John Hammond talks with Howard Rheingold about Smart Mobs, what technology won't do for us and why the U.S. is currently behind Asia and Europe in the development and use of some of these technologies.
Perhaps the rather skewered focus in the West today on the Chinese-women-as-victim memoirs and dissident writing has limited the appreciation of what comprises Chinese literature.
There, in Julio's Bar, I saw two real writers at a table -- Gordon Weaver and Andre Dubus II. I went up to them and explained that I had my first ever fiction honorarium and would join me in turning it into strong drink? They graciously accepted.
My interest was in the human or "rational" assertion of control over "time." We had to wrest it away from the religious authorities and once we controlled and coordinated the flow of time, all things became possible in science, the arts, the economy, etc.
I was born to Martial Law. It's a time period that makes interesting fiction.
I love making sculptures. The key is to look at all things, even the most common, and to really appreciate interesting visual stimuli.
Just because a book is classified as "erotica" doesn't mean it has to be disposable literature.
Advice for new writers? Interview Britney Spears and travel to Afghanistan.
When I hit the 9th grade, my teacher introduced me to Joyce.
This book is hilarious, we love this book, but we can't publish this book. Why? Because, they said, nobody has heard of Sharon Krum.
