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Short Fuse Podcast #40: Inviting Readers into a Brightly Lit Room

May 18, 2021
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Book sales are up, but indie bookstores are struggling. In this podcast, Lauren Cerand suggests ways to promote new titles, particularly those published by independent presses or written by emerging authors.

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Book Interview: Bill Nowlin on the Little Label That Could — Fifty Years at Rounder Records

May 17, 2021
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For local music enthusiasts of all stripes, the hometown label was a point of pride; for musicians and fans the world over, Rounder was the go-to source for music you couldn’t readily find elsewhere.

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Jazz Performance Review: Cécile McLorin Salvant and Sullivan Fortner at Home

May 17, 2021
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To hear this performance properly. you must do a bit more work than you might do ordinarily . . . but great art deserves such work.

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Book Review: “The Life of the Mind” — A Spot-on Portrait of the Postmodern Blues

May 17, 2021
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Christine Smallwood’s courage in looking at the way things are — for many of us — makes this novel about the pervasiveness of angst a subtle, empathetic accomplishment.

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Book Review: “Robert E. Lee and Me” — An Incomplete Reckoning

May 16, 2021
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This is a noble effort to reconcile with the Southern past — but are suggested changes in nomenclature — rather than statements of moral and political clarity — good enough?

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Shelter in Place Attractions: May 16 through 31– What Will Light Your Home Fires

May 16, 2021
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In the age of COVID-19, Arts Fuse critics have come up with a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, and music — mostly available by streaming — for the coming weeks. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Classical Album Review: Danish String Quartet’s “Prism III” — Exceedingly Fine, Probing, and Exciting

May 16, 2021
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This disc stands comfortably in the company of Beethoven and Bartók performances by the Emerson, Tákacs, Alban Berg, and Juilliard Quartets.

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Film Review: “The Killing of Two Lovers” — Lives of Quiet Desperation

May 14, 2021
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We are subtly drawn into the world of director Robert Machoian’s characters and their emotional honesty.

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Film Review: “Spiral” — One More Spin of the “Saw”

May 14, 2021
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Spiral is content to be a satisfying thriller that mechanically delivers as its murderous pace picks up.

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Music Interview: Juliana Hatfield Talks About “Blood”

May 14, 2021
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In her new album, Juliana Hatfield’s concerns are comeuppance, self-abasement, and the depravity of those who revel in the power to make decisions that can adversely affect others.

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