“The space between fantasy and reality is a very charged one. Fiction can explore that, which might be one reason why I’m so drawn to it as a form.”
Interview
Fuse Music Interview: The “Grease” guy –The Bo-Keys and John Nemeth bring the Memphis Sound to Town
Scott Bomar’s multi-generational band The Bo-Keys has almost single-handedly kept the soul tradition of the Stax and Hi labels alive.
Theater Interview: Silent Film Comedy Staged Live — Jakop Ahlbom Talks about “Lebensraum”
“Buster Keaton’s imagination and ideas are more surrealistic than Chaplin’s, and his stunts are astonishing in terms of their demanding technique, even today”.
Music Interview: Pianist Jason Moran Plugs into the Powerhouse, Fats Waller
“I love Fats Waller. Fats Waller will always be here because he is simply that magnetic a person(a).”
Book Interview: Jewish-American Writer Bernard Malamud at 100 — Appreciating the Beauty of the Ethical
“Bernard Malamud is the great sentence-maker, the great craftsman, and the sheer quality of those sentences has never perhaps been given its complete due.”
Theater Interview: Swiss Playwright Jérôme Richer on Questioning “The Real Meaning of Words”
“Everybody has the power to change the world because we’re a part of it. Even if it’s a really small change, it needs to be done. Writing is my pebble in this path.” – Jérôme Richer
Book Interview: JFK, A Conservative?
In his book, Ira Stoll argues that John F. Kennedy was, “by the standards of both his time and our own, a conservative.”
Music Interview: Billy McCarthy of Augustines — Doing Strong Work
“It seems now that quality spreads through reputation — the live show is where we really see bands pull away from the pack. It takes quality now to survive. Strong work.”
Fuse Interview: Historian Maureen Ogle on the American Mystique of Meat
“If, as a reader, you’re expecting the standard rap on meat, then, well, you’re in for an unexpected history.”
Fuse Theater Interview: Israeli Playwright Motti Lerner on Catharsis, Tikkun, “Hard Love,” and Protesting a Play Without Reading the Script
“The working relationship is based on the mutual feeling that all three of us have the same understanding of the purpose of the theatre – to present plays that create a cathartic experience for the spectator, which might open his eyes and his heart to a new consciousness.”