Review: Transparent Body & Other Texts by Max Blecher
The only thing more magical than receiving a letter from a friend is reading the letters of a writer you admire, and feeling as if they were sent to you. By Amanda L. Andrei.
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Review: Did This Hand Kill?
Author Cezary Lazarewicz Genre Nonfiction: True Crime Language(s) English Format 264 Pages Publisher Open Letter Books ISBN 978-1-948830-79-9 Photos by Jenny Graham Mihaela-Adina Drăgan Reviewed by Mihaela-Adina Drăgan Imagine standing in a courtroom, the air thick with tension, as an accused woman faces witnesses and the jury. This is the riveting story Cezary Łazarewicz unravels […]
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Review: Stalin’s Master Class
Location Odyssey Theater, Los Angeles, CA Date of Performance June 2, 2024 Language(s) English Photos by Jenny Graham Amanda L. Andrei Reviewed by Amanda L. Andrei A kick to a cane and a man falls to his knees. A command to sing and fear fills the singers’ eyes. These small cruelties inhabit the spacious room […]
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Review: Trio. For the beauty of it
Location Goose on a String Theatre / Provazek hall in Brno, Czech Republic Date of Performance May 23, 2024 Language(s) English, French, and Spanish Photos by Ivo Dvořák Alex Mugler Reviewed by Amanda L. Andrei Poisson. Head bob. Poisson. Head bob. Je suis. Hand-chest. Je suis. Hand-chest. In a simple rhythm, a pair of dancers […]
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Review: The Ratcatcher
Location Radost Theatre in Brno, Czech Republic Date of Performance May 22, 2024 Language Czech with English language surtitles Photo by Jakub Jíra Jiří Skovajsa as Pied Piper. Reviewed by Amanda L. Andrei Once upon a time, there was a small German town named Hamelin. When it became plagued by rats, the mayor sought to […]
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Review: MyLifeandMyLife
Author Melinda Mátyus Genre Fiction ISBN 978-1-946604-19-4 Format 140 pages Language English Publisher Ugly Duckling Presse Reviewed by Amanda L. Andrei American poet Emily Dickinson once wrote to a family friend, “The heart wants what it wants – or else it does not care.” Her observation is apt for the stark and bold world of […]
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Review: Sevdah: Elegy for a South Imagined
Dubravka Ugrešić’s Lend Me Your Character is a kaleidoscopic amalgamation featuring one novella, seven short stories, and several sections of author’s notes. In classic Ugrešić form, fairy tale elements abound–magic, crass humor, textile allusions to sewing, grotesque imagery, repetition, and warnings fill the pages.
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Review – Romeo & Juliet: Love is a Fire
“I can’t remember seeing so much humor in a production of Romeo & Juliet ever before – which was a delight.” A Review of Romeo & Juliet: Love is a FireSanta Monica PlayhouseBy Catharine Dada, PhD. This revisioned dynamic production Romeo & Juliet: Love is a Fire blends dance and a paired down, and sometimes […]
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Review: Lend Me Your Character
Dubravka Ugrešić’s Lend Me Your Character is a kaleidoscopic amalgamation featuring one novella, seven short stories, and several sections of author’s notes. In classic Ugrešić form, fairy tale elements abound–magic, crass humor, textile allusions to sewing, grotesque imagery, repetition, and warnings fill the pages.
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Review: Night truck driver
Night truck driver, By Marcin Świetlicki Translated from Polish by Elżbieta Wójcik-Leese Poetry ISBN 9781938890802 128 pages Bilingual: Polish and English on facing pages Zephyr Press Reviewed by Amanda L. Andrei The world drips. Caught in some kind of thaw, circling a winter on the verge of melting into a dream, or a dream solidifying […]
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