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Book Review: “My Brooklyn Writer Friend” — Flashes in the Gloom

January 20, 2016
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Thanks in large part to brevity alone, the way these stories work is closer to poetry than to fiction.

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Book Review: Stanley Fish Invites Readers to “Think Again” — With Chutzpah

January 19, 2016
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The New York Times columns selected for Think Again are engaging, provocative, maddening, humorous, and insightful.

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Book Review: “The Butcher’s Trail” — A Masterful Account of Tracking Down Balkan War Criminals

January 18, 2016
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Anybody who has the good sense to pick up a copy of this book will find it instantly fascinating.

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Theater Review: “Violet” — A Musical Quest for Healing

January 16, 2016
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In the theater, sentiment must be earned – Violet is moving and likable, but its pathos is only skin deep.

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Concert Review: Boston Artists Ensemble — Chamber Music Done Right

January 16, 2016
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The Boston Artists Ensemble performance was full of bravado, virtuosity, subtlety, and charm.

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Theater Review: “Disgraced” — Relevant, But Soap Opera

January 15, 2016
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Given the rise of radical Islamic terrorism, Disgraced is nothing if not timely.

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Theater Review: “The White Chip” — An Ambitious Primer on the Woes of Alcohol

January 14, 2016
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Sean Daniels displays a fearless desire to share his own battle with alcoholism, a disease that nearly destroyed his career and his life.

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Film Review: “Troublemakers” — Aesthetic Agitation on a Gargantuan Scale

January 14, 2016
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Land art is an outgrowth of the rebellious ’60s; radicalism taking the form of ambitious topographical rearangment.

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Theater Review: “Citizens of the Empire” — A Copycat Cosmos

January 14, 2016
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It is strange that Citizens of the Empire is so weirdly underdeveloped, given that it has been in development for quite a while now.

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TV Commentary: The Golden Globes — Reliably Disappointing

January 13, 2016
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The Golden Globes Equation: Glitz + Glamor + Action = Win.

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