Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Ken's New Publications

My husband Ken Liu is a lawyer by day and writer by night. He has some great news about his stories. I will summarize his news and then include links to stories that are available online later in this article.

Two of Ken's stories, "The Algorithms for Love" and "Single-Bit Error," have been translated into Chinese and published in the April issue of SCIENCE FICTION WORLD. With a monthly circulation of around 300,000, SFW is China's (and presumably the world's) most widely read science fiction periodical. These magazines have nice glossy covers, and a glossy centerfold, unlike any other genre fiction magazines I've seen here in the States, where they are mainly printed on cheap pulp. "Algorithms for Love" was also translated into Romanian last year.

"Algorithms for Love" was also included in the anthology, SCIENCE FICTION: STORIES AND CONTEXTS, edited by NYU professor of literature Heather Masri and published at the end of last year. This is one of the first anthologies of science fiction intended for classroom teaching. There are some great stories and context essays in there. Other names in the anthology include H.G. Wells, Ursula LeGuin, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, William Gibson, Robert Silverberg, Kim Stanley Robinson, Ted Chiang, and Connie Willis -- just to name a few to illustrate that he's in good company.

Finally, "Single-Bit Error" was also published this month in THOUGHTCRIME EXPERIMENTS, a new Creative Commons-licensed anthology of fiction and art edited by Sumana Harihareswara and Leonard Richardson.

I am really excited about the publication of "Single-Bit Error" because it is one of my favorite stories, and also because when Ken first wrote it in 2004, he was not able to find a publisher for it. I'm glad he didn't give up.

The THOUGHTCRIME EXPERIMENTS anthology is available on the web, as a print-on-demand book, or as a PDF download:

http://thoughtcrime.crummy.com/2009/

Here's the write-up about THOUGHTCRIME on BoingBoing:

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/27/thoughtcrime-experim.html


If you are interested in reading these stories, the links to the English versions are included below:

"Single-Bit Error"
http://thoughtcrime.crummy.com/2009/Error.html

"The Algorithms for Love"
http://www.strangehorizons.com/2004/20040712/algorithms.shtml -- STRANGE HORIZONS, an online sci-fi magazine, is where "Algorithms for Love" was first published in 2004, and other people (including those in Romania and China) read it here first and approached Ken for publication rights.

Ken's previous printed publications are listed below:

*"Beneath the Language" published online as a result of his first prize entry in the online short story contest ON THE PREMISES in July 2007. http://www.onthepremises.com/issue_02/story_02_1.html

*"Algorithms for Love"in YEAR'S BEST SF 10, published in 2005, edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer



*"State Change" in POLYPHONY 4, edited by Deborah Payne and Jay Lake, published in 2004.



*"Gossamer" in WRITERS OF THE FUTURE Volume XIX, 2003. This is an annual contest open to all new writers, and Ken was a finalist. Oh, and no, we are not scientologists.

*"Carthagian Rose" in EMPIRE OF DREAMS AND MIRACLES, The Phobos Science Fiction Anthology, edited by Orson Scott Card and Keith Olexa, 2002.

Ken is also an avid blogger discussing a wide range of topics, including our travels, films, linguistics, politics, race, the law, computer programming, and our cats Apollo and Loki. His website is http://www.kenliu.name.

Friday, February 13, 2009

Duxbury Art Association's Winter Juried Show 2009


I'm honored to be juried into the Duxbury Art Association 2009 Winter Juried Show with my photograph Rodeo III. The juror for photography was Lou Jones. The show will run from February 8 to April 26th at 186 Alden Street in Duxbury, MA.

Here's the complete list of participants.

