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The Arts on the Stamps of the World — April 15

April 15, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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Book Review: Two Disturbing But Disappointing Books on Why Women Drink

September 21, 2013
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There are hundreds of studies to be analyzed and many experts who could have been interviewed in depth, but both authors have chosen to write breezy books that can be characterized as “journalism-lite.”

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Book Review: A Provocative Memoir about Growing up Gay in Japan

February 20, 2013
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American readers will be intrigued by a language for sexuality that is plain but understated, neither vulgar nor coy.

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Fuse Theater Interview: Playwright Ken Urban on Crafting “A Future Perfect”

January 9, 2015
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“The pain depicted on stage must cut to the bone, inspire a seemingly impossible empathy within me, within the audience.”

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Book Review: Gore Vidal—Bitchy, Elegant, Fascinating, and Sad

October 10, 2015
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Jay Parini has provided an important slice of literary and cultural history as well as a portrait of a man.

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Music Review: Patricia Barber’s `The Cole Porter Mix’

August 24, 2008
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by J.R. Carroll “Singer/songwriter” is not a description often applied to jazz musicians, and generally with good reason: Jazz instrumentalists have demonstrated again and again that as wordsmiths they are, well, outstanding instrumentalists. At best, the typically after-the-fact lyrics strive uneasily for either social uplift or hipster knowingness; at worst, they are just embarrassingly lame.…

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The Arts on the Stamps of the World — June 8

June 8, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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Book Review: “As It Turns Out” — Not Enough About Edie and Andy

August 16, 2022
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Alice Sedgwick Wohl has a disturbing tendency throughout the book to back away from her points even as she makes them, as if afraid she will find herself trapped in some politically incorrect cul de sac or just a bad neighborhood.

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Book Review: “My Affair with Art House Cinema” — Still Hot and Heavy

December 2, 2024
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It’s hard to imagine anyone connected with the movie world who is not appreciative of  Phillip Lopate for the grace and intelligence and knowledge he has brought to film criticism.

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Doc Talk: Maine Attractions

September 14, 2023
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The vicious, virtual, voyeuristic, and vicarious are on view at this year’s Camden International Film Festival.

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