Halloween is around the corner, and I’ve always had a special esteem for the particular brand of creepy found in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” html of text free. PDF for free. Wikipedia Video short in 2 parts on YouTube:…
Nobel Prize in Literature Announced
The nobel Prize in Literature was just announced, and it goes to a Chinese Writer – Mo Yan, who, while arguably not dissident, allegedly manages find ways to tell inconvenient truths. I am at the moment unfamiliar with his work,…
We were just talking about this in class
I just regaled my class with stories about how I would get teachers in HS off on a tangent so we didn’t get stuff done, and then we wouldn’t get homework. Explained how that doesn’t work the same way in…
“Sabotuer” by Ha Jin
For text free online see here. Class brought up some some good questions that indicate a need for a Chinese culural informant. authentic Chinese tea cups have no handles, so the distinction between a cup and a bowl is a…