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The Arts on the Stamps of the World — April 2

April 2, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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The Arts on Stamps of the World — August 31

August 31, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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Book Review: “The Menorah” and “The Book of Aron”

December 22, 2016
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Two books — one nonfiction, the other fiction — that deal with Jewish history.

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Fuse Book Review: “The Measures Between Us” — A Promising But Scattershot First Novel

November 8, 2013
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We are left with a somewhat scattered narrative written in the third person with an omniscient narrator that moves from one inner life to another, sometimes to good effect, and sometimes leaving the reader stranded.

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Book Review: “Franci’s War” — A Very Relevant Holocaust Memoir

March 31, 2020
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Here we have the story of a young Czech woman who could not only take a piece of fabric and shape it into a gorgeous dress, but could also take her experiences during WWII and shape them into a compelling memoir.

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Live Concert Review — Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace

July 25, 2020
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The solo format at Alexandra Palace recalled his recent “Conversations with Nick Cave” tours, a similar chance for the singer to deconstruct his songs at the piano, except that he never addressed an imagined audience beyond his lyrics.

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The Arts on Stamps of the World —October 19

October 19, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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Concert Review: Brittany Howard — A Determined Musical Evolution

February 15, 2024
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The set impressed in its diversity, boosted by the cohesive breadth of “What Now,” even as its homages grew overt in the second half.

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Book Review: Artist Mark Rothko — The Painter as Guru

May 31, 2015
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Biographer Annie Cohen-Solal is perhaps strongest on one thread of Mark Rothko’s narrative: his experience as a Jewish immigrant.

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Short Fuse Podcast #56: Talking Appalachian After the Floods

September 21, 2022
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Host Elizabeth Howard talks to a pair of writers and scholars about the media’s short attention span and the heavy rains that, back in July, flooded Eastern Kentucky in Appalachia.

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