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Literary critic Harold Bloom passed away at the age of 89 two days ago; here’s an illuminating interview with Bloom from 2005.
No author has addressed the issue of sexual assault so much on her own terms, and in such a personal and powerful way.
Book Review: “Gilgamesh: The Life of a Poem” — A Dazzling Study of the Oldest Long Poem in the World
This is a wonderfully readable book, sure-footed in its scholarship but hip and occasionally hilarious in its tone.
“They were pieces of shit when we shot ‘em, but later on they became relics.”
Like Breaking Bad, El Camino subtly suggests that justice is a relative concept.
Jeremy O. Harris’s bold new play is wildly provocative and hysterically funny.
In Cypress Grove, Jimmy “Duck” Holmes’ deep Bentonia guitar remains pure and present, while his vocals, which have never sounded better, are solid and vibrant throughout.
jaimie branch knows music has to be wild and dangerous and beautiful to cut through all the distractions of our times.
“I’ve put out records by myself before, but this is like 10 times the work!”
What remains so seductive about Almodovar is the way he replicates the movement of thought, creating a seamless weave between the story moving forward — rather minimal in this case — and the richer, more luminous past.
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