“Chinese social network Douban is hosting a competition for readers to translate excerpts from David Mitchell short stories ‘The Gardener’ and ‘The Massive Rat’.”
Tag: 08.03.13
Couple Spends $40,000 And Six Years Trying To Prove A Painting Is A Hopper
“We’re pert near 100-per-cent convinced it’s a Hopper,” says Ron Flarity. And a 61-page report, summarizing the forensic testing, is now circulating through the art world. If he’s right (and if previous prices realized at auction are any indication), the oil’s depiction of two women and one dog outside a sun-blasted Cape Cod-style house could be worth millions.
Building, Literally, The Architecture Of A Novel
Matteo Pericoli gets his graduate students to analyze the structure of a favorite work, then pairs them with architecture students to build 3-D models of those structures.
Breaking News: Prison Life Not As Shown On TV
“Orange Is the New Black” is “the yuppie’s view of prison, said Jenji Kohan, who adapted Ms. Kerman’s book for TV.”
Can A Book That’s Never Seen Print Win A Major Prize?
“Ebooks are eligible for submission to major literary prizes provided they are from ‘established’ publishers and made available in print if longlisted.”
These Orchestra Members Play With Their Noses (Or Actually, Their Trunks)
“The Thai Elephant Orchestra has produced three albums.”
Playwright Tosses Suicide Bomb Prop In Trash, Gets A Little Visit From The Bomb Squad
The 23-year-old says “he wasn’t thinking when he discarded the fake bomb while cleaning out his Manhattan apartment Tuesday.”
Perhaps This Is Not News: Television Critics Really Like ‘Breaking Bad’
TV critics, according to their annual award ceremony, also like The Americans, Game of Thrones, Orphan Black, and Louis C.K.
What Happens When You Begin To Age Out Of Ballet?
You commission four choreographers for “neo-neo-classical ballet” duets, of course.
How To Deal With The 2871 Shows At The Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Let go and enjoy the wackiness.