Maud Casey

Do-Overs: Reflecting His Story
|

Do-Overs: Reflecting His Story

ByHeather Scott Partington

Recently, Carolyn Kellogg wrote her 6 Wishes for Books and Publishing in 2015 in the LA Times. Number three: “No more novels based on literary figures.” Amen, sister. Lately there’s been a glut of stodgy novels dedicated to backwards-mapping literary lives. Though the work might benefit from proximate popularity to a fascinating historical figure, too…

“Death!/ Plop.”: The Instructive Power of Very Bad Art
|

“Death!/ Plop.”: The Instructive Power of Very Bad Art

ByClare Beams

In the basement of three small theaters in Massachusetts lives a collection of some of humankind’s worst artistic efforts: the Museum of Bad Art. Everything in the collection is gloriously, earnestly bad (the curators reject anything that seems bad by intention). You can go there. You should. The photograph above is just a first taste….