One indie bookstore representative wonders what the ever-loving heck: “Even as people seek out the expertise of indie booksellers, they treat Amazon as the default for book links. Bloggers write about shopping local while linking to Amazon. Authors appeal to bookstores for book tours and sales but announce their books on Facebook with Amazon links (yes, even for a book titled How to Find Love in a Bookshop).”
Tag: 10.13.17
The Artist Inspired By National Geographic Explorers
Artist Dianna Cohen says that oceanographer Sylvia Earle helped inspire her to found her biggest art project: A non-profit that’s working on cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
Music Journalism Is Surviving Not In Papers, But In That Other Print Form: Books
Well, that’s happening in Canada, anyway: “Books on music are hardly new, but the recent flurry of new titles is part of a broader cultural shift – a nascent one, with kinks to work out. New authors are working with small, scrappy publishers to get these stories into the world. With hope, this won’t all be a blip and we’ll be treated to long treatises on Canadian pop for years to come. There should be time for growing pains.”
So, Will The Portraits Of The Obamas Be Classic Or ‘Edgy’? Philip Kennicott Says Both
Kennicott: “If there’s a safe center to the cutting edge, the Obamas seem sure to find it. Like the Obamas’ personal presentation, the paintings are almost sure to look a lot tailored and just a little trendy, without crossing any lines that might discomfit popular expectations.”
Women Know – And Direct – Horror
But has anything changed? Jackie Kong, director of the 1987 cult classic Blood Diner, says no. “This is real life. … You’re still not trusted; you’re still not hired. You can be this icon, this cult figure, but they have to be enlightened already, otherwise you’re fighting an uphill battle.”
The Art Of Sitting In A Museum To Look At Art: The Ten Best Places In DC
Sitting down, in a museum, can be an almost radical act: a refusal to flow along with the distracted crowd, idly passing by art as if it was just one more stream of visual enticement in a visually saturated world. A good sit is all about committing to the depth, not the breadth, of the art itself, seeing more by deciding to see less.
Weeks After Hurricane Harvey, Surveying The Damage To Houston’s Wortham Theater Center
“Long air ducts – large plastic tubes or funnels – run everywhere, even to the upstairs foyers. An indoor lake consumed the carpet at the front of the main theater’s auditorium (now covered in plastic sheets); fortunately the orchestra pit was sealed off. … The waters covered the focal point of any theater – the stage, not yet completely dry. An entirely new stage may be required. The full havoc that descended on the Wortham, however, becomes evident only on a visit to the corridors beneath the orchestra pit.”
Hachette Kills Weinstein Books Imprint Following Harvey Weinstein’s Assault Scandal
“In a statement to staff issued on Thursday, Hachette Book Group said it had ‘terminated’ the imprint. A joint venture between the Weinstein Company and the Hachette-owned publisher Perseus, Weinstein Books released around 10 books a year, with titles ranging from books by media personalities to film tie-ins. It was run by two women: editorial director Amanda Murray and publishing director Georgina Levitt.”