“The void left by a dead mother used to be filled by an evil stepmother, but in recent years another figure has stepped in to take her place: the ‘perfect father.'”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Classical Music Auditions Are Terrifying. Is This A Good Thing?
“If you didn’t have a good day — after putting your whole life into getting to this moment — it could be over in a flash. It’s heart-breaking. It’s human beings doing this.”
Want More Boys In Ballet? Form A Boys’ Ballet School
“Boys don’t want to go in a class with girls where they end up being the only boy in the ballet class.”
So, Is Amazon A Ruthless Giant, Or A Friend To Authors? (Or Both And More?)
“Amazon looks so good because it has the rest of publishing to compete against. But if those publishers wither, maybe that would not be true.”
Top AJBlogs For 07.13.14
Charlie Haden, anchoring free play
AJBlog: Jazz Beyond Jazz | Published 2014-07-12
Justina Crawford-Williams & Christina Oi Ying Nip: A Conversation
AJBlog: Field Notes | Published 2014-07-14
The Most Common Expansion Mistake Hits The Perez
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts | Published 2014-07-14
Why Is Reading Poetry Aloud So Scary (For The Performer *And* The Audience)?
“As poets with performance backgrounds rise through the ranks of poetry print culture, American poetry appears caught between a fear of performance and a celebration of it. As these page + stage poets become more prominent in universities, journals, and reading series, are they helping to renew conversations about performance as an aspect of making poems?”
Long Live Ephemeral Art (Like Kara Walker’s Now Recycled Sphinx)
“Concerned about the emotions she’d suffer, her staff packed her off to a house in the woods. But rather than mourn the departure of her creation, Ms. Walker ought to take heart from her contribution to the grand tradition of ephemeral art.”
Survey Of Writer Income Is Possibly More Depressing Than You’d Even Imagine
“Figures from the Author’s Licensing and Collecting Society show the median income of a working author last year was only £11,000, lower than the amount needed to live on, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, and down 29% since the last survey in 2005.”
Larry McMurtry On Downsizing His Bookstore, His Favorite Books, And The Biggest Threat To Bookstores Today
“The worst: crazies, meth-heads. Anyone can walk into our bookstore in the age of meth — it’s a constant worry.”
So When Cardinal Wolsey And Henry VIII Fell Out, These Angels Got Lost – And Now The V&A Really Wants Them For Britain
“It is rather extraordinary that the four angels should turn up. Having these angels associated with two of the most famous names of English history, never mind 16th-century English history, is really rather astonishing.”