"If you met Vyvyane Loh of the Rehabilitation Hospital of the Cape and Islands, in East Sandwich, you'd know her as a physician. If you saw the recent performance of Igor Stravinsky's L'Histoire du Soldat at Harvard's Lowell House Opera, you'd know her as a choreographer. And if you've read an intense new novel of World War II in the Pacific, Breaking the Tongue, you'd know her as a writer..." (read more...)                     - David Mehegan

Boston Globe - April 13, 2004

"When I was young, my mother complained that I read too much. ("Come and watch TV NOW! It's good for you!" And I would have to spend an hour watching the Six Million Dollar Man with my family!) I used to have a book hidden in each room of my home. I could then read without my parents noticing and just stuff the book into a hiding spot if they walked in. If they got suspicious and sent me into another room, voila! I'd have another book tucked away that could jump into. I usually had about four books going at one time..."
(read more...)                                                                                                                         - Robert Birnbaum

Identity Theory - April 6, 2004