Phyllis Adams
Franny Andahazy
Marian C.Atkinson
Sylvana Baracchini
Robin Beckwith
Christina Beecher
Evelyn Bernal
Patricia Berube
James Bird
Janet C. Blagdon
Stephen Boczanowski
Robert Bolster
Kristine Brennen
Dennis Broadbent
Kelly Carmody
Judith Chaves
Lilly Cleveland
Nancy Colella
Jane Flavell Collins
Meredith Wildes Cornell
Michael Coyne
Patricia L. Cullen
Donald Dacier
Deborah Ellen Davies
Susan G. Denniston
Esme YC Disch
Kathy Dixon
Sandra L. Donnellan
Dennis Doyle
Russell du Pont
James F. Earl
Dominic J. Farrell
Georgia Fletcher
Jack Foley
D. Randolph Foulds
Kate Garrity
Linda L.Garrity
Anne Garton
JoAnn Gouzoules
Ellen Gower
Karyn Frances Gray
Michael S.Guertin
Susan Hagstrom
Wendy Hale
Becky Haletky
Stephen Haley
Anne Henning
Stephen H. Holland
June Hollisian
Vin Horrigan
Wilson Hunt, Jr.
Shirley M. Jenkins
Ruth Jensen
Roger Carl Johanson
Susan Kelley
Brooks Kelly
Danguole Rita Kuolas
Andrew Kusmin
Susan LaFevre
Robert Lavery
Eleanor B. Lawson
Priscilla Levesque
David P. Locarno
Jim Lo Piccolo
Jeanne MacFarland
Lisa Mackin
Heidi Mayo
Jan McElhinny
Jeanne McKenna
Margaret McWethy
Michele Meister
Felice Mendell
Dianne Miller
David Monteiro
Mary Moquin
Amy B. Moran
Paul Munroe
Yale S. Nicolls
Ann Marie Oliver-Nickerson
Carol O'Malia
Judy Pollock
Glenn Pollock
Deborah Putnam
Page Railsback
MJ Rest
James J. Richard
Stephanie Roberts-Camello
Rain Rodolph
Betty Rogers
Donna Rossetti-Bailey
Nan Rumpf
Elizabeth M. Ryan
Leigh Ryan
Mary Schiess
Luis Seoane
Marcia Sewall
Katherine Smit
Susan R. Smith
Maureen D. Spinale
Chuck Sullivan
Chuck Tamulynas
Lisa Tang Liu
Anne Tcherepnin
Albert L. Tousignant
Lanci Valentine
Collen Vandeventer
Linda Vopat
Nancy Motley Walton
Tina Watson
Paul Weiner
Susan White
Virginia Wilson
Denise Zompa

Tuesday, February 03, 2009

ABSTRACTION NOW at the Firehouse Plaza Gallery at Nassau Community College


I was truly honored to be with 36 other chosen entries to participate in the show ABSTRACTION NOW, juried by Franklin Hill Perrell, Chief Curator at the Nassau County Museum of Art. The show was hosted by the Nassau Community College art department. What a beautiful gallery space it is!

http://firehouse.ncc.edu/current.html


As mentioned before, my painting AMERICAN ICONS 1: 492 DAYS was chosen among over 300 entries from across the US as well as Europe.

My mother took one hour off from her tax-season Saturday to attend the reception this past Saturday. My sister Vivian and brother-in-law Jonathan were also there. I didn't win any prizes, but I was just grateful and honored to have gotten in.

The show was very strong, and here is the list of works presented there:

