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Book Review: “Via Ápia” — Life in Brazil’s Lower Depths

July 1, 2025
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Hearing the novel’s poignant voices, we can’t help but think that in many respects the plight of poor young men in the ’hood is everywhere alike.

Jazz Commentary: John Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme” Turns 60 — A Homage

June 29, 2025
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This year marks the 60th anniversary of the release of John Coltrane’s magisterial album “A Love Supreme,” which has meant so much to so many.

Film Reviews: Movies on Art at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival

June 28, 2025
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“Art is anything you can get away with,” said Marshall McLuhan. Three films that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival suggest that he was right.

Poetry Review: Ode to Sisterhood — Barbara Henning’s “Girlfriend”

June 28, 2025
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Chronicling acts of feminist sisterhood, “Girlfriend” memorializes a mutual support system that has been among the backbones of American life.

Book Review: “Tidal Lock” — Living in a Trauma-Informed Reality

June 27, 2025
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The book is crafted, sentence for sentence, as a seemingly impossibly layered mindscape — rich if not overripe in what must be metaphor, must be symbolism.

Book Review: “Not My Type” — Surviving Trump

June 26, 2025
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This is a measured book, harrowing at times but also thoroughly enjoyable. It’s a fun read about a rape trial.

Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

June 26, 2025
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This week’s poem: Charles Shively’s “His Body In Mine”

Children’s Book Reviews: Changing the World in Big and Little Ways

June 26, 2025
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Two portraits of champions: a famous fighter for civil rights and a little girl who loves chess.

Opera Review: Boston Modern Orchestra Project Sheds New Light on “Frederick Douglass”

June 25, 2025
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Played and sung with verve in its New England premiere, “Frederick Douglass” stands as the most significant revival BMOP has undertaken in recent years.

Book Review: The Poetry of Zbigniew Herbert — Mr Cogito’s Insomnia

June 25, 2025
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How should artists live under autocracy? A Cold War Polish poet doesn’t have good answers, but offers chilling advice.

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