Vengeance Is Mine

Book Review: Last Night A Book Saved My Life or….What To Read, or Not

I asked the venerable progressive publisher New Directions to send me what it has done for literature lately.

maurice yacowar July 18, 2019 at 7:54 pm on Television Review: “Shtisel” — A Charming Look at Jerusalem’s Ultra-OrthodoxA bit late for spring/19. I expect Netflix is a primary force for doing a 3rd season. You might be...
Helen epstein July 18, 2019 at 8:10 am on Classical CD Review: Bravo Leoš Janáček — A Marvelous Serving of his Vocal MusicSo wonderful that one cd can open up a world. Nice piece!
jacqueline baird July 15, 2019 at 11:55 am on Theater Review: “Selling Kabul” — Those Who Remain BehindWOW AND DOUBLE WOW! I must have been having a bad hair day. You got all that from this production....
EILEEN July 13, 2019 at 7:23 pm on Book Review: “Where the Crawdads Sing” — Are the Rural Poor Noble Savages?This book was incredibly boring, badly written and contained multiple glaring errors about North Carolina's history, geography and its natural...
Judith E Marsh July 13, 2019 at 2:32 pm on Visual Arts Review: Play It Loud — Admiring the Tools that Made the TunesTo me, an important aspect of this show was that the focus of the accompanying explanations about the instruments were...