“The success of an undertaking like this hinges not on the size but on the quality of the space, which is never thought about enough and never by the people who really know what they’re doing where museums are concerned. … When will [trustees] ever learn to listen, and to people who have the right experience?”
Tag: 04.13.10
Small-Press Debut Novel, Tinkers, Wins Fiction Pulitzer
Paul Harding’s “Tinkers got great reviews but is published by Bellevue Literary Press, a small, 3-year-old, non-profit publisher affiliated with New York University’s School of Medicine. … The last time a small publisher won the fiction Pulitzer was in 1981, for John Kennedy Toole’s Confederacy of Dunces, released by Louisiana University Press.”
Is James Levine’s Absence Debilitating For His Orchestras?
“Part of the job of being a music director at an orchestra or an opera house involves simply being there: that is, being fit and focused enough to provide stability, foster growth and, most essential, bring artistic plans to fruition.”
Columbia J-School Ignored Jury In Picking Drama Pulitzer
“It’s a familiar story, but as chair of this year’s jury … I can’t help being ticked off. Two points, in particular, rankle: the blinkered New York mentality and the failure to appreciate new directions in playwriting. The board had an opportunity to correct these long-standing shortcomings, and it blew it.”