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

‘Taking Venice’: How the U.S. did it
June 4, 2024 By Eric A. Gordon
The film is structured as a suspense story, though we know the conclusion before we even set foot in the theater. The musical score helps to keep viewers on the edge of their seats.
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‘The Jewish Anarchist Movement in America’ finally appears in English
May 30, 2024 By Eric A. Gordon
Joseph Cohen’s monumental work has long been regarded as a seminal, if not definitive, source of detailed information and impressions on the topic of Jewish anarchism in America.
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‘Mix-Mix: The Filipino Adventures of a German Jewish Boy’ in world premiere
May 22, 2024 By Eric A. Gordon
“Mix-Mix” is an English translation of “Halo-Halo,” a dessert that’s a mixture of jellies, tapioca pearls, fruit, beans, corn, shaved ice, condensed milk and ice cream—an appropriate metaphor for the mixed cultures that came together as...
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Women’s liberation comes to the world of mariachi in Los Angeles premiere
May 14, 2024 By Eric A. Gordon
Funny how the theme of oppression of women keeps coming back in the playhouse.
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Oliver Mayer’s ‘Ghost Waltz’ about Indigenous Mexican composer Juventino Rosas receives world premiere
May 7, 2024 By Eric A. Gordon
The story is an important one, and it is told with great imagination and a wonderful score of waltzes, polkas, classical song, opera and ragtime.
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‘H*tler’s Tasters’: Four young women waiting for Adolf in expressionistic, absurdist play
April 30, 2024 By Eric A. Gordon

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Stalin, Zhdanov, Prokofiev, and Shostakovich star in ‘Stalin’s Master Class’
April 22, 2024 By Eric A. Gordon
Politics collide with art, terror, and rich helpings of morbid comic relief when “Father of the People” Joseph Stalin and Soviet Cultural Minister Andrei Zhdanov summon the Soviet Union’s two most eminent composers, Sergei Prokofiev and...
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‘Pender Denton—Outlaw’: An affecting, understated Old West gay love story
April 18, 2024 By Eric A. Gordon
The love that dared not speak its name has been shouting from the rooftops for well over half-a-century now. And in Martin David’s new book, it’s making an appearance at an even earlier time.
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