The extreme college workout facility is passé - now it’s cool, newly renovated and/or expanded museums that attract undergrads and their tuition-paying parents. - The New York Times
In Moses McKenzie's new book, the main character isn’t self-reflective at all. "It’s difficult to write in the first person and create empathy for a character like that.” Salinger’s famous coming-of-age novel helped him figure it all out. - The Guardian (UK)
“The pope greeted the inmates of the Giudecca prison individually in an inner courtyard. Some gave him flowers, and others pressed envelopes and notes in his hands." - The New York Times
Are some screens better than other screens? Possibly! "Research strongly supports the benefits of ‘co-viewing,’ or actively engaging with screens together with your child. This can be easier on a TV, where the screen is bigger.” - Slate
Billy Bragg has been putting in the hard work for literal decades. And "here he is in the seaside retirement resort, still fighting the good fight." - The Observer (UK)
The man who invented the deep state "wasn’t just a writer and soldier. He was an anti-communist intelligence operative who helped define U.S. psychological operations, or psyops, during World War II and the Cold War. His essential insight was that the most effective psychological warfare is storytelling.” - The Atlantic
In honor of yesterday’s Independent Bookstore Day (which, of course, we could all celebrate every day), here’s a visual analysis of some of the bookstores of New York. - The New York Times
One curator says, "If this project has taught me anything it is about the need to educate and to introduce learning around how to preserve and protect archival materials. … On a community level there needs to be more of an awareness about preservation and archiving our stories.” - The Guardian (UK)
"Court etiquette of the Sengoku era, as well as the gender politics of the time, mean a lot of things cannot be said explicitly. Even if you speak the same language as someone, you can never fully know them, and yet you all have to work together." - Vulture
How did Donald Glover (Atlanta) and Maya Erskine (PEN15) become the poster chlidren for middle-range, middle-of-the-road, no-stakes characters? Their work is just fine in Mr and Mrs Smith, but … well. "What we have now is a profusion of well-cast, sleekly produced competence.” - The New York Times
Bob Bakish "has been with Paramount and its Viacom predecessor since 1997. He was recruited by Redstone in 2016 to help bring order to a company that had descended into public legal brawling among shareholders and a battle for control.” - Variety
“‘It’s a shop disguised as an exhibition, or an exhibition disguised as a shop,’ Clark said. 'We kind of built a house, and we blew the roof off,’ Altay added.”- The New York Times
One creator: “I don’t think that banning an app that many people have used to raise funds for each other, bring awareness to different issues, and hold people accountable ... can even be argued as remotely an action that is being taken to care for the greater needs of the people.” - Time
