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Book Reviews: Peter Stamm’s “The Archive of Feelings” and Bernhard Schlink’s “The Grandaughter”

December 9, 2023
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One wonders sometimes whether the weight of acclaim doesn’t place an author beyond critical reproach. The bandwagon effect.

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Jazz Concert Review: “Samara Joy: A Joyful Holiday” — A Prodigious Joy

December 9, 2023
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Samara Joy uncorked her gospel pipes, the likes of which probably haven’t been heard on mainstream secular stages since Aretha Franklin.

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Visual Arts Review: “Fashioned by Sargent” — Round Two

December 8, 2023
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Was John Singer Sargent just a talented flatterer of his wealthy patrons or was there more to him?

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Dance Review: Continuum Dance Project’s “Not Eye, Us” — A Call for Community

December 8, 2023
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In this rigorous, timely dance-theater work, the performers provide a challenge to our beliefs and a salve for our hearts.

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Television Review: “We Live Here: The Midwest” — Family Matters

December 7, 2023
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By focusing on just a few households, rather than surveying all the available examples, this documentary succeeds at its essential (and valuable) goal — to humanize its subjects.

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Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

December 7, 2023
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This week’s poem: Kevin Gallagher’s “In the Boroughs of the Nightmare.”

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Children’s Book Review: Jews in America — From North Dakota to the Lower East Side

December 6, 2023
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Just in time for Chanukah, here are two books that focus on the Jewish experience in America.

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Film Review: Quality Time in French Foodie Heaven

December 6, 2023
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Frederick Wiseman’s latest documentary — an immersive visit behind the scenes of a three-star Michelin restaurant — is a savory, irresistible treat.

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Poetry Review: Christian Wiman’s “Zero at the Bone” — A Bulwark Against Despair

December 5, 2023
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Christian Wiman’s new book takes readers on an exhilarating, confounding, comforting, and surprisingly fresh intellectual journey.

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Film Review: “The Boy and the Heron” — How Do You Live?

December 5, 2023
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“The Boy and the Heron” is a work of true beauty that fits squarely within veteran director Hayao Miyazaki’s gorgeous and emotionally resonant oeuvre

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