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William Gass’s primal loyalty was to the words composing his texts.
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Director Howard Hawks’ signature statement was the depiction of the American (or mostly American) male group with a task to accomplish.
Read MoreScott Robinson brings the spirit of pulp fiction, and a love of outer space, to the Newport Jazz Festival.
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Biographer Robert S. Bader is an engaging writer and meticulous researcher. And handy here, he’s able to be tactful, but not forgiving, when describing lousy human behavior.
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Having just triumphantly ended its sixth and final season, Better Call Saul could be seen as the story of a man who thrives under pressure while he’s gaming the system.
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If you have not read John Berger, by the end of this biography you’re likely to feel an urgent need to pick up one of his books.
Read MoreDramatist Katori Hall’s narrative unfolds with few surprises: every revelation, every secret, every comeuppance is foreshadowed.
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A reflection on the whole tradition of combining longish narrative poems to music, especially for performance in a concert hall by large forces (e.g., singers and orchestra).
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Author Interview: Vermont’s John Killacky — At the Service of Art, Critique, and Civic Conversation
“I believe artists create a safe space for unsafe ideas in our world.”
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