Writers who play carelessly with time may leave the language in tatters.
Multilingualism and the time travel novel
American fascism: The sexual rage of the state
The U.S. sexual surveillance state horror.
The expat and the prostitute: Four classic novels, 1956-62
Reviews of McKenna’s The Sand Pebbles, Mason’s The World of Suzie Wong, Arsan’s Emmanuelle, and Reynolds’ A Woman from Bangkok.
Isham Cook on Twitter
Literary disruptions of an American in China.
American massage
After long experience in East and Southeast Asia, the author turns his attention to the massage scene in his home country.
The Kitchens of Canton. A novel
Dystopian satire distilling the worst of our present and future into a strangely seductive maze of a story.
Massage diary: Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam
Wending my way through Mekong River territory to sample some of the world’s most varied massage offerings.
