Three years ago at the bi-annual conference for the Society for the Study of Southern Literature, Brannon Costello and I began considering the possibilities of the question:how do comics represent the South? To what extent do comics creators wrestle with what Scott Romine calls the “qualitative geography” of the region, that elusive sense of place and specter of history that shadows nearly every author, poet, or artist whose creative aspirations wander below the Mason-Dixon line?
Abraham Verghese is the author of three best-selling books, Cutting for Stone, his first novel now in paperback, and two non-fiction books, My Own Country, and The Tennis Partner, which were both critically acclaimed. He blogs regularly on The Atlantic.com, and his work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The New Yorker. He lives in Palo Alto, California, and is a tenured professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine, where he is Senior Associate Chair for the Theory & Practice of Medicine.
When the world comes together at an event like the FIFA World Cup 2010, there’s typically more than just a trophy at stake. In South Africa, the country hosting this year’s tournament, race relations surely stand out as one of the more complex issues. In this stop-motion short, titled Go South Africa!, the topic is examined in a morality tale involving soccer balls. The short was directed by Robbert-Jan Vos, and art directed and animated by Renske Mijnheer.
No, he didn’t advance beyond the first round click here for more, but he is still changing the face of Tennis
Such a shame Brown is out. His debut look was a real hope- raiser: über-minimalism with only a last-minute, temporary sponsorship, Air Berlin patch to detract. The mismatched neon shoelaces are a clue as to Brown’s suppressed inner-stylist. Here’s hoping he makes a show court next year. from Guardian UK
Professor Philip Zimbardo conveys how our individual perspectives of time affect our work, health and well-being. Time influences who we are as a person, how we view relationships and how we act in the world.
Click this vid on full screen and enjoy the stroll
Read this New York Times article by Rick Moranis
pretty good
AT&T is betting on it
