Children Under Fire examines gun violence in America, focusing on how it is threatening our nation’s children.
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.
Poetry Review: “Field Music” — Lyrical Visions of Hardscrabble Vermont
The voice in Field Music is disciplined, its cagey earthiness unfailingly engaging our attention.
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.
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.
Book Review: Black Food Matters — “The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food”
The Rise is the rare cookbook that does more than offer a culinary and educational journey. It inspires.
Poetry Feature: Louise Glück Wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Louise Glück crafts her poems with an insinuatingly thorny power that demands the reader pay close attention.
Theater Review: Penny Arcade — Provincetown, Puritans, and the Pandemic
I’ve hated enough people,” Penny Arcade confessed, “I can’t hate anyone new until 2022.”
Book Review: “The Atomic Bomb on My Back” — Witness to Apocalypse
Reading Sumiteru Taniguchi’s book brought back my memories of meeting a man who had witnessed the unimaginable.
Arts Remembrance: Terrence McNally — Dramatist and Father of the Serious Contemporary Musical
The late Terrence McNally was more than just a masterful playwright. He also forged new roads in musical theater.