Donald A. Budd -- Desert Stripes, acrylic.
Marc Deppe -- Spartan, mixed media on paper.
Matt Dibble -- Chased from the Market, oil on canvas.
Cathy Eckdahl -- Medea, gouache/ink.
Sam Faix -- Ten Foot Wall, oil on panel.
Matthew Farina -- Thatch, oil/canvas.
Richard Gachot -- Action-Reaction, animated sculpture. BEST IN SHOW.
Richard Gachot -- Drip, acrylic.
Eric Galandak -- Most, oil.
Richard Garrigus -- August Field, oil on panel.
David Gerlach -- Zephr, steel.
Lawrence Glickman -- Neruda Song 1, acrylic.
William Grabowski -- Celestia, digital photo.
Ruth Hamill -- Ocean Breeze, oil on raw canvas.
Eleanor Himel -- Jones Beach Sunday, acrylic. AWARD OF EXCELLENCE.
Wei-An Huang -- Within and Without #3, acrylic on canvas.
Greg Ike -- Orchid, acrylic on canvas. HONORABLE MENTION AWARD.
Kenneth Kaplowitz -- Adam Names The Fish, pigment print
Peggy Klineman -- The Tree Outside My Building, oil on canvas.
Jon Leach -- Local Commerce, mixed media.
Adrienne Leban -- 5.31.07, mixed media.
Gili Levy -- Piano, oil and paper on canvas.
Jonathan Levy -- Peacock, acrylic on canvas. HONORABLE MENTION AWARD.
Richard Margolies -- Dream Catcher, acrylic.
Milt Masur -- Flowerbed in Anchorage, enamel bas-relief. HONORABLE MENTION AWARD.
Kevin Mertens -- Spider-Rabbit, mixed media on panel. HONORABLE MENTION AWARD.
Puneeta Mittal -- Pluripotent XXXII, oil on panel. AWARD OF EXCELLENCE.
Marcie Paper-- Untitled #103, acrylic on panel.
Rebecca Perez -- Untitled, oil and mixed media.
Susan Reedy -- Graffito, mixed media. HONORABLE MENTION AWARD.
Cheryl Safren -- Rund 'n Rerund, mixed media.
Denise Segreti DiGiovanna -- Sea Life Series: Bat Star, oil.
George V. Sordoni -- Moments G, oil on canvas.
Kenneth Susynski -- Wedding Song, oil on canvas.
Lisa Tang Liu -- American Icons I: 492 Days, oil on canvas.
Grant Vetter -- Fair-Skinned, oil on canvas.
Rachael Wren -- Portent, oil on canvas.

Saturday, January 10, 2009

OUTLIERS by Malcolm Gladwell

Outliers: The Story of Success Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell


My review


rating: 5 of 5 stars
Malcolm Gladwell's _Outliers_ is an idea that we are all "products of history and community, of opportunity and legacy."



Bill Gates may be smart, but he was also fortunate that he had the opportunity to have frequent access to a computer when he was as kid, back at a time when very, very few people did. Over a decade ago, Korean Air had the most numerous crash records because of the indirectness and deferential nature of the way the Korean crew communicated with each other, bound by their role-conscious language. But they cleaned their act by recognizing their communication problems and using English to break out of their hierarchical habits. The KIPP School in the Bronx works because they recognize that lower income kids do not learn the same way more privileged ones do outside of school because of the extracurricular activities and abundant books available to them. Outliers are really not all that exceptional if we look them carefully.



We are all dealt a hand at birth, but we'll continued to be presented with different opportunities in our lives. It's a matter of recognizing those opportunities, getting good at what we do by working on them for a minimum of 10,000 hours, and looking into our history to understand who we are in order to correct bad habits. It was generally an uplifting message.


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Thursday, December 25, 2008

Upcoming Shows in Early 2009



I'm happy to announce that my work will appear in four shows in the first quarter of 2009.

Opening first is THE VIEW FROM HERE at Springstep Art Gallery January 15 - April 13, 2009. Medford, MA. As mentioned, this is the first time that photos from my AMERICAN FAMILIES project is being exhibited. The opening reception will be on Thursday, January 15th from 6-8pm.

PHOTO 2009 Black And White Classic at the Brush Art Gallery in Lowell, MA. January 18 - March 15, 2009. This is a show juried by Howard Yezerski, the owner of the prestigious, eponymous gallery that recently moved to Boston's South End. This the first time that my Holga image SHARED FENCE is selected for a juried show. CHAIR IN GHOST TOWN, UTAH was also selected into this show. The opening reception is scheduled for January 31, 2009.

My painting AMERICAN ICONS I: 492 DAYS was selected by Franklin Hill Perrell, the Chief Curator of the Nassau County Museum of Art in Long Island. The show is ABSTRACT NOW: 2009 OPEN COMPETITION at the Nassau Community College's Firehouse Plaza Art Gallery in Garden City, NY. There were over 300 entries from all over the US and Europe, and I got lucky. The show is on from January 20 - March 26, 2009. The opening reception is on Saturday, January 31, from 1-3pm.

Finally, I have a solo exhibit at the Watertown Free Library. I will be showing images from my COWBOYS & RODEOS and PURPLE MOUNTAIN MAJESTIES series. The opening reception and the duration of the show is to be determined.

