Culture
‘Shuggie Bain’, tale of Scottish working-class life under Thatcherism, wins Booker Prize
July 30, 2021Alcoholism and its effect on people and communities is explored from the perspective of a loving and protective child, who observes all the secrecies, shame, and suicidal self-hate it brings.
Read more
‘Summer of Soul,’ a look back at the pulsating 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival
July 23, 2021Music scene of the late sixties and early seventies was a zenith for the many styles of which African were a part.
Read more
Links between domestic civil rights and anti-colonial struggles explored in new book
July 22, 2021Though primarily focused on the period after World War II, the book explores the earlier period too.
Read more
Cannes and COVID go together like a horse and carriage
July 22, 2021Another Cannes Film Festival is in the books and this one was beset with all the contemporary contradictions as the global crisis outran the global comeback.
Read more
New crime fiction novel ‘A Hello to Arms’ slams postwar capitalism in L.A.
July 21, 2021Dennis Broe’s new crime fiction novel starring private investigator Harry Palmer in his second Los Angeles outing has just appeared from Pathmark Press.
Read more