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Poetry Review: “Other Paths for Shahrazad” — Poetic Voices That Bleed and Live

April 11, 2026
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Jennifer Jean’s bilingual collection reveals how contemporary Arab women poets redefine storytelling, identity, and survival.

Poetry Review: The Tongue of the Invisible — Juan Ramón Jiménez’s “Eternities”

April 10, 2026
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Juan Ramón Jiménez’s “Eternities” could be considered a gallery of invisible tongues schmoozing at heaven’s bandwidth.

Music Commentary: Big Ears 2026 — Another View

April 10, 2026
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A diary of shows attended – good, bad, and indifferent — at this year’s Big Ears Festival, as well as comments on some of the non-musical joys and hassles.

Film Review: When Marketing Buries Meaning — “The Drama” and the Culture of Concealment

April 10, 2026
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Kristoffer Borgli’s A24 feature flirts with social relevance but ends up exploiting a reality it refuses to confront.

Doc Talk: Documenting Defiance –Two Portraits of Courage at the National Center for Jewish Film Festival

April 9, 2026
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Claude Lanzmann’s haunted pursuit of testimony and Henrietta Szold’s humanitarian legacy illuminate the enduring power of courage and conscience.

Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

April 9, 2026
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This week’s poem: Michael Franco’s “from The Book of The Night Sky [A BOOK OF MEASURE VOL TWO] SIXTH CIRCUMFERENCE”

Television Review: Season Five of “Hacks” — A Fabulous Dabulous Time

April 9, 2026
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“Hacks” has been one of the best sitcoms in recent years.

Book Review: Rene Karabash’s “She Who Remains” — A Balkan Tale of Gender, Law, and Survival

April 9, 2026
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However well or ill this smoldering novel works, it is undeniably compelling, with an ending neither tragic nor happy.

Film Review: “John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office” — A Sober Look at a Psychedelic Mind

April 8, 2026
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Faced with the bizarre evolution of John Lilly’s life and ideas, the directors were wise to refrain from sensationalism.

Theater Review: Spinning Kindness and Connection — “Charlotte’s Web” at Wheelock Family Theatre

April 8, 2026
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With its production of “Charlotte’s Web,” WFT has created a lovely, balanced experience — by turns obvious and full of nuance — that offers life lessons and the value of multigenerational sharing. 

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