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Back to the Basement-Ping-Pong: It’s a whole new ball game.

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The Sporting Scene FEBRUARY 17, 2003 ISSUE

 

BY NANCY FRANKLIN

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Tienchi Martin-Liao: Yan Lianke: A Master of Sarcasm

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September 3, 2013
An award-winning Chinese writer provokes and exposes the CCP, despite official bans and censorship.

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Yan Lianke

Chinese author Yan Lianke. Photo: friends.sfpl via Flickr.

This year the Chinese writer Yan Lianke has been longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize. Continue reading →

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We’re Missing the Story-The Media’s Retreat From Foreign Reporting

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By ANJAN SUNDARAMJULY 25, 2014

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The Democratic Republic of Congo, 2002. Two wars since 1996 have killed more than five million people. Credit Paolo Pellegrin/Magnum Photos

LISBON — THE Western news media Continue reading →

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What’s Your Book Shelfie Style?

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The Huffington Post | By Claire Fallon

Posted: 07/24/2014 9:54 am EDT Updated: 07/24/2014 9:59 am EDT

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Kids today, right? If we’re not taking selfies, we’re taking relfies, or ussies. Most importantly Continue reading →

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Shibasaki wins Akutagawa award, Kurokawa wins Naoki Prize

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TOKYO, July 17, Kyodo

Shibasaki wins Akutagawa award, Kurokawa wins Naoki Prize

Novelist Tomoka Shibasaki won the Akutagawa literary award for up-and-coming authors of pure literature, while the Naoki Prize, another renowned award for popular fiction, Continue reading →

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Why Memorizing Lines From Shakespeare Is Worthwhile

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Posted: 07/23/2014 8:07 am EDT Updated: 07/23/2014 5:59 pm EDT

Having thought about Shakespeare for most of my life, I have concluded that the best way to learn about his plays, his language, his themes and his stories with any real depth and integrity is to memorize Continue reading →

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“And Then We Went to the Brewery”: Reading as a Social Activity in a Digital Era

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Bar Crowd. Photo by Jonathan Adami
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In our hyperdigital era, mass reading events provide opportunities Continue reading →

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Ghosts in Sunlight

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Hilton Als JULY 10, 2014 ISSUE

For Evgenia

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Kara Walker: Burn, cut paper and adhesive on wall, 1998 Continue reading →

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