From Salonniere Alexis: “Globalisation & Cosmopolitanism”

By Your Salonniere Comparing notes with a fellow college professor who also teaches a class on Globalisation, my colleague and …

Review: “Camera Obscura” Winter 2010 Fiction – Part I

by Rio Liang This is my first time reading “Camera Obscura,” and I’ve gotta say that it’s gorgeous. A journal …

“The soil is a shrewd old whore and has learned better than to give her gold for free”: Mary Volmer Reads “Crown of Dust” at Books Inc. in Berkeley

By Your Salonniere Your Salonniere will never forget first meeting the talented and witty writer Mary Volmer in Lysley Tenorio’s …

GoodReads Review of Andrea Levy’s “Small Island”

By Your Salonniere Small Island by Andrea Levy My rating: 5 of 5 stars In Small Island Andrea Levy deftly …