John Powers
'It's A Sin' Series, Set During AIDS Epidemic, Resonates During COVID-19
The emergence of AIDS provides the impetus for It's a Sin, a hit British series about five young people who share a London apartment over the years from 1981 to '91.
New Translation Shares The Voice Of A Poet Who Wrote As Intensely As She Lived
John Powers says The Copenhagen Trilogy is a story about escape — escape from menial work, escape from traditional female roles, escape from boredom, escape from reality, and escape from the heavy weight of a self that was shaped in her childhood, a time, she writes, that's "long and narrow like a coffin."
Polish Thriller 'Spoor' Is A Pulpy Murder Story — And A Utopian Fable
Critic John Powers says Spoor is a fiercely offbeat Polish thriller whose heroine is unlike any woman you typically see onscreen.