Aki Sogabe Pioneer in Publishing Who could have imagined that a little girl in Japan experimenting with paper cutting would one day grow up to illustrate books and exhibit works of art in America?
Archive | September 2008
Aki Sogabe: Pioneer in Publishing
Posted on 06 September 2008.
Posted in Community News, News, Profiles, September 2008, Vol 27 No 37 | 9/6 - 9/120 Comments
Fast, but not so furious
Posted on 06 September 2008.
He steers his rear-wheel-drive racecar around the tight hairpin turns at Evergreen Speedway in Monroe, knowing that driving aptitude, mastering oversteer and car control are the keys to winning for Team RS-R. Thick clouds of light blue smoke fill the air as he burns rubber speeding up after a turn.
Posted in Community News, News, Vol 27 No 37 | 9/6 - 9/120 Comments
‘Passage’ is meditative but a little disjointed
Posted on 06 September 2008.
It is a story told in photos, of a childhood growing up in the ghetto of San Francisco’s Chinatown district. Because of a father who was largely absent from the family members’ lives, Foo’s mother worked 10 to 12 hours a day, six or seven days a week, in a sweatshop to support Foo and her five sisters. “Earth Passages: Journey Through Childhood” doubles as an autobiography and collection of nature photographs by author, attorney and activist Lora Jo Foo.
Posted in On the Shelf, Reviews, September 2008, Vol 27 No 37 | 9/6 - 9/120 Comments
