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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.
The astute filmmakers, Scott McGehee and David Siegel, seem not at all intimidated by Henry James’s formidable prose.
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.
Like some of the best New Wave films of the ’60s, “Frances Ha” brims with the giddy optimism of youth.
Palma Violets are the greatest live band I’ve ever seen. I’m not backing down from that.
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.
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.
This meticulous biography of Anglo-American poet Denise Levertov is the labor of many years and of deep reflection and care.
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.
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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