“We’re creating a world of dummies. Angry dummies who feel they have the right, the authority and the need not only to comment on everything, but to make sure their voice is heard above the rest, and to drag down any opposing views through personal attacks, loud repetition and confrontation.”
Tag: 07.07.15
Giant Bust Of Nefertiti Taken Down After Relentless Mockery
Tweeted one wag, “I guess this is what she looked like four days after she died.”
Chouette! Fantastisch! Bravo! Translators Now Eligible For Man Booker Prize
“‘A poor translation will kill even the most beautifully written, imaginative book,’ said Fiammetta Rocco, administrator of the prize.”
How Haiti’s Disasters (And History) Created A New Musical Legacy
“The roots of electronic rabòday can be found in rara, a music older than Haiti itself. It began with the indigenous Taíno people, mixed with rhythms brought from Africa by slaves, and eventually morphed and modernized into a style that today is played by roving musicians throughout the country.”
Man Booker International And Independent Foreign Fiction Prizes Merge To Create Super-Award
Instead of being biennial, it will be annual. And instead of rewarding a body of work, it will be awarded on the basis of a single book translated into English and published in the UK. Novels and short story collections will be eligible. The prize money will also be increased with a top prize of £50,000.
Jacob’s Pillow Director Leaves For New-Created Position At Mellon Foundation
Ella Baff has been at Jacob’s Pillow, which is home to America’s longest-running dance festival, for 17 years. In a statement, Mark Leavitt, the board chairman at Jacob’s Pillow, wished Baff well. “The Mellon Foundation is an important institution that has been a longtime supporter of the arts and some of the Pillow’s most successful programs,” he said.
The Essential Ingredient For A Successful Lit Magazine
“You can use several different measuring sticks to say whether a litmag “succeeds”: longevity, financial stability, influence on new writers, number of readers, number of imitators launching journals very much like your own. But all these kinds of success come down to whether your journal brings something new to its scene.”
Why Do Movies About Musicians Focus So Little Attention On The Music?
“Music-focused cinema could provide something radical: a close view of the processes of composing and performing that reveals the work behind what seems, to listeners, like magic. Instead, like almost any other kind of cinema, it tends to focus on human relationships: on the interpersonal, not the inner personal.”
How Much Does Your Family’s Wealth Influence What You Study In College?
“With average earnings for different types of degrees as well-publicized as they are—the difference in lifetime earnings among majors can be more than $3 million, one widely covered study found—it’s not hard to imagine a student deciding his or her academic path based on its expected payout. And it’s especially not hard to imagine poorer kids making this calculation out of necessity, while richer kids forgo that means-to-an-end thinking.”
Star-Is-Born Moment: Soprano Triumphs As Violetta At Covent Garden After Only Five Hours’ Notice
Ekaterina Bakanova was already in the house rehearsing her upcoming debut (as Musetta) and she’d been planning to attend Traviata that night anyway. Then her colleague Sonya Yoncheva became ill.