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Being able to comfortably shift gears between “high” and “low” culture is one of the easiest ways in which a contemporary critic can gain the reader’s trust.
L. M. Brown has also written poetry, and she brings some of that lyrical know-how to her promising first novel.
The privilege Edith Wharton’s characters swim in has not disappeared. If anything, it’s expanded farther into the social stratosphere.
Pepperland serves up the expected tie-dye nostalgia, keyed to a half-dozen Beatle tunes from the classic album.
At this time in the Boston jazz scene, there are no ongoing spaces for big bands and, predictably, the number of such ensembles has shrunk.
Nancy is mystifying, but in this case the inexplicable has its fascinations.
Ethan Mordden’s volume openly defies anyone to dismiss the American musical as mere fluff.
Summer 1993 is provocative, both for the raw depth of the emotions it evokes and the directness of its storytelling.
Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual arts, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.
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