The space between the pages of ‘ethnic and not ethnic enough’
by KATHERINE PARADERO, editor-in-chief
Attending the opening night of Sri Susilowati’s Dancing in the Margins Festival doesn’t feel like a typical Friday night in North Hollywood. Two minutes before curtain, warm greetings are still being exchanged among family members, friends, and performers about to hurry backstage.
Every seat that is filled is a direct personal connection to the performers, the producers, the cause, and the message. For every person seated, and for every person waiting in the wings, there was I’m sure, at least one particular face and one particular story that had brought them each to this place on this night.
KRAUSS - "The History of Love"
An exploration of love, literature, and the immigrant experience.
by SIMONE KUSSATZ, senior global correspondent
With so many books produced every month, how does one decide which novel is worthwhile reading?A graduate from Stanford, Oxford, and the Courtauld Institute in London, Krauss read from “The History of Love” on October 22, 2005 at the American Academy in Berlin, where I had a chance to meet her in person.
Pregnant, and expecting her first child, Krauss stood before her audience at the American Academy in Berlin. With her parents seated at the forefront, she explained why she had written the “History of Love.”
