Clea Simon

Music Commentary: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra — Women are Locked Out

July 9, 2018
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“They travel the world and have for years,” says Ellen Seeling, “sending the message that there are no women good enough to be in this organization.”

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Music Commentary: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra — Gender Diversity?

June 12, 2018
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By taking the stage with 15 musicians, none of whom is female, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra presents the music as segregated and outdated.

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Book Review: “World Enough” — and Punk Time

October 30, 2017
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Set in Boston’s rock scene during the ’80s, the mystery World Enough serves up plenty of compelling entertainment.

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Book Review: “The Paying Guests” — Sarah Waters Serves Up More of History’s Ghosts

September 15, 2014
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We all have ghosts, the author seems to say. And in a larger sense, Sarah Waters’s ghosts are those of country and culture, her books a catalogue of the social changes shaking England from the Victorian era on.

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Fuse Views: This is What We Look Like — On “Selfies” and Self-Image

March 6, 2014
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Sometimes using the Twitter handle #itsokKimNovak, at other times just linking to Laura Lipmann’s Facebook page, women – primarily writers and our friends – have started posting our own “raw” photos.

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Fuse News: Gender Underrepresentation in the Media — VIDA Surveys Dudesville and Beyond

February 24, 2014
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VIDA, an association of women in the literary arts, has released its fifth annual tally of the number of women critics in major literary publications as well as the number of works by women being reviewed.

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Book Review: “The Good Lord Bird” — History As a Morality Tale, With Wings

February 5, 2014
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There is more than one way to tell the truth, “The Good Lord Bird” reminds us again and again, and many reasons to cloak it in humor.

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Book Review: The Unwavering Gaze — Fabritius and Donna Tartt’s “The Goldfinch”

January 23, 2014
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In Donna Tartt’s much-lauded third novel, Fabritius’ painting “The Goldfinch” and the fleeting nature of, well, everything comes together for a brief and shining moment.

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