Eric A. Gordon
LATEST ARTICLES BY Eric A. Gordon
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Culture
Modern Yiddish publishing: New feminist horror stories by Elizabeth Schwartz
August 14, 2023Schwartz excels at word-painting the social environments she writes about.
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Intersectional play ‘All Things Considered’: ‘We’re not in Jamaica any more’
August 9, 2023Gordon’s play is very contemporary, taking on controversial, difficult topics involving national and cultural identity and more.
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African-American composer Florence Price receives her due on new CD
August 7, 2023"She switches between soulful, traditional American folk melodies, and modern takes on late-Romantic harmonic idioms."
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‘One Moment of Freedom’ tells the dramatic story of the formerly enslaved MumBet
August 3, 2023The play lifts up the historical figure of Elizabeth “MumBet” Freeman and helps to restore her to public consciousness.
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New release features African-American songs performed by tenor Lawrence Brownlee
July 31, 2023Rising is a rich, juicy, evocative collection of songs performed to perfection.
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‘A Black and White Cookie’ fights prejudice and the greedy landlords
July 27, 2023A comedy ends well, of course, yet the outcome is not so easily won. The better angels of our human nature are summoned in the interest of solidarity.
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‘No Choice But Love’: A tenor’s double CD calls for LBGTQI+ liberation
July 24, 2023Eric Ferring has sung at opera houses and recital halls around the world, including The Met, the most revered company in the U.S.
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A writer in his eighties fictionalizes his radical family history
July 18, 2023A good friend asked me to read his latest novel and, if I cared to, write something about it. I do care to.
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