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Takashi Murakami was everywhere at Art Basel Hong Kong 2025
29 June 2025 11:58 AM | No CommentsThe Japanese artist, both in physical presence and in spirit, seamlessly crossed over to the worlds of art, fashion, sports and even food.
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Paris 2024: Gymnastics – U.S. women victorious in “Redemption Tour”
29 June 2025 2:46 AM | No CommentsThere should have been no doubt: the U.S. women were the favorites to win the Olympic gold. And yet there was, stemming from what happened in Tokyo.
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Paris 2024: U.S. women hang on to win eighth straight Olympic basketball gold
23 June 2025 11:54 AM | No CommentsThe U.S. women's team held off France, 67-66, at Bercy Arena.
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Paris 2024: Oh Sang-uk wins South Korea’s first Olympic men’s individual fencing sabre gold
22 June 2025 10:11 AM | No CommentsFor all their accolades in the team sabre event, South Korea individual results were here and there. That changed in Paris.
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Paris 2024: Amid upheaval, South Korea defends Olympic men’s fencing team sabre title
22 June 2025 7:56 AM | No CommentsIn a sport born in France and traditionally dominated by Europeans, Team Korea has worked their way to the top of the men’s sabre fencing world.
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Books & Literature Archive
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Graphic Novel Review: Daytripper
Rex BaylonPosted on May 10, 2017 | No CommentsDo any of us really take full advantage of all that life we’ve been given to live? That is the question which plagues the main character in Daytripper. -
Graphic Novel Review: Kill or be Killed, Vol. 1
Rex BaylonPosted on May 9, 2017 | No CommentsEd Brubaker and Sean Phillips' most recent collaboration is a vigilante thriller in the vein of ‘70s classics like Taxi Driver or Death Wish. -
Graphic Novel Review: “Deadly Class” Vols. 1-3 (Issues 1-16)
Rex BaylonPosted on November 28, 2015 | No CommentsLike the '80s high school milieu it is set in, Deadly Class is a brutal heartbreaking read that will be an essential part of any comic fan's library. -
Graphic Novel Review: “Velvet” Vols. 1-2 (Issues 1-10)
Rex BaylonPosted on November 23, 2015 | No CommentsIt's not such a leap that Ed Brubaker would yet again craft an engaging noirish thriller for his readers in Velvet, an ongoing series that began in 2013. -
Book Review: The Knockoff by Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazza
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 26, 2015 | No CommentsWith an assured, comedic and terrifying look at the tech changes sweeping the fashion industry, Sykes and Piazza leave no stone unturned in The Knockoff. -
Literary experts, translators discuss Haruki Murakami link
Megan LeePosted on June 11, 2015 | No CommentsTranslators and artists spoke at a Japan Society panel, "The Magical Art of Translation: From Haruki Murakami to Japan’s Latest Storytellers," in New York. -
Scenes at the 2014 New York Comic Con
Shelly XuPosted on March 8, 2015 | No CommentsPhotos from the 2014 New York Comic Con, including authors, books and, of course, fans in costumes. -
Book Review: Intern to Stylist by Charlene Campbell
Angela K. HomPosted on April 25, 2014 | No CommentsIntern to Stylist is best suited for someone who has secured a coveted fashion internship. However, the guide's geographical usefulness only goes so far. -
“Google and the World Brain” – 2014 Hong Kong Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on March 23, 2014 | No CommentsWhat happens when a technology company wants to freely provide every book in the history of mankind? Ben Lewis' thought-provoking documentary attempts to answer that question. -
Film Review: Nicolas Philibert’s “La Maison de la Radio”
Christopher BournePosted on September 2, 2013 | No CommentsPhilibert's simple yet successful solution to visualize a non-visual medium was to focus on the human Radio France personalities in "La Maison de la Radio."