Culture – Page 190 – People's World

‘Songs in Dark Times’: Yiddish poets engage mid-20th century crises and traumas

October 1, 2021 By Eric A. Gordon

What do we even mean when we use a simple word like “we?” We Jews? We survivors? We anti-fascists? We people of social conscience? We humans?

‘I’m Not a Comedian…I’m Lenny Bruce’: Ronnie Marmo channels the standup philosopher

September 30, 2021 By Ed Rampell

As a standup comic with a philosophical slant, Lenny was a pre-Social Media forerunner of the free speech cause.

‘All the Water I’ve Seen Is Running’: A novel in review

September 29, 2021 By Joel Wendland-Liu

The idea of collective shaping of a clear vision of how the world is and how it ought to be is a central theme of Rodriques’s first novel All the Water I’ve Seen Is Running.

‘No One Gets Out Alive’: A slow-burn immigration horror story

September 29, 2021 By Chauncey K. Robinson

No One Gets Out Alive uses the perils undocumented immigrant women face in pursuit of the so-called American Dream to showcase the things of nightmares.

‘Our Man in Santiago’: A comedy about the overthrow of Salvador Allende?

September 28, 2021 By Ed Rampell

A "comic spy thriller inspired by the true story of a spectacularly botched U.S. attempt to overthrow Chile’s democratically elected leader.”