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July 15, 2016
From Van Gogh to the Camino de Santiago: Symbolic travel and the modern pilgrim
Pour us your poison wine that makes us feel like gods! Our brains are burning up! — there’s nothing left to do But plunge into the void! — hell? heaven? — what’s the odds? We’re […]
June 1, 2016
The Kitchens of Canton, a novel. Ch. 4: Chicago
“There we go.” “Hi, honey.” “He’s still spacing.” “Where am I?” “You had a little knock on the head, buddy.” “Jesus, a hospital?” “It’s a whole lot better than a morgue. How many fingers?” “Four.” “Excellent.” […]
The Kitchens of Canton Ch. 4: Chicago
“There we go.” “Hi, honey.” “He’s still spacing.” “Where am I?” “You had a little knock on the head, buddy.” “Jesus, a hospital?” “It’s a whole lot better than a morgue. How many fingers?” “Four.” “Excellent.” […]
The Kitchens of Canton. Ch. 4: Chicago
“There we go.” “Hi, honey.” “He’s still spacing.” “Where am I?” “You had a little knock on the head, buddy.” “Jesus, a hospital?” “It’s a whole lot better than a morgue. How many fingers?” “Four.” “Excellent.” […]
May 24, 2016
The Kitchens of Canton, a novel. Ch. 3: Zigaago
The officers sat for a while regarding Malmquist with placid expressions. “Keoi zoekdou houci go gudoijan.” “Here we go again.” “Bei ngodei gimcaa jathaa keoi.” They gestured to him to remove his clothes. “What?” One […]
The Kitchens of Canton Ch. 3: Zigaago
The officers sat for a while regarding Malmquist with placid expressions. “Keoi zoekdou houci go gudoijan.” “Here we go again.” “Bei ngodei gimcaa jathaa keoi.” They gestured to him to remove his clothes. “What?” One […]
The Kitchens of Canton. Ch. 3: Zigaago
The officers sat for a while regarding Malmquist with placid expressions. “Keoi zoekdou houci go gudoijan.” “Here we go again.” “Bei ngodei gimcaa jathaa keoi.” They gestured to him to remove his clothes. “What?” One […]
May 14, 2016
The literature of paralysis: The China PC scene and the expat mag crowd
I have to say Alec Ash and Tom Pellman’s recent collection of expat writings on China, While We’re Here (Earnshaw Books, 2015), has a catchy cover. It shows a street in what appears to be […]
March 29, 2016
John Dowland and the lost English Consort School of chamber music
In 2006, Sting came out with Songs from the Labyrinth, an album devoted to the Elizabethan composer John Dowland. It was an unlikely choice of musical material for a rock star, yet Sting approached Dowland […]
March 9, 2016
The Kitchens of Canton Ch. 2: Xinluoma
“E tu chi sei?” the man whispered to Malmquist in the darkness. “Sei lo schiavo nuovo?” “I don’t understand. Do you speak English?” “Inglese? No, non parlo Inglese.” “Are you Italian? Where am I? What […]
