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Book Review: Literature vs. McCarthyism — A Battle Marjorie Garber Only Thinks She’s Winning

May 11, 2026
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Marjorie Garber’s case for poetry as resistance proves more fanciful than persuasive.

Book Review: Literary Critic Harold Bloom — The Man Who Read Too Much?

May 11, 2026
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A new collection of Harold Bloom’s letters reveals a critic who found the heights of Western literature far more inviting than the “drab” reality of a Vermont forest.

Poetry Review: Adrian Matejka’s “Be Easy” — Identity, History, and the “Alpha Poet”

May 11, 2026
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Poet Adrian Matejka distills identity, anti-racist critique, political commentary, and literary history into rapid left-right-left punches, each landing hard.

Concert Review: Controlled Chaos — The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis Ignite City Winery

May 9, 2026
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With chemistry forged on tour, the group fuses jazz, punk, and prog into a fluid live assault.

Film Review: “Obsession” — The Horror of Dating for a New Generation

May 8, 2026
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Curry Barker’s debut turns dating, consent, and loneliness into a bleak and deeply felt horror tragedy.

Film Review: Billie Eilish’s Sacred Spectacle– James Cameron Captures a Pop Communion

May 7, 2026
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Director James Cameron’s 3D concert film captures the awe, pressure, and near-religious devotion of Billie Eilish’s fanbase.

Visual Arts Review: Tracey Emin, Organized

May 7, 2026
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Today, Tracey Emin occupies a singular place in contemporary art, where autobiography, confession, and institutional framing converge within a shared system of visibility.

Television Review: “Lord of the Flies” — A Savage Island, Revisited

May 7, 2026
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A remarkable young cast anchors Netflix’s “Lord of the Flies,” a haunting adaptation that resonates sharply with today’s anxieties about masculinity and violence.

Visual Arts Review: Jules Olitski ­— Spray Gun Art from the Swinging ’60s

May 6, 2026
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A focused museum show revisits the radiant ambition—and shifting fortunes—of a Color Field innovator.

Visual Arts Review: Witness and Wonder — Winslow Martin’s Armenia in Fragments of Daily Life

May 6, 2026
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At Project Save, thirty black-and-white photographs capture the tenderness, turmoil, and enduring spirit of the Armenian experience.

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