book Fair: to condemn Israel’s regime of genocide in Gaza and affirm the human rights of the Palestinian people. - LitHub

Shutdown Of Internet Archive Leaves Higher Ed In Limbo

Legal experts are uncertain how much this latest court decision will affect colleges and universities, though they expect institutions to tread carefully. - InsideHigherEd

Report: Twenty Percent Of Workers In Nonprofits Can’t Afford Basic Essentials

More than one out of five nonprofit workers cannot afford basic living expenses where they live—and the statistics are even worse for nonprofit workers of color, women, and people with disabilities. - Nonprofit Quarterly

The Polari Prize Releases Its Shortlist

“The chosen titles 'remind us of the power of queer storytelling at a time when some would see our books and stories banned,’ said prize founder Paul Burston.” - The Guardian (UK)

The Plan To Save Frank Lloyd Wright’s Only Skyscraper Is A Disaster

“The new owners have sold some one-of-a-kind furnishings that Wright designed for the building. And the building itself is up sale, listed on a commercial real estate auction website next to hollowed out strip malls and an empty Burger King.” - The New York Times

Australia’s Small But Valiant Presses Are Being Swallowed By Larger, Even Huge, Corporations

“This is what happens when the big fish eat all the little fish: grim times for employees, writers and, ultimately, readers. Should those of us who care about Australian books and literature be alarmed by these latest acquisitions” - Crikey

How One Gauguin Painting Went From Real To Lost To Fake

“How did a painting that was once coveted by museum directors and collectors alike simply disappear? And how can a work of art suddenly be deemed inauthentic, after more than a century of authenticity?” - Hyperallergic

The Raw, Brief Power of Dance

Emma Portner isn’t thrilled that people are still finding her choreography from a 2012 Facebook video. "The whole reason I got into performing is because it is this fleeting thing that disappears,” she says. “She feels mortified at having her youthful creative efforts permanently online.” - The Guardian (UK)

Gavin Newsom Just Vetoed An AI Safety Bill That Silicon Valley Didn’t Like

The bill "would have established requirements for developers of advanced AI models to create protocols aimed at preventing catastrophes” - and would have required tech firms to have a kill switch. - Los Angeles Times

Looking For An Artist By Examining Her Palette

Or his, of course. For instance, "Picasso’s palette from 1961 recently fetched £56,250 at auction despite being made of cardboard.” - The Guardian (UK)

How Does Lin-Manuel Miranda Decide What Projects To Pursue?

“If it’s just one idea, it will probably die in the impulse phase. If the idea opens avenues and you see many more roads, that’s worth pursuing. It doesn’t leave you alone.” - Fast Company

The Most Devoted Fans Of Sleep No More Are Mourning Its Eventual End

And they’re going to see it again - and again, and again. Not that that’s unusual. - Washington Post

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