How Thought Catalog Uses Social Media Data To Drive Book Publishing

Chris Lavergne, publisher of Thought Catalog Books, knows what his social-savvy data is saying: Create ‘an experience that isn’t efficient.’ Read More

Violist Stephanie Griffin: The Momentum Of Four Momenta

Although she calls it ‘a violist’s Book of Job,’ founding and leading the Momenta Quartet is a longtime labor of love for Stephanie Griffin, as she tells us in Music for Writers. Read More

Matthew Welch: ‘My Music Sounds Like An Optimistic View Of The Future’

“The bagpipes are actually incredibly difficult to play,” says bagpiper-composer Matthew Welch in Music for Writers by Porter Anderson. #MusicForWriters at Thought Catalog Read More

Sari Feldman and Mitchell Davis: The US Library Transformation Takes Hold

Two leaders in the United States’ library system’s new digital lease on life — the ALA’s Sari Feldman and Bibliolabs’ Mitchell Davis — talk to us about the ‘creative commons’ that the sweet building down the block from you has become, a community mecca for makers and a partner in grassroots creative leadership. Read More

Kronos Quartet's David Harrington: 'There Is No Such Thing As Easy Music'

‘Fifty for the Future’ is now in its second year, and the Kronos Quartet’s founder David Harrington talks about the project and the quartets goals. Read More

#MusicForWriters – Gity Razaz: ‘The Emotional Map’ Of A Composer’s Voice

Razaz has a youngster’s voice and an ancient soul. She’s one of four artists-in-residence with Paola Prestini’s National Sawdust Read More

#MusicForWriters – Michel van der Aa: ‘No Lines To Cross Over Anymore’

Dutch composer-filmmaker Michel van der Aa’s The Book of Sand is a digital, interactive song cycle created to live online. Porter Anderson in Thought Catalog’s #MusicForWriters. Read More

#MusicForWriters – Randy Gibson: 'This Feeling Of Eternity"

Randy Gibson is a sound-world architect. He’s best known in connection with the Avant Music Festival each year in New York. Read More

Nadia Sirota: New Music's Most Articulate Ambassador

Contemporary classical music’s best friend, violist Nadia Sirota has a residency at Symphony Space and a new album on the way. Porter Anderson in ThoughtCatalog.com’s #MusicForWriters. Read More

At ALA’s Midwinter Meeting: BiblioBoard Pivots As ‘Libraries Transform’

Libraries: From Info Vaults To Creative Hubs The American Library Association’s (ALA) Midwinter Meeting in Boston, has just closed with some impressive numbers to report. Gary Price at Library Journal reports that a total 11,716 people attended the five-day event—librarians, library workers and supporters including 3,622 exhibitors. This makes the 2016 event some 1,000 people larger… Read More