“It is surprising that few scholars have stopped to wonder whether Rousseau’s fledging as a philosophe ... had anything to do with the six years he marinated in Madame Dupin’s project, quill to linen, taking dictation, making clean drafts, and trawling through stacks upon stacks of books.” - Aeon
We don’t mean that in a mystical sense, but in the sense that Sony and CBS are in the midst of a legal fight over the popular game show and its (perhaps even more popular) sibling, Jeopardy!. - Los Angeles Times
"Levy has written nine novels, two of which have been shortlisted for the Booker prize, and is clearly of the view that fiction is the real art. Nonetheless, it is her nonfiction, or her sort-of-nonfiction, that has won her legions of fans.” - The Guardian (UK)
That’s a rise of 200 percent over 2023, which was already a huge year for organizations that rub their hands in glee as they try to stop kids from reading. - The New York Times
“The first thing customers see when they walk into the Strand Book Store in Manhattan is a table of anonymous books with covers wrapped like Christmas presents and titles replaced by vague descriptions.” Customers are loving this new marketing technique. - The New York Times
Anne Michaels, author of the spare, gorgeous Held says, "You can use brutal language to describe brutality, but that’s a lie; language can’t represent brutality. It’s exactly the same when I’m trying to get at the most beautiful, profoundly intense experience of intimacy.” - The Guardian (UK)
Who cares about the history of film, right? You might think the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. But hey, it’s time to “streamline” and “restructure.” - Los Angeles Times
“The human sense of smell, which has powerful connections to memory and emotion, has been deployed in art and historical displays and museums around the world.” - The New York Times
Johanson “made nature her medium, transforming highway underpasses, sewage treatment plants and other grimly functional public spaces into sweeping artworks.” - The New York Times
“I just started poking around on the internet and eventually got the right combination of search terms and number of Google pages results in and found this data set. As soon as I opened it up I was delighted, surprised, and amazed.” - Wired
“Williams is undoubtedly the greatest ‘whistle test’ composer of his age – a purveyor of instantly memorable tunes that both capture and breathe life into the movies they accompany.” - The Guardian (UK)
“She was a lightning rod for criticism by Hollywood workers, particularly during last year’s walkouts. A parody account portraying Lombardini as a cartoonish corporate shill went viral on X.” - Los Angeles Times (AOL)
"Eastwood fans in the UK will have no problem seeing Juror #2, where it’s enjoying a wide release in more than 300 cinemas nationwide. Across the whole of the US, however, it’s screening in fewer than 50 cinemas” with no plans for a wider rollout or awards campaign. - The Guardian (UK)
