Baryshnikov Says Ballet Is Dead (A Bit)

“His subsequent turn to many modes of contemporary dance has been criticized as an opportunistic move that had the unfortunate side effect of making these idioms seem like a refuge for diminished athletic capacity. But Baryshnikov says that he has come to feel that ballet ‘is kind of a dead art, a bit, in my view,’ and actually his interest in modern dance long predates the end of his ballet career.”

Why Orson Welles Should Not Be Your Role Model

“[He is] seen as a man who once had it all in terms of power and freedom … [Yet] Welles stubbornly insisted on keeping his freedom long after he had to relinquish his power, which makes him a troubled role model at best. Some people who continue to envy the power he once had wind up resenting the freedom he continued to exercise, especially when it became the freedom to hold back his work for one reason or another.”

Why Johnny Can’t Write

“When you teach English to college students, you quickly realize two things. First, many seem to have received little writing instruction in high school. … [Second,] correcting students’ papers is tremendously time consuming. … If it takes me all weekend to correct 40 papers, how can a high school English teacher begin to tackle 120 papers (four sections, 30 students per section) in a detail-oriented way?”

Barnes & Noble Gets Into The Digital Self-Publishing Biz

“The service, which will launch this summer, will allow authors and publishers to convert their digital files to the ePub format, which is used by Barnes & Noble’s Nook and other e-reading devices. PubIt! titles will be sold on BarnesandNoble.com’s e-bookstore, and will be available for browsing inside the brick and mortar stores through the Nook.”