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Book Review: Stories by Korean Women — Sad Brilliant Inventions

April 10, 2016
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What could have been excursions into monochromatic despair are elevated, through resourceful inventiveness, into exhilarating journeys.

Film Review: “The Dying of the Light” — Cinema’s Fading Glory

April 8, 2016
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While there are some folks younger than 30 who are eagerly learning this dying art, most of the projectionists are what we could sadly call a dying breed.

Theater Review: “Arcadia” – Winding the World Up … And Down

April 8, 2016
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Director Lee Mikeska Gardner has put together a dazzling production that matches Tom Stoppard’s dazzling script.

Book Review: Christopher Hitchens — Final Stings From the Gadfly

April 8, 2016
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These pieces could have been written yesterday, which speaks volumes about the eternal recurrence of the moronic inferno of the political.

Film Review: “Everybody Wants Some!” — Richard Linklater’s Remembrance of Teams Past

April 6, 2016
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I was finally won over in the last act, when Everybody Wants Some! turns a little emotional, a little “girly.”

Book Review: An Uneven “Bottomland”

April 5, 2016
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Perhaps in the future Michelle Hoover will let her very real talent take her into the unknown, where narrative and myth merge.

Classical Music Review: Cantata Singers — A Soul-Stirring Performance

April 5, 2016
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There was no question that Music Director David Hoose loves these four pieces. The chorus was meticulously prepared, and sounded wonderful.

Film Review: “Take Me to the River” — Morality in the Midwest

April 3, 2016
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Being a gay teen trapped on a rural farm among homophobes who suspect you’re a child molester is a terrifying situation.

Fuse Book Review: Poetry in the Rough — Jean-Paul Clébert’s Graphic Evocations of a Clandestine Paris

April 1, 2016
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An extraordinary book that should be in the hands of every lover of the French capital. And don’t we all love Paris?

Book Review: “Liberty’s First Crisis” — Oddballs to the Rescue

March 31, 2016
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Liberty’s First Crisis presents reminders that elected officials have always been capable of uncivilized behavior toward their colleagues.

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