There is no “final score” for a series. "The modern fixation on endings is partly a creation of the TV business itself. For most of television history, the planned ending of anything was a rarity. Shows aired until the money guys decided otherwise.” - The New York Times
Myriam J.A. Chancy: "When history is a nightmare, all one can do is circumvent it, write another version, a fiction. This is what literature is for: rewriting, revising." - LitHub
Tynes, as a Black woman, found little work in the United States, but "with her incendiary, full-throated voice, in roles like Aida and Salomé, sang at opera houses in Vienna, Prague and Budapest, earning high praise on the continent." - The New York Times
The complexity and melancholy of Cloud Atlas have inspired "cosplay, reader art, fan fiction and scholarship … in great quantity. It is a response that one might expect to a bestselling fantasy series, a video game, or the unveiling of a Taylor Swift album; rarely a literary novel." - The Guardian (UK)
Linda Holmes is not just any critic, but host of NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour and an alum of the revered sarcastic review site Television Without Pity. Holmes is also a novelist. How does she deal with reviews of her work, and, more broadly, how does a critic deal with criticism? - Slate
“Perhaps the real story here is how Marlborough managed to last nearly eight decades when so many galleries have only a decade in the sun. This confirms its business model of selling apparently timeless artists was pretty effective.” - The Guardian (UK)
“1300 B.C.E. Copper and tin smelters around the eastern Mediterranean encounter a shortage of materials and begin experimenting with some other ores, eventually producing implements out of iron." - The New York Times
The author of Erasure, adapted as American Fiction and nominated for several Oscars, and the new James, says a bad review "might be fun? That’s gonna be kind of crazy, to be upset about a bad review. Like, what else can you expect in the world?” - The Guardian (UK)
Her climate change studies were getting a professor down. So she turned to the University of South Florida's school of music. "Composition professor Paul Reller worked with students to map pitch, rhythm and duration to the data. It came alive ... in ways it simply does not on a spreadsheet." - NPR
"Musicals with such small casts are potentially big business, in part because it can be easier to recoup their streamlined production costs compared with a traditional stage extravaganza, with savings on actors’ salaries, costumes, sets, makeup and more." - Los Angeles Times
The city was a beacon of artistic freedom. Then came October 7. Now, "a climate of fear and recrimination has put Berlin’s status as an international cultural capital in greater hazard than at any time since 1989." - The New York Times
The theatre company said, "We are working with a remarkable group of artists. We insist that they are free to create work without facing online harassment.” - BBC
Days before the actor’s body was found, Lawrence, Kansas, police said they had probable cause to arrest Brings Plenty “in response to allegations of domestic violence." - CNN (MSN)
“Living in a cell the size of a parking space without a television, tablet, phone, or air-conditioning and an only temperamental radio signal, a book is more than entertainment and much needed distraction. It is a rare moment when I’m not reminded where I am." - LitHub
