Is Reading Over-Rated?

“One might argue that literacy is unalloyedly a good thing – yes, I can think of counter-examples, but then again one always can – but it is pretty clear to me that reading, as in reading of literature, is not. What we read can affect us vitally, penetrate, stimulate and inform us, but not always in the right ways, or at the right times, or about the right things.”

Oscar Redesigns Its Envelopes

The envelopes and announcement cards that herald the winners of the Academy Awards have gotten a glam facelift thanks to designer Marc Friedland. The envelopes are such an integral part of the Academy Awards, yet there has never been a dramatic, specially designed envelope and card to announce the Oscar recipients,”