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Every subject in Jim Dine’s richly rendered work seems to edge towards something other than itself, deeper and more personal.
Read MoreGeorge Scialabba is still outfoxing the professional eggheads in For the Republic, his third collection of essays on political and cultural topics.
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The apocalyptic mayhem is glorious and certainly cathartic. Still, I have to ask: is this how women will rise up and take what’s ours? With violence?
Read MoreAn underground academic critic explores the fascinating intersections between the Kardashian sisters’ novel “Dollhouse” and Ibsen’s play “A Doll House.” The more things change …
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This is a bewildering, frustrating, deeply weird novel, densely written and remarkably free of signposts.
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.
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Despite Leonard Cohen’s outward humility, he was, in fact, an artist who very much cultivated acclaim, and wanted that attention to endure.
Read MorePeter-Adrian Cohen, playwright, critic, and late-life friend, died early in March, in Zurich, age seventy-six.
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Jazz Commentary: Chet Baker — The Climax of Cool
For most of its history, jazz has been a macho culture. Sexual ambiguity or gay-ness were subjects of derision.
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