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The Ash Family is a full-color illustration of how the modern world leaves people vulnerable to radical ideas.
In more pedantic hands, Little Dancer Aged Fourteen could easily have been a tedious and frustrating read. Instead, despite the dense and ultimately inconclusive source material, the book is continuously fascinating.
Rarely does a book leave me questioning the ways in which I understood, or thought I understood, the construction of some of the most formative solos in jazz history.
C.D. Wright has woven a poetic text that mirrors the tangled intimacy between humans and the beech, in all of its violence, its confusion, and its beauty.
W.S. Merwin remained politically as well as artistically motivated all his life, often proclaiming the vital importance of activism.
Mainstream environmentalism is not just serious and sanctimonious, it also happens to be very white and very heteronormative.
Music Director Martin Pearlman had the excellent idea to cut out 6 of the 24 arias to make Jephtha move along, and it paid off.
The Bird King is an utterly lovely reading experience.
We need stories like The Wages to expose the hypocrisy and incoherence of the institutions that we are supposed to believe are pillars of justice.
Poetry Commentary: Lawrence Ferlinghetti Turns 100 — The Beats Go On
The Beats came before the ’60s, the decade of civil rights protests, women’s rights, the anti-war movement, and the civil strife that included riots and assassinations.
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