I notice things for a living. Editorial director, Workman Kids; author of THE MAGIC WORDS: WRITING GREAT BOOKS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS and five picture books, most recently IT’S HARD TO BE A BABY; 6yo mom; Virgo/goofball. Opinions my own.
Sad authorial news for me this week: One of the picture books I cowrote, THUNDER TRUCKS, is going out of stock, likely permanently. It's had a good almost seven-year run, helping many kids get over their fears of thunderstorms. Not too late to get a copy! www.cherylklein.com/picture-books
Picture Books — Cheryl B. Kleinwww.cherylklein.comI’m so sad to hear this. ONCE and the Frames albums were the soundtrack to much of my late 20s, and he was such a talented & passionate guy, with so much music left to make.
The GuardianGlen Hansard, Oscar-winning Irish singer-songwriter, dies aged 56 in motorcycle crash
I haven’t seen THE ODYSSEY yet but I think this point in Wilson’s essay is super interesting because it’s the same elision Nolan made in OPPENHEIMER — you see the horror of the bomb & the suffering of the perpetrator but never the actual (in that case, Japanese) people killed by it.
G. Willow WilsonThis bit, however, should be printed in large font in every public square. "War is fine as long as you feel bad about it afterwards" is the rotten apple that is steadily corrupting the entire barrel of western culture (a term I hesitate to even use bc it is so unhelpfully vague).