3 Million and counting...
I'm the Content Supervisor at Narrative Magazine and I firmly believe everyone has a story, even those of us at Narrative.On October 31st, we tallied 3 million hits on our website – just for October! – a rapid ascent from last month's hits, and exponential growth since last year. Naturally, we'd like to attribute our recent success to the improved site, our frequently updated content, and the ...
Art and Love in Renaissance Italy
Today on my home blog, I am writing about my recent trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Their current exhibit, Art and Love in Renaissance Italy, is fantastic! And it moves to Ft. Worth, Texas, in March. Read more here: http://aknickerson.blogspot.com/2009/01/art-and-love-in-renaissance-italy.htmlCiao!
Biography in Chinese 作者简介
嚴歌苓，女，出生於上海，是當代最受讚譽的中文小說家與電影編劇之一，也是地位確立的英文作家。她的人生閱歷豐富，文革時參加解放軍並為一文工團的舞蹈演員，中越戰爭時曾擔任戰地記者，1989年赴美進修。自1985年發表第一部長篇小說以來，歌苓持續而穩定地推出她的文學創作，包括長篇小說 ...
The Perfect Wedding Gift
Just returned from a great trip to Carmel with my family for my sister's birthday. We also went to a wedding. My sister Cheryl, her husband and three children lived across the street from the Montague family for many years. I spent many Christmases and other vacations with the Montagues; they have four daughters. So one of the daughters was married on Saturday to her boyfriend from ...
Jordan's 9/11
Three years ago today, nearly simultaneous bomb blasts tore through three hotels in Amman, killing more than 60 people, wounding hundreds more, and sending fear through the streets of a normally tranquil city.I had arrived in the city less than a month prior and was staying at a small B&B near the Third Circle, where two of the bombed hotels are located. I was in my room reading when ...
Film: Pale Sun
In 1994, the author's short story "Nothing More than Male and Female" 無非男女 (translated in the White Snake collection) was made into a movie in Taiwan by film director Zhu Yanping (朱延平aka Chu Yen-ping). Zhu retitled the story 情色 (Engish title Pale Sun) expanded the story and re-set it in Taiwan. It is hard to obtain but can occasionally be found on YesAsia.com: ...
Just Go! But Hug the Center Line...
This is part of a 6-part story which begins here. Drive on the Left! (part 3) “Here you are!” he said, pointing to a miniature red car in the lot. That’s it? Three tips. That’s all I get? I felt a bit gypped. I mean, I thought maybe ten or twelve tips… a baker’s dozen. Just three tips? I tried to look cool and confident as I crossed the parking lot – oh, I mean car park. ...
Studies in bathroom Graffiti
The Bathroom Graffiti Project | The Writing's on the Stall | The Writing is on the Wall | And the Words of the Prophets Were Written on the Bathroom Stalls | It's All in the Head | Microsoft Bathroom Graffiti | Documentary: In Search of Bathroom Graffiti | The Flickr Bathroom Graffiti Pool
Plug for Joan Cartwright's book
Live-blogging the “American Idol” premiere by Leslie Gray Streeter | January 13th, 2009 | American Idol Katrina Darrell, aka Bikini Girl 8:00 PM: An hour ago, I had dinner with a fabulous jazz singer named Joan Cartwright, who has written a guide for aspiring songbirds called “So, You Want To Be A Singer,” in which she writes “The road up is longer than the road down.” ...
