Student Presentations on Fantasy Magazine 2!

Day 2 of Oral Presentations on Fantasy Literature, recommending stories from Beneath Ceaseless Skies (http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com Twitter: @BCSmagazine)!  See earlier blog post on presentation details.  Here’s a list of what students recommended, then the stories the whole class voted on at the end.  Congratulations everyone for all your hard work!      

The Silent Flowers Of the Magicians Garden

The River Does Not Run

And the Village Breathes

Abere and the Poisoner

And Her Eyes Sewn Shut with Unicorn Hair

The Breath of War

Between Shifting Skin and Certainty

The Bodice, The Hem, The Woman, Death

Drawing the Barriers

Kingspeaker

No Sweeter Art

The Insurrectionist and the Empress Who Reigns Over

Uzumaki of the Lake

Kill the Witchman

The three stories most highly voted:

Truth as a Prize

The Iron Eels

It’s Easy to Shoot A Dog

Student Presentations on Fantasy Magazine!

My students in Shanghai have just finished Day 1 of their Oral Presentations on Fantasy Literature.  They’re recommending stories to one another via aesthetic argument from the online magazine Beneath Ceaseless Skies (Twitter: @BCSmagazine).  They need to introduce (but not give away) the opening story, its main characters, the story’s major issues and themes, its magic and world, and its relation to other texts we studied this term.  At the end, students will vote on the presentation (and story) that persuaded them best.    

 

Here are the ones they recommended today!

The Mouth of the Oyster http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-mouth-of-the-oyster/# Truth as a Prize http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/truth-as-a-prize/ Rivers Run Free http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/rivers-run-free/ The Hummingbird Temple http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-hummingbird-temple/ Who Goes Against a Waste of Waters http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/who-goes-against-a-waste-of-waters/ The Thirty-Eight-Hundred Bone Coat http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-thirty-eight-hundred-bone-coat/ It’s Easy to Shoot A Dog http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/its-easy-to-shoot-a-dog/ System, Magic, Spirit http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/system-magic-spirit-by-t-d-edge/ Carnival Nine http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/carnival-nine/ A Cup of Comfort http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/a-cup-of-comfort/ The Iron Eels http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-iron-eels/ The Petals of the Godflower http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-petals-of-the-godflower/ Three Little Foxes http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/three-little-foxes/ Sea of Dreams http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/sea-of-dreams/ The God-Death of Halla http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-god-death-of-halla-by-tina-connolly/

Research on Indian Wrestling (Kushti)

Did some research yesterday to flesh out a character in a story.

Amazed over the complexity and social values of Kushti!

Please visit the following to learn more about this sport and its community:

https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft6n39p104;brand=ucpress

Joseph S. Alter, The Art of Wrestling (1992).  An e-book on the philosophies, practices, and moves of Kushti

http://kushtiwrestling.blogspot.com

Up-to-date blog on Kushti life and events

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXas54qWSU4

Video by Kushti Wrestling of a typical practice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYbwv6cEHqs

Documentary on Desi Kushti (Unfortunately the original channel, “Slang,” seems inoperational)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oGWPRBUZMQ

A video by Kusti Mallavidya specifically on one popular wrestling move, the Multani.

Off-Road Cafe at Jeju Island, 2018

One day my spouse had the idea of taking a bus around Jeju Island without any set destination.  When we found a stop we felt like exploring, we got off.
Behind some hedges and a hidden road, we found a sunlit cafe.
A small clean haven of peace in the middle of our adventures.

Chickens fed on Little Shrimps and Fish, from 连云港

At Lianyungang (连云港), my spouse's hometown, there is a chicken farm next to a river that ebbs and swells over the vegetation.  The chickens, all free-range, feast on little shrimps and fish.  The taste comes out in their eggs.

These are some of the best eggs I have ever tasted.  When he can, my brother-in-law ships a box to me in Shanghai.

Review of Kenneth Liu's _The Wall of Storms_!

Review I wrote of Ken Liu's _The Wall of Storms_ in 2017!

Review of Kenneth Liu's _The Grace of Kings_!

Review I wrote on Ken Liu's _The Grace of Kings_ in 2016!