Literature
A literary visit with the Misses Zona Gale and Lulu Bett
May 8, 2018Ever hear of Zona Gale? No? Well, let me tell you something about her.
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New book celebrates the centennial of jazz great Billy Strayhorn
November 20, 2015"Strayhorn: An Illustrated Life" is a welcome addition for anyone interested in jazz, civil rights, or photography.
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New book offers no optimism for a free Puerto Rico
November 12, 2015Nelson A. Denis looks not at earlier colonial history, but rather measures taken to subdue Nationalists before and after their 1950 uprising.
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“Moby-Dick”: Melville’s masterpiece gets an operatic treatment
November 2, 2015Although it has some fishy alterations, this is a mind-blowing production.
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“Getting Back”: Is revenge enough?
October 16, 2015Sinclair dedicates her book "to those who have been bullied, whether the blows arrived by fists or with words."
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