It was much less grandiose and more affectionate than it looks in a headline – or, for that matter, than journalist Dawn Reiss had expected when she received a list of “communication courtesy” instructions prior to interviewing Dr. Angelou.
Tag: 06.02.14
Top Posts From AJBlogs 06.02.14
Devining “Artistic Excellence”
AJBlog: We The Audience | Published 2014-06-01
Another concert for today
(or, Living composer sells out 2400-seat concert hall, and audience roars for him)
AJBlog: Sandow | Published 2014-05-30
News Flash: Financially Challenged National Academy Restructures and “Streamlines” Its Staff
AJBlog: CultureGrrl | Published 2014-06-02
Malaga: A Different Version of Bilbao?
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts | Published 2014-06-02
Blurring Thresholds
AJBlog: Dancebeat | Published 2014-06-02
Film tax credits, jobs, and lost incomes
AJBlog: For What it’s Worth | Published 2014-06-02
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Beethoven Was, After All, A Guy
A new biography: “He might have been one of the greatest artists who ever lived, but he was still a man who had to live among fellow mortals, eat and drink, buy clothes, pay his rent.”
The Horrendous Upbringing That Edward St. Aubyn Spun Into Finely Honed Fiction
“St. Aubyn is seen to have done something remarkable with his balance of wretchedness and wit. … He is fifty-four and the father of two, and has the air of someone who is puzzled, and rather impressed, to find that he is not dead.”