A Conversation About the Universe

Watch Nathan Hellner-Mestelman's Interview at Bolen Books

Art’s Art: Arthur Holden’s “serious farce” Ars poetica

This is a fun play, and a satisfying play, ably performed and directed at a clip by Guy Sprung in this excellent Infinithéâtre production. Arthur Holden is a playwright to watch.

Noel Burton (George), Danielle Desormeaux (Diane), and Elana Dunkelman (Naomi) in Arthur Holden's Ars poetica. Photo: Brian Morel.

Shadows of the Crimson Sun, by Julia Lin - excerpt

An excerpt from Julia Lin's rare, humane, and personal account of the little known histories of Manchukuo and Taiwanese immigration to North America.

This excerpt from Shadows of the Crimson Sun appears by kind permission of Mawenzi House.

From Yan Liang: Q & A with Norwegian Wood director Tran Anh Hung

"I am a guy who is Vietnamese, living in France, making a Japanese movie. But Vietnamese culture is really deep inside me. Let’s say I enjoy watching Vietnamese women more than others. It’s something like that. I feel that I am a different man when I am in Vietnam compared with France. I feel that I’m not living my life fully in France, I feel as though my life is in suspension. It is not something I dislike, that’s just how it is."