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Tucson Museum of Art: Photos & Poetry
Oscar Wilde said that artists never see things as they truly are, otherwise, they could not be artists. But how could any artist see...
Poetry Experiences a Resurrection
I do not like modern poetry; mostly because it is modern, but secondarily because it is not poetry (modern means after TS Eliot). Therefore,...
The ‘Invisible’ Race Riot of 1969
This is a play that poignantly describes race relation in the United States, a topic that has dominated American life for more than 150...
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Fictions of Certitude
“Quite a long, long time ago, when huge shadows were thrown upon the earth but their sources were unknown and men still wandered in...
Agatha Christie Murder Mystery in Oro Valley
There is nothing more delicious than an Agatha Christie murder mystery. I first attended The Mousetrap in 1978. It began a run in the...
Christmas Break is Over!
With the passing of yesterday (Jan. 7, 2020), Christmas is truly over. For those who missed it, Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas according to the...
Lavender Scare of the 50s
The opera Fellow Travelers, sensitively staged by the Arizona Opera in both Phoenix and Tucson earlier this month, is a curious beast.
It is probably...
Proposed AZ Mine a Hot Topic at Convergence Conference
A rather remote area 70 miles east of Phoenix is the site of a major battle between a copper mining conglomerate and Native Americans....
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The Lightness of Being
Unlike a famous novel of 1984, the lightness of being is not unbearable. Not, that is, for The Light Princess, who is sublimely uncaring...
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In preparation for reviewing this book, the third in a trilogy, I read the first two books. A total of some 900 pages on...
The Map of Knowledge
Whole books have been written about De rerum natura, a long poem written by Lucretius (99-55 BCE). Its intended audience were Romans, who wanted...
LAST FULL DAY OF DICTATORSHIP
As we bid farewell to the fucking piece of traitorous shit who has defiled the White House for the past 4 years, let us...
