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Book Review: “Waiting for Al Gore” — Birds of a Feather

February 20, 2024
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For a light-hearted take on some serious issues, “Waiting for Al Gore” delivers.

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Music Commentary: The 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Boston University Tanglewood Institute

August 27, 2016
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If any of you are harboring a budding young musician, investigate the possibility of he or she attending BUTI.

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Book Review: “Don’t Forget Me, Little Bessie” — A World, Hell and Heaven Included

June 8, 2025
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Over the decades, James Lee Burke has built up a distinctive and glorious body of work, and “Don’t Forget Me, Little Bessie” is a notable addition to the canon and possibly his most comprehensive.

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Film Commentary: Wes Anderson, Stefan Zweig, and Discovering the Value of “The World of Yesterday”

April 10, 2014
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Perhaps a movie such as “The Grand Budapest Hotel, which is much more than a zany comedy, can lead us back, as director Wes Anderson may have intended, to the fabulous writing of Stefan Zweig.

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Book Review: “The Endless Week” Offers a Brave, Inside-Out Internet Novel Experience

September 30, 2025
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“The Endless Week” is a brave, uneven, at times brilliant swathe of prose. Experimental? For certain. Perhaps the only way to write an Internet novel is by looking from the inside out.

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Book Review: “Klara and the Sun” — Dystopia Yes, But There’s Hope

April 2, 2021
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Klara and the Sun is a dystopian novel worth recommending: it is a thought-provoking joy to read.

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Fuse Rock Review: The Current Gang of Four — Cut-rate, Yes, But Not That Bad

March 7, 2015
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Ok, this isn’t the Gang of Four of yore — but There’s still something to be said for getting drunk on cheap wine.

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Visual Arts: “It’s Alive!” — Undying Terror

October 7, 2017
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A terrifically fun — when not spine-tingling — exhibition of horror and sci-fi memorabilia.

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Book Review: “Every Song Ever” — Notes From an Enigmatic Ear

July 26, 2016
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Ben Ratliff’s volume about how to listen to music is full of fairly radical but largely undefended assertions.

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Theater Review: “The Obligation to Live” — Defying the Machinery of Death

April 25, 2025
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The emphasis of the B&P troupe has become increasingly apocalyptic: the struggle we are engaged in is for nothing less than the preservation of our planet, and for the preservation of our individual — and collective ––hearts and minds.

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