A SpringMoo
For the springtime, South African John Freeman treats us to another photo essay of Taiwan, this time in color. In the way of comedy, we’ve more sound files, these a sampling from The Culture Report, a college radio comedy show that aired in the early 1980s.
We are also able to enjoy a long-awaited series of poems by up-and-coming poet Luis Urrea. As for essays, the spring brings us Suz Redfearn’s hilarious tale of a mysterious bedfellow, two followup entries in Lynn Landry’s delightful Fallopian Chronicles, and Ian Enriquez’ first-hand look at the frustration of being a gay couple in a time of stop-and-start social progress. Nine travelogs from the author’s 1996 SE Asian sojourn focus on his last weeks in Thailand before setting out for Hong Kong.
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Ian Enriquez Ian Michael Enriquez’ writing was first published in 1991 when his article about a violent crime in the Philippines appeared in all but one of the country’s papers. He now lives in San Francisco with his husband and their hamster. |
Almost Equal | Does this whole same-sex marriage debate seem largely theoretical? If so, read this. |
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John Freeman John Freeman has taught digital photography at the university level in his home country of South Africa. He is currently living and working in Taiwan. |
Taiwan Food Vendors | A photographic study of Taiwan’s traditional outdoor food markets. |
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Lynn Landry Lynn Landry started to compose prose after an intervention by family and friends forced her to stop talking about it and do it. She lives in Oakland, California. |
The Fallopian Chronicles, part 2 and part 3 |
A chronicle of the baby-having adventure using the helpful hand of modern science. |
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Suz Redfearn Sired in South Florida and seasoned in Louisiana, Suz Redfearn now dwells in the Center of the Free World (Wash. DC) with her husband Marty and two cats. An award-winning journalist, Redfearn sits home and freelances full time in her jammies. |
Strange Bedfellow | A touching childhood memory re: something one ought not be touching. |
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Moocat le Meaux Moocat le Meaux traveled extensively in Southeast Asia in 1995-96. These travelogs were originally sent out via email to a select group of friends and acquaintances. The collected travelogs, now in manuscript form, are awaiting print publication. |
Chiang-Mai Travelogs and The Culture Report |
Nine travelogs from the author’s last weeks in Thailand before venturing off to Hong Kong, and sound files from a 1980s radio comedy show. |
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Luis Urrea Luis Alberto Urrea is the author of 9 books of fiction, nonfiction and poetry. His newest book is The Devil’s Highway, nonfiction, published by Little, Brown in 2004. |
Flashpoems | Poems from the Interstate, by a highly acclaimed Mexican-American poet. |
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