Guernica: May 1st, 2009
May 1st, 2009 | Categories: Guernica |
© Wayne Liu
Here are the highlights from the April 15th issue of Guernica:
Self-taught photographer Wayne Liu chronicles contemporary China from the perspective on both insider & outsider in China, You Are a Luck Star.
In Gaza Laid Bare , Jason Larkin takes us up close to the Israeli destruction in Gaza in an arresting photos essay.
Human Nature : In this excerpt from his new book Conservation Refugees, investigative historian Mark Dowie argues the concept of “nature” is not universal.
Chain Reaction: One year after the earthquake that devastated China, the author contemplates the connection between the quake, Chinese history, and his father’s death.
Finding the Comfortable Spots: Emerging novelist Jesse Ball on the ideal reader, Abraham Lincoln as a shaman, how poetry and fiction go together, and the greatness of a mongoose.
In Geomancy
, F.Daniel Rzicanek applies an early divination technique to the American West, complete with saints and a good dog.
From Jay Johnson, Anaphylaxis
: Anaphylactic shock: that can come from a single bee sting. Alone and thirty-six miles out of Soweto, it can lead to death.
Hi, your BW images are breath-taking. Congratulations, You got a big fan in New Zealand now.
Cheers