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Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Book Review: “The Unknown Kerouac” — Unnecessary? by Troy Pozirekides

The Unknown Kerouac is good for the advancement of Kerouac scholarship, but the book hardly justifies, for the average reader, its price and size.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:42AM

Friday, October 28, 2016

Book Review: “Dharma Lion” — The Rich Heritage of Allen Ginsberg by Troy Pozirekides

The power of Allen Ginsberg's legacy could be felt in the controversy over the decision to award Bob Dylan the Nobel Prize in Literature.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:12AM

Thursday, August 25, 2016

Fuse Book Review: “The Hatred of Poetry” — Thinking the Worst About Verse by Troy Pozirekides

The Hatred of Poetry claims to explore our culture’s rampant animosity toward the entire art form.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:38AM

Saturday, October 25, 2014

Fuse Remembrance: Farewell, Jack Bruce — Thundering Dynamo of the Bass Guitar by Troy Pozirekides

A homage to Jack Bruce, thundering dynamo of the bass guitar, singer of unmatched power and clarity, coequal with Clapton at the helm of the supergroup Cream.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:52PM

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Fuse Book Review: “The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair” — Beware the Hype by Troy Pozirekides

The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair is a long but fast-paced book that walks the line between airport novel and true work of literary fiction.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:20AM

Sunday, June 15, 2014

Fuse Book Review: “Living in the Meantime” — Too Ambitious for its Own Good by Troy Pozirekides

Richard Barnett is familiar with the wide variety of characters that can be found in the American South, and fond of the cadences of their speech—so much so that these preoccupations beco…

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:03AM

Friday, March 28, 2014

Fuse Book Review: “MFA vs NYC” — There Are Worlds Elsewhere by Troy Pozirekides

The culture of American fiction is never as neatly defined as books like "MFA vs NYC" make it out to be.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:04AM

Friday, March 14, 2014

Fuse Book Review: “The Haunted Life” — Learning About What it Took to Become Jack Kerouac by Troy Pozirekides

"The Haunted Life" is little more than an example of the staggering amount of work it takes for a writer to find his voice, a testament to the years of toil Kerouac put in before forging a s…

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:33AM

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Fuse Book Review: “Killing the Second Dog” — A Pair of Captivating Polish Con Artists by Troy Pozirekides

Polish writer Marek Hlasko sometimes writes like Hemingway, but without the premium the latter placed on honor and grace.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:30AM

Saturday, January 4, 2014

Fuse Book Review: “Before I Burn” — A True Crime Story Transformed into Art by Troy Pozirekides

"Before I Burn" gives the reader the awesome sense of a fully perceived life—the hallmark of great art.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:07PM

Sunday, December 8, 2013

Fuse Book Review: Jim Harrison’s “Brown Dog” — A Shakespearian Spirit in Michigan by Troy Pozirekides

Think of these novellas as variations on a common theme: a complicated world is scrutinized through the elemental viewpoint of one of the most memorable characters in American fiction over t…

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:53AM

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