Joy Kogawa, on reconciling with Japan’s past
Photo by BEATRICE S. PAEZ Acclaimed Japanese-Canadian poet and novelist Joy Kogawa explains why she has chosen to write about the “painful and complicated”…
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It must be love
A haiku by LIN TAO With ten thousand miles, I will walk to find you and Fall down at your door. Lin Tao is…
Stories we hear
Source: Okinawa Soba by LIN TAO What we can learn from The last generation is A wealth of stories. Lin Tao is a French-Chinese-Canadian…
Wonders of the world
Petra, al-madina al-ward ah (rose-colored city), in Ma’an, Jordan. Photo by BRIAN BUKOWSKI by LIN TAO Haven’t sailed the world Or beheld all its wonders But that…
Fake punk
CHELSY spotted at Boutique Cherie in Korea Town, Bathurst and Bloor. I describe my style as fake punk. I started colouring my hair four…
Repurposed and reloaded with art
Photos by MARITES N. SISON and RENELYN QUINICOT By BEATRICE S. PAEZ The bullet shells just sort of fell into her hands is how…
Frilly finds & edgy ensembles
Text and photos by BEATRICE S. PAEZ Korean fashion is having a moment in Toronto. Thankfully, the mercurial Canadian weather suits girls with split…
Jongro Books: Little shop of rare finds
Photos by BEATRICE S. PAEZ When your clientele doesn’t speak language of the land, how do you sell a book? by SEUNG WOO BAEK…
The art of Japanese train trips
Illustrations © LAURA ELLIOTT by BEATRICE S. PAEZ Nobody does it better than the Japanese. Like sleeping in strange and seemingly uncomfortable contortions and angles…
A Passage to Asia
Photos courtesy of The East Gallery Art in order of appearance: Marriage, (Oil on canvas) Lim Khim Katy ; Green Something #1, Dinh Thi Tham Poong; Past 2, Dubbed…
10 Haikus
Photo by MARITES N. SISON by LIN TAO 1. Une nuit blanche Et toute la ville dance ce soir En couleur et bruit …
Tea and sincerity
Photos by SHIN JAE PARK by MARITES N. SISON We were easily the houseguests from hell… On a particularly sweltering day in July, we…
