February 11, 2008

hey swink?

Hey! What happened to Swink magazine? I remember that the editor, Leelila Strogov, visited the Napa Valley Writers’ Conference a few years ago–she was so well coiffed, so charming in a room filled with afternoon summer heat and desperate writers.  I immediately bought a copy of the litmag upon my return home. [...]

February 11, 2008

submission season

I have, it seems, officially graduated from my MFA program, months after I announced my passage here. I’m done, I’m officially an MFA.  A letter came in the mail and told me so.  Talk about really anticlimactic! My graduation was delayed further by the fact that there was a bit of a paperwork [...]

February 11, 2008

Namdaemun gone

Namdaemun is gone.
Above is the picture I took of the ancient, 600 year old, south gate of Seoul a couple years ago–it is a site that I have always loved, sitting right at city center (the city has spread well beyond its original gates and boundaries) and adjacent to Namdaemun market.
I had to post [...]