“As the prize formerly known as the Orange continues its hunt for a headline sponsor, it’s interesting to see that Canada and Australia have both just launched women-only literary prizes.” The Stella Prize, worth A$50,000, covers either fiction or nonfiction, while the Canada’s Rosalind Prize, for novels or short stories, carries no cash award as yet.
Tag: 11.02.12
New Iranian Film Openly Discusses Transsexuality
“One of the many astonishing paradoxes about life in the Islamic republic is that transsexuality has been legal since a fatwa was issued in 1987 by the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.” It’s still very much a taboo subject, though, which makes Facing Mirrors, about a young woman who wants to become a man, a daring project.
Why Ibsen’s Enemy Of The People Is Relevant To American Politics
Boyd Gaines, co-star of the current Broadway staging: “There’s a line in Ibsen’s fifth act, when my character says to my father-in-law, you can’t – I can’t change the fact, and he goes yes you can, anyone can change facts.”
Madison Square Garden Disses Broadway In New Ad
In a new campaign, MSG’s advertisement reads “It’s Friday night. You can either see a Broadway harness malfunction, or you can watch real men fly.”
Martha Graham Company Sets, Costumes Damaged By Sandy’s Floods
“Most of the sets and costumes of the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, stored in a West Village basement, were submerged under 6 feet of water in Hurricane Sandy flooding, company officials said on Friday.”
Why Great Sign Language Interpreters Are So Animated
Lydia Callis, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s sign language interpreter and new Internet star, “was expressive, but that’s because she was speaking a visual language. Signers are animated not because they are bubbly and energetic, but because sign language uses face and body movements as part of its grammar.”
Amazon Begins Deleting Authors’ Reviews Of Other Authors’ Books
The stated policy: “We do not allow reviews on behalf of a person or company with a financial interest in the product or a directly competing product. This includes authors, artists, publishers, manufacturers, or third-party merchants selling the product.”
Surveying Damage To New York’s Galleries
“Widespread devastation was in painful evidence in scores and scores of ground floor galleries between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues. Almost every ground floor gallery had been inundated with four or more feet of water.”
This Restoration Might Destroy The Original
Dancer “Carlos Acosta’s plan to inject life into the island’s hidebound ballet scene by refurbishing Havana’s crumbling dance school and turning it into an international center for culture and dance has ignited controversy for daring to reimagine the original architect’s vision.”
Will Apple’s Design Move Away From What Jobs Loved?
Jobs loved digital things that looked like things in the physical world – but the designers now in charge at Apple definitely don’t. How will we react to losing our faux leather stitching in iCal?