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All Look Same?
We mentioned the site, All Look Same, in class on Friday. Afterwards I took the quiz on Faces. Initially I thought the quiz wouldn’t be too difficult. But it was surprisingly hard and I only answered...
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Increase in Chinese Language Programs
Here’s a pretty interesting article published in the New York Times last January. Apparently, Chinese language is becoming more prevalent within American education while other traditional languages,...
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Dog… Eaters
(Anybody else worried that she's always with a different dog?) Don’t go to that place, they serve dog. Don’t tell me what it is – it tastes good. I often hear variants of these comments in reference to...
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A Little Bit of Well-Earned Recognition
Here’s a link to an article in The New York Times about an exhibit on Japanese Fashion at the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Ruth La Ferla, the writer, mentions how Japanese design is...
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Meat is Magnificent
Out of all the books we’ve read so far, My Year of Meats is my favorite*. However, I find the meat scare tactics, well, distasteful. Sure, I find the DES upsetting and disgusting. I’ve read Fast...
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Truth and the Documentary Format
In the last chapter Jane references Chris Marker’s film Sans Soleil. If you haven’t seen it it’s worth checking out. It’s classified loosely as a documentary or travelogue and the film wanders...
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Just For Kicks
After reading Kathleen’s post on Suji Kwock Kim’s voice I noticed a suggested video with Li-Young Lee. A year or so ago a friend of mine showed me his poem “Persimmons,” which I really like. Here’s...
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Affirmative Action In Reverse
This is a new one. I’ve heard of schools trying to increase diversity on-campus by accepting more minority students, but I’ve never heard of a university limiting the number of Asian students to...
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Lahiri and the Immigrant Experience
Here’s an NPR interview with Jhumpa Lahiri concerning the connection between her writing and her family’s experience as immigrants. I found it interesting how she talks about her parents not wanting...
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Japanese Fortune Cookie
I posted this link in a comment on Kathleen’s Foreign and yet Familiar blog entry, but I think this article’s pretty cool so I decided to create a separate post for it too. The writer, Jennifer Lee,...
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