Jeff Sharlet

Television Review: “The Family” — Ruthlessness and Christian Piety

The documentary sees The Family as really just a huge, secretive, and well-funded lobbying firm: separating church and state is for losers.

William Marx December 5, 2019 at 3:07 pm on Opera Review: Antonio Salieri’s “Tarare” — A Startling Opera of Social CommentarySo Salieri shouldn't have been so jealous of Mozart ...
Bill Marx November 29, 2019 at 9:21 am on Book Feature: Terry Tempest Williams on the Agonies of “Erosion”I have been reading through this fine collection. Besides the essay that Bob suggests, I would recommend the Q &...
Notimportant November 25, 2019 at 1:43 am on Film Review: “The Nightingale” — Song of the PowerlessWhat in this movie says white privilege? An Irish family living in slavery is privilege. My family immigrated to the...
Margot Green November 24, 2019 at 7:15 pm on Poetry Review: Paul Muldoon’s “Frolic and Detour” — Making the Intricate and Difficult Seem EasyDavid, thanks so much for your review! What a terrific poet, Muldoon. It's wonderful to hear your voice, too, in...
Carol Black November 24, 2019 at 12:43 pm on Rock Concert Review: Bob Dylan at the Tsongas Center — Nothing if Not ChameleonicI was sitting in row 6 on the right (facing the stage) at Tsongas Arena for the Bob Dylan concert,...