Not many people outside China speak fluent Chinese. Fewer still can read or write Chinese, a written language made of…
Best of 2010, Part 1
Though this season has seen me being pummeled by the various viruses and whatnot that are floating around—not to mention…
Holiday Cheer, Part 2
1986: Grace Jones does Pee-Wee’s Playhouse. Check out that ensemble! This is children’s television! During the Reagan years! I am…
Fix It Broken
Greg Dybec has launched a new online magazine called Fix It Broken. The first issue is up. It’s the place…
Jamie Iredell’s THE BOOK OF FREAKS
In case you missed the newsy flashes in past months, Jamie Iredell’s next book THE BOOK OF FREAKS is forthcoming…
Schrödinger’s Laura
I had a stray thought recently about Otto Preminger’s classic 1944 noir Laura (1944), based on Vera Caspary’s 1943 novel…
“Liberature”: Some Thoughts About Julián Ríos
So, today, at the library, I was roaming around the stacks, and I noticed House of Ulysses, by Julián Ríos.…
Forthcoming from Wesleyan University Press
With recent new books by Tan Lin, Roberto Tejada, and Ed Roberson (see the post below on “Lunar Eclipse”), Wesleyan University…