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Book Review: “Gilgamesh: The Life of a Poem” — A Dazzling Study of the Oldest Long Poem in the World

October 16, 2019
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This is a wonderfully readable book, sure-footed in its scholarship but hip and occasionally hilarious in its tone.

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Film Review: At BUFF-o-WEEN — The “Blood & Flesh” of Al Adamson, King of the Shoestring Budget

October 16, 2019
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“They were pieces of shit when we shot ‘em, but later on they became relics.”

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WATCH CLOSELY: “El Camino” — Epilogue for an Anti-Hero

October 15, 2019
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Like Breaking Bad, El Camino subtly suggests that justice is a relative concept.

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Theater Review: A Shattering “Slave Play” Rattles Broadway  

October 15, 2019
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Jeremy O. Harris’s bold new play is wildly provocative and hysterically funny.

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Blues Album Review: Jimmy “Duck” Holmes’ “Cypress Grove” — Old Fuses With New

October 11, 2019
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In Cypress Grove, Jimmy “Duck” Holmes’ deep Bentonia guitar remains pure and present, while his vocals, which have never sounded better, are solid and vibrant throughout.

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Jazz Album Review: jaimie branch’s “FLY or DIE II: bird dogs of paradise” — Into the Outer Reaches

October 11, 2019
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jaimie branch knows music has to be wild and dangerous and beautiful to cut through all the distractions of our times.

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Music Interview: Talking to Rocker Amy Rigby — Musician Turned Author

October 10, 2019
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“I’ve put out records by myself before, but this is like 10 times the work!”

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Film Review: “Pain and Glory” — Almodovar’s Remembrance of Things Past

October 10, 2019
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What remains so seductive about Almodovar is the way he replicates the movement of thought, creating a seamless weave between the story moving forward — rather minimal in this case — and the richer, more luminous past.

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Arts Feature: “Sesame Street” Comes to Harvard University to Celebrate Turning 50

October 9, 2019
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The highly entertaining gala celebrated the five decade long partnership between TV’s Sesame Street and Harvard University.

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Book Review: “Lampedusa” — Writing “The Leopard”

October 9, 2019
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Steven Price creates a mid-twentieth century world that is filled with the same kind of conflicts that Lampedusa himself confronted in writing The Leopard, his great novel about nineteenth century Italy.

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