Art and Culture

Rebecca Makkai pulls back the curtain on how judging for book awards actually works — idiosyncratic judges, no institutional input, winners that surprise even the heads of the prize organizations (Rebecca Makkai). The…
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Organization The Flynn is where the unexpected meets the familiar—where strangers become neighbors through shared wonder. We light up stages and communities alike with performances that inspire and moments that transform. Here, bold…
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“Worldwide” is the key word here: demand for news video on third-party platforms, while certainly growing, is lowest in Europe and North America, with such usage much higher in Asia and Latin America. – Nieman Lab Source link
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KARANGASEM, Indonesia (AP) — Ketut Alit Widiantari, along with more than 30 of her female friends, walked barefoot to the temple courtyard in her village, carefully balancing her movements while…
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I want to start by preventing some heart attacks and assuring the administrators of every book prize I’ve ever judged that I am NOT about to disclose any secrets of the judging room. But authors and readers (and even editors) tend to…
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This poorly argued case that it may be time to restrain the principles of academic freedom and faculty autonomy is not helping the situation. – Boston Review Source link
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It seems possible to push wealthy colleges like Princeton to enroll more working- and middle-class students. They surely need that push, because our most prestigious universities enroll a larger share of rich students now than they did …
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American mezzo-soprano Mignon Dunn, one of the Metropolitan Opera’s most enduring artists and an internationally acclaimed interpreter of Carmen, has died at the age of 98. Over a career spanning more than three decades, Dunn…
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“The prize, which honors translated fiction and this year celebrates its 10th anniversary, will be renamed the Bukhman International Booker Prize,” with the top award raised from £50,000 to £100,000 (roughly $66,000 to $132,000), split…
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