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Springstep to Exhibit AMERICAN FAMILIES



In a group show opening on January 15th (reception from 6-8pm) at Springstep's art gallery, I will be exhibiting photographs from my AMERICAN FAMILIES series for the first time in public.

BLUE at the Cambridge Art Association



I'm happy to announce that my Paniolo 1 was selected by Jen Mergel from the ICA Boston to be included in the show BLUE, hosted at the Cambridge Art Association's Kathryn Schultz Gallery at 25 Lowell Street in Cambridge. The show will be up until January 13th.

Here's the full list of participants selected for the show:

Kathryn Schultz Gallery

Jonathan Bechard
Patricia Berube • First Prize
Katharina Chapuis
Andrew Child
Rob Diebboll
Joerg Dressler
Catherine Evans
David Fallon
Helga Felleisen
Suzanne Gainer
Wendy Gedanken
Dena Haden
Ann Forbush Kathy Lobo
Kelly Kerrigan
Julie L'Heureux
David Lang
Rebecca Litt
Madeleine Lord
Nella Lush
Susan Metzger
Steve Miller
Gwen Murphy
Linda Niemann
Suzanne Papin
Gina Picariello
Hugo Porcaro
Sarah Putnam
Beverly Rippel
Andrea Rosenthal
Sarah Rossi
Brenda Steinberg
Lorraine Sullivan
Zsuzsanna Szegedi
Frank Tadley
Lisa Tang Liu
Constantia Thibaut
Dianna Vosburg
William Wexler
Marcia Widenor • Director's Prize
Yefim Zhelezov

University Place Gallery

Rick Berry
Richard Bertman
Scott Bradner
Susan Bregman
Janet Campbell
Alvin Case
Karen Davis
Susan Denniston
May DeViney • Juror's Choice
Kristina Bell Ditullo
John Doyle
Steven Duede
Thomas Durand • Juror's Choice
David Elmes
Merritt Kraft Fletcher
Christian Flynn
Ed Friedman
Jeff Grassie
Don Gurewitz
Ross Harris
Bob Hesse
Becky Holt
Will Holub • Best of Show
Cheryl Jaffe
J.B. Jones
Jurgen Kedesdy
Mary Kostman
Judy Laliberte
Yuri Lipnesh
Sydell Masterman
Anne McNevin
Stephanie Mitchell
Carolyn Newberger
Richard Perkins
Hope Ricciardi
Judith Robinson-Cox
Gloria Ross
David Rossiter
Lia Rothstein
Joan Ryan • Second Prize
Margaret Soltysik-Espanola
Valerie Spain
Amelia Stafford Todd
Ernest Stonebraker
Ted Todd
Catalina Viejo Lopez de Roda
Christine Vielmetti Daniloff
Lisa Winant
Pamela Winters
Carol Wontkowski
John Wood
Gregory Wright
Michael Wright
Philip Young
James Zall

Friday, May 09, 2008

Current and Upcoming

Just a few updates about a couple of shows I'm in or will be in...

The Pen and Brush juried black and white photography show in NYC

, juried by Roy DeCarava.
The Chair, Utah was chosen by DeCarava for the show. Roy DeCarava is a master black and white photographer and a good friend of poet Langston Hughes, with whom he jointly published a book The Sweet Flypaper of Life, chronicling the lives of Harlem residents. This show is located at the Pen and Brush Gallery, 16 East 10th Street in New York City. It'll be up from May 1-25, and the reception is tomorrow May 10th, at 4-6pm. Too bad I'll miss it. My first show in NYC!!!

The Northeast Prize Show, Cambridge, MA.

I just heard the news that my oil painting American Icons I: 492 Days was selected by Nicholas Baume, Chief Curator of the ICA Boston, to be included into the Cambridge Art Association's Northeast Prize show. I was so happy I cried. This show will be up from May 14-June 25, and the reception is on Friday, May 30, from 6-8pm.

Moved into our new place

Ken and I moved two weekends ago, and I haven't had the time to blog. But I'm back!