“Cristóbal Pera, editorial director of Penguin Random House Mexico, said that García Márquez’s family has not yet decided whether to allow the book to come out posthumously, or which publishing house would get the rights.”
Tag: 04.22.14
How Libraries Will Evolve In The Digital Age
A century ago, “a library without books was unthinkable. Now it seems almost inevitable. … What are libraries for, if not storing and circulating books? With their hearts cut out, how can they survive?” All sorts of ways, actually.
The ‘Fun Home’ Trip To South Carolina: A Report
“McNerney said the performances were not meant to be an insult or a challenge to lawmakers. They were meant to expose students to accomplished artists. ‘I hope they won’t punish us for presenting a piece of artistic work.’ And, he added, ‘not a cent of state money was used to support this’.”
The Blue-Eyed Blond Who Convinced All London He Was Taiwanese (For A While)
“George Psalmanazar claimed to be a kidnapping victim who was snatched from Formosa (now known as Taiwan) by a Jesuit named Father de Rode of Avignon.” And that’s just the start of it …
Liverpool Arts Center Replaces Paid Staff With Volunteers
“Those affected were all really upset. They were very angry. The advertising for the volunteers says they will pay travel expenses and people will get work experience out of it.”
We Found Shakespeare’s Personal Dictionary on eBay!, Say Book Dealers
“For more than half a century, many scholars have believed that Shakespeare consulted a 1580 dictionary published in London called An Alvearie, or Quadruple Dictionarie.” Now a pair of antiquarians claim they’ve found that very volume, complete with Shakespeare’s own handwritten notes. Naturally, some scholars disagree. Robinson Meyer runs down the arguments for and against.
Houston Symphony Musicians Get a Raise
“The symphony’s musicians will get a 2.85 percent annual raise under terms of the four-year deal, which will take their annual salary from $86,840 today to $97,240 during the 2017-18 season.”
How to Forge a Masterpiece (It’s in the Court Documents)
“The indictment reads in places like a forger’s manual, laying out the materials needed to forge masterpieces and how to create a fraudulent history of a painting’s creation, ownership, custody and location, known as its provenance.”
Torvill and Dean: How We Made ‘Boléro’
The legendary ice dancers recount how they created the program that won then the gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics – and that remains, 30 years later, one of the most storied performances in the history of the discipline. (Surprise: the Ravel piece was considered a radical choice back then.)
Andrei Konchalovsky, Director and Master Aphorist
Says the man who went from co-scripting Andrei Rublev to making the Oscar-nominated Runaway Train to getting fired from Tango & Cash: “Freedom is not a guarantee of good art. The best art comes in the war or the plague.” “[Art] can help politics when politics are ready to be changed. Not before.” “Opera is much closer to circus than to cinema.” “Tango & Cash, like every real Hollywood film, is a film for people who cannot read.”