Liu Xiaobo, Prisoner of Conscience

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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, […]

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January 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 […]

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January 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. […]

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January 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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