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Theater Review: Lyric Stage’s “City of Angels” — A Witty, Jazzy Delight

April 7, 2015
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The Lyric Stage Company’s entertaining production of this Tony-winner for best musical, book, and score hits most of the right noirish notes.

Book Review: A Life Condemned — and Reclaimed: Gary Tyler’s “Stitching Freedom”

October 23, 2025
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“Stitching Freedom” sheds necessary and welcome light on the sick and damaging history and current state of incarceration in this country.

Film Commentary: Three Movies from Bona Fide Innovators Turn 50

April 11, 2022
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Three singular voices – Ken Russell, Bob Rafelson, and Brian De Palma – all of whom had their careers in gear before the end of the previous decade, each of whom took interesting turns with the films they released in 1972.

Poetry Review: A Spanish Metaphysical Poet Searching for Songs of Truth

June 25, 2013
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Poet José Ángel Valente deeply considered what kind of lyricism remains legitimate; that is, truthful, not deceptive; a song that moves us to truth, not a Siren’s song.

Classical Album Review: “Compositrices — New Light on French Romantic Women Composers”

April 27, 2024
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By Ralph P. Locke An 8-CD set of diverse and enjoyable works, brought back from obscurity by Aude Extrémo, Roberto Prosseda, and other major performers. Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers Cyrille Dubois and Yann Beuron (t), Aude Extrémo (mz), Claire Le Boulanger (fl), Roberto Prosseda, Alessandra Ammara, and Nathalia Milstein (p), and…

Jazz Appreciation: Moppa Elliott Does It All for You

March 25, 2024
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Moppa Elliott is an important jazz composer and a dynamic leader. When he brings a group to our area (which happens only rarely), do not miss the gig. When he issues a new recording, pay attention.

Fuse Book Interview: George Kimball Takes The Library of America to The Fights

April 2, 2011
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Jack London was rather like Norman Mailer in that he thought of himself, and tried to write like, a boxer who happened to write. They were both often full of shit, but that’s the perspective they tried to convey.

Book Review: Superior Graphic Novels About Architecture

May 2, 2020
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What do graphic novels about architecture bring to our understanding of the urban experience? They suggest that buildings can be like our memories — they hide as much as they show.

Book Review: “Half an Inch of Water” — Nine Stories that Peer Memorably into Eternity

September 14, 2015
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One of the hardest things to do as a writer of contemporary fiction is to create characters who are good.

Cultural Feature: Boston’s “Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide” — Still Going Strong After Three Decades

September 4, 2022
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More than 1,400 writers have been featured in G&LR’s uninterrupted run over the last three decades.

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