Eric A. Gordon
LATEST ARTICLES BY Eric A. Gordon
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Will Rollins flip California’s newly redistricted CD 41?
August 16, 2022Republican Ken Calvert, 69, the incumbent U.S. Representative from the former 42nd District, is running for reelection to his 16th term in the newly reconfigured Congressional District 41.
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‘Otra America’ de Barbara Kingsolver: Poemas en una edición bilingüe actualizada
August 11, 2022Aquellos que leen español encontrarán este libro igualmente significativo, el reflejo de esta otra América que Kingsolver comparte con nosotros. Los poemas están publicados, útilmente, en páginas enfrentadas en inglés y español.
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‘Lavender Men’: A theatrical fantasia on the (likely) gayness of Abraham Lincoln
August 10, 2022Has America already had its first (and second) gay president?
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Barbara Kingsolver’s ‘Another America’: Poems in an updated bilingual edition
August 4, 2022“I came to the Southwest expecting cactus, wide open spaces, and adventure. I found, instead, another whole America."
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‘Start from the heart’: Black photographer Adger Cowans, life and times
August 2, 2022Given the Jim Crow era in which Cowans grew up and matured, “I took all that racism and rejection and everything,” he said, “and I put it in my work."
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Manuel Tiago’s ‘Eulalia’s House’ translator reflects on one of his best books
July 29, 2022Eulalia’s House is the sixth of the eight books in the Manuel Tiago series from International Publishers.
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‘Trouble the Water’ world premiere recounts life of Black hero Robert Smalls
July 29, 2022Robert Smalls (1839-1915). Ever heard of him? Me neither. If you have, you’re better educated than I am, that’s for sure.
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Recent CDs: A Vietnam opera and Afro-American composer William Grant Still
July 27, 2022A music lover can be grateful for being able to hear this important American opera on CD, “a gripping affair, beginning to end."
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