The state of the culture 2023.

Instead of a State of the Union speech, “What [Ted Gioia would] really like is a “State of the Culture” speech—a hard-hitting look at music, writing, arts, media, movies, and all that. And delivered with brutal honesty.” Loaded with interesting facts. Two highlights: “In the last year 1.7 million books were self-published.” And, “only 28 books sold more than 500,000 copies last year—and eight of them were by the same romance writer.” ~ learn more