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May.18.2013
The Mind of the South, by W.J. Cash
This book was written some 75 years ago, and it’s amazing to me how closely Southern attitudes, the South's social structure, the personals and political cants of that time parallel those of the South today. It’s tempting to make an essay of this review...
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May.15.2013
The statue was magical. Staring at it, I forgot how ancient it was – it transcended time, it was a spirit, an elf, a monster.
This striking ancient sculpture was just about the only memorable thing in what was supposed to be one of the greatest museums in the world...
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May.12.2013
Dear Readers: I’d love to see you at my upcoming book launches in New York at 6 pm on Thursday, 23 May and Berkeley at 2 pm on Sunday, 2 June.
What comes to mind when I write that someone has used words as blunt instruments? Insults or arguments maybe, the kind of...
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May.11.2013
Note: I wrote the essay below a decade ago and it was collected in "East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres." On the occasion of Mother's Day, it is reposted here. My mother suffers from dementia and forgetfulness now, and is growing frail, but her ways remain forever devoted to traditions, to...
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Apr.23.2013
America appears to be on the road to cultural extinction, the eradication by public consent of culture of any true and profound value, that is. And if not total extinction, which is probably highly unlikely because of the sheer mass of popular entertainment material it produces, then surely it is...
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Mar.20.2013
In the book Wrong Side of the Tracks the reader is able to seamlessly become educated into the true spirit and history of the Hawaiian culture through the author, Ron McElroy’s entertaining memoir of growing up and keeping strong. Strong family values are accurately depicted...
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Mar.19.2013
On Saturday night I appeared on the Arts and Culture Show on Voice FM talking to the radio presenter Xan Phillips about my marine mystery crime novels, the inspiration behind my flawed and rugged detective DI Andy Horton, the latest in the Horton series, Undercurrent and the importance of...
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Mar.04.2013
In the recently published book, Wrong Side of the Tracks, Hawaiian history, culture and heritage are profoundly discussed, not only providing background and setting for this succinctly touching autobiography, but a unique look into the not so distant past of this 54 year young United...
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Mar.04.2013
For four tortuous hours we bounced and lurched over narrow, crumbling mountain roads to a remote forest village in the eastern part of India, an area of tribal people who still live as they did hundreds, even thousands, of years ago...
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Feb.25.2013
Silicon Beach, as the white-hot start up market in Santa Monica is referred to, is exploding with activity. Albeit the second fiddle to its well known uncle up north, Silicon Valley with a number of high-tech success stories to lay claim such as Google, Paypal, and Logitech, the Silicon Beach...
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