Thank you! Happy new year to you, too

My Wall Street Journal review of Deborah Jowitt's art-focused biography of Martha Graham, woman of philosophy, bad-assery: “I try to show them that ugliness may be actually beautiful,” she said, “if it cries out with the voice of power.” wsj.com/arts-culture/b…

Thrilled to write for The Boston Globe about the important The Royal Ballet debut at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival: Heat (in so many ways!) waltzed with cool. Stage paired up with sky. bostonglobe.com/2024/07/09/art…

the crucial first step in writing

So honored~what a joy

Opinion staff at WaPo are furious about the paper's endorsement decision. Several are contemplating what action to take, ranging from resigning, quitting the board, or a statement. "If you don't have the balls to own a newspaper, don't," one Post opinion employee tells me.

I've also been told that unsurprisingly, the Post has been flooded with emails from subscribers furious about the decision. The paper has also seen a spike in cancellations this afternoon, which I'm told is in the thousands over the last 24 hours: semafor.com/article/10/25/…

When asked how fascism starts, Bertrand Russell replied: "First they fascinate the fools. Then they muzzle the intelligent."

New Yorker EIC David Remnick, who started his career at the Washington Post and worked there for a decade, emails me his thoughts on today’s non-endorsement decision

Two of my favorites! Elisa Clark and “Hard Nut”

Mattel's Barbie has released a new doll paying tribute to America's first prima ballerina, Maria Tallchief. Born in 1925 on an Osage reservation in Oklahoma, Tallchief took her first ballet lesson at age 3. At 17, Tallchief joined the famed Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in New

Looking for your next audiobook? For a limited time, you can download "Art of Grace: On Moving Well Through Life" for 50% off! Sarah Kaufman, and Sarah Kaufman audiobooks.com/promotions/pro…

Thrilled to share this news!

Washington National Opera Is Leaving the Kennedy Center nytimes.com/2026/01/09/art… via @NYTimes

Best "Nutcracker" joke ever

Bravo. Tears. This unleashes the whole operatic experience at once: nytimes.com/2026/01/16/art…

Book lovers. Lovers of life. What happened to the Washington Post today is unfathomable. Ease your spirit by reading--and subscribing to--the brilliant (former) WP book critic Ron Charles. It helps. roncharles.substack.com/?utm_medium=em…

Hundreds of extraordinary journalists are without their Washington Post jobs and livelihoods today. Here's a way to ease this community's pain. Please consider donating & sharing this fundraiser to support the committed, caring people affected. gofund.me/a98c8720c

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