Commentary
It is unlikely that those who turned automatic fire on the staff of Charlie Hebdon ever read Michel Houellebecq.
Read MoreThe Theater J debacle points to the difficulties Jewish theater faces within the Jewish community.
Read MoreThe exploitation of the free labor of artists may finally have hit a critical mass in 2014, generating enough publicity to make observers righteously angry.
Read MoreTheodore Dreiser’s The Titan is not the greatest novel about American business, but it is still among the best, an honorable runner-up that turned 100 this year.
Read MoreIt’s fun to recall what’s been played locally since January and be reminded just how rich the greater Boston area’s classical music scene really is.
Read More“With Cream I and Ginger could play free jazz as a rhythm section, while Eric played the Ornette Coleman role. However, we didn’t tell Eric that!”
Read MoreWhat we seem to have here is one of the glories of our democracy in action: the blind leading the oblivious; aping distortions and downright falsehoods about the opera.
Read MorePatrick Modiano’s simple sentences pull one in; the nostalgia of loss and pain of youth and the hunt for a vague, romantic Other are easy to relate to.
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Visual Arts Commentary: The Telling Anonymity of Political Street Art
Highlighting the identity of artists is essential in art world journalism, but it appears to be unimportant when reporting on the artistic contributions to political street demonstrations.
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