THE FEED: MAR 16TH

What we're reading:

Tales of the unread (Second Pass): This literary website turns one, and celebrates with reviews of out-of-print books

Everybody have fun (New Yorker): Lessons policymakers can learn from happiness research

Historic preservation (AP): Federal grants to American projects are under threat

Academic elitism (In Character): Snobbery, exploitation and silliness in the ivory tower

Today's quote:

"'Lloyd Webber' has become a kind of synonym for 'naff'. Ask yourself, dear reader, how many of your friends are big Lloyd Webber fans? Probably not many. That isn't a coincidence. Judgements about art and culture are impossible to separate from the judgement about social status."

~ Tim Lott, "Are Vettriano, Lloyd Webber and Dan Brown really so naff?" (Independent)

(Via The Economist) Picture credit: Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com