72
May, 2003
people Masthead
portrait One on One
Xu Xi
interviewed by Derek Alger
Issue No. 72 ~ May, 2003
Perhaps the rather skewered focus in the West today on the Chinese-women-as-victim memoirs and dissident writing has limited the appreciation of what comprises Chinese literature.
Clark Blaise
interviewed by Derek Alger
Issue No. 72 ~ May, 2003
My interest was in the human or "rational" assertion of control over "time." We had to wrest it away from the religious authorities and once we controlled and coordinated the flow of time, all things became possible in science, the arts, the economy, etc.
Thomas Kennedy
interviewed by Derek Alger
Issue No. 72 ~ May, 2003
There, in Julio's Bar, I saw two real writers at a table -- Gordon Weaver and Andre Dubus II. I went up to them and explained that I had my first ever fiction honorarium and would join me in turning it into strong drink? They graciously accepted.