http://www.literarynonfiction.info I swear I didn't make this up Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:20:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "You have to take off your shirt." She said. "What?" "Your shirt.  You have to take it off." He pulled his T-Shirt over his head and looked at his naked torso in the mirror.  The creases that had lined his stomach in college had melted together into a shapeless blob that made him ... http://www.literarynonfiction.info/?p=49 I just finished working on a story for KQED about a local Filipino World War II veteran named Regino A. Nacua. Regino A. Nacua is a Veterano, a Filipino national who fought on behalf of the United States against Japan in the pacific during World War Two.  The Filipino ... http://www.literarynonfiction.info/?p=48 This past week was the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival and among the shorts that played was a film by Barry Jenkins (director of Medicine for Melancholy ) called Tall Enough, commissioned by Bloomingdale's. and a bit of director's commentary about the film: Now there are two things about this ... http://www.literarynonfiction.info/?p=47 http://www.literarynonfiction.info/?p=46 The Taxi Pulled up in front of a dark building. "Is this the hospital?" "Looks like it" Michael paid the driver and got out. He was on the phone with our guide, Hui-Zhong, trying to find out where my grandmother was. "On the left? Fifth floor down the hall? OK." I was proud of him, ... http://www.literarynonfiction.info/?p=45 I screened this film as part of the 2009 screening committee for the SF International Asian American Film Festival. It (and Etienne) were probably my favorites from that year. Anyway, I've been telling people about it for the past year but haven't been able to find out ... http://www.literarynonfiction.info/?p=40 see my previous post about him http://www.literarynonfiction.info/?p=38 A friend recently sent me this video by cute Vimeo sensation Capucine While videos of cute little girls being passed around the internet is not anything new, but I was impressed with her (or I guess her mother) turning her viral celebrity into publicity for a non-profit. Actually, this isn't the first ... http://www.literarynonfiction.info/?p=37  I recently started watching The Wire, and HBO show about the Baltimore city police department and one of my favorite characters from the show is Frank Sbotka, the head of the longshoreman's union from season 2. There's a quote from him that I really like; one episode. fed up ... http://www.literarynonfiction.info/?p=36 I was recently sent this article comparing skylines of San Francisco in two of this summers science fiction blockbusters: Star Trek and Terminator: Salvation. These two matte paintings pretty much sum up the perspectives these two franchises have on the the future of human race. In one world, the human ... http://www.literarynonfiction.info/?p=34