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Book Review: The Poetic Vision of Larry Eigner — A Gravitational Aesthetic Force Field

February 7, 2024
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Jennifer Bartlett’s fine biography is a capstone to a steady solidification of respect for this innovative poet’s art and legacy.

Concert Review: Soprano Renée Fleming and Pianist Inon Barnatan — Voices of Nature

February 7, 2024
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It is always a thrill to be in the audience when the legendary American soprano Renée Fleming performs.

Book Review: “The Jail is Everywhere” — Expansion Plans

February 7, 2024
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The essays in this book are a critical read for folks who might be fighting prison expansion or construction in their neighborhoods.

Theater Review: “Machine Learning” — Artificial Intelligence as Caretaker?

February 6, 2024
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This is a rare script that focuses, equally, on emotional depth and scientific wonder.

Book Review: “Dom Casmurro” — A Dark and Delicious Postmodern Enigma

February 6, 2024
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This brilliant novel is not only out to subvert narrative expectations, but to undercut the act of reading itself.

Film Review: “The Promised Land” — Of Food and Fortitude

February 5, 2024
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Starring Mads Mikkelsen, “The Promised Land” is an opulent and moving period piece that captures a location and era rarely depicted on the big screen

Book Review: “On the Isle of Antioch” — It is Believable? Does it Matter?

February 5, 2024
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If this is a fable, is there a moral?

Theater Review: “Stand Up If You’re Here Tonight” — You Have to be There to See for Yourself

February 4, 2024
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This is one of the more engaging pieces of theatre I have experienced in some time.

Film Reviews: Outstanding Sundance Docs – The Congo, Natural Beauty in Ukraine, and a New White House Siege  

February 4, 2024
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At this year’s Sundance Film Festival, in the midst of the usual well-meaning social documentaries and “independent” celebrity tributes, some real cinematic ambition crept in.

Author Interview: Journalist David Montero on “The Stolen Wealth of Slavery”

February 3, 2024
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“A lot of books talk about slavery as something that just happened in the South and ended in 1865. I felt like there could be a book about how the North was making more of the profit and was in some ways more responsible morally, politically, and financially than the South.”

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