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

‘Scraps’: A forceful play about slavery’s legacy in West Coast premiere
July 10, 2019 By Eric A. Gordon
The New York Times review called Inoa “a playwright to watch.” Time Out New York called her “a passionate new voice screaming to be heard.”
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Culture

Radical art in Chicago right now: Queer, anti-apartheid, and Manet
July 8, 2019 By Eric A. Gordon
Three exhibitions you should see.
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Dialectical theater: Terry Burnsed’s classes at Beijing’s Agricultural University
July 2, 2019 By Eric A. Gordon
He assigns them Mao and hopes his budding corporate PR directors to ask, Whom does art serve?
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‘The Central Park Five,’ now an astounding world premiere opera
June 21, 2019 By Eric A. Gordon
I have seen a lot of opera in my lifetime, and I can honestly say I have never been so emotionally overwhelmed as I was Saturday night.
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‘Anne, A New Play’ in U.S. premiere reframes the Anne Frank story
June 19, 2019 By Eric A. Gordon
In celebration of what would have been her 90th birthday this month (June 12), the Simon Wiesenthal Center presents the U.S. premiere of Anne, A New Play.
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Anti-war play ‘Many May Not Return’ revived in Chicago
June 18, 2019 By Eric A. Gordon
This is an original play that is truly unique in American theatre in that it poignantly dissects the place of patriotism and military service in three generations of a Mexican-American family.
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‘The Lavender Scare’ documents early LGBTQ resistance to McCarthyism
June 17, 2019 By Eric A. Gordon
The film helps to shine a light on this little-known chapter of American history, and serves as a timely reminder of the need for vigilance and social action.
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Documentary shows Israelis going back to the future in the ancestral fatherland
June 13, 2019 By Eric A. Gordon
There is rich compost feeding this 77-minute story, which could probably be developed into an ongoing TV series involving these complex interrelationships across time, culture and tragedy.
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