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...innovations of the Silver Pavilion was the central importance of its gardens, a design approach that became basic to Japanese architecture. Gardens had always held an important place in the nation's soul, as we know from The Tale of Genji and other early court fiction of the Heian period. At that time, however, gardens were seasonal, emphasizing spring and autumn to illustrate the perishability of beauty, the concept of the "pity of things." In Yoshimasa's era, however, gardens moved toward a Zen aesthetic, becoming more serene places of contemplation that favored the use of symbols of eternity such...
...especially in young-adult literature. British novelist Melvin Burgess was clearly astride it last year with Doing It, an explicit (not to mention popular) story of schoolboy lust that he defended as realistic but many denounced as misogynistic pornography. And Burgess has plenty of company; in fact, with teen-fiction shelves groaning under the weight of cautionary tales about sex, drugs, divorce or delinquency, it's little wonder many young readers scurry off to the fantasy section instead. But one writer of teen fiction has proven herself both frank and frankly worth reading. Malorie Blackman's 2001 best seller Noughts...
...Museum of Modern Art is lavishing attention on the art of fashion photography with "Fashioning Fiction in Photography Since 1990," an exhibition of the work of Juergen Teller, Nan Goldin, Tina Barney and Philip-Lorca diCorcia. For those who can't make it to New York City, a lush book (Distributed Art Publishers) will accompany the exhibition. April 16--June...
...course, Bridget Jones isn't the only flavor of chick lit around. Though it's non-fiction, Harry Stein's The Girl Watchers Club (HarperCollins; 315 pages) takes its cues from Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club and Rebecca Wells' Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood: it celebrates the folksy wisdom of an older generation of men. The Girl Watchers Club is an informal cabal of men in their 70s and 80s who meet once a week to prowl yard sales and grouse about things "these days." These are men who grew up in the Depression and came...
...Bomb is not porn. As stated in our proposal to the Committee on College Life (CCL), which was readily available to anyone interested, it is a literary arts magazine about sex and sexual issues at Harvard. It will contain fiction, features, poetry...