Salon

Oksana Dyka in the title role and Aleksandrs Antonenko as Calaf in Puccini's "Turandot." Photo: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera Nessun dorma Written by Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Adami, Renato Simoni Nessun dorma! Nessun dorma! Tu pure, oh Pri...

Love's Dilemma I' mi credetti. Michelangelo Buonarroti I deemed upon that day when first I knew So many peerless beauties blent in one, That, like an eagle gazing on the sun, Mine eyes might fix on the least part of you. That dream hath van...

Central Park, October, 2017 An Autumn Day Lee Si-young A dragonfly sat on the end of a persimmon branch and dozed off all day. Even with wind, it did not shake; even with a cold rain smacking the branch, it did not move over. When I quietly...

Ai Weiwei, Gilded Cage, 2017, from "Good fences make good neighbors", NYC Mending Wall ROBERT FROST Something there is that doesn't love a wall, That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it, And spills the upper boulders in the sun; And make...

October Moon In-soo The spot I picked up the pumpkin, the pumpkin had sat, pressing down the ground. The center of autumn caved in. For awhile, I will suffer this way. *Translated by Dr. Chae-Pyong (“J.P.”) Song 송재평 교수 & Annie Rash...