BIO: Asian-American actor-writer of stage, film, and TV who gained national attention playing the quirky outspoken grandmother (several decades her senior) on the groundbreaking sitcom All-American Girl (ABC, 1994-95). The daughter of a native Japanese mother and a Finnish-American serviceman fa...
“I want a Barbie doll,” she announced.“I want a Barbie!” her sister said. “You want a Barbie, too,” the bearded man nodded.“And some doll clothes,” the little girl poked his red coat.“I want some doll clothes, too,” her sister said.“Oh, boy,” sighed the Jolly Old...
The Anderson family attended the Swedish Mission Church in Cambridge which Anna Anderson's fatherBengt Johnsonhad helped to establish. Brewer Anderson and his brotherNils Olof Anderson(N.O. Anderson) had built the three-story home at 12 Chatham Street where Bror and Anna lived with their children...
Miyhan, a young Korean woman, goes to high school in America and is befriended by a black girl named Bernice who teaches her about jazz. A Cambodian woman adjusts to her new life in America, amazed at all the modern conveniences. However, her previous life comes back to haunt her in ...
“Superbeast,”“Dragula” and “Living Dead Girl” kick off the album after an introduction, making for one of the best 10 minutes to ever begin an album. The band’s sound retained some groove from White Zombie, but was presented through a more industrial filter. 42. Type O Negative, ...
When Silas Park’s girlfriend leaves him, he becomes a shut-in, pumping out blistering autobiographical writings in his little East Village apartment. Just as Silas finds himself unexpectedly on the verge of literary stardom as the next Asian American wunderkind, his brother Finn shows up on his...
Shadow of a Doubt. Ed McBain, the acknowledged master of the police procedural, is a poet of the precincts in his ability to generate multiple levels of meaning and irony from "Doll," the single word that serves as his title. InThe Murderers, the driving force of Fredric Brown's plot ...
nestled their bodies in the doll carriage. What shall I paint for the mourners: an old schooner marooned in a field of clover? A corpse that stinks its way to the Truth? A bottle of warm poppy milk? A dumbshow? Shall I keep up appearances even though ...
His career began at the young age of 17 sharing stages with Troy Roberts, Jean Caze and billed with the Dave Leibman quartet while still in High School. Dion is the cofounder of the band ‘The Smoogies’ who will be releasing their debut album this year featuring Nicholas Payton. Dion ...
my hubris would be better in the mouth of a dinosaur, or as the silhouette of a disgraced news anchor. In a West Texas bar, some girl asked if I'd seen the Marfa Lights. I stood up whiskily on my stool & said, “Bitch, I AM the Marfa Lights!” ...