Saturday, November 17, 2012

Excellent interview of Nobel Laureate in Literature, Orhan Pamuk

http://rasanaatreya.wordpress.com/2011/04/17/talk-by-orhan-pamuk/ Interviewer is unappealing, and don't think he read all the books. I like My Name is Red and Snow. But Pamuk ranges over a wide range of issues - only others who might talk like this are Hemingway, maybe Dickens, and Salman Rushdie - kmk

Former 1988 activist--US scholar MinZin arrested in China--NYT

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/us/politics/china-arrests-us-scholar.html?unlocked_article_code=1.plA.-7tb.2M_-DNpSDzOv&smid=em-share