:: jeffmacintyre.com ::Jeffrey MacIntyre is a New York-based freelance journalist and interactive media specialist. His writing appears in publications such as the New York Times, Wired, Slate, Boston Globe and San Francisco Chronicle. He also consults in interactive content strategy for leading media companies.The Starving Artists Revenge <br>New York Observer- December 5, 2007 New York Observer; December 5, 2007 THE GIFT: CREATIVITY AND THE ARTIST IN THE MODERN WORLD By Lewis Hyde Vintage, 435 pages, $14.95 That first solo exhibit, magazine contract or book advancefor creative types, theres nothing so thrilling as the promise of artistic breakthrough. Ask friends in publishing, fashion and art, and theyre bound to confide that theyve fantasized about sudden, liberating success. And for good reason. Among New Yorks creative underclass, its part of an enticing,...http://www.jeffmacintyre.com/archives/2007/12/the_starving_artists_revenge_observer.htm |