by Steph Cha A stunning, edgy debut introducing Juniper Song, an amateur sleuth taking on the darkness in the veins of L.A. with razor-sharp wit and a breaking heart. Juniper Song knows secrets–how to keep them and how to search them out. As a girl, noir fiction was her favorite escape, and Philip Marlowe has always […]
Originally posted on lifeisbeautiful:
“Hey get your daughter married”, “God bless you for keeping your daughter unmarried for so long”, Hey isn’t she getting any match?” My ears were used to such words everyday. It had become a routine to hear such comments from my relatives as well as the people of my village. It’s…
Originally posted on Steve's EPIK Journey.:
Today marks 5 months in Korea! In this time, I’ve learned that they do things very differently here! I could go on about all the differences I’ve observed, but in this post I want to talk about just one: the work-life balance. The work-life balance in the West…
Originally posted on Longreads:
When a reporter asked bank robber Willie Sutton why he robbed banks, the line he uttered became such a popular way of stating the obvious that it became known as Sutton’s Law: “Because that’s where the money is.” In 2015, 70-year old retired California detective Randy Adair landed in prison after…
Originally posted on Kouevuur:
…want dis te warm in die son en hy is beseer.? Sy wou nie hê ek moet dit op sosiale media deel nie. Want dit gaan nie oor wat ander mense dink nie. Vir haar gaan dit oor die koedoe. Die koedoe het vasgesit in ‘n draad. Sy been het seergekry.…
by Candace N. Bisram A little over a year ago, I got into a moderate car accident while driving. Honestly, I was at fault — I was driving way too fast and made a poorly calculated overtake that caused me to get badly broadsided by a hugeeeee truck. In hindsight, I was extremely lucky that […]
Originally posted on Longreads:
Say goodbye to those red sidewalk boxes — and a slice of American literary greatness. Since 1955, the Village Voice has been a ubiquitous part of New York City culture. In a half century it was transformed from a counterculture rag to a longform powerhouse rooted in the character and the…
Originally posted on Longreads:
I don’t remember when Joss Whedon went from being a garden-variety household name to being someone I refer to on a first-name basis. I quote Joss, I verb Joss, I adjective Joss. As a woman who was once a teenage girl who grew up with Buffy, I’ve internalized more than my…
