by The New Yorker | Dec 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
Earlier this year, Brigitte Bandit became one of five plaintiffs in a lawsuit that challenged Texas Senate Bill 12, which criminalized some drag performances if they occurred in the presence of minors. – The New Yorker
by The New Yorker | Dec 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
During the past weeks, I’ve been casting about to see what ideas are already out there. Suggestions I’ve found include the Terrible Twenties, the Long 2016, the Age of Emergency, Cold War II, the Omnishambles, the Great Burning, and the Assholocene. – The New...
by The New Yorker | Dec 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
“Something struck me forcibly as I was trying to fulfill the New York Philharmonic’s 9/11 commission: America had no contemporary musical work that could express national trauma. We Americans seem to have a popular song for just about every emotion, but in the...
by The New Yorker | Dec 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
Out of what soil spring these beings who absorb art and photosynthesize it into pronouncements, or, worse, into principles. – The New Yorker
