From Eurozine, Suprealist art, suprealist life: Suprealism is a "movement" pioneered by Leonard Lapin that combines suprematism and realism; it mirrors the "suprealist world", where art is packaged for consumer culture, and Suprealist manifesto: "Suprealism brings popular kitsch into the art gallery and high culture to the masses; it introduces into art the naivety of the producer of kitsch while retaining the elitism of the professional artist". From CNQ, Alex Good on Adventures in the Reviewing Trade: A Cultural Primer. The Man in the Middle: On John Lahr, critic and profiler.
Cartoonist who equalled Cervantes: Sarah Boxer marvels at the world of George Herriman, the creator of the ludicrously imaginative comic strip Krazy Kat From Editor & Publisher, editorial cartoonists discuss the future of their profession, while cartoonists have varying degrees of enthusiasm for blogging.
In light of a recent story exposing journalists' donations to political candidates, media outlets should consider letting reporters reveal more about themselves to their readers via the Internet. A review of Tabloid Prodigy: Dishing the Dirt, Getting the Gossip, and Selling my Soul in the Cutthroat World of Hollywood Reporting by Marlise Elizabeth Kast. Green is the New Yellow: Jack Shafer on the excesses of "green" journalism. An interview with John Burnett, author of Uncivilized Beasts and Shameless Hellions: Travels with an NPR Correspondent (and part 2).
Connoisseurs of peeve-ology, here comes the book you'll love to hate: She Literally Exploded: The Daily Telegraph Infuriating Phrasebook, a collection of despised English usages. At last, hide-bound traditionalists open a small window on the world: A change from perhaps the least fashionable part of publishing. A steady stream of Penguin Classics has been arriving that seem genuinely multicultural - or, to put it less politically correctly, open-minded. Carlin Romano on spoils of success: Full-time writing life.
Flying to Arcadia: Novelist Barbara Kingsolver is the latest writer to chronicle her decision to live off the land. Adam Nicolson met her to discuss food, family and fantasies of escaping the city (and more and more and more on Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: Our Year of Seasonal Eating). A review of Planet Chicken: The Shameful Story of the Bird on Your Plate by Hattie Ellis and Jungle Capitalists: A Story of Globalisation, Greed and Revolution by Peter Chapman.
