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Arts Commentary: To Stay or Not to Stay? Copley Place’s fountain faces an uphill battle

September 26, 2013
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Today, the fountain at Copley Place feels embarrassing in some way; not its form or execution, but its very existence.

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Poetry Review: Nobel Laureate Tomas Tranströmer’s Divided Self

January 20, 2012
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Certainly part of the power of Tomas Tranströmer’s poetry resides in how, having established a jagged consciousness, he leaves us in between—in a world full of questions that are not easily resolved.

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Book Review: Anna Biller’s “Bluebeard’s Castle” — Imprisoned by Toxic Masculinity

November 10, 2023
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“Bluebeard’s Castle” is a sexy but subversive romance novel steeped in Gothic imagery.

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Film Review: Incendies — A Global Tale of Family, Fate, Conflict, and Tragedy

May 15, 2011
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Luckily, there’s plenty to this film besides it’s Middle Eastern setting. INCENDIES focuses primarily on relationships and human drama, while politics form the film’s periphery.

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Dance Review: “Places Please!” — That’s Showbiz

October 22, 2018
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Places Please! looks at the backstage life and trauma of performers.

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Fuse Theater Review: Death Be Not Sappy

April 10, 2011
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William King is a loving, self-sacrificing, salt-of-the-earth character mooning over the vanished past; Sonia is a saintly wife yearning for hubby to join her in Heaven; the sons care for each other and for their father—time to pull out your hankies. Broke-ology by Nathan Louis Jackson. Directed by Benny Sato Ambush. Staged by the Lyric…

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Arts Feature: When Aretha Franklin Snapped Me 

September 9, 2019
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Looking at that photo now, soon after the anniversary of her death, Aretha’s shutter-snap of connection with me seems a blessing.

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Fuse Coming Attractions: September 18 through 27 — What Will Light Your Fire

September 11, 2016
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in theater, visual arts, film, music, author events, and dance for the coming week.

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Book Review: “Counternarratives” — Stories About History’s Metamorphosis

August 5, 2015
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What John Keene has given us in Counternarratives is fearless fiction.

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Film Review: “Every Body” — A Call for Intersexual Healing

July 2, 2023
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Every Body complicates and clarifies the gender debate.

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