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The Arts on Stamps of the World — November 30

November 30, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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Book Review: “Crown & Sceptre” — A Quick Walk Through the British Monarchy

February 21, 2022
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Crown & Sceptre is generally amusing and it has the instructional benefit of helping readers keep the Williams, Henrys, Edwards, and Georges who have occupied the ancient throne straight.

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Book Review: Hebrew Poet Hayim Nahman Bialik — Not the Whole Story

February 13, 2017
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We learn a great deal about Hayim Nahman Bialik’s life in this biography. But the volume does not live up to its subtitle.

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Coming Attractions: September 15 through 30 — What Will Light Your Fire

September 15, 2024
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Opera Album Review: World Premiere Recording of a High-Victorian “Gothic” Opera in English

February 2, 2022
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Edward Loder’s well-crafted Raymond and Agnes (1855) captures much of the eerie glow of its Gothic model, Matthew Lewis’s once scandalous novel, The Monk.

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Coming Attractions: May 29 through June 13 — What Will Light Your Fire

May 29, 2022
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As the age of Covid-19 finally wanes, Arts Fuse critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. Please check with venues when uncertain whether the event is available by streaming or is in person.

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Film Review: “Blame” — A Crucible of Teen Drama

January 8, 2018
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I love the way Blame captures the kaleidoscopic emotional experience of being a teenage girl.

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Book Review: “The Grand Affair: John Singer Sargent in His World” — Forever Out of Reach

November 7, 2022
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Paul Fisher’s back-and-forth tease about John Singer Sargent’s sexuality starts out as intriguing, then becomes distracting, and finally irritating as the biographer never quite closes in on his targets.

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Arts Commentary: Annie Ernaux, Abortion, and Me

December 6, 2022
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What is literature if it doesn’t kick you in the ass every now and then and get you to act? Maybe that’s what the Nobel committee thought when it awarded Annie Ernaux this year’s Literature Prize.

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Anything But Ordinary

October 25, 2006
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“The Children’s Hospital” by Chris Adrian. (McSweeney’s) By Adrienne LaFrance Chris Adrian looks familiar because he looks ordinary. Dressed simply in khakis and a wrinkled, white Oxford shirt, he speaks just loudly enough to be heard and smiles only with his mouth closed. His calm restraint– like that of a monk or a surgeon– naturally…

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