Monthly Archives: August 2006

Non-fiction: How Susie Bayer’s T-Shirt Ended Up on Yusuf Mama’s Back

by George Packer
I believe there was a lecture on the international journey of clothing donated in the US a few years back at Madison. I noted the flyers everywhere but by that time in my life, I was too tired to be interested in an engaging lifestyle. It did remind me of an anthropology class [...]

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Short Fiction: Appalachian Snapshot

I came across Other Voices - a bi-annual literary magazine published by the University of Illinois at Chicago - at the local bookstore because I was attracted to the Ben Merco’s somber cover drawing. Since then, OV has not been available in any bookstore in the area, nor in the Barnes and Noble in Chicago [...]

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Book Review #14

Nothing but the Truth (and a few white lies) by Justina Chen Headley
Nothing but the Truth is one of those novels aimed toward young women at the cusp of their coming of age, with a twist; it’s for young Asian American women at the cust of their coming of age! More specifically I suppose, [...]

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