I am a professor of literature in the English Department at a private university near Seoul, South Korea. I have been teaching abroad most of my life, which has led to a specialty in Korean literature (and more broadly, Asian) literature.
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This is a blog about language—word and phrase origins, grammar and punctuation, writing tips, language use, misuse and abuse, as well as words in general. Brought to you by an expatriate instructor of English. It is concerned with mainly English, as well as the way English interacts with other languages.
Found 10 persuasive writing techniques that can make your job easier and your case more compelling (especially when marketing your small press or new ...
New York performance poet Taylor Mali, measures his life in a variety of ways: He has five years of experience as a professional spoken word artist; h...
As a follow-up to my post on songbirds learning grammar, comes this: ABC interviews chimps. Interestingly, I once read a National Geographic article (...
RIDING THE UNIT: Selected Nonfiction 1994-2004 by Mark Spitzer FINALLY & OFFICIALLY PUBLISHED BY SIX GALLERY PRESS PITTSBURGH, PA!!!
Here's the link to order!
"When we first read ...
Via Annabelle Udo of AsianWeek comes that piece on the nurturing of the Filipino diaspora —
The intersection of Sixth and Mission streets straddles San Francisco’s battle with ti...
Via Liz Miller of Bookslut:
The reason I didn't keep a diary in high school was because I didn't have much interest in writing what other people weren't going to read. My portentous teen angst sti...
Steve Erickson's genre-defying fiction can be as enthralling and difficult as his city—via Scott Timberg, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer.
It was only a day or two into the worst of the Southe...
via Booklist online
Three Versions of the Truth.
Brown, Amy Knox (author).
Sept. 2007. 226p. Press 53, paperback, $16 (9780979304934).
REVIEW. First published August, 2007 (Bookl...
From Leah Bartos of the Santa Cruz Sentinel:
He's not exactly a saintly do-gooder or holy messiah. Nor is he easily lumped into the "punk legend-turned-small press publisher turned VH1 commen...
From Vishal Khanna, a piece special to Go Triad:
Clear your palette of all expectations. Get rid of all clichés of what you believe a writer's life should be. Imagine instea...
Via Shawn Rutlede of Skullring.org
Anthologies are really great. Most of you already know this, but for those that don’t let my lay it out for you. An entire book full of short stories; sometimes ...
From Anne Trubek of Wired:
A small press, growing? How could it be?
Against market trends, Dzanc Books is a small publisher poised to succeed, hiring staff and expanding quickly. And that may ...
It's officially fall. All official-like. Check out what's falling all around us now. Get ready our very own October surprise: Interviews from the Edge. It’s a new podcast series hosted by ...
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