Features May 2020
The scab & the wound beneath
by
On painful realities in the age of the coronavirus.
Topic: “China”
Notes & Comments October 2019
Ain’t that a shame
On the moral safeguard of dignity.
Aug 28, 2019
Report from Hong Kong
by
On prudence and protest.
Features April 2019
Pound’s China/Pound’s “Cathay”
by
A review of Cathay: A Critical Edition, by Ezra Pound, edited by Timothy Billings.
Sep 08, 2017
Week in review
by
On the Berkshire Museum’s deaccession program, Chinese censorship & Thomas Campbell.
Letter from . . . October 2016
Stomachs full of qi
by
On the unrest below the surface of Chinese society.
Music September 2016
New York chronicle
by
On Paradise Interrupted, Reich/Reverberations, The Winter’s Tale, and The Illuminated Heart at Lincoln Center, and The Golden Bride at Kessler’s Second Avenue Theatre.
Aug 25, 2016
Week in review
by
The march of the Maoists, the roots of meritocracy, and the danger of "Diversity."
Features June 2016
A paper dragon (with teeth)
by
On China’s fortunes and their relation to the rule of law.
Features December 2008
Made in China
by
On Zhang Huan & contemporary art in China.