Blue Box
Fred Hersch writes an exemplary memoir
Fred Hersch, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, was a rising star in the jazz world, when he nearly lost his...
The Settlers: How did the Israeli occupation happen?
Israel has been mired in a military occupation of the Palestinian Territories for more than 50 years. The Settlers (available...
Peter Edelman: How our government criminalizes the poor
Peter Edelman, a Minneapolis native, worked for Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. He’s now a professor at Georgetown University Law Center....
Trump’s rise moves songwriter Seth Kibel to despair
Seth Kibel, a Washington, D.C.-based musician, says he was “shellshocked” by the results of the 2016 presidential election: “I had...
Barton Fink has a case of writer’s block
"I’m having a little trouble getting started,” explains Barton Fink (John Turturro) to Hollywood film studio exec Ben Geisler (Tony...
Eli Valley draws the line on hypocrisy
Eli Valley’s biting political cartoons have appeared in The Nation, The Forward and various online venues. Now a full-blown anthology...
Peter Himmelman ponders our world
Lyrical rocker Peter Himmelman, a St. Louis Park native, continues his philosophical and musical quest with There Is No Calamity...
Ethiopian elder and a changing society
Following the death of his wife, Meseganio Tadelo (played by Debebe Eshtu) gathers his children and announces that he will...
Amazing tales of the 1960s ‘revolution’
Jonathan Lerner functioned as the office manager and spokesperson for Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), the national anti-Vietnam War...
Norman: A New York hustler’s rise and tragic fall
Richard Gere plays the eponymous character in Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer,...
