Because of all the cosmetic services like skin whitening and hair bleaching, there is a lot that people can do to change their appearance without having actual surgery. It's quite common in Thailand and Korea and Japan.

The impact of black music and black art forms on American culture is really difficult to appreciate.

I never really had novel-writing instruction like people do in MFA programs.

There's been a lot of talk about black men and the presence and absence of black men in positions of power in American culture.

Prajna is insight into the world. And a lot of that insight has to do with karma and the way karma affects our lives.

Because of all the cosmetic services like skin whitening and hair bleaching, there is a lot that people can do to change their appearance without having actual surgery. It's quite common in Thailand and Korea and Japan.

Hong Kong has been the place where the memory of Tiananmen Square lives on; Hong Kong people have become more and more committed in their resistance to authoritarian government, and also, not surprisingly, committed to safeguarding their culture and heritage as something distinct and worth preserving.