“Politics is driven by language, and America’s peculiar history has given oligarchs the language to undercut democracy.”
Interview
Music Feature: Gideon King & City Blog — Forward Motion in a Backwards Time
“As artists, it’s our obligation to keep going. I really believe we have to push for the world to open up again.”
Music Interview: Mike Mattison Supplies a Powerful “Afterglow”
The new album demonstrates just how versatile a singer/songwriter Mike Mattison really is.
Film Interview: Talking to Autumn de Wilde and Anya Taylor-Joy about “Emma.”
A comical version of Jane Austen is coming our way via Autumn de Wilde’s Emma.
Author Interview: Gish Jen on “The Resisters”
Gish Jen’s new novel asks, Is ambition worthwhile in a world without justice?
Film Review + Interview: “The Assistant” — Silent Witness
While The Assistant’s scenario alludes to Harvey Weinstein, the problem is systemic in the entertainment business and probably many other workplaces.
Author Interview: Jared Ross Hardesty on “Slavery in New England” — More Pervasive Than You Thought
“The idea that slavery was not economically important to New England as a whole is just emphatically not true.”
Concert Preview: Judy Collins Heats Up Some “Winter Stories”
“People love a story, they always have, and always will, and stories are an essential ingredient in this folk music revival, which started sometime in the early ’50s.”
Author Interview: “The Cult of Trump” — Deprogramming the GOP
When someone recommended to Steven Hassan he write a volume called The Cult of Trump, “it just seemed like the most important book I could write, frankly.”
Author Interview: Boston’s Poet Laureate — Porsha Olayiwola
“I wrote those poems because I think people need to read the truth and to hear the truth about romantic sensibilities between gay people.”