Well, if the flutist is Eugenia Zukerman, she writes a memoir chronicling what happens to her brain. Now three years into her Alzheimer’s diagnosis, she says, “music for me is a second language.” – NPR
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McSweeney’s Internet Tendency Is Now Old Enough To Drink Legally
Happy 21st, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency. How the heck do you stay so funny over some exceedingly unfunny years? One editor interviews another to find out. – Inside Higher Ed
Preorder Your Books From Indie Bookstores
Here’s why you should do that: “Your interest in a title will indicate to booksellers that it’s worth checking out! Maybe they’ll read it. Maybe they’ll love it and give it table space up front and hand-sell it to everyone who walks in the door.” – Literary Hub
France Has A Fall Publishing Frenzy
Autumn is “Oscar season for books” in France, and that’s not a super feeling for the authors. “For all the finger food that will be gobbled up and all the champagne flutes that will be downed in this chaotic two-month period—from mid-August to the end of October—that runs from the release of 524 books to the crowning of a happy few by a dozen major literary prizes mid-November, La Rentrée Littéraire is an exciting and brutal tradition that engages the whole country, and takes both a mental and physical toll on an increasingly anxious book industry.” – Literary Hub
Kerry Washington On Why She’d Take A Role In A Netflix Movie Of The Play ‘American Son’
Washington starred in the play on Broadway. So why take it to Netflix, of all places? Washington: “Not everybody has $200 to go and see a play on Broadway. … The economic diversity of our audience was really important to me, but also the global diversity of our audience, because violence with the police and bias with the police is not just an issue in the United States.” – Variety
Minneapolis’ Children’s Theatre Company Settles With Remaining Plaintiffs In Sex Abuse Cases
At the announcement of the settlement, theatre administration and survivors stood side by side. “The moment brought a close to a decadeslong ordeal and underscored the pain of those whose childhoods were taken away, their lives scarred by abuse. It also saw theater management publicly acknowledge the abuse committed by former employees, and offer an apology and commitment to continue working with survivors.” – Minneapolis Star-Tribune
How Welsh Actor Matthew Rhys Learned About Mister Rogers After A Movie Director Called
Rhys, who starred opposite American actor Keri Russell in The Americans – and eventually became her partner in life as well – asked her who Rogers was. Rhys: “And then she launched into a two-hour monologue about how he influenced her life. That he was, and so many people said this, almost like a third parent or a baby sitter.” – The New York Times
What Happens When A School Unlocks Its Books And Hires More Librarians?
Well, after the librarians remodeled the library and encouraged teachers at the Melbourne school to bring their entire classes – not just kids in detention – to the space, the school’s test scores shifted radically, and the school is seeing a massive increase in students wanting to study arts and music. – The Age (Australia)
Extremists Are Only Doing What The Algorithms Want (Which Is Ruining The Internet)
So says Andrew Marantz, the author of a new book on the topic. “We casually make the analogy between the internet and the public square, or the internet and a town hall, but it’s not really like that. It’s not an open space where everything is flat and democratic and everybody can speak their mind and look each other in the eye and get an equal voice and an equal time. The social internet is run by personalized algorithms, and the algorithms are run on emotional engagement.” – The New York Times
Students At Scotland’s Royal Conservatoire Say The School Ignored Claims Of Systemic Abuse
Both students and alums want a public apology, an independent investigation – and change. “Their allegations include claims of physical intimidation and inappropriate remarks about students’ mental health issues and about sexual abuse.” – The Stage (UK)