<span>Norton Anthology of Latino Literature Editor Ilan Stavans by LUISANTONIOPEREZ</span>
<span>Norton Anthology of Latino Literature Editor Ilan Stavans by LUISANTONIOPEREZ</span>
Author and fashion designer for "All My Children" David Zyla stopped by the Vocalo.org studios to talk with Luis about finding our "true colors" through his new book The Color of Style.
<span>"The Color of Style" by David Zyla (Interview) by LUISANTONIOPEREZ</span>
I've heard of folks limiting their digital footprint and closing some social networking accounts and cutting up some credit cards, maybe a few email accounts... but I had no idea a person could go completely "off the grid" and live successfully. Bert and Holly Davis have been doing it for over 30 years. During those 30 years with a typewriter and a yurt they published a newsletter sharing tips about living portably that was made to be read with a magnifying glass (they shrunk the newsletter to 1/4 the size of the type). One day they began sending copies to Microcosm publishing, and never stopped.
Joe Biel of Microcosm Publishing talked with me and Gina about the book of Bert and Holly's newsletters they reluctantly published that turned out to be a hit. The book is called...
Dwelling Portably by Bert and Holly Davis.
Kompha Seth fled Cambodia when the Khmer Rouge took power in 1975, but he left his wife and two young sons there. They were all killed in the "killing fields" genocide that followed-- along with as many as 2.2 million others.
More than 20 years later, as the director of the Cambodian Association of Illinois, Kompha established a Cambodian American Heritage Museum and Killing Fields Memorial. The idea is that people can't heal if they don't acknowledge the past. There are big panels where the names of more than 25,000 people are etched in stone-- all names contributed by members of the Cambodian community in Chicago. Kompha is a part of "100 days, 100 Stories" a project from Asian American Institute of Chicago organized by Sung Yeon Choi-Morrow to collect 100 stories about Asian-American immigrant experiences. Kompha is one of the hundred. Here's another interview with Kompha from Worldview
The other day I had Cher Wright of Paranormal Sciences fo Indiana and the American Ghost Society on the air.
From their website: Paranormal Sciences is a group based in Northwest Indiana that is focused on investigating spirits, hauntings and urban legends. Our group is working to understand the paranormal and the theories associated with its research. We understand that if someone is experiencing paranormal activity in their homes it can be a stressful situation and we offer assistance for free.
Here's the interview.
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