Donna Tartt, author of The Secret History, The Little Friend, and now The Goldfinch: “It’s so long between books for me that the publishing world changes completely every time I’m out, so it’s like I’ve never done it before.”
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Will These New E-books Save Community Bookstores?
“Most of our customers are reading in multiple ways: in print, on their phones or tablets, on dedicated devices. Very few customers tell us they are reading 100% exclusively digitally. The more options people have to find their next book and support an indie bookseller at the same time is a win-win “
Experimental Filmmaker Kenneth Anger Is 86 And Still Giving The Finger To Hollywood
“I never worked in Hollywood because I had a political conscience. … At 20th Century Fox you had to take a loyalty oath and swear you wouldn’t do anything bad to the United States. I said: ‘Forget it.'”
Why Do We Persist In Making Bad Decisions?
“When we find data that supports our hopes we appear to get a dopamine rush similar to the one we get if we eat chocolate, have sex or fall in love.”
What Happens When A Graphic Artist Takes Two Hardcore Punk Legends And Turn Them Into Lovers?
“Henry & Glenn Forever” is what happens. But what do Henry Rollins and Glenn Danzig think about their cartoon relationship?
Yes, Music Still *Is* Pretty Damn Cool
“Outside of the established and growing circles of performers and ensembles that specialize in contemporary concert music, there is still a vast, untapped population that not only is able to enjoy listening to new music but that enjoys playing it as well.”
Saving ‘Graffiti Museum’ 5 Pointz: Is It Possible, And Will Banksy Help?
“The Wolkoffs own the building and artists put graffiti on it. Over the years, the developers have allowed the graffiti to continue, asking only that it include no pornography, profanity or political messages. It’s an uneasy partnership, but it has lasted for 20 years.”
Is China’s Huge Market Worth The Censor’s Delete Button?
“The authors of sexually explicit works or those that touch on Chinese politics and history can find themselves in an Orwellian embrace with a censorship apparatus that has little patience for the niceties of literary or academic integrity.”
N.Y. (Except For Bloomberg And A Few Angry Graffiti Artists) Loves Banksy
“‘He’s sort of like Batman,’ Matt Adams, a Williamsburg resident, said as he photographed the Japanese-themed stencil. ‘No one knows who he is, he does his work under cloak of darkness and everyone in New York is looking for him.'”
What’s It Like Being The Youngest Composer Ever To Be Commissioned For The Metropolitan Opera?
Nico Muhly, whose “Two Boys” opens at the Met on Monday: “I’ll send a million emails and call a million people and type something stupid on my phone, but dispatching a blog post isn’t about enlisting hundreds of fucking people. This opera calls upon almost a thousand people.”