J Kates

Book Review: “Necropolis” — A Book of the Russian Literary Dead

This memoir offers an invaluable, broad look at intellectual Russia before and after the revolutions of 1917.

Fuse Poetry Review: “The Briar Patch” — Crafty Poems, Accomplished and Sly

Poems of concise and precise description and philosophy find their way among poems of memory and daily life, money, art, love, and the oddities in giving names. J. Kates’s technique is alive and various throughout.

Jonson Lee June 23, 2019 at 4:33 pm on Jazz Commentary Drill Down: Dave Brubeck’s “Elementals”"...but room has to be made for a Eugene Wright bass solo, which is almost drowned out by the orchestra....
Steve Provizer June 21, 2019 at 5:32 pm on Jazz Commentary: Jazz and the Single Trumpet PlayerRich-Thanks for the comment. In terms of Chet, you seem to be pulling against the truism that there's no such...
Peg June 21, 2019 at 9:46 am on WATCH CLOSELY: “Killing Eve”’s Second Season — Glamorous but GlibYes I think the dialogue was much better in the first season, much of it written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (who...
Rich Pulin June 20, 2019 at 12:31 pm on Jazz Commentary: Jazz and the Single Trumpet PlayerBoth great players, good singers and exceptional jazz personalities... That stated, I was never into either...I couldn't get into Chet...
Kai Maristed June 17, 2019 at 2:19 pm on WATCH CLOSELY: “Killing Eve”’s Second Season — Glamorous but GlibAh, so, Peg! Different lead writer for season two, which might explain why it is a fall-off: lame by comparison,...

J Kates

Book Review: “Necropolis” — A Book of the Russian Literary Dead

Fuse Poetry Review: “The Briar Patch” — Crafty Poems, Accomplished and Sly

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