Sure Publishing Has Changed. But Not Editors, Really

“For all the wrenching changes in trade publishing in the past decades, I know that my colleagues and I pretty much go about the thing in a fashion very similar to the way the editors I watched and learned from were doing it in the ’70s, and they were doing in a fashion very similar to the editors they learned from. Sometimes I think we’re like blacksmiths or bespoke cobblers — how many ways are there, really, to shoe a horse or a human?”

Nothing “Efficient” About Arts And Humanities (And Isn’t That The Point?)

At a time when the price of a degree from elite institutions is well over six figures, fields such as literature and the arts may seem like a luxury item. But we may have it backwards. They are, to cite Hemingway’s title for his Paris memoir, “a moveable feast,” and they offer us a kind of reach into time and space that we can find nowhere else.

What’s Wrong With “Hamilton” (And Why It’s Important To Say)

“I and others who have risked critiquing Hamilton in public forums have often been dismissed or denigrated for doing so. Hamilton has received rave reviews almost categorically. I agree with much of this praise; the book, the score, the choreography, the direction, the lighting: it’s all genius artistry. I also yield that a Broadway production that puts so many performers of color to work does constitute a victory. This should be celebrated, but this is not enough.”

Top Posts From AJBlogs 02.23.16

Emerging, emergent, emerged?
One of the best arts conferences I attend each year is only steps away from my office door. This is convenient, and also completely awesome. TheEmerging Arts Leaders Symposium, which will be held … read more
AJBlog: The Artful Manager Published 2016-02-23

What Texas City is a National Cultural Showcase?
For the past decade I have enjoyed the privilege of regularly collaborating in “Dvorak and America” festivals with Kevin Deas, one of the supreme African-American concert artists of our day. … read more
AJBlog: Unanswered Question Published 2016-02-23

Change the world, one hero at a time
From dude to dodo is a trick of vowels and imagination. Maybe, if we’re tired of seeing men dominate our stages, we need to exercise our imaginations, especially when it comes to casting. … read more
AJBlog: Performance Monkey Published 2016-02-23

Chicagoans’ albums reviewed, author’s edition
My reviews of recordings  by Chicago pianists Larry Novak, Laurence Hobgood and Robert Irving III, percussionist Art “Turk” Burton, and saxophonists Caroline Davis and Roy McGrath appeared in DownBeat‘s January issue, but the print edition … read more
AJBlog: Jazz Beyond Jazz Published 2016-02-23

Griffin/Geffen & the Art Institute of Chicago’s Edlis Misstep
Last year, while he was chair and curator of modern and contemporary art at the Art Institute of Chicago, the museum’s new director, James Rondeau, made a Faustian bargain that could come back to haunt him.  … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2016-02-22

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