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BOMB Magazine — Great Expectations by Kathy Acker I Recall My Childhood | Kathy Acker My father’s name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit that Pip. So I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip. I give Pirrip as…
Why No One Clicked on the Great Hypertext Story Steven Johnson Date of Publication: 04.16.13. 04.16.13 1. Sometime in the late 1980s, an enigmatic work of short fiction began circulating through a small subculture of writers and technologists. Entitled “Afternoon, a Story” and written by a then-community college professor named Michael Joyce, the piece wasn’t…
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion. Camus
China sees “grim” situation in relations with Taiwan this year “BEIJING, Jan 21 (Reuters) – Relations between China and Taiwan this year will be “even more complex and grim” and Beijing will resolutely oppose any form of separatist activity, a senior Chinese official said, but added China would also maintain peace and stability. Yu Zhengsheng,…
“food” models at the dining court
How Taiwan Became Chinese Introduction 1. Taiwan on the Eve of Colonization 2. A Scramble for Influence 3. Pax Hollandica 4. La Isla Hermosa: The Rise of the Spanish Colony in Northern Taiwan 5. The Fall of Spanish Taiwan 6. The Birth of Co-Colonization 7. The Challenges of a Chinese Frontier 8. “The Only…
Mousing around – Taipei Times Fri, Feb 01, 2002 – Page 7 “Puppetry is one of Taiwan’s most important folk arts, and even now that its heyday has passed, it continues to exercise a powerful influence on local culture. In order to bring it into the modern world, puppeteers have sought to incorporate all kinds…