Daily Archives: May 19, 2008
Porochista Khakpour, On How Not To Write Yet Another Immigrant Novel
This fall I’m bringing my friend Porochista to Amherst College to read from her debut novel, Sons and Other Flammable Objects. The novel is, to my mind, one of the most enjoyable novels I’ve read recently. I’ll quote to you … Continue reading
Bill Moyers, On Democracy
I report the assault on nature evidenced in coal mining that tears the tops off mountains and dumps them into rivers, sacrificing the health and lives of those in the river valleys to short-term profit, and I see a link … Continue reading
Filed under books, current events, politics
Our Robot Masters Will Know How To Clean This Mess Up
My new favorite band. If you’ve been sitting down for more than an hour, maybe press play and stand up and see what happens. “It was more terrifying than facing the god of death.” “My mother destroyed all pictures of … Continue reading
Filed under current events, Korea, politics
