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...there's not much that Chabon, who won a Pulitzer for The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, can't do with words. But he's almost too clever: there's something too cute about The Yiddish Policemen's Union, the kind of cuteness that a really passionate writer drops from time to time when there's serious work to be done. Chabon may be incapable of writing a bad book. But it's still not clear if he can write a great...
...Just down the street, at 38 Guozijian, is the family-run Shengtangxuan, tel: (86-10) 8404 7179. This dusty, cramped store has a small collection of minute, elaborate cloth and paper kites, and Beijing opera masks. But its prime claim to fame is Manchurian clay toys. The Tang family has five generations of toy making behind it, and members still faithfully use the same methods as their Manchu ancestors. Among the collectibles are wobbly headed lions (complete with fluffy manes) and figurines of a rabbit god worshiped in Beijing since the Ming dynasty. The little ones will adore them...
Toys with a Made-in-China provenance aren't always cheap, mass-produced bits of plastic. In Beijing, a smattering of artisans is keeping the age-old traditions of handcrafted toys alive, and their intricately painted kites, colorful cloth animals and hand-painted clay figures are more than mere objects for children's entertainment-they also showcase delightful aspects of China's enduring folk culture...
...Clay A. Dumas ’10, a Crimson editorial editor, lives in Holworthy Hall...
...first day went very well for us,” junior crew Elyse Dolbec said. “The breeze was tricky but we were able to figure it out. The forecast was unusual, a condition we’ve never seen before.”Senior skipper Clay Johnson and senior crew Kristen Lynch helped Harvard’s A-division to a fifth-place finish, while junior captain skipper Kyle Kovacs skippered B-division to fourth place with the help of Dolbec.“Sunday was different, the conditions were sort of harder to figure...