Recent Entries
China: Part Four (The 8th. C. Poet Du Fu)
Chengdu is associated with many prominent writers--Li Bai and Xue Tao (late Tang Dynasty poets), Pa Chin (auth... read more
China: Part Three (Crossing the Road)
On my daily walk to South-West University for Nationalities in Chengdu, I had to cross a particularly tricky c... read more
China: Part Two (Glorious Hyperbole)
During my five-week stay in Chengdu, I became more and more enamored of the public signposts (at least, those that ... read more
China: Part One (Overview)
I recently returned from a six-week visit to China. I spent five weeks studying Mandarin at South-West University for Nationalities in Chengdu (... read more
Here We Go Again
Here's a heads-up for the blogging community (particularly subscribers to blogster.com): you are about to be deluged with another round of studen... read more
Mumbo Jumbo
Three decades ago, when I set out to become a college teacher in the field of English Literature, I did not ever anticipate doing what I am doing... read more
Bandung + Counterculture
The meeting of delegates from twenty-nine newly independent nations in Bandung (Indonesia) in 1955 was an important historica... read more
Bandung + Bretton Woods
This is the story of two international conferences that attempted to help the world community recover fro... read more
My Bandung Moment
Why am I currently obsessed with the 1955 Bandung Conference,celebrated mainly by African and Asian nations&nb... read more
Richard Wright + Bandung
The American writer, Richard Wright (most famously known for the novel Native Son and the memoir Black Boy), w... read more
