Zócalo last chatted with Ha Jin about his collection of essays, The Writer as Migrant, and his own experience as Chinese immigrant to the U.S. His latest story collection, A Good Fall
, takes up similar themes. Below, “The Bane of the Internet,” the story that starts the collection of tales about the uneasy and long process of immigrating.
Archive for February, 2010
Ha Jin’s “The Bane of the Internet”
Posted By Zócalo On February 26, 2010Julia Sweig
Posted By Zócalo On February 25, 2010Julia E. Sweig is the Nelson and David Rockefeller senior fellow for Latin America studies and director for Latin America studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Most recently she is the author of Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know. Before taking the podium to discuss the book, Sweig told us a bit more about herself.
Ron
Posted By Zócalo On February 25, 2010by Victoria Chang
We drive into Ron’s house through the front door up the marble
stairs. The tires don’t damage the stairs. We don’t slip. I don’t know
where my child is, but I think she is standing at a sink pouring water
What’s Next for Cuba?
Posted By Zócalo On February 25, 2010
Two years to the day since Raul Castro took office in Cuba — replacing his long-ruling and then-ailing brother Fidel — Julia Sweig visited Zócalo at the Skirball Cultural Center to talk about changes in the country and its relations with the U.S.
“Your timing, Zócalo, is excellent,” Sweig said.
Do Corporations Need to Know Pop Culture?
Posted By Zócalo On February 24, 2010Chief Culture Officer: How to Create a Living, Breathing Corporation
by Grant McCracken
Anthropologist Grant McCracken thinks that every corporation needs a chief culture officer.



