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Arts Commentary: Perceptions of Putin –“The Wizard” and What Lies Behind the Curtain

November 20, 2023
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How well “The Wizard of the Kremlin” will be received here is an interesting question, especially when the novel is evaluated in the light of Mstyslav Chernov’s visceral documentary “20 Days in Mariupol.”

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Book/Film Interview: Leslie Epstein on “Casablanca” and “Hill of Beans”

February 25, 2021
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An interview with Brookline’s own Leslie Epstein on his new novel, the inexhaustible freshness of Casablanca, and the need for truth in historical fiction.

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Arts Commentary: Containing Multitudes — Five Shows Explore the Intersections of Identity and Performance

March 16, 2022
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In dealing with the turmoil of ‘real’ life, the art of illusion found in cinemas, theaters, and museums will help us regain a sense of who we are as communal beings.

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Book Review: Edith Wharton and Michelle Obama — Breaking New Ground for Women

January 2, 2019
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What impressed me most about these two different women is they were both products of an America which values determination and wit and intelligence, as well as opportunity.

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Book Interview: Library of America’s “War No More” — Why Not Give Peace a Chance?

May 30, 2016
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Library of America’s anthology War No More explores a distinctively American tradition of antimilitarism.

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Book Interview: No Guns — No Civil Rights?

November 5, 2014
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“If you’re dead you won’t have a movement, and guns kept people alive. In particular, kept people who made the movement alive.”

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Book Review: “The Shelf”‘s Splendid Ambition — to Burst Open the Literary Canon

July 23, 2014
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Like me, Phyllis Rose frets about the zillion fine books out there that nobody bothers with. Why their neglect? She reasons that it’s because no one pedigreed has championed them.

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Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week (Updated)

October 4, 2013
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, dance, and film that’s coming up this week.

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Jazz Feature: Pianist Jason Moran Repays It Forward

February 15, 2012
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From James P. Johnson to Thelonious Monk to Jason Moran, inspired mentors carry the past into the future.

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Short Fuse Commentary/Review: A Social Problem

May 4, 2011
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I feel like such a nag, but someone ought to be able to point out a 300 lb gorilla in the room when it knuckle walks, glowers and pounds the walls. I will be that very nag and shortly name the ape accordingly. Endgame: Bobby Fischer’s Remarkable Rise and Fall—from America’s Brightest Prodigy to the…

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