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Book Review: “Call Me Ishmaelle” — Was This Reboot Necessary?

December 29, 2025
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Applying a litmus test to art — in this case ideological sanitizing — inevitably diminishes the art.

Visual Arts Commentary: John Singer Sargent — A Particular Sort of Loner

December 29, 2025
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Viewing John Singer Sargent and his art through the lens of identity studies and LGBTQ history supplies new insights into claims about his homosexuality.

Translation Spotlight: Haunted and Haunting

December 29, 2025
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Appreciations of three remarkable translated works that have preoccupied me for months.

Book Review: “The Coroner’s Silence” — A Chilling Inquiry into Institutional Indifference

December 28, 2025
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The title of this revelatory book might suggest that it’s limited to uncovering the deficiencies and biases of a particular profession. But “The Coroner’s Silence” is far more than that.

Book Review: “Unfinished” Argues for AI as an Artistic Partner — But at What Cost?

December 27, 2025
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“Unfinished” supplies a thoughtful analysis of the relationship between music, musicians, and AI.

Arts Feature: Recommended Books, 2025

December 26, 2025
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An eclectic round-up of the favorite books of the year from our critics.

Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

December 26, 2025
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This week’s poem: Martine Bellen’s “To Think Snow: A Meditation”

Holiday Commentary: Making Room for the Stranger

December 25, 2025
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Sometimes the stranger is someone who is very well known to us, like a father whose strange ways include a devotion to a certain story about a childhood in Wales.

Arts Feature: According to Our Critics — The Best That TV Offered in 2025

December 24, 2025
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Our critics supply their TV favorites of 2025.

Film Review: “Marty Supreme” — A Thrilling, Empty Trip Through Ego and Excess

December 24, 2025
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It can’t be denied that “Marty Supreme” is effective as a wild trip. It’s an immersive experience — not an analysis of its self-adoring anti-hero.

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