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During my first trip to China in March 1981, I had no idea that one of the great figures of twentieth century Chinese literature was passing away: Mao Dun, the pen name for Shen Yanbing, novelist and author of Midnight, the social realist novel of Shanghai in the 1930′s. Long a place of interest, going …
Monthly Archive: August 2006
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Aug
28
2006
Katrina Reflections, One Year Out
Last year, when Hurricane Katrina did her destruction on the Gulf, we spent a good deal time on the subject, as we had spent a good deal of time in South Louisiana in years past. Some of our postings were as follows: When Your Metairie is Wiped Out Prayer and the French Quarter Reflections on …
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Aug
26
2006
Throwing the Minstrels Out of the House
Without a doubt one of the strangest passages of the King James Version of the Bible is as follows: While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live. And …
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Aug
25
2006
A Ninth Anniversary, and a New Face for Our Blog
The end of August represents this site’s ninth anniversary. It was in 1997–right about the time Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed careened into eternity in Paris–that we started this page’s predecessor. Many things have changed since that time, not the least of which is the advent of blogging. In a sense, this page has been …
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