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“One Hundred Autobiographies”: a starred review in PW
<<<One Hundred Autobiographies: A Memoir David Lehman. Cornell Univ, $22.95 (248p) ISBN 978-1-5017-4645-1 Poet and critic Lehman (Poems in the Manner of…), who was treated for bladder cancer in 2014, brilliantly captures the despair,…
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Quote of the Day: On Inspiration [by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]
"Inspiration is a guest that does not willingly visit the lazy." Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Discuss. –sdl
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Fouad Boussouf’s “Näss (Folks)”: the sense of dance and the universal quest for elsewhere [by Tracy Danison]
"Näss(Folks)"FouadBoussouf©AtelierdeParis/JuneEvents2019 Programmed into the heart of Atelier de Paris’ June Events 2019, performed by a hard-charging masculine septet, with strong rhythms and rocking-rolling-breaking solo, duo and group performances, Fouad Boussouf’s Näss (Folks) closed the…
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“You’re the Top” [by David Shapiro]
After he read my book "A Fine Romance" in 2009, David Shapiro — my friend since my freshman year at Columbia –wrote me one of the greatest letters I have ever received, ending with…
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Celebrate Independence Day: Ballet not bombs! [by Stacey Harwood-Lehman]
George Balanchine loved America. This Russian émigré choreographer, who founded the New York City Ballet with Lincoln Kirstein, delighted in everything from the songs of George Gershwin to the city's ''Don't Walk'' signs. When…
