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Book Review: “Maybe This Time” — The Fragility of Personal Identities in Surreal Worlds

November 7, 2011
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The nine tales found in “Maybe This Time” chart the unnerving psychological transformations of its characters. Its style forces us to reconsider our ways of reading and our childlike dependency on narrative authority.

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Book Review: “The Word Exchange” — A Generous Gift

August 8, 2011
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For everyone who feels the attraction but lacks the study, THE WORD EXCHANGE is a huge gift. It’s the most generous sampling I’ve seen of poetry translated from Old English and collected in one volume.

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Fiction Review: An Unforgettable “Life of an Unknown Man”

June 7, 2012
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In The Life of an Unknown Man Andreï Makine creates a work of simple elegance that at its core explores the relationship of the past to the present, of truth to art, and of truth to life.

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Film Review: Four Faves at the 2018 Provincetown Film Festival

June 22, 2018
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A quartet of standout movies, the best of the just ended Provincetown Film Festival.

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Theater Review: “Allegiance” — Inspiration By-The-Numbers

May 27, 2018
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Despite my complaints, Allegiance is affecting – almost frustratingly so.

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Television Review: “Jane Fonda in Five Acts”

November 15, 2018
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The more we hear Jane Fonda’s homilies about needing to be “whole” and “self-actualize” the more her personal journey sounds more like a succession of carefully calculated branding exercises.

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Book Review: “How to Listen to Jazz” — A Helpful Earful

July 26, 2016
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Readers inspired to take a listening journey from Gioia’s historical perspective will benefit greatly from his delineation of jazz’s various forms.

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Fuse Commentary: “The Boston Globe” Cleans House

June 16, 2016
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Arts and entertainment are one and the same, both trivial– or at least way down the pecking order when it comes to things that are genuinely important.

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Rock Commentary: Made For These Times — “Pet Sounds” Turns 50

May 10, 2016
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What is there to say about an album that Rolling Stone ranked #2 in its 2003 list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”?

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Coming Attractions: March 26 Through April 8 — What Will Light Your Fire

March 26, 2023
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As the age of Covid-19 more or less wanes, Arts Fuse critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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