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Robert Israel

Theater Review: “Hurricane Diane” — A Whimper Rather than a Whirlwind

Madeleine George’s uneven 90-minte one-act comedy/drama borrows heavily on Greek mythology to zip up the misadventures of a cluster of suburban women in New Jersey,

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Huntington-Theatre-Company, Hurricane Diane, Madeleine George

Theater Interview: Tennessee Williams and Censorship

“A lot of censorship in America has to do with the impulse to shut down what women have to say, literally hanging and burning them as witches to shut them up.”

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Featured, Interview, Theater Tagged: David Kaplan, Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival, Robert Israel

Book Review: A Valuable Reminder of Lorraine Hansberry’s “Radical Vision”

In the process of exploring the ideas that shaped Lorraine Hansberry’s understanding of her art and the world, the volume confirms the writer’s relevance during these troubled but potentially transformative times.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Lorraine Hansberry, Radical Vision: A Biography of Lorraine Hansberry, Robert Isreal, Soyica Diggs Colbert

Book Review: “Cheese, Wine, and Bread” — On the Menu, Confession and Fermentation

The current rage for inserting the personal/confessional in everything from cookbooks to literary criticism can go too far.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Books, Featured, Food, Review Tagged: Cheese Wine and Bread, Katie Quinn, Robert Israel

Book Review: John Edgar Wideman — Masterful Stories that Bear the Weight of Reality

A singular muscularity infuses these short stories, a confidence that astonishes.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: John Edgar Wideman, Robert Israel, You Made Me Love You: Selected Stories

Book Review: “Children Under Fire: An American Crisis” — Gun Violence Run Amuck

Children Under Fire examines gun violence in America, focusing on how it is threatening our nation’s children.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Children Under Fire, gun control, John Woodrow Cox

Book Review: “Jew-ish: Reinvented Recipes from a Modern Mensch” — Nosh Nirvana?

Jake Cohen is “modern” in that he takes a contemporary approach at spreading the gospel; he is an expert at using social media.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Books, Featured, Food, Review Tagged: Jake Cohen, jew-ish:reinvented recipies from a modern mensch, Robert Israel

Poetry Review: “Field Music” — Lyrical Visions of Hardscrabble Vermont

The voice in Field Music is disciplined, its cagey earthiness unfailingly engaging our attention.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review, Uncategorized Tagged: Alexandria Hall, Field Music, Poetry, Vermont

Television/Theater Review: “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” — Listening to the Lessons of the Blues

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is a stellar artistic accomplishment, a blazingly powerful dramatic experience.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Featured, Review, Television, Theater Tagged: August-Wilson, Chadwick Boseman, Denzel Washington, George C. Wolfe, Ma-Raineys-Black-Bottom, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Viola Davis

Book Review: “Before the Coffee Gets Cold” — Would You Like Time Travel with That Latte?

To his credit, Kawaguchi is a canny enough craftsman to give the time tripping cliché a healthy spin.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Before the Coffee Gets Cold, Hanover Square Press, Toshikazu Kawaguchi

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