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Alice Embree :
IN MEMORIAM | Recent passages: JoAnn Mulert, Pat Cramer,
Gregg Barrios, and Steve Russell
Sometimes they happen in quick succession. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | September 30, 2021 Sometimes the passages happen in such quick succession. This has been a summer of such passages with four friends and colleagues who were … Continue reading →
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RAG RADIO PODCASTS | Interviews with Katya Sabaroff Taylor, Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez & Gregg Barrios, Veterans for Peace, Terry DuBose & Alan Pogue, Tom Cleaver & Alice Embree, Guy Forsyth, Jonathan Lerner, Jim Hightower, Kerry Awn & the Uranium Savages, Bruce Melton, Glenn Smith, Steve Early & Nick Licata
This all-star array of guests includes a populist icon, Vietnam vets reflecting on the war, a climate change scholar, a founder of the Weather Underground, and legendary Austin musicians performing live. Interviews by Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | … Continue reading →
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Glenn Scott :
THEATER | Gregg Barrios’ delightful ‘I-DJ’ was first play to be featured at Texas Book Festival
‘I-DJ’ is a head-nodding, toe-tapping dance through Chicano and LGBT history. By Glenn Scott | The Rag Blog | March 10, 2017 Author, poet, and playwright Gregg Barrios has broken many sound barriers in his life and career, and he … Continue reading →
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Tagged Criticism, Glenn Scott, Gregg Barrios, I-DJ, Rag Bloggers, Texas Book Festival, Theater
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RAG RADIO PODCASTS | Deepa Iyer, Carmen Tafolla & Gregg Barrios, Margaret Randall, Michael Hurd, Ed Sanders, Atash, Jim Hightower, Richard Zelade
We discuss racial justice post-9/11 and African-American history in Texas, get the lowdown on Labor Day, visit with a beatnik legend, learn about Austin in the Jazz Age, and listen to classy world music and world class poetry. Interviews by … Continue reading →
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Tagged Atash, Carmen Tafolla, Deepa Iyer, Ed Sanders, Gregg Barrios, Interviews, Jim Hightower, Margaret Randall, Michael Hurd, Podcasts, Rag Radio, Richard Zelade, Thorne Dreyer, Tracey Schulz
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PODCAST | Cesar Chavez biographer Miriam Pawel with poet-critic Gregg Barrios
Gregg Barrios, a veteran of the original Rag, moderated a conversation with author Miriam Pawel at the 2014 Texas Book Festival. Interview by Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | November 10, 2014 Our guests featured on this Rag Radio podcast … Continue reading →
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PODCASTS | Gregg Barrios, Bruce Dancis, and Betsy Leondar-Wright on Rag Radio
A noted poet-playwright and critic, a Vietnam draft resister and pop culture journalist, and an economic justice advocate join us in three lively podcasts. Interviews by Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | May 5, 2014 Gregg Barrios, the noted … Continue reading →
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Tagged Authors, Betsy Leondar-Wright, Bruce Dancis, Chicano, Class Analysis, Critics, Draft Resistance, Economic Justice, Gregg Barrios, Interview, Mexican-American Writers, Playwrights, Podcast, Poets, Rag Bloggers, Rag Radio, SDS, Sixties, Thorne Dreyer
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BOOKS / Gregg Barrios : Zadie Smith’s ‘NW’ Speaks in the Polygot of the Streets
Zadie Smith’s latest novel, NW,speaks in the polygot of the streets Smith never identifies the color of her characters — well, not unless they are white. By Gregg Barrios / Critical Mass / February 27, 2013 “Tread carefully over the … Continue reading →
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Tagged African-American, Books, Fiction, Gregg Barrios, Literature, NW, Zadie Smith
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Gregg Barrios : Cantinflas 101 in San Antonio
Dia de los Muertos altar honors the memory of Cantinflas at San Antonio retrospective. Photo by Gregg Barrios / The Rag Blog.Catinflas 101:Don Mario’s silent empire Known for his ‘little tramp’ outfit of patched, baggy pants, rope belt, tattered vest, … Continue reading →
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Tagged Actors, Cantinflas, Comedians, Film, Gregg Barrios, Mario Moreno, Mexico, San Antonio
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Gregg Barrios : An Appreciation of Judith Crist
Judith Crist passed away at the age of 90 in Manhattan on Aug. 7, 2012. Photo by Gabe Palacio / Getty Images. Inset below: Crist in 1967. Photo from AP.An appreciation: Pioneering film critic Judith Crist (1922-2012) By Gregg Barrios … Continue reading →
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Gregg Barrios : The Charmed Life of Nora Ephron
Nora Ephron. Image from Indiewire.Eat, love, and kvetch:Nora Ephron’s charmed life As much as she kvetches, she never whines. Her unique ability to take any pain in her life and turn it into a satiric essay or a romantic film … Continue reading →
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MUSIC / Gregg Barrios : Patti Smith’s ‘Banga’
The wait is over:Patti Smith’s ‘Banga‘ The title cut is a meditation on Pontius Pilate’s dog Banga in Mikhail Bulgakov’s satirical novel, The Master and Margarita. By Gregg Barrios | The Rag Blog | June 13, 2012 Patti Smith fans’ … Continue reading →
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FILM / Gregg Barrios : ‘Melancholia’ Is von Trier’s Final Refrain
Melancholia:Von Trier’s final refrain By Gregg Barrios | The Rag Blog | December 27, 2011 It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine. – REM A crescendo of superlatives: Lars von Trier’s Melancholia opens … Continue reading →
