Romance fiction is big big business, selling hundreds of millions of copies every year. So why does the genre get so little respect? “I think it’s partly because they’re cheap, and also because they’re considered disposable literature. And they’re almost exclusively read and written by women and so have never been taken very seriously.”
Tag: 01.27.08
Presidential Politics In A Type Font
Whether it is Best Buy’s big, bold, screaming signs or the sweet, elegant script on a wine label, the type talks to us, the reader. The logos of the presidential candidates are no exception.
UK Culture Secretary: Give Arts To The Artists
A fan should sit on the board of every football club while actors, artists and musicians should be drafted in to help run Britain’s arts institutions, the new Culture Secretary says.
Why We Need Public Art
“We have a growing need for statement public art, and it is perfectly obvious why. To watch the news, you’d think that we define ourselves only by how and when we shop.” And yet, at does a much better job…
Pennsylvania Ballet – Back From The Dead
“it appears that the 44-year-old Pennsylvania Ballet has taken an enormous leap – a financial and organizational grand jete – that will force culture vultures to find a different benchmark for failure. Not only has the ballet achieved a peace and stability few, if any, predicted – but also real ambition has returned.”
No Country Takes Top SAG Award
“No Country for Old Men” solidified its Academy Awards prospects Sunday by taking overall cast honors alongside Javier Bardem’s supporting-actor prize at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, which may stand as the highlight of Hollywood’s film-honors season if the writers strike undermines the Oscars.
Frozen River Wins Top Prize At Sundance
It’s a story about smuggling immigrants into the US. The audience award for best drama, voted for by festival-goers, went to Jonathan Levine’s The Wackness.
Biographical Jazz Shows Make It Big In DC
“Blues and jazz greats are taking the stage in Washington this month in biographical musicals that are virtually a cottage industry here. Why? Affinity for late, great jazz-blues legends. Timeless songs. And easy money.”
Mikhail Baryshnikov At 60
“He loves to dance. I’m sure that’s what gets him up in the morning. I perhaps have never met anyone who loves to dance as much as Misha does. It’s fused with living — it’s how he lives. Not all dancers embody poetry, but some in their very essence in movement do. And he’s the poet laureate.”
Ballet’s Visual Poverty
“The success of any art is subjective, and most viewers can list their choices for hideously ill-conceived designs. But to some, ballet visuals are particularly stodgy.”