Two Notes on the NEA
As reported in the New York Times Dana Gioia is stepping down from the NEA in January: “I’ve given up six years of my life as a writer,” Mr. Gioia, 57, said earlier in the week from his office in Washington. “I felt I had to go back to writing when I still have the kind of stamina to do it ...
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In Contrast, America Finally Gets Something Right
After reading about the Arts Council England’s troubles, this article in the Louisville Courier-Journal about the recent $20 million dollar increase to the National Endowment for the Arts budget comes as a welcome surprise. The current budget is $144 million, and according to the LCJ, this recent increase is the largest ...
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NEA Translation Awards
I’m not exactly sure when this was announced, but the list of the recipients of the FY 2008 NEA Literature Fellowships for Translations is now available online. The NEA seems to do a consistently great job of supporting interesting projects from worthy translators, and this year is no exception. Among this ...
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NEA's Big Read on XM
From Publishers Weekly: The NEA has partnered with XM Satellite Radio to bring its national community-based reading program, the Big Read, to an even larger audience. An audio version of the program, dubbed The Big Read on XM, will debut September 10 on Sonic Theater, a channel about audiobooks and theater. Hoping ...
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