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

Arts

Big changes come to small towns in two plays
November 2, 2016 By Eric A. Gordon
I was expecting short staged vignettes of the Vonnegut stories, but instead, the stories seamlessly intersected and commented on one another.
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Politics

Guarded optimism for Catherine Cortez Masto in Nevada Senate race
November 1, 2016 By Eric A. Gordon
The open senatorial seat in Nevada is critical for Democrats to hold, as the current Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid is retiring.
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U.S.

Petition to exonerate Ethel Rosenberg at nearly 30K signatures
October 27, 2016 By Eric A. Gordon
The overall total number of signers is on track to surpass 30,000 shortly, and is growing quickly.
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Arts

The search for signs of intelligent life revisited in L.A.
October 25, 2016 By Eric A. Gordon
The play opens with Trudy, an intelligent, though visibly deranged street person anticipating the arrival of aliens from outer space.
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Culture

This week in history: Bernstein records Blitzstein’s WWII Airborne Symphony
October 24, 2016 By Eric A. Gordon
Movements from the Airborne Symphony can be heard on YouTube, such as “The Ballad of Hurry Up."
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Culture

“The Handmaiden”: Stunning erotic crime thriller in Japanese-occupied Korea
October 21, 2016 By Eric A. Gordon And Dale Greenfield
In a mesmerizing 145 minutes, the director opens up a toolkit full of sharp contrasts and opposites.
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Books

Birobidzhan: Russia’s Jewish Autonomous Region is not so Jewish
October 20, 2016 By Eric A. Gordon
Masha Gessen's new book tells the story of "Where the Jews Aren't."
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U.S.

From L.A. to Vegas, door-knocking for Clinton
October 18, 2016 By Eric A. Gordon
Nevada’s six electoral votes could swing a close election for the presidency.
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