Despite the book’s sprawl, Marx offers a straightforward thesis: Culture, once the purview of innovators who pushed society forward with their insight, transgression, and innovation, now serves ...

The phrase “Time is a flat circle” often refers to how the manic post-pandemic news cycle makes comprehension of the recent past impossible. A similarly dazed bafflement is explored in W. David Marx’s ...

As reading declines, fragments of the literary past float to the cultural surface like corpses after a shipwreck. Complex thought survives in a motto: “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” ...

At the Natick Mall in Massachusetts, among luxury clothing retailers Tory Burch and Louis Vuitton, stands two large glass displays filled with artwork and a colorful sign reading "Buy Art." Inside the ...

Twenty-five years into the 21st century, culture is markedly different than it was in the previous millennium. Everyday life has never contained more stuff—an endless reel of words, ideas, games, ...

BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - If you are one of the millions of Americans who considers yourself a ‘Swiftie,’ enjoy a Taylor Swift tribute show at the Gracie Theatre in Bangor on Sunday, November 23rd. Blank ...

What does it mean that the top two pop artists in 2006 — Beyonce and Taylor Swift — were still the two top pop artists in 2024? In W. David Marx’s “Blank Space: A Cultural History of the Twenty-First ...

After dispatching a Starship into a near-orbital trajectory, the fifth and final Super Heavy Version 2 booster made a hypersonic return to Earth and hovered in position before splashing into the ocean ...

Kelly put her life-long love of movies, TV and books to greater use when she joined CinemaBlend as a freelance TV news writer in 2006, and went on to serve as the site’s TV Editor before joining the ...

If a maximized window leaves a blank space on top of your Windows computer screen, then try these solutions to resolve the issue. Many users resolved the issue by enabling full-screen mode in their ...

Join a vocal coach and songwriter as they react to Taylor Swift’s iconic Blank Space, comparing the Original 1989 version to Taylor’s Version. Watch for insights on vocal techniques, phrasing, and ...