Books

Fuse Book Review: “Beasts You’ll Never See” — Short Stories that Elicit Shrieks of Hilarity

March 25, 2016
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Nate Liederbach demotes plot and Aristotelian mechanics, replacing them with the acrobatics of a beer-loud voice.

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Book Review: Is It Possible to Hate Music? And Why?

March 25, 2016
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This invigorating book formulates a caveat: beware of music..

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Book Review: “Cooking With the Muse” — Poetry and Food, Transformed

March 25, 2016
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Though the culinary tastes in this book are original and often complex, the recipes themselves are breathtakingly clear and often very simple.

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Book Review: Living Well is not the Same as Being Good—Jim Harrison’s “The Ancient Minstrel”

March 18, 2016
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Jim Harrison’s prose is gorgeous, illuminating. The simple language slides into your head and resonates there.

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Book Review: “The Last Weynfeldt” — The Virtues of a Wry, Cosmopolitan Vibe

March 15, 2016
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In this enjoyable novel, Martin Suter has chosen to sidestep depth in favor of colorful characters fine-honing their hopes and dreams..

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Book Review: “Living On Paper” — Letters From Iris Murdoch

March 5, 2016
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Iris Murdoch proves a wonderful companion: funny, honest, insightful, and courageous.

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Book Interview: Edgar Allan Poe — America’s Maestro of Suffering

March 2, 2016
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The Annotated Poe invites readers to take a fresh look at Edgar Allan Poe and his far-ranging artistic legacy.

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Book Review: “What The Eye Hears” — Putting the Wrong Foot First

March 1, 2016
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Brian Seibert’s history of tap dancing has unleashed something I can only describe as a tap world pissing contest.

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Arts Interview: Postmodernism with the late Umberto Eco

February 25, 2016
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“All my effort is to transform machines into narrative, to show how much narrative power they have inside them, how they can tell stories.”

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Poetry Review: “ask anyone” — Giving a Slant to Meaning

February 17, 2016
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Ruth Lepson’s method in these poems is to encourage us listen as carefully as she does.

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