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June Short Fuses — Materia Critica

June 1, 2025
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

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October 23, 2021
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Run, do not walk, to pick up your copy of this novel about little person caught up in a very big world.

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