The embrace of existential uncertainty in Cleanness enhances the reading experience because it helps us to understand what’s vitally important to the narrator.
Matt Hanson
Television Review: Marc Maron’s “End Times Fun” — Getting Creative About Extinction
One thing that gives Marc Maron’s comedy a certain punch is that he is an equal-opportunity crank.
Music Review: Bob Dylan’s “Murder Most Foul”
Bob Dylan’s new song not only articulates the madness that undermines the American experience, but supplies a certain kind of corrective, a tonic, for that kind of insanity.
Book Review: Clive James and the Rewards of Writing Poetry
English writer Ian Shircore’s book-length study gives Clive James’ poems the loving attention they deserve.
Shelter in Place Attractions: June 28 through July 14 — What Will Light Your Home Fires
In the age of COVID-19, Arts Fuse critics have come up with a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, and music — mostly available by streaming — for the coming weeks. More offerings will be added as they come in.
Coming Attractions: March 8 Through 24 — What Will Light Your Fire
Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.
Food Commentary: The Chicken Sandwich Wars — Political Food Fight Revisited
I confess that I was one of those schmucks who tried (and failed) to stay vigilant in my high-minded refusal to eat at Chick-fil-A.
Coming Attractions: February 23 Through March 10– What Will Light Your Fire
Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.
Book Review: “In the Land of Men” — A Woman in the Boy’s Club of Glossy Magazines
A victim Adrienne Miller is most certainly not: the self-portrait that emerges in her pages is of an accomplished, wise, wittily self-deprecating author of her own destiny.
Coming Attractions: February 9 Through 25 — What Will Light Your Fire
Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.