Book-burning comes to America
In a major act of censorship, with chilling implications for democratic rights, publisher W.W. Norton has announced its decision to “permanently” remove Blake Bailey’s biography of American novelist Philip Roth (1933–2018) from print. Several individuals have accused Bailey of sexual wrongdoing, including rape, dating back to 2003. None of them have come forward with any evidence to back up the claims.
Bailey’s 880-page book, well-received critically and considered one of the important works of the year in its field, will be pulped. Norton also reported its dropping of Bailey’s 2014 memoir.
Blake Bailey, 2011 (Photo credit–David Shankbone)
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National Radio Series Program 31: America s Musical Roots - Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center- America s musical roots are explored with Harry Burleigh s Southland Sketches and Dvorák s Quintet in G major, Op. 77. click here
SOMETHING much more like normality is how Nicola Sturgeon anticipates life in Scotland to be this summer. The process is on its way with pubs, restaurants, gyms and indoor leisure centres all now open again for business. Performing arts venues – theatres and concert halls – are at the end of the line and we accept that. We have had our doors locked for the past 13 months, so we can cope with a few months more. The Government guidelines say that at Level Two performing arts venues can open with a maximum capacity of 100 people and at Level Zero – anticipated by summer – our capacities can stretch to 300. Excellent – our artists and our audiences have waited a long time … Only there is a major catch.
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Died: March 9, 2021. JAMES Levine, who has died, aged 77, dominated the music scene in America for half a century. He created one of the finest orchestras and choruses in the world and attracted to New York’s Metropolitan Opera a legion of stars. His insatiable appetite for work and vast operatic repertoire gave him huge authority and power in the theatre. His musicianship was much admired and respected by singers but his career ended in disgrace when, in the post-Harvey Weinstein #MeToo era, accusations arose regarding his rapacious sexual appetite, stretching back decades. In 2017 Levine was suspended from The Met after extensive investigations regarding allegations of sexual inproprieties. There had been persistent rumours of sexual misconduct; in 2018 he was sacked from The Met and there followed defamation lawsuits and counter-claims.