Eric A. Gordon

Eric A. Gordon, 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

Culture

What the Constitution means to everyone living in America
January 23, 2020 By Eric A. Gordon
Provocative, absorbing and attention-grabbing in every way, if the Constitution means anything to you, see What the Constitution Means to Me.
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Labor

Los Angeles women on the march: Turn this country around
January 21, 2020 By Eric A. Gordon

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Culture

World premiere ‘Sunday Dinner’: Family dysfunction writ large on a small stage
January 17, 2020 By Eric A. Gordon
They’re all there, every one of them a character and a half. The Materas are one family you won’t soon forget.
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Opinion

Rep. Duncan Hunter pleads guilty, resigns, goes to prison, collects lifetime pension
January 16, 2020 By Eric A. Gordon
That Holy Grail of a lifetime pension and healthcare could even be why some folks run for Congress in the first place.
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Culture

Long Beach Opera’s comic book ‘King Arthur’ fights off alien invaders
January 14, 2020 By Eric A. Gordon
Long Beach Opera is one of the most adventuresome cultural institutions in Southern California.
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Culture

Postcards from Aguascalientes and Zacatecas at Christmastime
January 13, 2020 By Eric A. Gordon
I’ll be traveling to Mexico more frequently, providing us time to spend together while awaiting U.S. governmental decision on his ability to join me in Los Angeles.
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Mundo Popular

Traducción genial del drama ‘Círculo vicioso’ (1972) del escritor mexicano José Agustín
January 8, 2020 By Eric A. Gordon
La acción de Círculo vicioso tiene lugar en la infame cárcel de Lecumberri en México, D.F. El elenco es todo de hombres. El drama se enfoca en las condiciones de la cárcel, las probabilidades de que...
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Arts

A revelatory performance of Erich Korngold’s opera ‘Der Ring des Polykrates’
December 23, 2019 By Eric A. Gordon
The 1914 one-act opera, composed when the precocious Korngold was but 17 years old, is in a full-blown, late German Romantic idiom.
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