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Roberta Silman

Arts Feature: Recommended Books, 2020

An eclectic round-up of the favorite books of the year from our critics.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Books, Commentary, Featured Tagged: Bill-Marx, Ed Meek, Kai Maristed, Roberta Silman, Tess Lewis, Vince Czyz

Book Review: “Invisible Years” — A Book for the Ages

Invisible Years is — simultaneously — an indispensable source and a distinguished work of art.

By: Roberta Silman Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: A Family’s Collected Account of Separation and Survival during the Holocaust in the Netherlands, Daphne Geismar, Invisible Years, Roberta Silman

Book Review: “Secrets and Shadows” — Lessons of the Past

Roberta Silman’s engaging and deeply felt novel is a reminder of what it means to carry a historical burden on both a personal and national level.

By: Matt Hanson Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Jewish fiction, Matt Hanson, Roberta Silman, Secrets and Shadows

The Annual Arts Fuse Holiday Gift Roundup — Tips From Enthusiasts

Wondering about what to give the arts and culture lover on your gift list? Some suggestions.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Fuse News, Review Tagged: Bill-Marx, Debra Cash, Helen Epstein, Jonathan Blumhofer, Matt Hanson, Michael Ullman, Peg Aloi, Roberta Silman, Timothy Francis Barry

Best Books: Notable Volumes, For Better or Worse, in 2015

Our demanding critics supply lists of books that piqued their interest this of the year.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: and the First Age of Terror, Assaf Gavron, Days of Rage: America's Radical Underground, Death by Water, Harvey Blume, Look Who's Back, Oliver Sacks, On the Move: A Life, Roberta Silman, the FBI, The Hilltop: A Novel, The Sympathizer, Thirteen Ways of Looking, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Vietnam-War

Book News: “The Old Priest” — A Finalist for the 2014 PEN/Hemingway Award

Arts Fuse writer Anthony Wallace talks about the latest accolade for his short story collection “The Old Priest” — it was a finalist for the 2014 PEN/Hemingway Award.

By: Anthony Wallace Filed Under: Books, Fuse News Tagged: Anthony Wallace, PEN/Hemingway Award, Roberta Silman, The Old Priest

Book Review: “Caught” — Running Drugs, Harum-Scarum Style

Given all the terror and brutality we have lived through just in the thirteen years of this new, 21st century, the story of people running drugs back in the ’70s doesn’t seem to have much urgency.

By: Roberta Silman Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Caught, drug heist, Grove-Press, Lisa Moore, Roberta Silman

Fuse Theater Review: Best Stage Productions of 2013

Fuse Theater critics pick some of the outstanding shows of the past year.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: An Iliad, Driving Miss Daisy, Ian Thal, In the Heights, Iris Fanger, Mies Julie, Pygmalion, Robert Israel, Roberta Silman, The Glass Menagerie, Trojan Women (After Euripides), Who's Hungry

Book Review: An Outstanding “List”

Although he has set himself an ambitious task with all that is happening in “The List,” Martin Fletcher has complete command of this material and has created a complex novel that is also a good thriller.

By: Roberta Silman Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: fiction, Jewish, Martin Fletcher, Roberta Silman, The List

Book Review: Classic Coming-of-Age?—The Chester Chronicles

Kermit Moyer’s exquisitely written book, conceived with the greatest care and written with an art that conveys artlessness (the highest art of all), is a welcome addition to the American canon. The Chester Chronicles by Kermit Moyer. Permanent Press, 231 pages, $28. By Roberta Silman. As the epigraph for his first novel, Kermit Moyer quotes […]

By: Roberta Silman Filed Under: Books, Featured Tagged: American, contemporary, fiction, Kermit Moyer, Roberta Silman, The Chester Chronicles

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