RECORDING BRITISH MUSIC: A Personal History of Fifty Years Researching and Recording Neglected Repertoire By Lewis Foreman. Watford, UK: Vocalion Books, 2024. xxxi, RED AND HOT. The Fate of Jazz in the Soviet Union. By S. Frederick Starr. 368 pp. New York: Oxford University Press, 1983....
But they were married for nearly fifty years, so most decisions they made involved the two of them. He still sees himself thinking what her opinion might be before taking a big step like retiring. We also begin to realize the source of the critical voices that Brett hears. Yes, there is...
Cox has always been forthright in his dour opinion of directors like Giuseppe Colizzi, Gianfranco (Frank Kramer) Parolini, and Giuliano (Anthony Ascott) Carnimeo, who turned the Italian Western in the direction of burlesque in the late 1960s, and away from the gritty style of Sergio Leone, S...
When I returned to Orange County in 2012 after retiring and moving away for a while, I finally had time to devote to my passion of writing full time. My desire was to connect with local writers and artists and to become part of the community. I met Robert shortly afterwards. He welcomed...
I never imagined I would watch a foreign language show with all subtitles and I'm not sure why I tried this one but I'm glad I did. Sara Mortemsen is amazing. This may have opened up many other shows that looked good btt I quickly turned off when I realized they weren't in Englis...
Journal of a Solitude, by May Sarton Fifty Days of Solitude, by Doris Grumbach Listening Below the Noise, by Anne D. LeClaire The Solitary Summer, by Elizabeth von Arnim Drinking the Rain, by Alix Kates Shulman Epicurean Simplicity, by Stephanie Mills Woodswoman, by Anne LaBastille And I Sh...
Writing is failure, asa wise soul reminds us, but every now and then—annually, for at least fifty Canadian poets—maybe it isn’t, and readers ofBest Canadian Poetryare the rich recipients of these successes. Photo: A stack of the new Best Canadian Poetry 2025 selected by Aislinn Hunter,...
A wooden trunk is uncovered with seven photographs in it from a hundred and fifty years ago in Iceland. The trunk belonged to a Danish priest who died there. Among the images are snow covered mountain ridges, a waterfall, glacier, and a portrait of a girl on a horse. Godland imagines ...
For about fifty minutes, Herzog is able to keep the viewer in his/her seat. He stages a very eccentric show which at times allows for audience participation. During a hypnotism scene, Herzog has chosen the camera angle to be a P.O.V. of the volunteer. Tim Roth faces the camera, and...
A curious explanation follows that Monet had drawn around “fifty pictures” of Camille during her lifetime… But after her death, he hardly depicted a figure again.” The changes in Monet’s art with the three leading women in his life, Camille Doncieux, Alice Raingo and Blanche Hoschede...