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Book Review: So Much More than Spirituality — “Bouquet of White Roses”

April 1, 2021
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Those readers who embrace spiritual adventure — reincarnation as a mode of family therapy — will be illuminated and entertained by this book.

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Book Review: “In Memory of Memory” — Riven Recollections

March 31, 2021
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It is the loss of memories and the meaning of memory that dominate, generating speculations that draw the reader into and through Maria Stepanova’s argument and interpretations.

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Arts Remembrance: “Why Not Say What Happened” — Morris Dickstein’s Memoir About Living a Life of the Mind

March 29, 2021
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RIP Morris Dickstein, among the last of the generation of the New York School of Jewish intellectuals, scholar/critics of massive knowledge and intellect who came from humble backgrounds.

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Author Interview: Critic Morris Dickstein — “We Need a New Minority Culture”

March 29, 2021
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“Arts journalism should meet the same high standard as other forms of writing but rarely does, even in the good old days.”

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Book Review: A Precarious Plenitude — “Digital Divisions: How Schools Create Inequality in the Tech Era”

March 29, 2021
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In this beautifully written, shrewdly researched, and artfully argued book, Matthew Rafalow contends that how teachers understand and regulate their students digital know-how has profound consequences.

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Book Review: Harold Bloom’s Final Testament to the Saving Power of Literature

March 28, 2021
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Here’s to the late Harold Bloom. Do yourself a favor. Get up early (or whenever) and read something that matters.

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Book Review: “The Death of Vazir-Mukhtar” — A Formalist Critic’s Picaresque Novel

March 25, 2021
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A new complete translation of the most accomplished novel by Yury Tynyanov, an innovative Russian man of letters during the experimental 1920s.

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Book Review: “The Recent East” — Exploring Seldom Seen Territory

March 25, 2021
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Thomas Grattan, a New Yorker with German roots, displays an observant eye and a way with dialogue in his first novel.

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Book Review: “¡Printing the Revolution! — The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now”

March 24, 2021
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There’s a looseness, a jagged brio that gives the images in ¡Printing the Revolution! a visual bang — a kind of primal pop.

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Book Review: “Children Under Fire: An American Crisis” — Gun Violence Run Amuck

March 23, 2021
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Children Under Fire examines gun violence in America, focusing on how it is threatening our nation’s children.

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