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...small cabal of radical leftist poets called the “infrarealismo,” more memorable for their wild and futile gestures against the popular Latin and South American poets they detested than any of the poetry they actually produced. Among the many enigmas surrounding his life (including penchants for violence and hard drugs, neither encouraged nor disavowed by Bolaño in his lifetime), it was his participation in and imprisonment during the resistance against Generalissimo Augusto Pinochet’s military putsch in the author’s native Chile that attracted a cult-like following. That...
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...Nippon All Stars" - campaign. The purpose of the campaign, running Aug. 10 to Nov. 5, is to promote four burgers available only in Japan. On his blog, found on the McDonald's Japan website, Mr. James describes himself as a 43-year-old Japanophile born in Ohio with a penchant for travel, who, when particularly excited, generously treats people he doesn't even know. (That seems to be a plug for the $1,000 cash prizes for 1,000 people who submit photos of Mr. James or people imitating Mr. James...
...under the umbrella of his Asia-focused literary publishing agency and film-production business, Creative Work. "We purposely decided not to restrict ourselves to Hong Kong," says Khan, previously a director of the Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival and a former Hong Kong resident who has a penchant for collecting rare editions of George Gissing and Henry James. "Our objective was to do things properly, on a much bigger, broader scale ... [and] publish an Asian literary journal that competes globally and is available globally." (See the top 10 literary stunts...
...like cows?” my fellow passenger asked the driver, his words broken up by laughter. According to the cabbie, it was not so much a penchant for the four-legged animal that drove him to convert his taxi into a bovine on wheels, but a yearning for his rural hometown and life away from the bustling streets of Santiago. Supposedly having a cow taxi reminds him of the countryside...