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Hippolyta, the Amazon

Posted By Zócalo On December 17, 2009

Hippolyta    the Amazon    picks up
dead sparrows and performs taxidermy on them.
Then she dresses them   in handmaid sweaters
and scarves.      She     names them:
Peaseblossom      Dmitri

Meet the Simpsons

Posted By Zócalo On December 17, 2009

Twenty years ago today, “The Simpsons” debuted on Fox. Its hundreds of episodes since have made it one of the longest-running and most successful shows on television — highly rated and critically acclaimed. Below, an excerpt from Carl Matheson’s essay in T he Simpsons and Philosophy: The D’oh! of Homer, exploring whether “The Simpsons” is the heart felt, family-oriented comedy it sometimes seems to be.

The Alchemy of Paint

Posted By Zócalo On December 16, 2009

The Alchemy of Paint: Art, Science and Secrets from the Middle Ages
by Spike Bucklow

—Reviewed by Saskia Vogel

Does Jerry Buss know just how fitting the purple and gold of his Los Angeles Lakers are? These elite athletes are draped in symbols of immortality and beauty sent from God.

Saleem Ali on Our “Treasure Impulse”

Posted By Zócalo On December 15, 2009

Saleem Ali, an associate professor of environmental studies at the University of Vermont, has long studied the intersection of the natural and social sciences, particularly how environmental concerns create social conflict or cooperation. His work on Treasures of the Earth: Need, Greed, and a Sustainable Future began as a way in part to reconcile environmentalism and consumerism. “We live in a world where ultimately our lives are dependent on materials,” he said. “They come from different parts of the world and they provide livelihoods from mines to markets.” Ali chatted with Zócalo about why consuming resources isn’t all bad, and how it can be done well.

Is Cool Dead?

Posted By Zócalo On December 14, 2009

Ted Gioia, author of The Birth (and Death) of the Cool, dropped by Zócalo’s office to explain why the hip, ironic pose we’ve come to know as “coolness” is over, and earnestness is in.

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How One Family Created Chinese America

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The Lucky Ones: One Family and the Extraordinary Invention of Chinese America by Mae Ngai Hyphenated cultures seem to be a natural part of California’s landscape today, but it wasn’t always so. The Lucky Ones by Mae Ngai offers a fresh look at California history by reconstructing the lives of immigrant and second generation pioneers who lived between cultures when it was not such a common phenomenon. Ngai’s narrative brings Chinese Americans into a richer tradition of historical storytelling by humanizing an ambivalent, middle-class immigrant family, situating their lives within the more well-known histories of Chinese laborers and those who suffered from the 1882 Exclusion Act.

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