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We have a recording of “Déjanire,” its first ever. And it’s splendid, with a superb cast, an insightful conductor, and the orchestra and chorus of the very city in which it was first performed a century earlier!
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This week’s poem: Donald Vincent’s “OFFICER WALKED INTO THE WRONG APARTMENT AGAIN”
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“Cuckoo” bridges the experiences of cis and trans women together with overlapping concerns about how our bodily autonomy is increasingly controlled by patriarchal forces.
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“Unterstadt” is valuable, and not only because it memorably excavates a repressed episode in Croatian history. The novel also has considerable relevance, given the savagery besieging the innocent in today’s conflagrations.
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A translator must meet a compelling need — to reinvent Franz Kafka’s voice in an English that resounds in the present moment.
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The band’s performance at the Sinclair proved that the Chameleons are back in vintage form.
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This collection of essays, excerpts, letters, and a few poems is a powerful and necessary tool for educating anyone willing to learn about — and confront — the injustice and hypocrisy of our country’s monstrous system of incarceration.
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The art monster is messy, ambitious, and narcissistic but couldn’t care less about what you think. Are you frightened?
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Conductor Christopher Wilkins and Boston Landmarks Orchestra routinely present serious, challenging programs: but there is always room left for some partying.
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Book Review: Neoliberal Soup for the Fledgling Capitalist Soul — “The Algebra of Wealth”
Serious individuals of all stripes seeking candid yet pragmatic life, career, and financial guidance will find much to savor in this book.
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