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...crime from the Cultural Revolution: the sins of the nation's past revisited upon the present. Already, Qiu says, he's at work on the next novel in the series, which will be set at least partially in Beijing. For both Chen and Qiu, the mystery of China's modern social revolution remains unsolved...
...publication of David Robson's Beyond Bawa: Modern Masterworks of Monsoon Asia - a highly informative study, if at times a little dryly written - will hopefully boost the architect's posthumous profile. It also confronts Bawa's reputation for snobbery. Bawa, grants Robson, was a "paternalistic employer" who paid people poorly and seemed "to have had little understanding of how his assistants actually made ends meet." (Such notoriety dogged Bawa throughout his career. When, in 1986, a retrospective of his work was organized at the Royal Institute of British Architects in London - the first large-scale Bawa exhibit outside Sri Lanka...
...seeking atonement for sins or relief for sorrow. You’d think that deep inward prayer would be the gig HRCF would get behind—the fact that it doesn’t points to the degree to which even religion is being made over by the modern imperative to “talk things out.” This was made clear at the end of “Confessions,” when HRCF chaplain Christine Y. Teng ’04 encouraged students to take part in a demonstration in which they burned pieces...
Payack’s intellectual curiosity has led him over the years to learn and read about ancient philosophy and modern science—knowledge he incorporates into his work today...
...Both incredible skills and sloppy execution characterized “Modern Muses.” While its first and last performances did not compare to those in between, one aspect remained consistent: its strong soloists. Miller, Moore, Lynch, and Shee brought skillful precision and lyrical prowess to the selections, suggesting a promising future...