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Poetry Review: Nobel Prizewinner Vicente Aleixandre—The Poetics of Kissing

May 27, 2013
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This translation of “Poems of Consummation” is important for several reasons, one of which is that the 1977 Nobel prizewinner—despite the award—has long been insufficiently preeminent in our Anglo-American view of twentieth-century Spanish poetry.

Film Review: “What Maisie Knew” — Henry James’ Dark Screwball Comedy

May 27, 2013
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The astute filmmakers, Scott McGehee and David Siegel, seem not at all intimidated by Henry James’s formidable prose.

Jazz Review: Arrival day — The Allan Chase Septet Does Right by Sun Ra

May 24, 2013
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The music Allan Chase’s septet presented at the Lily Pad on Wednesday night made a cogent argument for Sun Ra’s place among the great jazz composers.

Film Review: “Frances Ha” — An Indie Classic That Celebrates Resilience

May 24, 2013
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Like some of the best New Wave films of the ’60s, “Frances Ha” brims with the giddy optimism of youth.

Fuse Rock Review: Palma Violets: “180” and Live at Brighton Music Hall — They Make Really Great Noise

May 24, 2013
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Palma Violets are the greatest live band I’ve ever seen. I’m not backing down from that.

Rock Review: Vampire Weekend — “Modern Vampires of the City” and Live at Agganis Arena

May 23, 2013
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Vampire Weekend may hail from New York City, but with their boat shoes, button downs, and lyrics like, “Irish and proud, baby, naturally/But you got the luck of a Kennedy,” Massachusetts is their true spiritual home.

Book Review: Israeli Novelist A.B. Yehoshua’s Fascinating “Retrospective”

May 23, 2013
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This fascinating book ends, leaving the reader with all sorts of questions — but that is exactly what really good fiction always does. Opening our minds, etching characters in our imaginations, and generating all sorts of possibilities.

Book Review: Denise Levertov — More Than a Famous Antiwar Poet

May 22, 2013
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This meticulous biography of Anglo-American poet Denise Levertov is the labor of many years and of deep reflection and care.

Stage Review: A Pleasurably Formulaic “Best Friends” Via Israeli Stage

May 22, 2013
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Anat Gov does a fine job on the meta-playwriting level. “Best Friends” is a genre piece that is also an affectionate commentary on the genre to which it belongs.

Fuse Concert Review: Chameleon Arts Ensemble Thrills with Debussy, Stravinsky and Schoenberg

May 21, 2013
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The last Chameleon Arts Ensemble performance of this season, “mystic moons and dream music,” promised much, with three famed masterpieces by Debussy, Stravinsky, and Schoenberg.

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