Culture
‘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 moreParagons of modern American fascism: Two new poems by Raymond Nat Turner
May 25, 2023A poetic salute to Giuliani and DeSantis.
Read moreDe cómo una marimba me dio una lección de patrimonio cultural
May 22, 2023¡La cultura de la gente importa! Y necesita la protección del pueblo. La primera vez que aprendí esto fue en la Nicaragua sandinista de la década de 1980, pero es universal, incluso aquí en los EE....
Read moreHow a marimba taught me a lesson in cultural patrimony
May 22, 2023People’s culture matters! And needs the people’s protection. The first time I learned this was in the 1980s Sandinista Nicaragua, but it’s universal, including here in the U.S.
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