by snarly | Aug 8, 2015 | Artistic apologies, Institutional Apologies
Brilliant Books, an independent bookstore in Traverse City, MI, has offered an apology and an offer of a refund to customers who preordered Harper Lee’s “recently discovered” new novel, Go Set A Watchman, and felt blindsided by the book they actually...
by snarly | Mar 8, 2015 | Artistic apologies, Personal Apologies
And now they’re dead. No, wait, the apology did not cause death. Because they could not stop for death, but it kindly stopped for them anyway! As it is wont to do. The poetess was Emily Dickinson, neurasthenic homebody and possibly agoraphobic verse-slinger; the...
by sumac | Feb 22, 2015 | Artistic apologies, Bropology, Celebrity Apologies
Rebecca Mock is an illustrator. You can see her work on her website. I love “A Year in Trees”, an animation she did for the NY Times Sunday Review. I bet they paid her. The “Aftershocks” is cool, and a little alarming. She did that for Medium.com. I bet they paid her....
by snarly | Jan 27, 2015 | Artistic apologies, Celebrity Apologies
On January 21st, Benedict Cumberbatch appeared on PBS’s Tavis Smiley show. While talking about diversity, he said, “I think as far as colored actors go it gets really difficult in the UK, and a lot of my friends have had more opportunities here (in the US)...
by snarly | Nov 21, 2014 | Artistic apologies, Media Apologies
A guest post by SorryWatch Senior Kidlit Correspondent Andria Amaral, the Young Adult Services Manager at the Charleston County Public Library in South Carolina. As you’ve probably heard by now, after winning the prestigious Young People’s Literature Award for...
by snarly | Sep 30, 2014 | Artistic apologies, Corporate Apologies
Peter V. Brett, a fantasy novelist and dad, got a superhero board game for 6-year-old daughter Cassie. As he wrote on his blog, he was gobsmacked to learn that in a children’s game about DC superheroes and supervillains, made by the established game company...
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