Culture
East German author Katja Oskamp wins Dublin Literary Award with ‘Marzahn, Mon Amour’
June 1, 2023Oskamp writes with understanding and compassion, preserving and enacting the sense of solidarity and community that was a feature of GDR society.
Read moreJamie Loftus’s ‘Raw Dog’: The pursuit of feeling anything
May 31, 2023Terms like “silent majority” or the “sleeping masses” are still used today but they feel dated, often leaving one wondering if they’re nothing more than a bad joke taken seriously in order to be polite.
Read more‘A Soldier’s Play’ dissects WWII racial tension in America that’s still unresolved
May 30, 2023A Solder’s Play, now in an impressive, high-testosterone staging at the Ahmanson Theatre.
Read more‘Novel’ and ‘news’ have the same root: ‘A Time Outside This Time’ reviewed
May 30, 2023This new book centers on a man writing a novel about the truth in the time of Trumpism. It unfolds through a journalistic prose style that conveys more fact than fiction.
Read moreRemembering Tina Turner, the unapologetic Queen of Rock
May 26, 2023The singer made her mark in an industry saturated with sexism and racism.
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