Dusting off my electronic quill just in time for Beyond the Shores to turn a year old! In honor of the anniversary, a few things:
I have a new piece out in Time about pianist Philippa Schuyler - a perfect person to spotlight during a Black History Month honoring African Americans in the Arts: time.com/6696690/afri...
When African American pianist Philippa Schuyler toured Africa in 1958, it was a showcase of Black talent at a pivotal moment.
đď¸The JWH has been migrating from that other site to this one. Could you please give us a boost here (and there) to move our followers to this more pleasant place? Thank you!
She's not on here (I don't think) but I'm so so thrilled and proud that my friend Lilia Topuzova's "The Neighbors" is an official selection for the Bulgarian Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale: bulgarianpavilionvenice.art/en/projects
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MacDowell's Fellowship application period is now open! đApply for a Fall/Winter 2024/2025 residency.âď¸ The deadline to apply is February 10! www.macdowell.org/apply/apply-...
MacDowell awards Fellowships in seven disciplines to about 300 artists each year. There are no residency fees, and need-based stipends and travel grants are available to individuals awarded a Fellowsh...
Explore the Florentine Codex: A Brilliant 16th Century Manuscript Documenting Aztec Culture Is Now Digitized and available online. www.openculture.com/2023/11/expl...
The Spanish conquista of the Americas happened long enough ago â and left behind a spotty enough body of historical records â that we tend to perceive it as much through simplifications, exaggerat...
"Leaving the original scene could repel some readers. But changing it risked provoking a backlash from fans and scholars who see posthumous revisions as a form of literary reputation laundering, or censorship." Oh it's absolutely reputation laundering, to put it kindly! All in service to greed.
A new edition of the best selling romance writerâs 1950 novel removes blatant Jewish stereotypes, stirring debate about whether to tinker with older works.
âBecause of the massacre, my family was driven out of our home,â Mr. Ellis told members of a House Judiciary subcommittee in May 2021. âWe were left with nothing. We were made refugees in our own country.â
Mr. Ellis was one of three known remaining survivors of the massacre, in which a white mob burned down the Greenwood district of Tulsa, Okla., killing as many as 300 Black residents.