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Archive for June, 2007

Open the front cover of this resurrected magazine, subtitled, “An Asian American Magazine for Those Who Aren’t Blinking!” and you’ll see the bold declaration “MONOLID BACK FROM THE DEAD!”  That’s two exclamations already.  I am always glad to support independent publications. . . and local ones. . . and APA writing, all three characteristics of which [...]

Left: John Hodgman (of The Daily Show and PC vs. Mac commercials fame).  Right: Dr. Bunsen Honeydew.  Separated at birth?

The closure of the original Cody’s Books on Telegraph Avenue some months ago (breathe out a sigh of regret) and then its last-opened and next-shut store in Union Square (San Francisco) leaves the last Cody’s standing on 4th Street (Berkeley).  It is a clean, spacious store with fresh chairs scattered about for deep perusing, befitting [...]

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