“[The] English typists to whom the author sent his manuscript [of Things Fall Apart] in the late 1950s dismissed it ‘as a joke.’ … It’s important to remember that that manuscript, which was handwritten, was ‘the only manuscript in the entire world’.”
Tag: 03.22.13
Willa Cather’s Letters To Be Published After 66-Year Embargo
“For decades Willa Cather has been a peculiar enigma in 20th-century American literature: beloved by ordinary readers for vivid evocations of frontier life … but walled off from closer personal scrutiny by some of the tightest archival restrictions this side of J. D. Salinger.” That will change next month.
Sydney Opera House Cancels Spring Dance Festival
“Too expensive and not popular enough. That’s the harsh verdict on contemporary dance delivered by the Sydney Opera House, which has ended Spring Dance, Sydney’s International Dance Festival, after just three years.”
Australia’s Arts Minister Sacked; New Cultural Policy In Jeopardy?
On Thursday, Simon Crean, the veteran politician who introduced the comprehensive policy to general acclaim last week, led a sudden challenge to Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s leadership of the Australian Labor Party. When the coup failed, Gillard fired Crean from the ministry, and for now no one is certain of what will happen to the cultural plan Crean oversaw.