“In their letters, Ginsberg answers [the translator’s] questions about ‘Kaddish’ and other poems, describing his mother’s ‘paranoiac complaints … used as surreal fragments’; defining cultural references (‘Woody Woodpecker is an allied cartoon character, hero of a series of cartoon disasters in technicolor’); explaining how ‘the LSD poem’ was ‘written at Stanford’s Mental Health Experimental Lab’.”
Tag: 08.16.14
This Israeli Life, Or, If Ira Glass Spoke Hebrew And Lived In Tel Aviv
Mishy Harman got hooked on This American Life while on a 13,000-mile U.S. road trip. “And by the time [he] reached Mississippi, … he was determined to copy it.” Now Israel Story is a huge hit; “[it] begins its second season in Israel next Saturday; an English version … will have its premiere online on Monday.”
“I Hate Violence,” Says World’s Most Famous Living Martial Arts Star
Jackie Chan: “I have a dilemma. I love action, but I hate violence. There is so much violence in the world, from video games and from other movies. I want my movies to have a message of peace, and helping each other. … There has to be plenty of action, but not violence.”
Schools Aren’t Companies, And Teaching Is Not A Business
“Business does have something to teach educators, but it’s neither the saving power of competition nor flashy ideas like disruptive innovation. Instead, what works are time-tested strategies.”
Ten Writing Studios You Might Just Want For Yourself
“The water collection basin that doubles as the front step draws in birds and deer. At midday, the silhouettes of these animals project from the water onto the interior ceiling. Windows on the west and north sides frame different bird habitats.”
Can A Famous Musician’s House Save A Poverty Stricken, Neglected Town?
“The Italians, who are touring the region, are here out of curiosity because Ray and Carrie Cash moved their family to Dyess in 1935 and the fourth of their seven children became a music great whose influence and appeal endure worldwide more than a decade after his death.”
The Great Soprano Licia Albanese Is Dead At 105
“After the opera house was torn down, The Times reported in 1997, Miss Albanese could be seen on some fine days standing amid the rubble, dressed, as if in mourning weeds, in her Butterfly kimono.”
Why Andy Goldsworthy Is Working In Town Instead Of ‘In Nature’
“In the early days my work was about collapse and decay. Now some of the changes that occur are too beautiful to be described as simply decay.”
Can The (Now Rather Commercial) Internet Bridge Cultures, Or Is That A Chimera?
“Embracing cosmopolitanism is an active process, while the digital environment is often a passive one. The web, by and large, has become an explicitly commercial space. Commercial spaces don’t make people uncomfortable or challenge their assumptions.”
Yes, This Is A Post About Kim Kardashian’s Game
Because here’s the thing: When a video game app has the potential to make more money than a massive hit movie, what’s going to happen to apps, and movies, in the future?