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Netflix’s Jay Kelly Eulogizes an Industry It’s Killing Off

Eileen Jones Jacobin
Noah Baumbach and George Clooney’s Jay Kelly is a Netflix dramedy about the death of Hollywood stardom and the theatrical experience. Ironically, with Netflix’s acquisition of Warner Bros., the call is definitely coming from inside the house.

poetry

Not All the News Is Bad

Christine Holland
Poet Christine Holland struggles against the disasters reported daily in the news, finding hope in the world's resilience and her own.

poetry

Writing My Country

Beau Beausoleil
Poet Beau Beausoleil asks what happens when the crew on the "boat of liberty," a lifeboat bearing the survivors of other times and wrecks, gives up.

books

The Mostest Anarchist

Paul Buhle Portside
These days “anarchism” has become an official swear word. A little history should help. Only with the middle of the 19th century does something clearly and (somewhat) strategically emerge as “anarchism” — competing with Marxism to overcome capitalism

poetry

Waking

Gloria Vando
Poet Gloria Vando considers who wins and who loses in the new arms race.

books

Phillip Bonosky’s Fight for the Working Class

Richard Gazarik Pittsburgh Review of Books
Born in the Mon Valley, Bonosky transformed from a devout Catholic into a committed Communist writer, chronicling the struggles of working-class immigrants.
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