There’s a week of winter break left, and only a few days before the year ends. So if you’re looking for something to read or watch during 2012, here are some suggestions (Asian/Asian-American in some way, of course): BOOKS Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri These eight stories by beloved and bestselling author Jhumpa Lahiri take…
A few weeks ago, I went to Quiet Imprint, a ballet piece featuring legendary Vietnamese singer Khanh Ly and the Ballet Austin Company II. It was my intention to take notes and write a quick, informal review for Pacific Ties. But when the performance started, I quickly realized that even the most informal of reviews…
So I’ve been trying to branch out in my comics reading, by which I mean I’m trying to read things not having to do with the Bat family. This is also because I still haven’t managed to get my hands on any of the Cassandra Cain trades (goddamnit). One of the comics I’ve been reading…
Every class, my professor provides his students with response sheets about the documentary we’ve viewed during class. Yesterday, he mentioned how he can measure if a student in class is actually invested in our topics through his questions: depends on how in-depth, critical, and well thought-out the answers. He pulled out three sheets, telling the…
I don’t think I’ve ever done a review of a book review before–but here goes. Kyung-sook Shin’s bestselling Korean novel, Please Look After Mom, has been translated into English. And while I’ve only read an excerpt of the novel, I have read Maureen Corrigan’s review of it. At first, it pissed me off. Then it…
So, I’m not really a Rain fan. I don’t dislike him–I just don’t follow him because, well, there’s already f(x), and DBSK, and SNSD, and…yeah, you get the point. My loyalties lie elsewhere. Still, this Time 100 poll impresses me. Rain, who won the poll last year, has done it again. Poor Stephen Colbert: defeated…