“She is the top woman architect in the world, the only woman ever to win the Pritzker prize. She is hugely admired and sought-after everywhere – except seemingly in Britain where she has lived for over 30 years.”
Tag: 03.09.08
How Seattle Increasingly Shapes America’s Reading Tastes
“Though the big publishing houses are still ensconced in New York, the Seattle area is the home of Amazon, Starbucks and Costco, three companies that increasingly influence what America reads.”
Report: Book Publishing Getting Greener
“The book world, which uses up more than 1.5 million metric tons of paper each year, is steadily, if not entirely, finding ways to make production greener.”
Judith Jamison On Leaving Alvin Ailey Company
“For me, this is just part of the natural evolution of this company. Mr. Ailey told us that you must always turn around and look to see who is behind you so you can help them. Meaning, remember that there was someone who looked behind them and grabbed your hand and helped you. So we put our feet on the ground and come to understand who we are as human beings, and then we must turn around and help the next person.”
In Praise Of Boredom
“Are we too busy twirling through the songs on our iPods — while checking e-mail, while changing lanes on the highway — to consider whether we are giving up a good thing? We are most human when we feel dull. Lolling around in a state of restlessness is one of life’s greatest luxuries — one not available to creatures that spend all their time pursuing mere survival.”
Martin Amis Mired In Controversy
He made some controversial comments last fall. “What would normally have gone unnoticed in the introduction to the revision of an academic book instead made the papers.”
A Growing Interest In Book Translations?
“Only a fraction of the world’s books are translated into English. Of all books published in the United States, about 3 percent are translations. However obscure these endeavors may be to the general reader, as economic globalization becomes the norm, interest in translation is growing.”
US Movie Theatres To Get Billion-Dollar Digital Upgrade
“Several theater chains and studios are nearing an estimated $1.1 billion financing deal to deploy in cinemas digital technology that promises to boost attendance and save Hollywood billions of dollars in annual print and delivery costs, industry officials said on Sunday.”
When Is Dead Really Dead?
“Wary of the macabre suggestion that they are willing to exploit the dying for their organs, surgeons abide by a code known as the ‘dead donor rule,’ which forbids removing body parts from the living. Yet a few outspoken medical ethicists say the dead donor rule is broken all the time — and, perhaps even more surprising, that the rule itself should be abandoned.”
A World Of Cities (But To What End?)
“We have more big cities now than at any time in our history. In 1900, only 16 had a population of one million; now it’s more than 400. Not only are there more of them, they are larger than ever. In 1851, London had two million people. It was the largest city in the world by a long way, twice the size of Paris, its nearest rival. That version of London would seem like a village now.”