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Poetry Review: The Sound of Sighs Restored — A.M. Juster’s New “Canzoniere”

April 7, 2026
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What may look at first like exercises in verbal acrobatics — closely rhymed sonnets, delicate madrigals, intricate sestinas — are simultaneously expressions of confessional, personal anguish.

Book Review: “Great Pond” — Where Beauty and Hard Truths Swim Together

April 6, 2026
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Ed Meek’s ability to harness language and cadence is comparable to watching a cowboy harness a wild mustang.

Book Review: Streetwear’s Conquest — Culture Captured, Politics Ignored

April 5, 2026
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Concentrating on the strategies that enabled casualwear to grow worldwide, the book ignores the broader historical and political conditions that encouraged that success in the first place.

Children’s Book Reviews: Happy Family Stories

April 3, 2026
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Three light-hearted books about family life reveal deeper meanings.

Book Review: “Mister Everywhere” — Pierre Rissient, the Unruly Champion of Cinema

March 29, 2026
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For half a century, cinephile, production assistant, filmmaker, press agent, producer, and programmer Pierre Rissient used all his powers to turn critical attention to filmmakers he took under his wing for their unusual personal vision.

Book Review: “This Is Where the Serpent Lives” — From Favorite to Felon

March 26, 2026
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This portrait of modern Pakistan is not only wrenching, but unflinching and true.

Book Review: In Search of Clarity and Love — Albert Camus’s Notebooks Chronicle the Making of a Mind

March 24, 2026
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Albert Camus’ notebooks shed light on the painstaking efforts of a major 20th-century writer to archive his thoughts — his struggle to make his vision clear, his prose lucid.

Book Review: When the Face Disappears, the Painting Speaks — Ewa Juszkiewicz

March 22, 2026
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Today, Ewa Juszkiewicz stands among the most incisive voices in contemporary art. Each work redefines how women may emerge in painting, charting new territories of meaning.

Book Review: “The Cat’s Eye Charm” — Cozy, Witchy, and Wonderful

March 21, 2026
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Clea Simon’s latest is an easy-going entertainment that will be a fine introduction to those who are only now discovering the author’s uniquely enchanting brand of feline genre fiction.

Poetry Review: Matt Bialer’s “Time Is, Was, Will Be” — Love and Grief in an Eternal Present

March 21, 2026
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Matt Bialer’s long poem doesn’t see time as a clock running to zero, but as an infinite love poem.

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