“In this time of Twitter feeds and self-designed Snapfish albums and personal YouTube channels, it’s hard to remember the stigma that once attached to self-publishing. But it was very real. By contrast, to have a book legitimately produced by a publishing house in the 20th century was not just to have copies of your work bound between smart-looking covers. It was also metaphysical.”
Tag: 05.02.10
Paul Taylor’s Place In The Dance World
“The Paul Taylor Dance Company is now 56 years old, a stable, permanent exception in the seat-of-the-pants world of modern dance. His minimalist experiments of the ’50s long ago evolved into the audience-friendly masterworks — some lyrical, some mordant, some hilarious — that have won him scads of honors and awards.”
A Revolution In Poetry
“Without obvious fanfare, over the past 10 to 20 years a seismic change in publishing has occurred: Poetry has become our fastest-growing literary cottage industry, relying less on legions of editors in New York and elsewhere to shape literary tastes than on the energy and inventiveness of the poets themselves.”
Appeal Allowed In JD Salinger Sequel Case
“In July, a judge in Manhattan’s federal court blocked the US publication of 60 Years Later: Coming Through The Rye by Swedish novelist Fredrik Colting. On Friday, an appeals court sent the case back to the federal court. But in its ruling, the appeals court made it clear it expected Salinger’s trust to prevail.”
Are Geniuses Born, Not Made? Maybe Not
“If you look very carefully at those who end up being the best, you discover – by doing intensive tracking of them – that they do practise more, and better, than those in the class below them. That is a theme that extends to all achievements.”
The Star Architects And Cancer
“The Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres put the seriousness of architecture to the test. They are notable for two things: offering ways of helping cancer sufferers beyond medical treatment, and doing so in places designed by leading contemporary architects. They assume that there is some connection between whatever aesthetic magic an architect can weave, and making victims of a dread disease feel better.”
Paul Taylor At 80
“Paul Taylor laughs out loud when he sums up how critics responded to his early, out-there choreography: ‘This terrible boy has ruined our evening!’ He can well afford to laugh. The Paul Taylor Dance Company is now 56 years old, a stable, permanent exception in the seat-of-the-pants world of modern dance.”