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Good Thinking: How Rodin Ensured The Financial Future Of His Paris Museum
The Rodin Museum in Paris is selling sculptures to pay the bills — and that’s exactly as the artist intended. When he died in 1917, Rodin left the museum plaster casts for just this purpose.
In ‘Finna,’ Poet Nate Marshall Is ‘All About What Happens Next’
Playwright, musician, and author Nate Marshall has a new book of poetry out, called Finna. He says the title comes from the common Southern phrase “fixing to,” which is all about what happens next.
BOOK REVIEW: ‘You Had Me At Hola’ Had Us Right From The Beginning
Alexis Daria’s soapy, sizzling new novel follows two telenovela actors who fall for each other while playing bitter exes — and have to figure out how to balance private love and public stardom.
New ‘Twilight’ Book Will Boost Olympic Peninsula Vampire Tourism, If COVID Doesn’t Put A Stake In It
The Twilight phenomenon gets an injection of fresh blood this Tuesday with the release of a new installment in the bestselling vampire saga from author Stephenie Meyer. The series of novels and subsequent hit movies spurred legions of fans to visit the fictional story’s real-life setting on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. But a predicted “renaissance” in vampire tourism could be bled by the resurgent virus pandemic.
Black And White Emmy Nominations Prompt #LatinosAreOnTVToo
While the 2020 Emmy nominations announced this week were notable for the number of Black shows and creators, they were woefully lacking representation of Latinx talent.
BOOK REVIEW: A Mean Ghost Story And A Souped-Up Crime Novel Will Wise You Up Fast
The Aunt Who Wouldn’t Die, by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay, centers on an Indian family haunted by a jealous ghost. And S. A. Cosby’s Blacktop Wasteland is a noir thriller — with muscle cars.
Netflix’s ‘Indian Matchmaking’ Is The Talk Of India — And Not In A Good Way
The TV series, which debuted on the streaming service this month, has sparked debates about colorism, classism and caste-ism.
FILM REVIEW: A Luminous Performance By Rosamund Pike Elevates A Radioactive Biography
Rosamund Pike stars in Radioactive, a biography of the pioneering scientist, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the only person to claim it in two different scientific disciplines (physics and chemistry). The director, Marjane Satrapi, the Oscar-nominated Iranian-French graphic novelist and filmmaker (Persepolis), tells the story in an ambitious but uneven fashion.
One-Third Of U.S. Museums May Not Survive The Year, Survey Finds
In a survey of more than 750 museum directors, 33% of them said there was either a “significant risk” of closing permanently by next fall or that they didn’t know if their institutions would survive.
‘Brave New World’ Meets ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ In Sophie Mackintosh’s New Novel
In the world of Blue Ticket, girls are issued either blue tickets or white ones on the day of their first periods. Blue tickets grant a career but no children; white tickets mean home and family.
‘We Are Freestyle Love Supreme’ Is An Accidental ‘Hamilton’ Cast Origin Story
A new documentary catalogs the rise of Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christopher Jackson and other members of the hip-hop group Freestyle Love Supreme in the mid-2000s before they became famous on Broadway.
‘The Magic School Bus’ Series Author Joanna Cole Dies At Age 75
The 75-year-old author of more than 250 books for children — including The Magic School Bus series, which became a beloved staple of PBS’ children’s programming, died July 12.
