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

At the Wende, ‘Medea Insurrection: Radical Women Artists Behind the Iron Curtain’
December 20, 2019 By Eric A. Gordon
The extraordinarily vital and creative Wende Museum of the Cold War is currently commemorating the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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Culture

‘Fire in My Mouth’: Julia Wolfe’s choral response to the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
December 18, 2019 By Eric A. Gordon
Great tragedy often inspires great art.
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Opinion

Trump executive order on Jewish nationality: ploy to limit free speech
December 13, 2019 By Eric A. Gordon
"Most of us, I think, know that whenever bigotry runs free, we’re likely to be among its victims.”
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Culture

‘The Dinner Party Before the Revolution’: Jim Smith’s radical West Coast poetry
December 12, 2019 By Eric A. Gordon
Jim Smith is not a “poet’s poet” writing primarily for his peers in the literary Parnassus. His poems have a rough-and-tumble, earthy, proletarian grittiness that’s not afraid to get its feet dirty.
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Culture

‘Citizen K’: Mikhail Khodorkovsky and the birthing of the new Russia
December 10, 2019 By Eric A. Gordon
Citizen K is totally riveting from beginning to end, assuming a viewer has some interest in the subject.
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Books

‘Vicious Circle,’ Mexican writer José Agustín’s 1972 play in brilliant translation
December 6, 2019 By Eric A. Gordon
This great work has steeped and grown and matured into a mighty, and a mighty impressive contribution not only to literary scholarship but frankly to working-class culture.
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Culture

‘Juana’: The feminist, nun, scholar, thinker, poet—and now an opera
December 5, 2019 By Eric A. Gordon
Feminists, opera lovers, anyone interested in Sor Juana and Mexican history, all would be enchanted by this fresh new work.
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Culture

August Wilson’s ‘Jitney’ set in Pittsburgh’s ‘urban removal’ era
December 3, 2019 By Eric A. Gordon
Ruben Santiago-Hudson and his entire cast merit a well-deserved Bravo for a joyous and revelatory couple of hours of fine-tuned stage work. A more authentic production cannot be imagined.
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