Oh, woe is the English major – but, frankly, I'm sick of reading essays in higher-ed newspapers by disillusioned faculty that read like obituaries for the field. How does such griping inspire students — who may love books and creative writing — feel better about this major? How does the whining make
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The historic Johnson Publishing Building, formerly home to Ebony and Jet magazines, will have its important place in publishing history preserved while it is renovated into apartments, said 3L Real Estate CEO and founder Joseph Slezak. The building, 820 S. Michigan Ave., was sold in late November to
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When Bishop took a break from years on the road to go to graduate school, the creative writing major met award-winning producer David Cobb. Once he heard her demos, he knew her voice was meant to sing soul music. Her latest album, Ain't Who I Was, released last year, couldn't have a better title.
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By Current Publishing on December 11, 2017 Night & Day. By Rick Morwick. Working from a photograph of her oldest daughter, Charlene M. Brown created a striking oil painting she was especially pleased with. Brown. Capturing the strength of her daughter's expression and the vibrant colors of a fall
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By Current Publishing on December 11, 2017 Night & Day. By Chris Bavender. For 32 years, the Indianapolis Children's Choir has offered central Indiana children a chance to explore their love of music. Serving more than 5,500 kids from ages 18 months to 18 years, the organization strives to foster
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Ron Perry, co-founder and president of Songs Music Publishing, has been named the new head of Columbia Records just as his former company was sold to upstart music publishing and artists services company Kobalt Music Publishing for an estimated $160 million, according to the New York Times.
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Race became interested in the intersection of literature with social movements while interning this past summer with LOM Ediciones, a publishing house in Chile. The alternative publishing house, she says, “raised the voices of previously unheard and unpublished activists.” As a result of her internship,
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4th Estate will publish astronomer and planetary scientist Dr Sara Seager's “highly original” grief memoir following a reported seven-figure deal in the US. Publishing director Louise Haines at the HarperCollins imprint bought UK and Commonwealth rights excluding Canada to The Smallest Lights in the
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Carmel resident Jen Martin has one main challenge in her two roles in Civic Theatre's “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.” Carmel residents Matthew Altman and Jen Martin appear in Civic Theatre's “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.” (Photo by Mark Ambrogi).
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Editor's Note: Today's Guest Post comes from Phaedra Cress, Executive Editor, Aesthetic Surgery Journal. Are we losing good articles to predatory journals, with little recourse for unsuspecting authors? Or are authors becoming increasingly complicit and symbiotic in their relationships with illegitimate
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