Eric A. Gordon

Eric A. Gordon, retired People’s World Cultural Editor, wrote a biography of radical American composer Marc Blitzstein and co-authored composer Earl Robinson’s autobiography. He has received numerous awards for his People's World writing from the International Labor Communications Association. He has translated all nine books of fiction by Manuel Tiago (pseudonym for Álvaro Cunhal) from Portuguese, available from International Publishers NY.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Eric A. Gordon

U.S.

“Kill-A-Gay and Flog-A-Woman” laws protested at Beverly Hills hotel
May 6, 2014 By Eric A. Gordon
The law effective May 1, in the Southeast Asian country of Brunei, provides for fines and prison sentences for gay men and lesbians, and women who have abortions.
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Noir genre fiction from L.A.
May 5, 2014 By Eric A. Gordon
Think "Stonewall," and you conjure up images of gay and trans bar patrons in Greenwich Village who finally had seen enough of police brutality and, and fought back in June 1969.
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A Coffin in Egypt, Texas
April 25, 2014 By Eric A. Gordon
The latest by American composer Ricky Ian Gordon, among the freshest voices in music today.Von Stade plays the 90 year-old Myrtle Bledsoe, lone survivor at her family homestead in Egypt, Texas.
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Labor says “NO” to outsourcing of “Draft Day’s” music
April 11, 2014 By Eric A. Gordon
"Some people think music drops from heaven. But it doesn't. It takes talented union musicians to make music."
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Echoes from “Cesar Chavez” reverberate to today
April 10, 2014 By Eric A. Gordon And Dale Greenfield
Go see the film. It's flawed, but its heart is in the right place.
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“Shoeleather History” brings rambunctious New England Wobblies to life
April 10, 2014 By Eric A. Gordon
Generally speaking, grassroots labor movements, the Wobblies in particular, don't receive histories on a state-by-state basis.
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“Floyd Collins”: heaps of social commentary on musical stage
April 8, 2014 By Eric A. Gordon
One day in late January 1925, while searching out a new entrance to the underground,Floyd Collins fell into a narrow crawlway, got trapped there, and ultimately died of starvation and exposure on Friday, February 13.
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“Harmony”: A band in Nazi Germany, a powerful, Broadway-ready musical
March 24, 2014 By Eric A. Gordon
Besides the theme of harmony itself, another theme of Manilow and Sussman's show is regret: both living with it, and living so as not having to regret.
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