MSVH
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“Langston Hughes’ literary estate now belongs to International Literary Properties, which says a Harlem Renaissance licensing program is next on its list.”
Private Equity Is Coming for Authors, Dead or Alive - The Ankler
Like music catalogs, literary estates are now targeted by investment firms and changing how Hollywood will deal with IP
theankler.com
September 16, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Grim
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Good morning Bluesky ☀️
This is one of the last coal powered sheep. The vast majority of UK sheep are now all electric ⚡️
This is one of the last coal powered sheep. The vast majority of UK sheep are now all electric ⚡️
August 25, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Good morning Bluesky ☀️
This is one of the last coal powered sheep. The vast majority of UK sheep are now all electric ⚡️
This is one of the last coal powered sheep. The vast majority of UK sheep are now all electric ⚡️
Wonder what ever happened to Gwyneth Paltrow’s music career?
September 13, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Wonder what ever happened to Gwyneth Paltrow’s music career?
PageSix Reports Polansky (guess Roman probably isn’t an option).
September 12, 2026 at 12:12 PM
PageSix Reports Polansky (guess Roman probably isn’t an option).
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Kushner was often asked to comment about how he could’ve seen all this coming and his response always makes me laugh which is that it was so fucking obvious *even a playwright* could see it. im just saying there’s a reason his friends say his drag name should be Eera Lee Prescient.
September 11, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Kushner was often asked to comment about how he could’ve seen all this coming and his response always makes me laugh which is that it was so fucking obvious *even a playwright* could see it. im just saying there’s a reason his friends say his drag name should be Eera Lee Prescient.
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A vital part of the national conversation on the most important things then happening in the country. My guess is I will never see that happen again as long as I live, but I hope I’m wrong.
September 11, 2026 at 2:17 PM
A vital part of the national conversation on the most important things then happening in the country. My guess is I will never see that happen again as long as I live, but I hope I’m wrong.
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It might be the last major world event in which a national publication turned to a playwright and theater critic to make sense of it. And because Toby Kushner (the last playwright public intellectual in America maybe ever) happened to have a play in rehearsals about Afghanistan, theater remained…
September 11, 2026 at 2:17 PM
It might be the last major world event in which a national publication turned to a playwright and theater critic to make sense of it. And because Toby Kushner (the last playwright public intellectual in America maybe ever) happened to have a play in rehearsals about Afghanistan, theater remained…
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The thing I remember every 9/11, besides the experience of being in Manhattan that day, is that that week Slate was running a daily correspondence between John Lahr (last of the theater critic public intellectuals) and August Wilson (the penultimate playwright public intellectual )
September 11, 2026 at 2:15 PM
The thing I remember every 9/11, besides the experience of being in Manhattan that day, is that that week Slate was running a daily correspondence between John Lahr (last of the theater critic public intellectuals) and August Wilson (the penultimate playwright public intellectual )
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Good morning, friends!
September 8, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Good morning, friends!
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Holy smokes. Could be the best description I have ever heard:
"She once, brilliantly, described novel-writing as 'trying very hard to remember something which has not yet taken place'."
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
"She once, brilliantly, described novel-writing as 'trying very hard to remember something which has not yet taken place'."
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
Anita Brookner by Hermione Lee review – an enigmatic literary great given her due
This exhaustive biography of the Booker winner brings her properly out of the shadows for the first time
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Holy smokes. Could be the best description I have ever heard:
"She once, brilliantly, described novel-writing as 'trying very hard to remember something which has not yet taken place'."
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
"She once, brilliantly, described novel-writing as 'trying very hard to remember something which has not yet taken place'."
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
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August 31, 2026 at 8:25 AM
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A much-needed break from anything serious. 🥰
August 30, 2026 at 7:06 PM
A much-needed break from anything serious. 🥰
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Jackson State choir. And God.
August 29, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Jackson State choir. And God.
“Be strong enough to be gentle”: youtube.com/watch?v=zryf...
Peter Cullen explains how he created the voice for Optimus Prime
YouTube video by TFcon
youtube.com
August 27, 2026 at 3:58 PM
“Be strong enough to be gentle”: youtube.com/watch?v=zryf...
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And now goodbye to Tim Curry.
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August 26, 2026 at 3:34 PM
And now goodbye to Tim Curry.
❤️
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"Not all that is thought need be said, not all that is said need be written, not all that is written need be published, and not all that is published need be read."
Menachem Mendl of Kotsk
Menachem Mendl of Kotsk
August 26, 2026 at 3:14 PM
"Not all that is thought need be said, not all that is said need be written, not all that is written need be published, and not all that is published need be read."
Menachem Mendl of Kotsk
Menachem Mendl of Kotsk
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My cat is not a fan of Albert Ayler
August 23, 2026 at 8:34 PM
My cat is not a fan of Albert Ayler
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Walton Muyumba on John Edgar Wideman is tip-top stuff: www.thenation.com/article/cult...
John Edgar Wideman’s American Vernacular
The master novelist offers a view of a United States defined by its cultures of improvisation.
www.thenation.com
August 23, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Walton Muyumba on John Edgar Wideman is tip-top stuff: www.thenation.com/article/cult...
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Also - please join me if you will in flooding Bluesky with Canadian culture.
Music, art, film, TV.
Let’s show the vibrancy of this place I’m proud to call home.
Music, art, film, TV.
Let’s show the vibrancy of this place I’m proud to call home.
August 22, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Also - please join me if you will in flooding Bluesky with Canadian culture.
Music, art, film, TV.
Let’s show the vibrancy of this place I’m proud to call home.
Music, art, film, TV.
Let’s show the vibrancy of this place I’m proud to call home.
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One of the dinner options I'm considering tonight. Don't judge. Also, don't tell Buc-ee's.
August 23, 2026 at 2:02 AM
One of the dinner options I'm considering tonight. Don't judge. Also, don't tell Buc-ee's.
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The best
Curtis Mayfield - Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) (1972)
YouTube video by Beat-Club
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August 23, 2026 at 12:00 AM
The best