AJBlog Central

“It has come to our attention that some schools have planned events next week October 1-7, to mark the American Library Association’s “Banned Book Week.” If this is the case, all principals… Read more

“Asked why he had cut off his left ear, the artist replied that this was a misconception and he had in fact only cut off ‘part of my earlobe.'” (The M d’O… Read more

DALL-E-3 claims – unconvincingly – that artists can now decline having their work included in data sets. – The Atlantic… Read more

The list includes “the usual suspects—Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Michel Houellebecq, Anne Carson (who won’t win the year after Annie Ernaux, come on, the literary cool girls can’t have everything), and Can Xue, who… Read more

Zelda Williams: “I’ve witnessed for YEARS how many people want to train these models to create/recreate actors who cannot consent, like Dad. This isn’t theoretical, it is very very real.” – Vulture… Read more

The novelist also translates others. She says translating is “an act of radical change.” – The Guardian (UK)… Read more

Aside from the bare feet in the middle of the night issue, LEGO has a massive plastic problem. – Wired… Read more

“Her fans are legion – among them Ali Smith, Colm Tóibín and Dave Eggers – and she has won many honours, including the International Booker prize.” But you’ll never find her work at… Read more

But how? “It takes a very unique sort of musical mind to make these.” – Slate… Read more

If you are fond of “odd, ugly, small-scale art that has a cracked and thwarted look, is radically antisocial, and radiates hidden agendas, you’re probably a fan of Albert Pinkham Ryder.” –… Read more

Presiding writers, for their part, bequeath journeys. Home to Ithaca. Basho. to Deep North Honshu. Coleridge to Xanadu. Yeats to Byzantium. Journeys full of imagining. So why not yours, far lesser, to… Read more

National Heritage Fellow “Little Joe” Hernández describes his musical journey explaining how his culture, family, and personal experiences shaped his legendary style. Coming from a musical family, he took the traditional Mexican… Read more

Nicole Balm, Senior Director of Education & Community Engagement of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, talks about the connection between music and health and their impact on community…. Read more

I’ll be joining the baritone Sidney Outlaw – an exceptional artist – in songs and spirituals by Harry Burleigh on Saturday, October 14, at the Newark School of the Arts. It’s a… Read more

as a brief visitor to my ear a fly droned on about some matter or other that was too brief for me to catch… Read more

Cold Turkey Press published this card four years ago in a limited edition. It applies now more than ever…. Read more

Alice Jones, Assistant Dean of Community Engagement and Career Services at the Juilliard School, talks about their entrepreneurship program and how it transforms students…. Read more

Two “Renaissance Masterpieces of Judaica,” as described in the Metropolitan Museum’s press release, have enriched the Jewish High Holidays at the New York museum, thanks to a cooperative initiative among the Met,… Read more