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Book Review: Wishing Well — Gary Lippman’s Wild, Wise, and Wistful Exploration of Desire

March 8, 2026
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Gary Lippman’s latest offering is the least classifiable of his books so far. It’s an inventive assemblage of fiction, historical anecdotes, autobiography, authorial meditations (and advice), quotes, song lyrics, and literary allusions.

Concert Review: Cat Power Reclaims “The Greatest” with Soulful Grace and a Touch of Sorrow

March 7, 2026
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Fun may seem like a relative term for a singer who performs fragile, melancholy songs in dim stage light and doesn’t allow photographers, though cell phones rose like stars in her galaxy to record videos.

Jazz Album Reviews: A Roundup of Recent Recordings

March 7, 2026
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Looks at new music from Joel Ross, Al Foster, John Vanore & Abstract Truth, Tomeka Reid Quartet, and John Ellis & Double Wide.

Book Review: “The Alibi of Capital” — Accept No Excuses

March 7, 2026
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Stealing the future and concealing the theft — capitalism’s method, which, according to this well-argued book, is incompatible with sustaining the global climate and democracy.

Film Review: “The Bride!” — Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Feminist Monster Mash

March 6, 2026
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The film’s intellectual friskiness is everywhere, and at times it takes centerstage at the expense of the story.

Theater Review: Gamm’s “Ghosts” — Ibsen’s Domestic Inferno Burns with Contemporary Heat

March 5, 2026
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Director Tony Estrella’s version of Ibsen’s tragedy smooths out an energetic path — the action moves along with compelling alacrity.

Film Festival Review: Sundance 2026 — Sayonara

March 5, 2026
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Reviews of “Josephine,: the film that won Sundance’s top award for 2026 and of “Aanookibijigan” and “The Gallerist”.

Book Review: Francis Spufford’s “Nonesuch” — Magic, Mathematics, and the Blitz

March 4, 2026
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This hybrid narrative laces romantic adventure with a bit of horror, the supernatural, and mathematical derring-do—all within an increasingly realistic depiction of the times and of the people who survived them.

Book Review: Richard Hell’s “Godlike” — Punk Passion and the Gospel of Damnation

March 2, 2026
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Richard Hell is the only New York artist of the past fifty years to give Lou Reed and Patti Smith a run for their money.

Film Review: Dancing at the Edge of War — The Haunting Allegory of “Sirāt”

March 1, 2026
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“Sirāt” is a heart-stopping, surreal reflection of our contemporary moment.

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