The North Americans had enormous reserves ready for deployment, and the British had experimented with anthrax on a remote Scottish island, massacring flocks of sheep and goats.… Read more “The Gas (Sarin, Mustard and Chlorine)”
Tag: essays
Before & After: Stories from New York, Edited by Thomas Beller
This anthology was required reading in son’s high school English. The front cover: The back cover:
The New Jersey City University (NJCU) Center for the Arts Presents
A Conversation with Emily Bernard Author of Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother’s Time, My Mother’s Time, and Mine Moderated by Edvige Giunta and Meilli… Read more “The New Jersey City University (NJCU) Center for the Arts Presents”
2020 Reads: The List So Far
The books below took her through a tumultuous year. Books are listed in the order in which she read them: Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion, by Jia… Read more “2020 Reads: The List So Far”
Doreen G. Fernandez, Food Writer, Queen
From Hometown Foods: Essays on Filipino Food: Quiet, bucolic Silay used to have a lot of gambling for high stakes going on behind the walls of those… Read more “Doreen G. Fernandez, Food Writer, Queen”
Emily Bernard, Winner of the 2020 Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose
The Prize was announced by the L. A. Times on April 17. Read about other prizes in the full article here. What the judges had to say… Read more “Emily Bernard, Winner of the 2020 Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose”
Self-Regard
Since finishing The Hobbit, a week and a half ago, self has read two books by women: The Haunting of the Mexican Border, by Kathryn Ferguson (University… Read more “Self-Regard”
Quote of the Day: Jia Tolentino
White nationalists have brought white people together through the idea that white people are endangered, specifically white men — this at a time when 91 percent of… Read more “Quote of the Day: Jia Tolentino”
Anthropology of Food: Doreen G. Fernandez
Doreen G. Fernandez was self’s Freshman English professor at the Ateneo de Manila University. Her greatness was in her writing. She wrote beautifully about her subject: Philippine… Read more “Anthropology of Food: Doreen G. Fernandez”
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