“Even as organized labor in the United States has weakened significantly, the nearly 2,600 active members of Local 1 have retained their clout, allowing them to push for good wages and work rules.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
The Next Harry Potter Is A (Self-Published) French Girl
“To fans, this was a story of literary injustice. Fourteen-year-old Achille, a diehard Pollock fan, wrote an open letter to the magazine Le Nouvel Observateur, demanding a response from the hidebound dinosaurs of the Parisian book world.”
The Last Business Days Of A Typewriter Repairman
“Mr. Gan is also not a huge fan of Francis Ford Coppola, but he did service the Olivetti that Mr. Coppola used to write the Oscar-winning screenplay for ‘The Godfather.'”
The Return Of ‘The Lady And The Unicorn’ Tapestries
“Now they have been cleaned and rehung we have some idea of how they might have looked in the Middle Ages. They are really extraordinary.”
One Day In The Life Of A Bookstore Clerk
“I’m looking for a book.”
“Would you happen to have the title?”
“It’s a long shot, but I was in my car about a month ago and heard an author on the radio. Sounded really interesting.”
The Stage To Screen Transition Is Just Rough
Reviewers take the movie version of “August: Osage County” to task for, well, theatricality.
What’s The Matter With Minnesota?
“Any orchestra could slide off the road into the ditch the way Minnesota has done.”
The Most Exciting Magazine Of All Time
“No contemporary magazine could duplicate Life’s success, and not just because 1945 was such a monumental year. No modern magazine has remotely close to its influence.”
The Art Dealer With Deep Nazi Ties
“Gurlitt, the ‘art dealer to the Führer,’ reinvented himself: as a victim of the Nazis, a man who had saved precious artworks from destruction and someone who had never done anything malicious.”
Is That A Sequel – Or A Sell-Out?
“Continuation literature – as it has been hailed – falls into two camps: works that are licensed by writers’ estates and those that, like Austen, are in the public domain.”