Articles by Sonya Chung
September 26, 2011
Post-40 Bloomers: “Late” According to Whom? 44
I myself am hesitant to use the word “late” (or “older,” for that matter) in reference to writers over 40. Late relative to what and according to whose definition of early or on-time?
September 7, 2011
(Re)Imagining True Lives: On Historical Fiction 9
Let me just say, with as much un-dotty enthusiasm as I can muster, that I am, like, way super excited about the histo-fi seminar I’m teaching this fall, “(Re)Imagining Lives.”
August 23, 2011
New Documentary on James Salter 0
Checkerboard Films has produced a new documentary film on James Salter, “James Salter: A Sport and a Pastime.” You can see Nick Antosca and myself, waxing admiringly, as the “young literary voices” who’ve been influenced by Salter.
August 22, 2011
No Place Like Home 5
At the risk of stating the obvious: isn’t it strange, I mean, this thing about being a human being breathing and thinking and sensing and dwelling always, always, in a place?
July 27, 2011
Scared Straight: Writers and The New Happiness 37
Whereas previous generations of accomplished writers were awash in alcoholism and cigarettes, sexual-romantic openness, spiritual misery, and financial ruin, today’s young writers are more likely to faithfully drink 8-10 glasses of water daily, be married, get 7 to 8 hours of sleep each night, and have a decent credit score.
July 14, 2011
John Sayles’s “Amigo” to Premiere in NYC August 10 0
The new film by master indie director John Sayles, Amigo, will premiere in New York on August 10th as the opening night presentation of the Asian American International Film Festival. Tickets just went on sale here; Sayles will be appearing in-person for a Q&A. ”Amigo” is Sayles’s 17th feature film and a kind of historical companion piece [...]