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Poetry Review: Nicole Yurcaba’s “Hutsulka” — Lost in Translation, Living in War

June 26, 2026
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A compelling exploration of diasporic grief and the limits of a poetic response to war.

Book Review: Throwing Some Shade on Shade — A Case for Sunlight

June 26, 2026
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A science writer challenges the orthodoxy on sun exposure, arguing for its benefits while downplaying its risks.

Theater Review: “The Zionists” — A Bold Debate, Blunted

June 26, 2026
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S. Asher Gelman’s script opens as a rare, bracing political drama before collapsing into conventional family melodrama.

Book Review: Rivalry as Collaboration — Dylan, the Beatles, and the Sound of Influence

June 25, 2026
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Jim Windolf’s joint portrait argues that competition between icons did not divide them—it reshaped modern music

Film Review: “Mare’s Nest” — Don DeLillo Gets Played

June 25, 2026
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This ambitious adaptation finds its power in images, not in the novelist’s dense and elusive language.

Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

June 25, 2026
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The week’s poem: Chris Siteman’s “Mermaids”

Arts Feature: Mark Cutler and The Same Thing Project — Writing Songs Together

June 25, 2026
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Mark Cutler’s community songwriting workshops transform shared experience into collective sound.

Children’s Book Reviews: Finding Home, Making Family

June 24, 2026
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From exile to everyday kindness, these picture books trace how belonging is built—through resilience, community, and imagination.

Short Fuse Podcast #89: “Can the Arts Create a Ruckus?”

June 23, 2026
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Host Elizabeth Howard moderates a conversation about whether the arts can provoke, reflect, and sustain cultural dialogue in a period of disruption and transformation.

Concert Review: Jonathan Biss and the Brentano String Quartet Explore the Drama in Dvořák, Haydn, and Beethoven

June 23, 2026
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Pianist Jonathan Biss and the Brentano String Quartet animated Dvořák, Haydn, and Beethoven with emotional urgency and tonal finesse.

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