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2001 Stories by Soyon Im

• Book Briefs

  published December 12, 2001

  SHANGHAI BABY by Wei Hui (Pocket Books, $24) YOU CAN'T BEAT this publicity with a... More >>

• Live! Nude! Writer!

  published October 3, 2001

  STRIP CITY: A STRIPPER'S FAREWELL JOURNEY ACROSS AMERICA by Lily Burana (Talk Miramax Books, $23.95) University... More >>

• Hip Hapa

  published June 6, 2001

  PAPER BULLETS by Kip Fulbeck (University of Washington Press, $18.95) WHAT DO YOU... More >>

• If the glove fits . . .

  published March 14, 2001

  It's little surprise that two recent books about the world of female pugilism have been authored by fashion magazine writers:... More >>

• Odd couple

  published February 14, 2001

  PRETTILY WRAPPED in crocheted scarves and gauzy long skirts, Charlize Theron portrays the quintessential cover girl of California... More >>

• Forever 1974

  published February 14, 2001

  DOUGLAS COUPLAND, who once fantasized in his anti-boomer novel Generation X about planets where the year was always 1974, would... More >>

• En garde

  published February 7, 2001

  A MINORITY WITHIN a minority, MadCat isn't just a women's film festival, it's an arty showcase of avant-garde experimental shorts and... More >>

• Kids

  published February 7, 2001

  ANDREW WYETH couldn't have painted a better scene than when skinny 12-year-old James Gillespie runs through golden fields, his slight... More >>

• Killing him softly

  published January 31, 2001

  SADISTIC TEENS are common; plenty of young bullies occupy school settings both real and fictitious. But when it comes to stories about... More >>

• Caged bride

  published January 31, 2001

  SET IN FEUDAL KOREA, Im Kwon Taek's Chunhyang is filled to the brim with fairy tale-like qualities. Golden light washes over lush... More >>

• Portrait of the artist

  published January 24, 2001

  THIS IS NOT a vampire movie, at least not in the traditional sense as inhabited by Klaus Kinski, Bela Lugosi, or even Tom Cruise.... More >>

• All in the family

  published January 17, 2001

  EVERY CHARACTER in Yi Yi has an amusing sounding name. In the Jian family, there are Ting-Ting, the willowy teenage girl;... More >>

• Tales of the city

  published January 17, 2001

  COSMOPOLITAN to the core, 53-year-old Edward Yang, who's now based in Taipei, is drawn to modern stories set in large cities. "National... More >>