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Author Vivian Gornick’s discontent is foundational, fertile, unquenchable, except by writing, and quite often funny.
Read MoreNina Schuyler’s uneven novel raises some interesting questions in the course of the protagonist’s quest, and there are many fascinating details about Japan and Noh plays and the power of silence.
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The terrific The Climb looks at bro-bonding in a way you’ve never quite seen.
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The generally enjoyable Bedlam production of Pygmalion doesn’t quite settle for the glucose bait.
Read MoreOn the whole, then, there’s quite a bit to look forward to in orchestral performances this coming season.
Read MoreAt the Lyric Stage Company, Peter and the Starcatcher charms, but doesn’t quite take flight.
Read MoreThe narrative turns out to have the blandly cheerful tone and slightly stilted prose of an official biography: the sort of thing with the CEO’s picture on the cover, given out at stockholders meetings. Chuck Close: Life, by Christopher Finch. Prestel, 352 pages, $34.95. Reviewed by Peter Walsh In these media-saturated, image-obsessed times, every public…
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As the age of COVID-19 wanes (or waxes?), Arts Fuse critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, and music. Please check with venues about whether the event is available by streaming or is in person. More offerings will be added as they come in.
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The very people that George Will is trying to appeal to are evidently quite happy to be drunk on the power that their brutishness has created.
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Television Review: “The U.S. and the Holocaust” — Vital Questions Left Unanswered
The U.S. and the Holocaust leaves a vital question unanswered: Is this the kind of nation we want to live and worship in?
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