“Diversity as an editor begins with your friends, your teachers, and your books. What rooms are you in? What conversations? Who are the people in your social media feeds? When you go home, is your family all white? When you go to a party, are your friends all white? When you look down your bookshelf, are all your books by white authors? Those are some tests. What people call diversity has always been, to me, my life. And so if your tastes are not diverse, your life may also not be. And if you find a result you don’t like in all of this, then you work on it.”
Tag: 10.25.15
Top Posts From AJBlogs For 10.25.15
Sotheby’s Necessary But Bad Bet
AJBlog: Real Clear ArtsPublished 2015-10-25
Perspectives on Classicism
AJBlog: DancebeatPublished 2015-10-25
AJBlog: SandowPublished 2015-10-23
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Should London Be Getting A New Performance Hall That’s Only For One Orchestra?
“Among groups gathering to fight the recommended site are those worried about an expensive new facility that might come to be dominated by just one London orchestra and those who think the City of London is the wrong place to attract new audiences.”
Kenneth Branagh Brings His Star-Studded Rep Company To The West End
“For slightly more than a year, Mr. Branagh, 54, will wear the multiple hats of leading actor, director and company manager alongside the stars Judi Dench, Derek Jacobi, Richard Madden, Lily James and Zoë Wanamaker, as well as actors straight out of drama school.”
Terry Gross’s 40-Year, 13,000-Interview Master Class In Conversation
“Over the years, Gross has done some 13,000 interviews, and the sheer range of people she has spoken to, coupled with her intelligence and empathy, has given her the status of national interviewer. Think of it as a symbolic role, like the poet laureate – someone whose job it is to ask the questions, with a degree of art and honor. Barbara Walters was once our national interviewer, in a flashier style defined by a desire for spectacle. Gross is an interviewer defined by a longing for intimacy. In a culture in which we are all talking about ourselves more than ever, Gross is not only listening intently; she’s asking just the right questions.”