Reviews
Book Review: White Nights by Urszula Honek
The debut short story from Polish writer Urszula Honek, White Nights, is akin to reading an account of a haunted place – one that is beautiful and devastating in equal measure.
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Beyond the Surface: The Multifaceted Lives of ‘American Fiction’
In essence, “American Fiction” and the experiences it draws from remind us that we are indeed more than the sum of our parts.
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Adam Baker’s Intimate Surrealism: A Visual Exploration
Adam Baker observes the world with a realist’s precision, yet his artwork emerges as a mesmerizing blend of surrealism. His latest exhibition, “Passing through the Soft Storm,” is a masterful interplay of the intimate and the dreamlike, drawing inspiration from Van Gogh’s pointillist sky interpretations and PaJaMa’s organic, staged scenes.
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LaToya Hobbs Highlights Texture in Her Intricately Carved Portraits of Black Women.
In her upcoming exhibition at the Frist Art Museum in Nashville, titled “Carving a New Tradition,” Hobbs showcases works such as “Erin and Anyah with Hydrangeas” and “Flourish.” These pieces highlight Hobbs’ focus on themes of rest and tranquility.
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The Color Purple: A Musical Adaptation Brimming with Female Empowerment
The latest musical adaptation of “The Color Purple” brings a fresh, though somewhat softened, perspective to Alice Walker’s powerful narrative.
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The Father and the Assassin
The interplay of historical narrative and personal journey in ‘The Father and the Assassin’ captures the complex essence of Gandhi and Godse, creating a thought-provoking theatrical experience.
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Rebecca at the Charing Cross Theatre: a subdued rise from the ashes, four stars
On the surface, Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 novel seems ideal material for a musical.
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Jeju Island’s Olle Trails
A review of Jeju Island’s Olle Trails (in South Korea), routes that surround the island.
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Nalini Malani: “My Reality is Different,” National Gallery, London
In Malani’s ‘animation chamber’, the beautiful Susannah looms large on the wall, but before we have time to admire her beauty she is covered in a red glow, reminiscent of bold, bright
blood.
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Pulling the Chariot of the Sun: A Memoir of a Kidnapping by Shane McCrae
While it is presumptuous to assume that his skating friends led him to psychological or emotional closure, it’s safe to suggest that writing did.
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A HISTORY OF AFRICAN HAIKU
Haiku in Africa is growing nowadays. And as a “new” art finding roots in Africa, credit could be given to Sono Uchida,…
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SURREALISM BEYOND BORDERS
Surrealism: pure psychic automatism, by which it is intended to express . . . the real process of thought. It is the…
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