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Acclaimed for his illustrated books The Lost Thing (2000) and The Red Tree (2001), the Australian artist, illustrator and writer Shaun Tan took an enormous leap in recognition two years ago with the publication of The Arrival, his miraculous, wordless graphic novel, executed entirely in sepia-tinted drawings of breathtaking beauty and originality. It went on to bag a clutch of prestigious awards and became a New York Times best-selling children's book...
...Tan is back now with Tales from Outer Suburbia, an illustrated volume of 15 stories or prose poems, mostly centered around the themes of journeying, faraway places and transformation, carving out between them rich territories of the strange, the allegorical and even the political...
...attack on Leopold Café is the worst. I tried not to eat there this summer. The food was terrible: five kinds of sizzlers and “chilly chicken.” But Leopold’s was a convenient meeting place, full of dreadlocked backpackers and girls tan from the beaches of Goa. I kept finding myself at a table in the corner...
...admissions officer (on the lips!!!!!). Something you’ve always wanted to tell someone: I quit my hockey team because my toes got too cold. Favorite childhood toy: Clue—a children’s game about violent murder. Sexist physical trait: The time I got a tan. Best part about Harvard: UC Elections, because I am a crazed sociopath. Worst part about Harvard: One time a huge football player was in front of me in the dining hall and he took ALL of the chicken quesadillas. It was terrible. Describe yourself in 3 words: Zac Efron look...
...added.A competitor at last year’s Olympic Trials and NCAA championships, senior Bill Jones touched the wall first with a mark of 49.77 in the 100-yard butterfly—just .1 seconds ahead of Cornell’s Wes Newman—while freshman Nicholas Tan placed third with an even 50.00. Tan made the most of his first collegiate meet, capturing the 200-yard butterfly with a meet-best time of 1:51.27. Jones was a close second in 1:51.53, while freshman Ross Ford finished in fifth with a time of 1:53.50. The Crimson?...