The Fallen artfully diagnoses the spiritual and material maladies of contemporary Cuban life through the lens of a single family, a household threatened by decay, exterior and interior.
Lucas Spiro
Book Review: “The Wondrous and Tragic Life of Ivan and Ivana” — A Caribbean Hamlet
Told from the perspective of the Global South, this novel enthralls as it explores the urgent economic and cultural contradictions of post-colonialism, globalization, class, and alienation.
Book Review: “Like Flies from Afar” — A Very Twisted Odyssey
This is hard-hitting neo-noir parable whose dark humor delights as it strikes at the corrupt heart of business as usual in Argentina.
Television Review: “Tiger King” — King of the American Jungle
What’s so appealing about Tiger King? Perhaps it is that the lurid goings-on are so distinctively American.
Book Review: “Four Futures” — Surprisingly Relevant ‘Social Science Fiction’
Peter Frase envisions how our current bedeviling social contradictions and economic abuses may play out in the future.
Book Review: “Strange Hotel” — Battling the Inner Critic
Strange Hotel focuses on a woman’s life in middle age, suspended between the hollow satisfactions of memory and anxiety about the future.
Book Review: “Klotsvog” — Confusion Reigns Supreme
Klotsvog ends up being a fascinating literary failure. Good for academics, but bad for readers.
Book Review: “Galway Girl” — Anarchic Fury
Jack Taylor has always been a version of the reluctant detective, but now he seems more impotent than ever — distracted, beat down, and very tired.
Arts Fuse Podcast #18: The End of an Era
Have no fear! The Arts Fuse podcast will be returning soon in a new format.
Arts Fuse Podcast #17: When the Games Are So Unjust …
We welcome community organizer and children’s books writer Jacob Kramer to talk about breaking the rules. His work infuses revolutionary thought with childlike wonder, encouraging readers of all ages to consider what’s possible, and to challenge the cynics.