Matt Hanson

Coming Attractions: November 3 through 17 — What Will Light Your Fire

November 3, 2019
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.

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Book Review: “My Mother’s Tears” — Mystery Matriarch

November 1, 2019
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Michel Layaz’s narrator is juggling much more than nostalgia — his traumas are overwhelmingly odd and disturbing, almost to the point of absurdity.

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Coming Attractions: October 20 through November 3 — What Will Light Your Fire

October 20, 2019
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.

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Literary Appreciation: The Late Harold Bloom — Pursuer of “Difficult Pleasures”

October 17, 2019
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“What is the function of literary criticism in a Disinformation Age? Read, reread, describe, evaluate, appreciate: that is the art of literary criticism for the present time.” — Harold Bloom

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Coming Attractions: October 6 through 22 — What Will Light Your Fire

October 6, 2019
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.

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Music Commentary: Songs Ken Burns Overlooked in “Country Music”

October 2, 2019
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Country music is as rich and complex as any other genre, but given the inevitable marketing tie-ins, it might be a good time to offer the names of artists and songs that either weren’t included or were briefly touched on at best.

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

October 1, 2019
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The documentary sees The Family as really just a huge, secretive, and well-funded lobbying firm: separating church and state is for losers.

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Coming Attractions: September 22 through October 8 — What Will Light Your Fire

September 22, 2019
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.

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Coming Attractions: September 8 through 24 — What Will Light Your Fire

September 6, 2019
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.

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Book Review: “The Nickel Boys” — Keeping the Faith

August 30, 2019
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Colson Whitehead’s work is political in the sense that he has an incredibly keen eye for the insidious ways in which institutions and structures of power work.

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