April 11, 2012 will mark ten years since my father’s death from acute lymphocytic leukemia. While I’ve known for a few months that this wouldn’t be an easy anniversary, I’ve taken much comfort from the fact that the first essay I’ve published about my dad — “The Volume of an Unheard Anthem” — will be in print from Potomac Review: A Journal of Arts & Humanities {blog} this month. For some reason it feels like this piece is coming “just in time,” though I’m not sure in time for what. Continue reading Synchronicity & Leukemia
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I used to have the habit of reading for pleasure. After law school and before this most recent return to over-working, I was an avid reader, consuming lots and lots of books. Admittedly, a decent chunk of those are not what many of my writer-folk friends would consider literature or “good” books, but I was still . . . → Read More: Linkfest: An Introvert’s Habit of Pleasure Reading This is part of a series on “What Would Jennie Teach” in which I review a text specifically for how it worked (or might work!) in the classes I teach. YMMV. 1999, novel, 320 pages (10.5 hours), science fiction, by Canadian author Robert J. Sawyer The 70th anniversary of Executive Order 9066 recently passed — the order that authorized the “evacuation” of all persons of Japanese descent away from the West Coast to relocation centers. I’ve written about the internment camps in other contexts (“Internment in the Desert: A Critical Review of Manzanar National Historic Site,” International Journal of Heritage Studies, v.13.3, 2007), . . . → Read More: Japanese Internment: Allegiance the Musical at Indiegogo I’ll be adding this information to the site in a more permanent form soon, along with updating the photography page, but in the meantime, I wanted to share with you an update on recent work of mine, including links to publications as available. Creative Writing “The Volume of An Unheard Anthem.” Essay, forthcoming in Potomac Review, Issue 51, . . . → Read More: Recent Publications “I saw you over spring break,” my student says sheepishly, as if she’s confessing to something she did wrong. “Really? Where?” She hesitantly names the local art-house movie theater. “It was Saturday night?” “Oh! I was there for Back to the Future,” the classic movie they were showing last weekend. “It was so fun. You should have said hi.” She . . . → Read More: Professor Amiga |
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