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Born Again

SOMEWHERE BETWEEN singing and rapping, somewhere amongst the gritty cadence of James Brown, the spitfire delivery of Busta Rhymes and the jazzy ingenuity of Pharcyde, San Francisco Bay Area rapper Lyrics Born is part of a force bringing...

Vidya Rao | Wed, Mar 3rd- 10:26pm | Issue 11: Faith - Spring 2007, Music, Profiles

The Art of Depression

TAO LIN USED to deliver Domino's for rent money. Not anymore. With five books down and a few more on the way, the 23-year-old has given up the pizza industry for writing full-time, churning out novels, poems and short stories that have made...

Lisa Ko | Wed, Mar 3rd- 10:27pm | Books Section, Issue 11: Faith - Spring 2007, Profiles

Humble Creator

COMIC BOOK CREATOR Gene Luen Yang is best known for his retelling of the Chinese trickster tale of the Monkey King in American Bom Chinese (First Second Books), the first graphic novel ever nominated for the American Book Award.

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Momo Chang | Thu, Jul 14th- 4:08pm | Art & Design, Books Section, Issue 11: Faith - Spring 2007, Profiles
All Puns Intended

All Puns Intended

Photographer P. G. Rafanan

Artist Michael Arcega builds a seaworthy galleon and a coat of armor—all out of manila folder; sails it through Tomales Bay, and christens the project “El Conquistadork.” From...

Sita Kuratomi B... | Fri, Feb 19th- 4:37pm | Art & Design, Issue 9: Play - Summer 2006, Front of the Book, Profiles
Shinoda's Song

Shinoda's Song

Photographer Matt Reamer

Mike Shinoda is in one of the world’s biggest bands, Linkin Park, which has sold 36 million records. Shinoda has a lot of cheddar, but instead of installing
princess-...

Todd Inoue | Fri, Feb 19th- 5:09pm | Issue 9: Play - Summer 2006, Music, Profiles
Shuttle Launch

Shuttle Launch

Photographer Seng Chen

Howard Bach, still dressed in his Yonex warm-ups, nervously scans the growing crowd. Spectators rush to find seats but do not sit—they’d rather stand and scream. The cacophonic sound of inflatable...

Calvin Liu | Fri, Feb 19th- 5:06pm | Feature, Issue 9: Play - Summer 2006, Profiles, Sports
Comedic Geniuses

Comedic Geniuses

Single Asian Male looking for that special someone who enjoys a good physics joke. Has magic fingers.

Chinaman is the alter ego of comedian Mark Britten, who is part white, Filipino and Chinese....

Neela Banerjee | Fri, Feb 19th- 5:03pm | Feature, Issue 9: Play - Summer 2006, Performing Arts, Profiles
Ninety Degree Angle

Ninety Degree Angle

Illustrator Nathan Huang

“When you put your finger on Atlantis, you’re basically putting your finger on the pulse of the greatest mystery on earth,” says Robert Sarmast, 39, a self-taught explorer who thinks...

Monica Lam | Wed, Mar 3rd- 9:30pm | Feature, Issue 8: Re-emerge - WInter 2005, Profiles, Science
A Writing Life

A Writing Life

Artist Louisa Bertman

Marianne Villanueva | Wed, Mar 3rd- 9:31pm | Books Section, Issue 8: Re-emerge - WInter 2005, Profiles
The Cook With a Gun

The Cook With a Gun

“Jack, insisting that he’d come to Spain to fight fascism, had left the kitchen and joined the infantry. Again and again we would repeat our wishes that he would go back to the kitchen. He always laughed and told us to go to hell.”

Rocky Choi | Sun, Mar 13th- 2:55am | Issue 8: Re-emerge - WInter 2005, Front of the Book, History, Profiles
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