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Poetry Review: “Blood Lines” — Living into the Dark

November 11, 2022
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Presumably, as a policy specialist, Ann Bookman sought to turn ideals into practical reality. Conversely, here in Blood Lines, she unwinds reality to find emotional clarity.

Concert Review: Beth Orton Live — Flexing Her Aching Voice

November 11, 2022
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Damn straight, English singer/songwriter Beth Orton was back in the room – after a six-year absence.

Film Review: “Something in the Dirt” — Grains of Truth

November 11, 2022
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In addition to being a clever paranormal thriller, Something in the Dirt is a brilliant commentary on our burgeoning world of content creation.

Book Review: Three Splendid Volumes Filled with the Cool, the Wicked, and the Amazing

November 10, 2022
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It’s hard to convey what a benison these books have been to me, as I’ve read them in my narrow, monkish bed late into the night.

Classical Album Review: The Late Pianist Lars Vogt — A Brilliant and Immensely Loved Musician

November 10, 2022
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I feel that I have lost a dear friend whom I met through profoundly heartfelt recordings and, in the form of interviews, inspiring self-portraits.

Poetry Review: “Unrevolutionary Times” — Try Men’s Souls?

November 10, 2022
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In his poetry, Houman Harouni has peopled a world with voices that are well worth listening to.

Jazz Album Review: Pianist Jason Yeager’s “Unstuck in Time: The Kurt Vonnegut Suite” — So It Goes

November 10, 2022
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The advantage to listening to the recorded Unstuck in Time: The Kurt Vonnegut Suite is that on disc pianist Jason Yeager writes beautifully for septet: the textures he evokes in his arrangements are curiously varied and invariably moving.

Jazz Album Review: The Vince Guaraldi Trio — “Peanuts” and Beyond

November 9, 2022
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Vince Guaraldi isn’t the heaviest of jazz pianists: he played at a time when McCoy Tyner and Bill Evans were omnipresent. But his tunes, his gently humanist approach to music, meant that he reached listeners that others couldn’t or didn’t.

Movie Review: “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” — Faith Restored

November 9, 2022
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is miraculous, in that it’s a Marvel movie that doesn’t come across as a link of sausage plopped wetly out of the Disney grinder.

Author Interview: Stephanie Schorow on “The Great Boston Fire” — Urban Conflagration

November 9, 2022
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“A lot of people don’t know about this fire today. It’s not really well-known as part of the city’s history.”

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