Downes has been using her platform to expose listeners accustomed to the standard classical fare — concertos and sonatas by mostly white, male and European composers — to more pieces by women and people of color.
“My Fine Fellow: A Delicious Entanglement” is Jennieke Cohen’s second young adult novel set in an alternate 19th century Britain, and her first with Jewish characters, along with several original recipes.
Raised mostly in San Diego by a Russian American Jewish father and African American Jewish mother, Westside Gravy (né Noah Shufutinsky) takes pride in belonging to the Jewish and African diasporas.
Adam Mansbach is, and possibly always will be, best known as the “Go the Fuck to Sleep” guy. But he is a more protean and prolific — and profoundly Jewish — writer than people may know.
The new season begins with the same question at the center of the season 1 finale: Is Burd a “culture vulture,” someone guilty of cultural appropriation?
