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One of the primary reasons I’m in London is to hear Martial Solal play in person. He’s had sporadic exposure in the US, always to acclaim. But the acclaim never lasts because he rarely performs on the opposite side of the Atlantic and his American commercial releases are infrequent. By Steve Elman Quick, can you…
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Logan Blackfeather is such a marvelous hero — and he is, in most senses of the word, heroic — that most readers will quickly connect with him and happily trail him through the significant stages of his education.
Read MoreIn some essential and large way, novelist Colm Tóibin gets Elizabeth Bishop right.
Read MoreIn his exploration of history, Jack Beatty suggests that World War I, as we know it, was an improbable event.
Read MoreAfter a 35+ year run, writers for the paper learned today that the Providence Phoenix will be shutting its doors after next week’s issue.
Read MoreMartha Graham famously said, “I wanted to find a way to reveal the inner landscape – to chart a graph of the heart.” So now it’s your turn to play therapist.
Read MoreAs a songwriter, Stephen Malkmus specializes in hooks that never quite resolve, melodies that jump in all directions, and lyrics that drop a few enticing references and then move on.
Read MoreAn engaging new memoir explores how the fusion of man and machine is about maintaining humanity, not creating monsters.
Read MoreBut sometimes, though it may defy certain sorts of expectations, Jews excel not because they have higher sports IQs but just because they are better.
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Arts Remembrance: Fanny Howe — A Poet for the Spiritually Audacious
Fanny Howe’s writing pursued, as she put it, “bewilderment as a poetics and a politics.”
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