Month: July 2012

Fiction

He Wants

The Author sips coffee. The coffee is cold. The sun is rising, god bless. A child, one of his own, screams from downstairs. A ball bounces. Several thuds in succession. He sips coffee. It is still cold. Grounds in his mouth. He spits them out, but he can’t spit them all out. He resigns himself to a few grounds in his mouth. He stretches. He is unable to write more, but he is not ready to go downstairs.

by Nick Stokes 25 July, 2012
Culture Sports

Why Ichiro’s Departure Makes This Nikkei Girl Sad

Ichiro’s image was linked in my mind with my father, my cousins and uncles, the members of my Japanese American family who love baseball. Ichiro is Japanese, not Japanese American, but seeing him at the plate reminded me of those Ansel Adams pictures, taken of Japanese American players during World War II, behind barbed wire. Ichiro was a Japanese man, succeeding wildly at an all-American pastime.

by Tamiko Nimura 24 July, 2012
Rugby Ralph Lauren Holiday 2011 campaign
Fashion

Selling the American Dream with Products Made in China

When Ralph Lauren won the job of designing and producing the 2012 US Olympic uniforms, he could have calculatedly issued a press release stating that “in support of our athletes and the nation’s job market, he was going to find a US factory and have the team’s uniforms made locally, even if it meant a slim profit margin.” Had he done this, he would be a hero right now, rather than a joke.

by Tina Witherspoon 19 July, 2012