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War

Book Review: “Endpapers: A Family Story of Books, War, Escape, and Home”

Endpapers is an invaluable gift to literature, mainly but not only for the quotations, details, and beguilingly written scenes of publisher Kurt Wolff’s life scattered throughout

By: Kai Maristed Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Alexander Wolff, Atlantic Monthly Press, Endpapers : A Family Story of Books, Escape and Redemption, Franz Kafka, German literature, Kai Maristed, Kurt Wolff, War

Theater Review: “Cry Havoc” — The Bard on War, and the Pity of War

Cry Havoc’s message: We expend energy in preparing young men and women for war, but no effort in re-engaging them into the life of not-war.

By: Jim Kates Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Cry Havoc, Peterborough Players, Shakespeare, Stephan Wolfert, War, warriors

Book Review: A Well-Rounded Look at Napoleon the Man and the Myth

Andrew Roberts has succeeded in a single volume in reconciling the two faces of this historical colossus.

By: Thomas Filbin Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Andrew Roberts, biography, European history, history, Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon: A Life, non-fiction, Thomas Filbin, War

Book Review: Brilliant “Shards”

In this novel, author Ismet Prcic’s confusion is so vivid that it becomes ours, making us participants in the story.

By: Roberta Silman Filed Under: Books, World Books Tagged: fiction, Ismet Prcic, Shards, War, Yugoslavia

Fuse Visual Arts Review: Questioning the Image

But The Image in Question begs a crucial question: Isn’t modern media supposed to be flashy, colorful, and loud beyond all sane toleration? Aren’t  shrill, unceasing proclamations a part of what drives some individuals away from television and video-games to art galleries, the concert-hall, and the cinema? THE IMAGE IN QUESTION. WAR — MEDIA — […]

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Film, Video Games, Visual Arts Tagged: Carpenter Center, harvard-university, media, Questioning the Image, visual-art, War

Liberal Hawks and Paleo-Raptors

Two books by left-wing pundits grapple with why they supported the Bush Administration’s invasion of Iraq. “The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq” by George Packer. (Farrar, Straus, & Giroux) “Power and the Idealists: Or, The Passion of Joschka Fischer and its Aftermath” by Paul Berman. (Soft Skull Press) By Harvey Blume The inescapable question for […]

By: Harvey Blume Filed Under: Books Tagged: George-Packer, Iraq, Paul-Berman, War

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