Recently, I read a sample from a new book titled I Wish I’d Been There, by Byron Hollingshead, that is a composite volume of essays by “twenty historians bring to life dramatic events
Vol.107. 1: LADY’S OF PARIS
There have been several Quasimodos, even a cute Disney animated version. The best known were played by Lon Chaney Charles Laughton, Anthony Quinn, and Anthony Hopkins. The movie lore is that
Vol.106.7: CONFESSIONS OF A COLLEGIATE CHEATER
It has been nearly sixty years of carrying around the guilt of it. Me, a (now emeritus) professor, an academic cheater, one who has committed the mortal sin of academe. (You were already
Vol.106.5: LAST BREXIT TO ALBION
Remember that old saying about “the sun never sets on the British Empire”? It was true once. But it hasn’t been for a long time and the apt saying today is that the sun has set on the
Vol.106.2 Sex, Sex and (Ho-Hum) More Sex: Sebastian Gerard on Potty-Mouth Literature
I will begin with a little confessional. I decided to take a nom de plume—Sébastian Gerard (you already know who I really am)—back in 2004 when I commenced my first novel
Vol.105.4: THE LONELY ROADS; Reflections on Anthony Bourdain
The obit/tributes to Anthony Bourdain continue to pour in. As a former tour guide, independent traveler and resident abroad it is almost reflexive to draw some contrasts with our different “styles”
Vol 105.3: Everything Happens for a Reason: An Interview with Novelist Sebastian Gerard
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Ba Feng Ku, Dragon City Journal Senior Correspondent
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I interviewed Sebastian Gerard in Hong Kong about his forthcoming work of fiction, his third, The River Dragon’s Daughters:
Vol.104.5: IT’S RESURRECTION TIME, AGAIN
As I write this there are Christian pilgrims in Jerusalem thronging the Via Dolorosa, some of them lugging wooden crosses as their Savior reputedly did long ago, reliving his “stations of the
Vol.103.4: FREE SPEECH
I might be doing something wrong—nobody has tried to muzzled me, to shut down Dragon City Journal, although somebody did comment recently that I should just “shut up” (it was gratifying to
Vol.102.2: EPISTOLARY MEMORIES
I recently received a letter (not in email; a paper letter) from one of my granddaughters. It is a treasure that will keep, as I have for many years with all handwritten letters and post cards.
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