Stories

"It may seem funny to praise a great fantasy and science-fiction novelist—the first speculative writer published by Library of America!—for facing reality. However, Le Guin is a trustworthy demystifier because she’s a wonderful fabulist, not despite it." - LitHub

You might just be Sal McCloskey of Blueberries for Sal - and reading to a new generation from your dad's books is a celebration of Maine and memories. - The New York Times

"The subculture had deep roots in the suburban Northeast, but the internet allowed emo to also simultaneously thrive in California, Mexico, Russia. Radio, television, and print media, which were accustomed to controlling the flow of mainstream music, had to play catch-up." - The Atlantic

Ratmansky, "the most significant classical choreographer of the current era," was born in Ukraine and trained in Moscow. He left the Bolshoi when Russia invaded his homeland, and now he feels guilty for staying so long. - The Guardian (UK)

When a Québec comedy line-up was criticized for being all-male, the bar owner added one woman - but he made her up. - CBC

They're the ones making music festivals more accessible to Deaf and hard of hearing fans - and they're performers. - BBC

Sure, maybe it feels necessary for survival, but the corporate branding at work is gross at best, and more commonly, smacks of "art-washing" by desperate corporations who need a PR win. - The Guardian (UK)

Sometimes, "Hollywood can get too caught up in the lavish spectacle of these affairs, with depictions that sap them of their cultural or emotional significance" - but looking over the landscape, a new movie mostly delivers. - The New York Times

And then From Here to Eternity burst upon the cultural scene. - LitHub

"Curzon Cinemas, a chain with 16 locations in Britain, began allowing dogs to attend select movie screenings with their owners, starting with Strays." - The New York Times

The real point of all the ratings requests? Begging for (all of) our data. - The Atlantic

It's amateur night at Harlem's famed Apollo Theater, and if you don't make the cut, you'll get tap-danced off the stage. - The New York Times

As Bell Canada pulls out after 28 years, that doesn't seem at all ominous for the international film fest's future. - Variety

She once said she had to flee London in order not to write a historical novel - but now she's back, and thanks to pandemic walks, she's written just that. - The Guardian (UK)

Players who succeed at solving the game's levels are "rewarded by a dozen or so pieces scrolling together to create one of the impressionist master’s full works." - Washington Post