Month: January 2010
January 22, 2010
Liu Xiaobo, Prisoner of Conscience
On December 23, 2009, the People’s Republic of China condemned the poet Liu Xiaobo for the crime of “inciting subversion of state power.” The trial lasted less than three hours, […]
READ MOREJanuary 14, 2010
Revels
Every January for more than 5o years, people in the University of Chicago community have tried to lighten winter’s bleakness with a musical revue. For many years, the witty Robert […]
READ MOREJanuary 10, 2010
What’s In a Name?
I haven’t posted anything new for awhile, because I’ve been working flat out to finish the draft of my new novel before I head off to the UK on tour. […]
READ MOREJanuary 1, 2010
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to anyone who’s able to open their eyes enough to look at a computer today. I was way over my limit last night but finally, at two […]
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