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Editor Jon Stallworthy’s preference in this superb anthology is for poems that question, or provoke questions about, war.
According to Shelby Steele, white liberals “dissociate” themselves from the past sins of white America by subscribing to the “poetic truth” that the United States is “characterologically evil.”
Pascal Garnier’s characters slip through cracks, cross borders, pass through the thin mirrors of the self, and commit irreparable acts.
Saturday’s was the most electrifying, exciting, spontaneous-sounding, inevitable performance of this warhorse (Beethoven’s Violin Concerto) I’ve heard.
For all the attention it receives and the level of cultural relevance it assumes House of Cards ought to be a much better series than its aggressive promotion makes it out to be.
Where are the theaters that are bold enough to stage challenging and risky dramas about race? Not just talk the talk.
Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, theater, music, dance, visual arts, and author events for the coming week.
After reading the supposedly offensive article in the American Mercury, the judge said: “No one but a moron could be affected by it.”
Music Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto — Mavericks, 1960 – 2004
More composers who followed their own distinctive paths when they incorporated jazz into their piano concertos.
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